A Discantus partbook from an incomplete set of three volumes. Copied by Wolfgang Figulus(?) and others. Copied at the Fürstenschule St. Afra in Meissen, under the direction of Wolfgang Figulus. Following Figulus' death (after 1588), the manuscript went to his son-in-law, Friedrich Birck, cantor at the Fürstenschule St. Augustin in Grimma from 1591 until his death in 1621. After Birck's death, his widow sold the manuscript to the Grimma Fürstenschule; in 1890 it was deposited in the library at Dresden.
| Archive | Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden, Germany (D-Dl) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Grimma 58 [Discantus] |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 165 x 210 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 82 compositions, 52 from 15 composers, 30 are anonymous. |
General Description
Extent
i+158+i folios
Binding
Restored and rebound in modern brown cardboard covers.
Notation
not indicated
Date
Dates "XIIII Junii 58" (Discantus, f.141r), "XXIIII Junii 57" (Altus, f.152r).
Foliation
Other numberings: Modern numbering of pieces
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 Masses, 1 Kyrie-Gloria pair, 1 Kyrie, 1 Gloria, 1 Sanctus, 5 Mass Proper sections, 3 psalms, 1 processional hymn, 1 German/Latin sacred piece, 11 motets, 11 German sacred pieces = 38
(M. Agricola)-2, (Alder)-1, (Clemens non Papa)-1, (Figulus)-4, (Hähnel)-4, (Josquin?)-1, (Prenner/Silva)-1, (Senfl)-1, (Stoltzer)-6, (Stoltzer/Bauldeweyn)-1, (Verdelot)-1, (Wolff)-1, anon-14
3 paper partbooks (D-i + 158 + i folios, A-i + 166 + i, B-i + 156 + i), 165 x 210. Modern pencil foliation; modern numbering of pieces. Restored and rebound in modern brown cardboard covers. Copied by Wolfgang Figulus(?) and others.
Ca. 1555-60 (SteudeMS). Copied at the Fürstenschule St. Afra in Meissen, under the direction of Wolfgang Figulus. Following Figulus' death (after 1588), the manuscript went to his son-in-law, Friedrich Birck, cantor at the Fürstenschule St. Augustin in Grimma from 1591 until his death in 1621. After Birck's death, his widow sold the manuscript to the Grimma Fürstenschule; in 1890 it was deposited in the library at Dresden.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "(Alder)-1" to "(Alder/Senfl)-1 "; change "(Prenner/Silva) -1" to "(Silva/Werrecore)-1"; change "(Wolff)-1" to "(FinckP/Josquin/Wolff) -1."
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MS Grimma 58 (1-3)
Partbooks · 3 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Steude, Wolfram. 1974. Die Musiksammeihandschriften des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts in der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek zu Dresden. Quellenkataloge zur Musikgeschichte, vol. 6. Wilhelmshaven. Pages: 101-2. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial).
Sparks, Edgar H. 1972. The music of Noel Bauldeweyn. American Musicological Society. Pages: 140. Notes: concordances (partial).
Dehnhard, Walter. 1971. Die deutschen Psalmmotette in der Reformationszeit. Neue Musikgeschichtliche Forschungen, vol. 6. Wiesbaden. Pages: 305-6. Notes: contents list (partial).
Windh, John Ernfrid. 1971. Early Lutheran Masses. University of Illinois, Unpublished D.M.A. thesis. Pages: 116ff. Notes: mention of MS.
Böker-Heil, Norbert. 1967. Die Motetten von Philippe Verdelot. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: 247, 268. Notes: mention of MS.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 133. Notes: concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Lothar. 1955. Die Chorbücher der Stadtkirche zu Pirna. Acta Musicologica, 27: 121-137. Pages: 135-6. Notes: contents list; XVI, 173physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: LXVI, 173; XCIX,ix,91-2. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description