A Discantus partbook from a set originally of three volumes. Copied by Johannes Heugel (d. 1585), court composer for Philip of Hesse, who also wrote KasL 4, 9, 24, 38, 43, 53a, 91, 94, 118, 142, and part of KasL 143. Copied in Kassel, for the court of Count Philip of Hesse. Present Landesbibliothek incorporates holdings of former court library.
D-Kl 8° Ms. Mus. 53b
Universitätsbibliothek Kassel Landesbibliothek und Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel, Kassel, Germany
partbook: 16th century
| Archive | Universitätsbibliothek Kassel Landesbibliothek und Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel, Kassel, Germany (D-Kl) |
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| Shelfmark | 8° Ms. Mus. 53b |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | None / Unknown |
| Measurements | 170 x 110 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 74 compositions, 27 from 22 composers, 47 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
In poor condition; folios extremely fragile
Binding
No covers; fascicles are loose.
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Other numberings: Original numbering of pieces, 6-73 (first four pieces and beginning of fifth now missing; #21, #36-37, #55-56 also missing; #39 and #58 not numbered, but taken into account in enumeration; #42-43 are different parts for same piece).
Foliation
No foliation or pagination
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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4 hymns, 18 motets (1 without text), 6 German sacred pieces, 16 French secular pieces (2 without text), 11 German secular pieces, 3 Dutch secular pieces, 5 textless pieces = 63
(A. Agricola)-1, Apiarius-1, (Brumel)-1, (Büchner)-1, (Compère)-2, (Craen)-1, (A. Févin)-1, (Hayne van Ghizeghem)-1, (Heugel)-1 + 3?, (Isaac)-1, (Isaac/La Rue)-1, M.-1, (Moulu)-2, (Mouton)-1, Sporer or Stoltzer? [T.S.]-2, (Unterholtzer)-1, anon-41
1 paper partbook of an original 3 (D-56 folios), 170 x 110. In poor condition; folios extremely fragile. No foliation or pagination; original numbering of pieces, 6-73 (first four pieces and beginning of fifth now missing; #21, #36-37, #55-56 also missing; #39 and #58 not numbered, but taken into account in enumeration; #42-43 are different parts for same piece). Blank staves on f. [11] and f. [56']. No covers; fascicles are loose. No index. Copied by Johannes Heugel (d. 1585), court composer for Philip of Hesse, who also wrote KasL 4, 9, 24, 38, 43, 53/1, 91, 94, 118, 142, and part of KasL 143. No initials or decoration. Many pieces have text incipits only.
16th century (dates from November 1534 to October 1546 appear in manuscript; these are probably dates of composition or performance rather than copying). Copied in Kassel, for the court of Count Philip of Hesse. Present Landesbibliothek incorporates holdings of former court library.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Gottwald, Clytus. 1997. Die Handschriften der Gesamthochschulbibliothek Kassel, Landesbibliothek und Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel, Bd. 6: Manuscripta musica. Wiesbaden.
Siegele, Ulrich. 1967. Die Musiksammlung der Stadt Heilbronn. Heilbronn. Pages: 47. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: VI, 342. Notes: physical description (partial).
Lange, Wilhelm (compiler). 1920. Katalog der Musikalien der Landesbibliothek. Kassel. Pages: 358. Notes: mention of MS.
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