A Bassus partbook from a set originally of four volumes, each consisting of the print RISM 1538/2 plus manuscript additions before and after it. (MS additions in D 86 fols. following print, in B 7 fols. preceding and 74 fols. following print). Copied mostly by Joannes Soldeke, of Barth, a minister (inscription inside front cover of Bassus book), Barth, who purchased printed partbooks in 1539; later additions by several other scribes. Following Soldeke's death (1588), his widow gave partbooks to Michael Froboese, of Wolgast. Froboese donated manuscript to city library in Wolgast, whose holdings later were incorporated in the Universitätsbibliothek in nearby Greifswald.
| Archive | Universitätsbibliothek, Greifswald, Germany (D-GRu) |
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| Shelfmark | BW 641 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 140 x 190 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 96 compositions, 57 from 32 composers, 39 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original leather covers
Notation
not indicated
Ruling
staff height c. 11.
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, I-VII, on manuscript folios preceding print; manuscript section following print has original ink foliation, 1-44 + modern pencil foliation, 45-72 (first and last folios unnumbered)
Foliation
Other numberings: Original ink numbering of pieces, I-LVII, with some errors and inconsistencies; some other pieces numbered by modern hand.
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 Kyries, 2 Glorias, 3 Te Deums, 8 psalms, 7 hymns, 2 Passions, 39 motets, 17 German sacred pieces = 80
(Barbireau)-1, Brumel-1, Canis [Cornelius]-1, Carler-1, Carpentras-1, Ducis [Benedictus]-1, Eckel-1, Hähnel [Galliculus]-1, Isaac-1, Josquin-1, Leo X-1, Obrecht/(Longaval/Venture)-1, Senfl-2, Stoltzer-1, (Walter)-1, anon-64
2 paper partbooks of an original 4, each consisting of the print RISM 1538/2 plus manuscript additions before the print (D-7 folios, B-0) and after the print (D-84 folios, B-84), 140 x 190. Original numbering of pieces, I-IXIV; discantus book foliation, 1-83; bassus book foliation, I-VII and 1-72. Copied by Joannes Soldeke. Dates [15]39 and 1588 on inside front cover.
The prints were purchased in 1539 by Joannes Soldeke, who copied the manuscript additions between 1539 and 1588. After Soldeke's death in 1588, his widow gave the manuscript to Michael Froboese, who in turn donated it to the library of his home town, Wolgast (16 miles from Greifswald).
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Deutsches Musikgeschichtliches Archiv Kassel and Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin (editor). 1983. Das Tenorlied: Mehrstimmige Lieder in deutschen Quellen 1450-1580. Band 2: Handschriften. Catalogus Musicus, vol. X. Kassel, Basel, Tours, and London. Pages: 98-9. Notes: contents list (partial); incipits (partial).
Brusniak, Friedhelm. 1980. Conrad Rein (ca. 1475-1522)-Schulmeister und Komponist. Neue Musikgeschichtliche Forschungen, vol. 10. Wiesbaden. Pages: 353. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Baker, Norma Klein. 1978. An Unnumbered Manuscript of Polyphony in the Archives of the Cathedral of Segovia: Its Provenance and History. University of Maryland, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 51-2,438,448-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Youens, Laura. 1978. Music for the Lutheran Mass in Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, MS. Thomaskirche 49/50. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 609,616,662,672-3,679,683,692,736,752-4,792. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Rudolf, Homer. 1977. The Life and Works of Cornelius Canis. University of Illinois, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 187,196-7,528,547. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); incipits (partial).
Jeppesen, Knud (editor). 1962. Italia Sacra Musica, musiche corali italiane sconosciute della prima metà del Cinquecento. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: II, xiv. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Picker, Martin. 1960. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: Manuscripts 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,359,437-8. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: LXVI,ix,176. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I,451. Notes: mention of MS.
Adler, Guido (editor). 1894-1970. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich. Graz and Vienna. Pages: XXVIII, 172,179-80,196. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); t.
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