A Discantus partbook from a set of five volumes. Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (whose signature appears in T1 and T2 books), though music attributed to Netherlands court scribe C' - who may be Alamire (KellBP). Warmington (KellmanTO) attributes some of the copying to scribe P. All pieces have text incipits or titles only. Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Sent to Raimund Fugger the Elder (1489-1535), of Augsburg. Fugger library purchased by Emperor Ferdinand III and brought to Vienna in 1656.
A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18746 (Superius/Cantus)
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria
partbook: 1523
| Archive | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria (A-Wn) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus.Hs. 18746 (Superius/Cantus) |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 180 x 245 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 55 compositions, 25 from 13 composers, 30 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of white parchment inscribed with voice designations; red leather bands fasten folios to covers
Watermark
(1) Gothic letter "P" surmounted by four-petalled flower (see Briquet #8652 for approximate pattern); (2) Gothic letter "C" (resembles Briquet #8113)
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 15
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation in each book.
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Surface
paper
DIAMM Note
Four pieces attributed to Josquin on stylistic grounds by BenthEW: Sans vous veoir, Saillies avant, Dame donuer, Consideres mes incessantes plaintes
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3 motets, 1 motet-chanson, 51 French secular pieces, 1 textless piece with title "Cantus de anglia" = 56
(Appenzeller/Verdelot)-1, (Bauldeweyn/Grefinger)-1, Brumel-1, (Josquin)-7 + 4?,* (Josquin/La Rue)-2, La Rue-2, Lebrun-1, (Mouton)-1, (Prioris)-1, (Richafort)-1, (Richafort/Werrecore)-1, (Stokhem)-1, anon-32
*Four pieces attributed to Josquin on stylistic grounds by BenthEW.
5 paper partbooks (D-63 folios, A-68, T1-57, T2-63, B-62), 180 x 245. Modern pencil foliation in each book. Original covers of white parchment inscribed with voice designations; red leather bands fasten folios to covers. No index. Copied by Netherlands court scribe Petrus Alamire (whose signature appears in T1 and T2 books) and Netherlands court scribe C' (KellBP); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribes. Staff height 15. No initials or decoration. Watermarks: (1) Gothic letter "P" surmounted by four-petalled flower (see Briquet #8652 for approximate pattern); (2) Gothic letter "C" (resembles Briquet #8113). All pieces have text incipits or titles only.
1523 (date in manuscript). Copied in Brussels/Mechlin; belongs to Netherlands court complex (KellJ). Sent to Raimund Fugger the Elder (1489-1535), of Augsburg. Fugger library purchased by Emperor Ferdinand III and brought to Vienna in 1656.
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Kellman, Herbert (editor). 1999. The Treasury of Petrus Alamire. Music and art in Flemish Court Manuscripts 1500-1535. Leuven: Alamire Foundation.
Kellman, Herbert. 1989. Observations on the Production and Distribution of Music Manuscripts at the Netherlands Court. Early Music History, 9: . Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Dalton, Karen Lanz. 1982. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek MS. 18825: A Study and Critical Edition. University of Illinois, MA thesis. Pages: 29-30. Notes: facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Blackburn, Bonnie J. 1976. Josquin's Chansons: Ignored and Lost Sources. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 29: 30-76. Pages: 44,53-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kellman, Herbert. 1976. Josquin and the Courts of the Netherlands and France: The Evidence of the Sources. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 181-216. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 184, 203, 209, 214, Plate 31a. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Wexler, Richard. 1974. The Complete Works of Johannes Prioris. . Pages: 230,233-5,377. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Sparks, Edgar H. 1972. The music of Noel Bauldeweyn. American Musicological Society. Pages: 29,138-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Benthem, Jaap van. 1971-2. Einige wiedererkannte Josquin-Chansons im Codex 18746 der Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 22: 18-42. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hudson, Barton (editor). 1969-72. Antoine Brumel: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 5. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: V,xxiii,xxxii,43-5. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
Hewitt, Helen Margaret. 1969. Fors seulement and the Cantus Firmus Technique of the Fifteenth Century. Essays in Musicology in Honor of Dragan Plamenac on His 70th Birthday, 91-126. Pittsburgh. Pages: 94, 109-14,119ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: II, 173-4, 185, 210,298-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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,94-7,335-41,375. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Picker, Martin. 1958-63. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: MSS. 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels. Annales Musicologiques, 6: 145-287. Pages: 156-7,199ff; Plates 8-10,12,14. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Nowak, Leopold. 1948. Die Musikhandschriften aus Fuggerschem Besitz in der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Die Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Festschrift herausgegeben zum 25 jährigen Dienstjubiläum des Generaldirektors Univ.-Prof. Dr. Josef Bick, edited by Leopold Nowak, Vienna: H. Bauer-Verlag. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1925-68. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Wereldlijke Werken. Amsterdam. Pages: I,vi,xiii-xv; II,xi-xii; III,xii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Mantuani, Joseph. 1864-99 R 1965. Tabulae Codicum Manu Scriptorum in Bibliotheca Palatina Vindobonensi Asservatorum. 10 vols. Vienna: (1864-99) Graz: (1965 reprint). Pages: X, 196-200. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
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