D-Mbs Mus. MS 9

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München (Munich), Germany

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1557

Archive Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München (Munich), Germany (D-Mbs)
Shelfmark Mus. MS 9
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 514 x 374 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: MunBS 9
  • olim (Former shelfmark): H.C 55; MaiM 14
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
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Provenance
Contents Contains 5 compositions from 3 composers.
General Description

Main scribe possibly Ludwig Daser; ff. 57-105 copied by 'H M' [ = Hanns Mayr] (BenteNW). Copied in Munich, for use by the court chapel of Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria (1528-79). Kept in Hofkapelle library until end of 18th century, then transferred to ducal court library, whose holdings formed foundation of present Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.

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Binding

Original covers of discolored white leather, stamped with decorative designs. Front cover bears Bavarian coat of arms and initials 'A H I B' [= Albrecht Herzog in Bayern]; back cover bears Austrian coat of arms and initials of Albrecht's wife, Anna of Austria

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Watermark

coat of arms of city of Kaufbeuren (generally resembles Briquet #1008ff).

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

Ca. 1557 (date on f. 57).

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Ruling

Staff height 31

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, 1-258, by J. J. Maier ('257' omitted).

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Foliation

Other numberings: Original numbering of pieces, 2-5 (first piece not numbered, but included in enumeration)

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Decoration

Space left for decorative initials, but initials never added.

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Index

Incomplete original index pasted inside front cover

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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5 Masses

Daser-3, Lassus-1, Rore-1

257 paper folios, 514 x 374. Modern pencil foliation, 1-258, by J. J. Maier ("257" omitted). Original numbering of pieces, 2-5 (first piece not numbered, but included in enumeration). Blank folios: 1, 55'-56', 105'-106', 149'-150', 217'-218', 258'. Original covers of discolored white leather, stamped with decorative designs. Front cover bears Bavarian coat of arms and initials "A H I B" [= Albrecht Herzog in Bayern]; back cover bears Austrian coat of arms and initials of Albrecht's wife, Anna of Austria. Incomplete original index pasted inside front cover. Main scribe possibly Ludwig Daser (see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe); ff. 57-105 copied by "H M" [ = Hanns Mayr] (BenteNW). Staff height 31. Space left for decorative initials, but initials never added. Watermark is coat of arms of city of Kaufbeuren (generally resembles Briquet #1008ff).

Ca. 1557 (date on f. 57). Copied in Munich, for use by the court chapel of Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria (1528-79). Kept in Hofkapelle library until end of 18th century, then transferred to ducal court library, whose holdings formed foundation of present Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–55 Missa Domine secundum actum meum -
Lassus, Orlande de (ca. 1532–1594)

Missa Domine secundum actum meum

Lassus, Orlande de (ca. 1532–1594)
Appears on: 1v–55
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 5
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Domine secundum actum meum
General Note

Lasso GA Neue Reihe VII, p. 49
57 Missa Maria Magdalena -
Daser, Ludwig

Missa Maria Magdalena

Daser, Ludwig
Appears on: 57
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 5
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Maria Magdalena
General Note

CMM 4/IX, p. 16
107v–149 Missa Dixerunt discipuli -
Daser, Ludwig

Missa Dixerunt discipuli

Daser, Ludwig
Appears on: 107v–149
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 5
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa super Dixerunt discipuli
General Note

CMM 4/XIV, p. 85
151v–217 Missa Jerusalem luge -
Daser, Ludwig

Missa Jerusalem luge

Daser, Ludwig
Appears on: 151v–217
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 5
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Ierusalem luge
219v–258 Missa Vivat foelix Hercules -
Rore, Cipriano de (ca. 1515–1565)

Missa Vivat foelix Hercules

Rore, Cipriano de (ca. 1515–1565)
Appears on: 219v–258
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Number of voices: 5
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa Vivat foelix hercules
General Note

CMM 4/VII
Composer Compositions
Daser, Ludwig
Lassus, Orlande de (ca. 1532-1594)
Rore, Cipriano de (ca. 1515-1565)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Missa Dixerunt discipuli
Daser, Ludwig
107v–149
Missa Domine secundum actum meum
Lassus, Orlande de (ca. 1532–1594)
1v–55
Missa Jerusalem luge
Daser, Ludwig
151v–217
Missa Maria Magdalena
Daser, Ludwig
57
Missa Vivat foelix Hercules
Rore, Cipriano de (ca. 1515–1565)
219v–258

‡ denotes primary source study

Owens, Jessie Ann. 1979. An Illuminated Manuscript of Motets by Cipriano de Rore (München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Mus. Ms. B). Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 175. Notes: contents list (partial).

Gottwald, Clytus. 1974. Die Musikhandschriften der Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg. Handschriftenkataloge der Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, vol. I.  Wiesbaden. Pages: 111. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Nugent, George Edward. 1973. The Jacquet Motets and Their Authors. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 382. Notes: contents list (partial).

Bente, Martin. 1968. Neue Wege der Quellenkritik und die Biographie Ludwig Senfls.  Wiesbaden. Pages: 25-8, 33, 39, 194-5, 213, 217, 223. Notes: physical description (partial).

Meier, Bernhard (editor). 1959-. Cipriani Rore: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 14.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VII, iii, [vii], 32-54. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial).

Boetticher, Wolfgang. 1958. Orlando di Lasso und seine Zeit. 1532-1594. Repertoire-Untersuchungen zur Musik der Spätrenaissance, vol. I.  Kassel and Basel. Pages: 828. Notes: physical description (partial).

Hermelink, Siegfried (editor). 1956-. Orlando di Lasso: Sämtliche Werke, Neue Reihe.  Kassel and Basel. Pages: VII, xii-xiv, xxv, 49-86. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial).

Westrup, Jack A (editor). 1954-. New Oxford History of Music.  London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: IV, 288-9 [source of transcription erroneously said to be MunBS 46]. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Johnson, Alvin Harold. 1954. The Liturgical Music of Cipriano de Rore. Yale University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 177-88. Notes: physical description; contents list; discussion.

Johnson, Alvin Harold. 1953. The Masses of Cipriano de Rore. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 6: 227-39. Pages: 231-3. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Maier, Jul Jos. 1879. Die Musikalischen Handschriften der K. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen.  Munich. Pages: 8. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances.

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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