Main scribe possibly Peter Steydl (BenteNW); motet on ff. 138'-147? probably copied by Ludwig Daser. Some (perhaps all) 6-voice motets are arrangements of 4-voice works; additional voices possibly composed by Ludwig Daser, Matthaeus Le Maistre, or Franz Flori (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.
| Archive | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany (D-Mbs) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus. MS 41 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 510 x 370 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 29 compositions, 24 from 14 composers, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of white leather over boards, stamped with ornamental designs
Watermark
coat of arms of city of Kaufbeuren (generally resembles Briquet #1008ff)
Notation
black void mensural
Date
After 1547, probably ca. 1552-60 (BenteNW).
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-254, by J. J. Maier ('185' applied to two consecutive folios; '212' omitted; f. 247 not numbered; ff. 248-249 numbered '247-248').
Foliation
Other numberings: Original numbering of pieces, 1-19 (partes of one motet counted separately); original numbers 11-19 corrected to 10-18 by modern hand.
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Surface
paper
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18 motets
Blanchus-1, (Crecquillon)-1, Daser-1, (Josquin)-2, (Josquin/Mouton)-1, (Lupi)-1, (Mahu)-1, (Mouton)-3, (Senfl)-1, (Vaet)-1, anon-5
Some (perhaps all) 6-voice motets are arrangements of 4-voice works; additional voices possibly composed by Ludwig Daser, Matthaeus Le Maistre, or Franz Flori (BenteNW).
254 paper folios, 510 x 370. Modern pencil foliation, 1-254, by J. J. Maier ("185" applied to two consecutive folios; "212" omitted; f. 247 not numbered; ff. 248-249 numbered "247-248"). Original numbering of pieces, 1-19 (partes of one motet counted separately); original numbers 11-19 corrected to 10-18 by modern hand. Blank folios: 1, 119'-120, 137'-138, 147'-148, 171'-172, 251'-254'. Original covers of white leather over boards, stamped with ornamental designs. No index. Main scribe possibly Peter Steydl (BenteNW); motet on ff. 138'-147? probably copied by Ludwig Daser (see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribes). No initials or decoration. Watermark is coat of arms of city of Kaufbeuren (generally resembles Briquet #1008ff).
After 1547, probably ca. 1552-60 (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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Youens, Laura. 1978. Music for the Lutheran Mass in Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, MS. Thomaskirche 49/50. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 682. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Kirsch, Winfried. 1976. Josquin's Motets in the German Tradition. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 261-78. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 272. Notes: contents list (partial).
Constant, John George. 1975. Renaissance Manuscripts of Polyphony at the Cathedral of Padua. University of Michigan, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 70ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Crawford, David Eugene. 1975. Sixteenth Century Choirbooks in the Archivio Capitolare at Casale Monferrato. RMS, vol. 2. American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 117. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Diehl, George Karl. 1974. The Partbooks of a Renaissance Merchant. Cambrai: Bibliothèque municipale, MSS 125-128. University of Pennsylvania, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 602. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Drake, George Warren James. 1972. The first printed book of motets, Petrucci's Motteti A numero trentatre (Venice 1502) and Motetti de Passione De cruce De sacramento De beata virgine et huius modi B (Venice 1503): A critical study and complete edition. University of Illinois, Ph.D. Dissertation. Pages: 204-5. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).
Blackburn, Bonnie J. 1970. The Lupus Problem. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 392. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Bente, Martin. 1968. Neue Wege der Quellenkritik und die Biographie Ludwig Senfls. Wiesbaden. Pages: 25ff, 33ff, 190-3, 228. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Gottwald, Clytus. 1968. Die Musikhandschriften der Universitätsbibliothek München. Die Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek München, vol. 2. Wiesbaden. Pages: 102. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Lowinsky, Edward E (editor). 1968. The Medici Codex of 1518: A Choirbook of Motets Dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. III-V. Chicago. Pages: III, 171. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Crawford, David Eugene. 1967. Vespers Polyphony at Modem's Cathedral in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century. University of Illinois, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 111, 113, 116. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Gottwald, Clytus. 1964. Codices Musici (Cod. Mus. Fol. I 1-71). . Die Handschriften der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, vol. Reihe I, Band 1. Wiesbaden. Pages: 102. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: II, 86. Notes: contents list (partial).
Shine, Josephine M. 1953. The Motets of Jean Mouton. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 77, 83. Notes: contents list (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1926-64. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Motetten. Amsterdam. Pages: I, x, 5-11; XXV, xliv. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Adler, Guido (editor). 1894-1970. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich. Graz and Vienna. Pages: CIII/CIV, 211. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Maier, Jul Jos. 1879. Die Musikalischen Handschriften der K. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen. Munich. Pages: 88-9. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
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