The main scribe was probably Ludwig Daser; La Rue Requiem Mass (ff. 200'-225) in a different, unidentified hand. Copied in Munich, for use by the court chapel of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493-1550). 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 47 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 505 x 370 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 46 compositions from 5 composers. |
General Description
Physical Description
Some later folios damaged by ink corrosion/bleeding and (small) losses, but most music still legible
Binding
Original covers of white leather over boards, stamped with ornamental designs; binding and covers probably the work of Kaspar Schinnagl (BenteNW).
Watermark
coat of arms of city of Kaufbeuren (generally resembles Briquet #1008ff).
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1543-50 (BenteNW).
Foliation
Other numberings: Original numbering of pieces, 2-12 (first piece not numbered, but included in enumeration).
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-242, by J. J. Maier
Decoration
Space left for initials, but initials never added.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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10 Masses, 1 Requiem Mass, 1 Requiem Mass section = 12
Bruck-1, Daser-3, Isaac-5, La Rue-1, Senfl-2
242 paper folios, 505 x 370. Some folios damaged by ink corrosion, but most music still legible. Modern pencil foliation, 1-242, by J. J. Maier. Original numbering of pieces, 2-12 (first piece not numbered, but included in enumeration). Blank folios: 1, 24'-25, 48'-49, 68'-69, 87'-88, 109'-110, 127'-128, 151-152, 174'-175, 183'184, 199'-200, 225'-226, 242'. Original covers of white leather over boards, stamped with ornamental designs; binding and covers probably the work of Kaspar Schinnagl (BenteNW). No index. The main scribe was probably Ludwig Daser (see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe); La Rue Requiem Mass (ff. 200'-225) in a different, unidentified hand. Space left for initials, but initials never added. Watermark is coat of arms of city of Kaufbeuren (generally resembles Briquet #1008ff).
Ca. 1543-50 (BenteNW). Copied in Munich, for use by the court chapel of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493-1550). 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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Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I, xxxii, 36-9, 73, 76, 25*-31*; III, 107-12. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1974-. Henrici Isaac (ca. 1450-1517): Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 65. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IV, xiv-xvi, xxi-xxv, 27-57, 71-113. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Bente, Martin. 1968. Neue Wege der Quellenkritik und die Biographie Ludwig Senfls. Wiesbaden. Pages: 25ff, 33ff, 179-81, 201, 228. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances.
Pätzig, Gerhard-Rudolf. 1956. Liturgische Grundlagen und handschriftliche Überlieferung von Heinrich Isaacs "Choralis Constantinus". Eberhard-Karls-Universität (Tübingen), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: II, 159ff, 207. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Schmitz, Arnold (editor). 1955-. Musikalische Denkmäler. Mainz. Pages: VII, 3-15, 91-2. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Westrup, Jack A (editor). 1954-. New Oxford History of Music. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: IV, 264-5. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
Robijns, Jozef. 1954. Pierre de la Rue (Circa 1460-1518): Een Bio-Bibliographische Studie. Brussels. Pages: 49 [erroneously referred to as MS 44], 162. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: V, 111ff. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Loge, Eckhard. 1931. Eine Messen- und Motettenhandschrift des Kantors Matthias Krüger aus der Musikbibliothek Herzog Albrechts von Preussen. Königsberger Studien zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 12. Kassel. Pages: 31. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I, 455. Notes: mention of MS.
Wagner, Peter. 1913. Geschichte der Messe. Pages: 170-4, 289, 313ff. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Adler, Guido (editor). 1894-1970. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich. Graz and Vienna. Pages: XCIX, 30-45, 120. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
Maier, Jul Jos. 1879. Die Musikalischen Handschriften der K. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen. Munich. Pages: 6. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances.
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