A Discantus partbook from a set of four volumes. # l[a]-52 in all books and # 53-54 in D and A books copied by a single scribe, who also wrote #8 of MunBS 1503b (Rifkin); a second scribe copied #1 and #55-64 in all books and #53-54 in T and B books; a third scribe copied #65. A few pieces have text underlaid, but most have text incipits only. Probably copied in Augsburg. Owned by Johann Heinrich Herwart (1520-83) of Augsburg. Herwart collection purchased by Wilhelm V, Duke of Bavaria, in 1585; placed in court library at Munich, whose holdings formed foundation of present Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
| Archive | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany (D-Mbs) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus. MS 1501 [Discantus] |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Measurements | 145 x 210 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 66 compositions, 62 from 41 composers, 4 are anonymous. |
General Description
Extent
i + 58 + i leaves.
Binding
Original covers of dark red parchment, inscribed with voice designations.
Watermark
Watermark resembles Briquet #1242.
Liminary Note
Each book has later title page: 'Teutsche, Französische, und Lateinische Lieder von 3 und 4 Stimmen, verschiedener Authorn.' (= 'German, French and Latin songs for 3 and 4 parts, by different authors').
Foliation
New pencil foliation in each book.
Decoration
Original piece numbers and text incipits in red ink; no other decoration.
Index
No index. Original numbering of pieces, 1-64 (excludes first and last pieces; first piece numbered '1' by J. J. Maier, who then renumbered second piece as '1a'; last piece numbered '65' by modern hand).
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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3 motets, 1 German/Latin sacred piece, 4 German sacred pieces, 39 French secular pieces, 17 German secular pieces, 2 Italian secular pieces = 66
(Appenzeller)-1, (Arcadelt)-1, (Baston/Clemens non Papa/Janequin/Pathie?)-1, (Certon)-1, (Clemens non Papa)-2, (Courtois)-1, (Crecquillon)-2, (Crecquillon/Sandrin/Sermisy)-1, (Ducis)-1, (Forster)-1, (Godard/Lortin)-1, (Gombert)-1, (Gombert/Sermisy)-1, (Grefinger)-1, (Grefinger/Senfl)-1, (Hesdin/Lupi)-1, (Hofhaimer) -3, (Jacotin/Sermisy)-1, (Josquin)-1, Lassus-5, (Didier Lupi Second)-1, (Manchicourt/Sandrin)-1, Meiland-2, (Mouton/Sermisy)-1, Novo Portu-1, (Pathie)-1, Prasch-1, (Richafort)-1, S. Rorif-1, Scandello-2, (Schönfelder)-1, (Senfl)-1, (Sermisy)-10 + 1?, (Stoltzer)-1, Vaet-1, A. Viola-1, (Walter)-1, (Willaert)-1, (Wolff)-1, (Zirler)-1, anon-6
4 paper partbooks (D-i + 58 + i folios, A-59 + i, T-70 + i, B-58 + i), ca. 145 x 210. New pencil foliation in each book; original numbering of pieces, 1-64 (excludes first and last pieces; first piece numbered "1" by J. J. Maier, who then renumbered second piece as "1a"; last piece numbered "65" by modern hand). Original covers of dark red parchment, inscribed with voice designations. No index. # l[a]-52 in all books and # 53-54 in D and A books copied by a single scribe, who also wrote #8 of MunBS 1503b (Rifkin); a second scribe copied #1 and #55-64 in all books and #53-54 in T and B books; a third scribe copied #65. Each book has modern title page: "Teutsche, Französische, und Lateinische Lieder von 3 und 4 Stimmen, verschiedener Authorn." Original piece numbers and text incipits in red ink; no other decoration. Watermark resembles Briquet #1242. A few pieces have text underlaid, but most have text incipits only.
Ca. 1570. Probably copied in Augsburg. Owned by Johann Heinrich Herwart (1520-83) of Augsburg. Herwart collection purchased by Wilhelm V, Duke of Bavaria, in 1585; placed in court library at Munich, whose holdings formed foundation of present Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
Vol 4
Composers: Add "(Fine)-1"; add "(La Rue/Sermisy)-1 "; change "(Sermisy) -10 + 1?" to "(Sermisy)-9 + 1?"; change "anon-6" to "anon-5."
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Mus. MS 1501
Partbooks · 4 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Göllner, Marie Louise. 1979. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Katalog der Musikhandschriften. 2: Tabulaturen und Stimmbücher bis zur Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts. Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen, vol. 5/2. Munich. Pages: 51-5. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Dobbins, Frank. 1974. Jacques Moderne's 'Parangon des Chansons': A Bibliography of Music and Poetry at Lyon 1538-1543. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 12: 1-90. Pages: 20ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Whisler, Bruce Allen. 1974. Munich, Mus. Ms. 1516: A Critical Edition. University of Rochester, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 50-8, 163, 181ff, 320-l. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1969. The Cantus-Firmus Chansons of Tylman Susato. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 22: 197-240. Pages: 202-16. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1969. Cantus Firmus in the French Chanson for Two and Three Voices, 1500-1550. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 66-7, 352ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Lothar. 1964. Thomas Stoltzer: Leben und Schaffen. Die Musik in Alten und Neuen Europa, vol. 5. Kassel. Pages: 168, 184. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Boetticher, Wolfgang. 1958. Orlando di Lasso und seine Zeit. 1532-1594. Repertoire-Untersuchungen zur Musik der Spätrenaissance, vol. I. Kassel and Basel. Pages: 831. Notes: mention of MS.
Brennecke, Wilfried. 1953. Die Handschrift A.R. 940/41 der Proske-Bibliothek zu Regensburg. Schriften des Landesinstituts für Musikforschung Kiel, vol. 1. Kassel and Basel. Pages: 61. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1949-. Ludwig Senfl: Sämtliche Werke. Wolfenbüttel and Zürich. Pages: V, 109; VI, 94. Notes: physical description (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: X, 124; XV, 142ff. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1925-68. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Wereldlijke Werken. Amsterdam. Pages: III, ix, xi. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Maier, Jul Jos. 1879. Die Musikalischen Handschriften der K. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen. Munich. Pages: 121-4. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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