A-Wn Mus. Hs. 15500

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria

manuscript of polyphony: 1544

Archive Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria (A-Wn)
Shelfmark Mus. Hs. 15500
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 470 x 310 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: VienNB Mus. 15500
Notations
  • black void mensural
External Links
External Authorities
Provenance
  • Bavaria, Germany
Contents Contains 51 compositions, 39 from 25 composers, 12 are anonymous.
General Description

Composite of originally separate fascicles later bound together. Copied by several scribes.

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Physical Description

Folios trimmed at top, with probable loss of some attributions.

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Binding

Original covers of tooled leather, with metal corners, bosses, buckles, and clasps.

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Watermark

double eagle with crown

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Notation

black void mensural

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Foliation

Two systems of modern foliation: first system, 1-328; second system, 1-337, corrects most errors in first system, but omits one folio between 221/222

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Decoration

space left for decorative initials, but only a few initials were actually entered

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Surface

paper

Oscar Verhaar, for the medieval music manuscript project of the National Library Vienna (www.cantusplanus.at), 2014
Census Catalogue of Music Description

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2 Mass Proper sections, 17 Magnificats, 3 Te Deums, 2 psalms, 22 motets = 46

(Briant)-1, (Caen/Josquin)-1, (Couillart)-1, Dietrich [Sixti Theoderici]-3, (Du Hamel)-2, (Ducis)-2, Finck-1, (Finck-Josquin)-1, (Isaac)-1, Jaquet of Mantua [Iachet]-1, (Jhan of Ferrara)-1, (Jonckers)-1, (Josquin)-1, (Josquin/Senfl)-1, Lhéritier-1, Lupus-1, (Morales)-4, (Mouton)-1, Richafort-1, Senfl-4, Sermisy [Claudin] -2, Stoltzer-1, Tudual-1, Willaert/(Obrecht)-1, anon-11

338 paper folios, 470 x 325. Composite of originally separate fascicles later bound together. Folios trimmed at top, with probable loss of some attributions. Two systems of modern foliation: first system, 1-328; second system, 1-337, corrects most errors in first system, but omits one folio between 221/222. Blank folios, or blank staves only: 31'-33, 67'-68, 97'-98, 108'-110, 116'-118, 123'-124, 163'-164, 186'-187, 197'-199, 227'-228, 263'-264, 268'-271, 287'-288, 296'-297, 305'-306, 311, 315'-316, 318'-319, 321'-322, 323'-325'. Original covers of tooled leather, with metal corners, bosses, buckles, and clasps. No index. Copied by several scribes. Space left for decorative initials, but only a few initials actually inscribed Watermark: double eagle with crown.

1544 (date on f. 1). Of German origin (KirschE).

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Elders, Willem. 1981. Ein handschriftlicher 'Liber Psalmorum' aus der deutschen Überlieferung. Formen und Probleme der Überlieferung mehrstimmiger Musik im Zeitalter Josquins Desprez, Wolfenbütteler Forschungen, vol. 6.  Munich. Pages: 66-7. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Noblitt, Thomas L. 1981. A Reconstruction of Ms. Thomaskirche 51 of the Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig (olim III, A. a. 22-23). Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 31: 16-72. Pages: 57. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Youens, Laura. 1978. Music for the Lutheran Mass in Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, MS. Thomaskirche 49/50. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 655-6, 675, 680, 716-7, 723. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III.  Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I, xliii, 26, 78. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Blackburn, Bonnie J. 1970. The Lupus Problem. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 379. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Perkins, Leeman L (editor). 1969. Johannis Lhéritier: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 48.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xlvi, lii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts.  Tutzing. Pages: 173. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Lothar. 1964. Thomas Stoltzer: Leben und Schaffen. Die Musik in Alten und Neuen Europa, vol. 5.  Kassel. Pages: 170, 185. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).

Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: II, 84-5, 137, 337. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Kirsch, Winfried. 1961. Ein unbeachtetes Chorbuch von 1544 in der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Wien. Die Musikforschung, 14: 290-303. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Schmitz, Arnold (editor). 1955-. Musikalische Denkmäler.  Mainz. Pages: VIII, 145, 149. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik.  Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: LXX 115-23, 194, 198 XCIX, 91, 95. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1929-. Das Chorwerk.  Berlin/Wolfenbüttel. Pages: CII, vii, 11-24. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

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