A Discantus partbook from a set of four volumes. Copied by a single scribe. Probably copied in Lyons (Call). Once owned by member of Fugger family (NowakM). Fugger library purchased by Emperor Ferdinand III and brought to Vienna in 1656.
A-Wn Mus.Hs. 18811 [Discantus]
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria
partbook: c. 1560
| Archive | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria (A-Wn) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus.Hs. 18811 [Discantus] |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 150 x 206 mm |
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| Contents | Contains uninventoried compositions from 38 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown leather, gold stamped with fleurs-de-lis, voice designations, and representation of lion
Watermark
on back flyleaf of Discantus book are the initials "IR" (not in Briquet); all other folios lack watermarks.
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 14mm
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, I-V + original ink foliation, 1-72, in each book (first and last flyleaves not numbered)
Decoration
Black inked initials. Edges of folios gilded and gauffered.
Index
Original index on ff. II-IV of each book groups pieces alphabetically by first letter of text.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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7 chansons spirituelles, 74 French secular pieces = 81
(Arcadelt)-5, (Arcadelt/Certon)-1, (Baston)-1, (Beaulieu)-1, (Belin)-1, (Belin/Gentien)-1, (Berchem)-1, (Boyvin/Crecquillon)-1, (Cadéac/Lupus)-1, (Canis)-1, (Certon)-6, (Certon/Panurge)-1, (Clemens non Papa)-1, (Crecquillon)-5, (Crecquillon/Richafort-anon)-1, (De Bussy/Gentien/Sandrin)-1, (Delafont/Villiers)-1, (Du Tertre)-1, (Gardane)-3, (Gentien)-5, (Godard)-1, (Godeau)-2, (Gombert)-1, (Gombert/Sermisy)-1, (James/Lupus)-1, (Janequin)-1, (Janequin/Maillard)-1, (Lupi)-1, (Didier Lupi Second)-3, (Maillard)-1, (Manchicourt)-1, (Mornable)-2, (Paignier)-1, (Phinot)-1, (Poilhiot)-1, (Samin)-1, (Sandrin)-9, (Sandrin/Sermisy)-1, (Sermisy)-5, (Vassal)-1, (Vüliers)-2, anon-2
4 paper partbooks (DATB-vi + 72 + i folios each), 150 x 206. Modern pencil foliation, I-V + original ink foliation, 1-72, in each book (first and last flyleaves not numbered). Original covers of brown leather, gold stamped with fleurs-de-lis, voice designations, and representation of lion. Original index on ff. II-IV of each book groups pieces alphabetically by first letter of text. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 14. Black inked initials. Edges of folios gilded and gauffered. Watermark on back flyleaf of D book: initials "IR" (not in Briquet); all other folios lack watermarks.
Ca. 1560 (Call). Probably copied in Lyons (Call). Once owned by member of Fugger family (NowakM). Fugger library purchased by Emperor Ferdinand III and brought to Vienna in 1656.
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Mus.Hs. 18811 Mus
Partbooks · 4 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Adams, Courtney S. 1974. The Three-Part Chanson during the Sixteenth Century: Changes in Its Style and Importance. University of Pennsylvania, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 162, 199, 304. 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: 650-2, 759-60. Dissertation by Jerry Call in progress (University of Illinois). Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Allaire, Gaston Georges, and Isabelle Anne-Marie Cazeaux (editors). 1970. Claudin de Sermisy: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 52. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III, xv, xvii, xxi IV, ix, xi, xiii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1969. The Cantus-Firmus Chansons of Tylman Susato. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 22: 197-240. Pages: 205, 207, 216. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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: 347ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Expert, Henry (editor). 1966-. Mahres Anciens de la Musique Française. Paris. Pages: III, vii-ix IV, v, vii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Brown, Howard Mayer. 1963. Music in the French Secular Theater, 1400-1550. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: 266, 281. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Cazeaux, Isabelle Anne-Marie. 1961. The Secular Music of Claudin de Sermisy. Columbia University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 85, 122, 194, 235, 266, 311. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Nowak, Leopold. 1948. Die Musikhandschriften aus Fuggerschem Besitz in der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Die Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Festschrift herausgegeben zum 25 jährigen Dienstjubiläum des Generaldirektors Univ.-Prof. Dr. Josef Bick, edited by Leopold Nowak, Vienna: H. Bauer-Verlag. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Mantuani, Joseph. 1864-99 R 1965. Tabulae Codicum Manu Scriptorum in Bibliotheca Palatina Vindobonensi Asservatorum. 10 vols. Vienna: (1864-99) Graz: (1965 reprint). Pages: X, 224-9. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
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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