Present manuscript consists of ff. 80-99 from choirbook originally containing c. 110 folios. First 61 folios from same manuscript now LonBLE 3051 (RifNR); remaining folios lost. Copied by a single scribe, except for last two pieces, which are later additions by different hand. All pieces in main corpus have text incipits only, or are textless; later additions have full text underlaid. Copied in northern Italy (RifNR); copied in Florence (StaeFMH). See LonBLE 3051 for history of ownership of original manuscript until acquisition by the French composer and scholar Adrien Lenoir de La Fage (1805-62). By time of La Fage's ownership, some gatherings already lost; remaining folios separated into two sections, sold to different buyers after La Fage's death. First portion (ff. 1-61) became LonBLE 3051 (see entry in Vol. II). Portion comprising present WashLC M6 acquired by Aristide Farrenc; passed to Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin (1821-1910) in 1866, then to Werner Wolffheim (1877-1930) in 1910. Purchased by Library of Congress at Berlin auction of Wolffheim library in 1929.
US-Wc M2.1.M6 Case (Wolffheim Fragment)
Library of Congress, Washington, United States
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1500
| Archive | Library of Congress, Washington, United States (US-Wc) |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | M2.1.M6 Case (Wolffheim Fragment) |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability. |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 177 x 130 mm |
| Other Identifiers |
|
| Notations |
|
| Relationships |
|
| External Links | |
| External Authorities | |
| Provenance |
|
| Contents | Contains 14 compositions, 13 from 11 composers, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Rebound in modern covers of white leather and multi-colored cardboard; leather spine stamped in gold with inscription 'MOTETS ET CHANSONS DU XVe. SIÈCLE.'
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 8.5
Foliation
Old (but not original) foliation in brown ink, lxxx-lxxxxviiii (old numbers on first four folios later erased and replaced with modern pencil foliation, but enumeration probably unchanged)
Decoration
Voice designations in red or blue ink; no other decoration.
Index
Incomplete modern index on f. [iii'].
Surface
iii paper + 20 parchment + iii paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
This information is reproduced here by kind permission of the publishers. It is COPYRIGHT and copying/reproduction of this content without permission may result in legal action.
secular pieces, 1 textless piece = 15
(A. Agricola/Josquin)-1, (Busnois/Compère/Mureau)-1, (Compère/Rubinet/Stokhem)-1, (C. Festa)-2, (Isaac)-3, (Isaac/Rubinet)-1, (Josquin)-2, (Josquin/Lannoy)-1, (Weerbecke)-1, anon-2
iii paper + 20 parchment + iii paper folios, 177 x 130. Present manuscript consists of ff. 80-99 from choirbook originally containing ca. 110 folios. First 61 folios from same manuscript now LonBLE 3051 (RifNR); remaining folios lost. Old (but not original) foliation in brown ink, lxxx-lxxxxviiii (old numbers on first four folios later erased and replaced with modern pencil foliation, but enumeration probably unchanged). Rebound in modern covers of white leather and multi-colored cardboard; leather spine stamped in gold with inscription "MOTETS ET CHANSONS DU XVe. SIÈCLE." Incomplete modern index on f. [iii']. Copied by a single scribe, except for last two pieces, which are later additions by different hand. Staff height 8.5. Voice designations in red or blue ink; no other decoration. All pieces in main corpus have text incipits only, or are textless; later additions have full text underlaid.
Ca. 1500, with post-1537 additions (StaeFMH). Copied in northern Italy (RifNR); copied in Florence (StaeFMH). See LonBLE 3051 for history of ownership of original manuscript until acquisition by the French composer and scholar Adrien Lenoir de La Fage (1805-62). By time of La Fage's ownership, some gatherings already lost; remaining folios separated into two sections, sold to different buyers after La Fage's death. First portion (ff. 1-61) became LonBLE 3051 (see entry in Vol. II). Portion comprising present WashLC M6 acquired by Aristide Farrenc; passed to Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin (1821-1910) in 1866, then to Werner Wolffheim (1877-1930) in 1910. Purchased by Library of Congress at Berlin auction of Wolffheim library in 1929.
The inventory could not be loaded.
Sets
Egerton/Wolffheim chansonnier
Fragments of a whole · 2 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Weiss, Susan Forscher. 1985. The Manuscript Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, Codex Q 18 (olim 143): A Bolognese Instrumental Collection of the Early Cinquecento. University of Maryland, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 96ff, 125, 322, 339-40, 343, 357, 360. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Brown, Howard Mayer (editor). 1983. A Florentine Chansonnier from the Time of Lorenzo the Magnificent: Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale MS Banco Rari 229. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. VII. Chicago and London. Pages: 197, 210ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Edwards, Warwick. 1981. Songs Without Words by Josquin and His Contemporaries. Music in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Patronage, Sources and Texts, 79-92. Cambridge. Pages: 90. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I, xxix, 32-4, 62, 87. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Atlas, Allan W. 1975-6. The Cappella Giulia Chansonnier (Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, C. G.XIII.27). Musicological Studies, vol. 27. Brooklyn. Pages: I, 49ff, 257, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1972. Eine Florentiner Musik-Handschrift aus der Zeit um 1500: Quellenkundliche Bemerkungen zur Frottola-Sammlung Ms. Egerton 3051 des British Museum und zum 'Wolffheim-Manuskript' der Library of Congress. Schweizer Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft, 1: 55-81. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Rifkin, Joshua. 1971. A 'New' Renaissance Manuscript. Paper read at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, held at Chapel Hill and Durham, N.C., 1971, . Notes: physical description; contents list; transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Just, Martin. 1960. Studien zu Heinrich Isaacs Motetten. Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 15 II, 28, 38-9, 56, 110. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Picker, Martin. 1960. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: Manuscripts 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 375. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Barksdale, A Beverly. 1953. Medieval and Renaissance Music Manuscripts. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Toledo Museum of Art, January-February 1953, Pages: 29. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).
de Ricci, Seymour, and W. J. Wilson. 1935-40. Supplement, 1962. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York. Pages: 241. Notes: physical description.
Engel, Carl. 1929. Division of Music. Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1929, Washington, D.C. Pages: 171. Notes: physical description (partial).
Wolffheim, Werner. 1928-9. Versteigerung der Musikbibliothek des Herrn Dr. Werner Wolffheim. Berlin. Pages: II, 246, Tafel 10. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); facsimile (partial).
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I, 394-7, 446-7. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial).
This form is used to make comments on a source. If you wish to notify us of a correction to the record, you should use the "Contribute a change" form instead.
No comments have been made.
Contributions to this record are recorded here. If you wish to contribute information or a correction to this record, use the "Contribute a Change" link. This will then be reviewed by DIAMM staff and, if accepted, your contribution will be acknowledged here.
Adam Bregman
Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
Image link added
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