D-W Cod. Guelf. A Aug. 2°

Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany

manuscript of polyphony: 1519-20

Archive Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany (D-W)
Shelfmark Cod. Guelf. A Aug. 2°
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Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 605 x 420 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: WolfA A
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Contents 7 pieces from 6 composers
General Description

Copied by a single scribe, probably 'P SL Gwalth(er),' who also wrote MunBS 510 and part of MunBS 65; Gwalther named only in MunBS 65 and MunBS 510, but WolfA identified as his work through scribal concordance (RifRM). Copied in Munich, for use at court of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493-1550). Removed from Munich by Swedish armies in 1631. Acquired in 1653 by August the Younger, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel (1579-1666), from Georg Forstenheuser, of Nuremberg.

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Binding

Original covers of gold-tooled leather over boards; metal clasps.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation on lower right rectos

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Decoration

Elaborate illuminated miniatures, initials, and borders include coats of arms of Bavaria and Austria; coats of arms of various Bavarian cities; and portraits of Albrecht IV and Wilhelm IV, Dukes of Bavaria, and Emperors Maximilian I and Charles V

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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6 Masses, 1 Requiem Mass = 7

Bauldeweyn [Noe Balbun]-2, C. Festa-1, Josquin/(La Rue)-1, La Rue-2, Pipelare-1

192 parchment folios, 605 x 420. Modern pencil foliation on lower right rectos. Original covers of gold-tooled leather over boards; metal clasps. No index. Copied by a single scribe, probably "P SL Gwalth(er)," who also wrote MunBS 510 and part of MunBS 65; Gwalther named only in MunBS 65 and MunBS 510, but WolfA identified as his work through scribal concordance (RifRM). Elaborate illuminated miniatures, initials, and borders include coats of arms of Bavaria and Austria; coats of arms of various Bavarian cities; and portraits of Albrecht IV and Wilhelm IV, Dukes of Bavaria, and Emperors Maximilian I and Charles V.

1519-20 (dates in manuscript). Copied in Munich, for use at court of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493-1550). Removed from Munich by Swedish armies in 1631. Acquired in 1653 by August the Younger, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel (1579-1666), from Georg Forstenheuser, of Nuremberg.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–27 Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3 Iosquin de Press/[La Rue]
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)

Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3

Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Appears on: 1v–27
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Iosquin de Press/[La Rue]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa De beata Virgine 3.3
28v–54 Missa Incessament mon pauvre coeur a 5 Petrus De Larue
Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)

Missa Incessament mon pauvre coeur a 5

Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Appears on: 28v–54
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Petrus De Larue
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Incessament [mon povre cueur lamente]
55v–77 Missa Fors seulement a 5 Pipelare
Pipelare, Mattheus (ca. 1450–ca. 1515)

Missa Fors seulement a 5

Pipelare, Mattheus (ca. 1450–ca. 1515)
Appears on: 55v–77
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Pipelare
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa] Fors seulement
78v–110 Missa Se congé prens Constantius Festa
Festa, Costanzo (ca. 1485–1545)

Missa Se congé prens

Festa, Costanzo (ca. 1485–1545)
Appears on: 78v–110
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Constantius Festa
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa [Se congé prens]
111v–148 Missa Sine nomine a6 Noe Balbun [= Bauldeweyn]
Bauldeweyn, Noel (ca. 1480–1529)
Brumel, Antoine (ca. 1460–ca. 1513) (?)

Missa Sine nomine a6

Bauldeweyn, Noel (ca. 1480–1529)
Brumel, Antoine (ca. 1460–ca. 1513) (?)
Appears on: 111v–148
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Noe Balbun [= Bauldeweyn]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa Sine nomine]
149v–168 Missa En douleur en tristesse a 5 = Missa in diapason Noe Balbun
Bauldeweyn, Noel (ca. 1480–1529)

Missa En douleur en tristesse a 5 = Missa in diapason

Bauldeweyn, Noel (ca. 1480–1529)
Appears on: 149v–168
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Noe Balbun
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Missa En douleur en tristesse]
169v–187 Missa pro defunctis (Requiem) Petrus de Larue
Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)

Missa pro defunctis (Requiem)

Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Appears on: 169v–187
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Requiem
Source Attribution: Petrus de Larue
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Missa pro Defunctis
Composer Compositions
Bauldeweyn, Noel (ca. 1480–1529)
Brumel, Antoine (ca. 1460–ca. 1513)
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Festa, Costanzo (ca. 1485–1545)
Pipelare, Mattheus (ca. 1450–ca. 1515)
Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Missa Beata Virgine = Missa Coronata 3.3
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
1v–27
Missa En douleur en tristesse a 5 = Missa in diapason
Bauldeweyn, Noel (ca. 1480–1529)
149v–168
Missa Fors seulement a 5
Pipelare, Mattheus (ca. 1450–ca. 1515)
55v–77
Missa Incessament mon pauvre coeur a 5
Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
28v–54
Missa pro defunctis (Requiem)
Rue, Pierre de la (ca. 1452–1518)
169v–187
Missa Se congé prens
Festa, Costanzo (ca. 1485–1545)
78v–110
Missa Sine nomine a6
Bauldeweyn, Noel (ca. 1480–1529)
Brumel, Antoine (ca. 1460–ca. 1513) (?)
111v–148

‡ denotes primary source study

Fuhrmann, Wolfgang. 2018. Brumel’s Masses: Lost and Found. Journal of the Alamire Foundation, 11. http://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/J.JAF.5.110668.

Staehelin, Martin. 1985. Musikalischer Lustgarten: Kostbare Zeugnisse der Musikgeschichte. Pages: 62-4, front cover. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion; additional bibliography.

Rifkin, Joshua. 1976. Ein römisches Messenrepertoire am bayerischen Hof-Bemerkungen zum Wolfenbütteler Chorbuch A Aug. 2° und zu seinem Umkreis. Paper read at colloquium "Formen und Probleme der Überlieferung mehrstimmiger Musik im Zeitalter Josquins Desprez," held at Wolfenbüttel, September 14-17, 1976, . Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Hall, Thomas. 1975. Some Computer Aids for the Preparation of Critical Editions of Renaissance Music. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 38-53. Pages: 40,47-53. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Kreider, John Evan. 1974. The Masses for Five and Six Voices by Pierre de la Rue. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,17-8,21 II,308-97. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Göthel, Folker (editor). 1972. Musik in Bayern: II. Ausstellungskatalog.  Tutzing. Pages: 322-3, front cover. Notes: physical description; contents list; facsimile (partial).

Milde, Wolfgang. 1972. Mittelalterliche Handschriften der Herzog August Bibliothek. Kataloge der Herzog August Bibliothek.  Wolfenbüttel. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: 240-5. Notes: physical description; contents list; facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Sparks, Edgar H. 1972. The music of Noel Bauldeweyn.  American Musicological Society. Pages: 5,132-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Heinemann, Otto von. 1963-. Kataloge der Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel. 15 (to date) vols. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: IV,l-4. Notes: physical description; contents list.

Main, Alexander, and Albert Seay (editors). 1962-. Costanza Festa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I,iv,ix-x,61-93. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: I, Tafel LII X, Tafel 79 XIV,811-2. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).

Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen.  Amsterdam. Pages: XVI.xlv-lx. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).

Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde.  Leipzig. Pages: I,387 and preceding plate. Notes: mention of MS; facsimile (partial).

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