A Discantus partbook from a set of six volumes, each of which is composite of several different manuscripts later bound together. Probably copied partly by Simon Lyra, cantor at Church of St. Elizabeth in Breslau (Lyra's name on flyleaf). Copied in Breslau, for use in local evangelical services, probably at Church of St. Elizabeth. Later transferred to Breslau Stadtbibliothek. Missing since World War II; contents and composers known from BohH.
D-B Sammlung Bohn Mus. MS 97 [Discantus]
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany
partbook: 1593
| Archive | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany (D-B) |
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| Shelfmark | Sammlung Bohn Mus. MS 97 [Discantus] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 215 x 165 mm |
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| Contents | Contains uninventoried compositions from 21 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of parchment over paste-board
Watermark
(1) resembles Briquet #2263; (2) resembles Briquet #12298 (LassoW).
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation
Decoration
Black or red inked initials in plain block style
Index
Original index in Tenor book
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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30 Masses (most without Credo; 1 without Agnus), 1 K-G-S Mass, 11 Kyrie-Gloria pairs, 3 Mass Proper sections, 1 set of responses = 46
Baccusi-1, Bucenus-1, Cleve-1, Clitonius-1, Colin-1, Crappius-1, Felis-1, (Fritsch)-1, (Göckeritz)-1, Hess-2, Jaquet of Mantua [Jachet]/(Berchem)-1, (Kolbanus)-1, Lassus [Orlandi]-11,* (Leher)-1, Luython-1, Philippe de Monte-4, Nucius-1, Paminger -1, Riccio-1, Scandello-5, Vaet-2, anon-6
•"Orlandi" attributions applied to several parody Masses may refer only to Lassus motets, chansons, etc. which served as models, but Lassus' authorship of the Masses themselves remains a possibility.
6 paper partbooks (D-148 folios, A-192, T-138, B-164, Q.-165, S-117), 215 x 165. Each book is composite of several different manuscripts later bound together. Modern pencil foliation. Original covers of parchment over paste-board. Original index in T book. Probably copied partly by Simon Lyra, cantor at Church of St. Elizabeth in Breslau (Lyra's name on flyleaf). Black or red inked initials in plain block style. Watermarks: (1) resembles Briquet #2263; (2) resembles Briquet #12298 (LassoW).
1593 (date in manuscript). Copied in Breslau, for use in local evangelical services, probably at Church of St. Elizabeth. Later transferred to Breslau Stadtbibliothek. Missing since World War II; contents and composers known from BohH.
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Sammlung Bohn Mus. MS 97
Partbooks · 6 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Korth, Hans-Otto, Helmut Hell, and Jutta Lambrecht. 1997. Die Signaturengruppe Mus ms. 40000 ff. Folge 1: Handschriften des 15. - 19. Jahrhunderts in mensuraler und neuerer Notation. Katalog. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Kataloge der Musikabteilung, Erste Reihe, vol. Handschriften, 13. München.
Comberiati, Carmelo Peter. 1983. Polyphonic Settings of the Mass Ordinary at the Court of Rudolf II (1576-1612). University of Michigan, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 89-90, 105, 180, 319-20. 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: 316, 822. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).
Hermelink, Siegfried (editor). 1956-. Orlando di Lasso: Sämtliche Werke, Neue Reihe. Kassel and Basel. Pages: III,xvi-xvii; V,xvi-xvii; VII,xiv; VIII,xiv; IX,xiv; XI,xiv-xvi, xxxi; XII,xiv,xvii. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Bohn, Emil. 1890. Die musikalischen Handschriften des XVI. und XVII. Jahrhunderts in der Stadtbibliothek zu Breslau. Breslau. Pages: 109-10. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description