A Discantus partbook from a set of five volumes, each of which consists of the prints RISM L851, U120, U122, and K990, with manuscript additions. Copied by a single scribe, who also wrote portions of most other WrocU manuscripts. Copied in Brieg (= Brzeg). Formerly owned by Brieg Gymnasial-Bibliothek; transferred to present location in 1890.
| Archive | Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Wrocław, Poland (PL-WRu) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Brieg.Musik. K.54 [Discantus] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | None / Unknown |
| Measurements | 153 x 201 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 52 compositions, 45 from 25 composers, 7 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Rebound in modern covers of black cardboard; each book has modern paper flyleaf at front and back. Original parchment covers cut from chant manuscript now bound in as second flyleaf at front and penultimate flyleaf at back of DATQ books
Watermark
crown
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
No foliation or pagination
Decoration
Inked initials, some in plain block style, others in calligraphic style
Surface
paper
DIAMM Note
Kuhn's catalogue numbers the prints 8-11. The manuscript pieces are: 1-7 at the beginning; 12-43 at the end. Most of Bassus book lost (only nos. 1-3 present); nos. 4-7 in D & T books only; A does not have nos 1-7.
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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33 motets (4 with alternate German sacred text underlaid), 4 German sacred pieces, 1 German secular piece, 1 Italian secular piece = 39
Caen/(Lupus/Richafort)-1, Clemens non Papa-2, Crecquillon-1, Deiss-1, C. Festa-1, (Jacobus Galliculus)-1, (Gombert)-1, Josquin-1, (Josquin/Senfl)-1, Knöfel-2, Lassus-1, (Maessens)-1, Meiland-1, A. Padovano [Hannibalis Batavini]-2, Prenner-1, Regnart-5, Scheiffler-1, Striggio-1, Taglia-1, Utendal-4, Vaet-1, anon-8
5 paper partbooks, consisting of the prints RISM L851, U120, U122, and K990, with manuscript additions (D-54 folios, A-48, T-55, B-2, Q-67), 153 x 201. (Preceding count of folios includes only manuscript additions; prints and most of original manuscript additions now missing from B book). No foliation or pagination. Rebound in modern covers of black cardboard; each book has modern paper flyleaf at front and back. Original parchment covers cut from chant manuscript now bound in as second flyleaf at front and penultimate flyleaf at back of DATQ books. No index. Copied by a single scribe, who also wrote portions of most other WrocU manuscripts described in this catalogue. Inked initials, some in plain block style, others in calligraphic style. Watermark: crown.
1578 (date in manuscript). Copied in Brieg (= Brzeg). Formerly owned by Brieg Gymnasial-Bibliothek; transferred to present location in 1890.
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MS Brieg.Musik. K.54
Partbooks · 5 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Youens, Laura. 1978. Music for the Lutheran Mass in Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, MS. Thomaskirche 49/50. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 764-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Walter, George R. 1975. The Five-Voice Motets of Thomas Crecquillon. University of West Virginia, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 246, 340-1. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1926-64. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Motetten. Amsterdam. Pages: VII, iv, vii-xi [sometimes incorrectly referred to as MS K 52]. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kuhn, Friedrich. 1896. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Alten Musikalien -Handschriften und Druckwerke-des Königlichen Gymnasiums zu Brieg. Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, 28: . Pages: 36-9. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial).
Adler, Guido (editor). 1894-1970. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich. Graz and Vienna. Pages: CIII/CIV, 201-1. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Watermark Note; Notation Note; Surface Note
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