A Tenor partbook from a set of four volumes, each of which consists of the print RISM 1549/35 with manuscript additions. German sacred pieces appear at front of each book, preceding print; motets copied at beginning of section of mostly blank folios following print. Copied by Johannis von Schännis (KmetzJ). Copied in Zürich. Original owner and compiler was Johannis von Schännis (d. 1586), a prominent citizen of Zürich; Schännis purchased bound music print with additional blank folios in Speyer in 1578 (inscriptions in manuscript). Later owned by other members of Schännis family; passed to present library in 1629.
| Archive | Zentralbibliothek, Zurich, Switzerland (CH-Zz) |
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| Shelfmark | MS T 412 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 132 x 191 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 6 compositions from 8 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original parchment covers cut from earlier manuscript
Watermark
Resembles Briquet #918
Notation
not indicated
Ruling
Staff height 12-13
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation.
Decoration
A few inked calligraphic initials.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 motets, 4 German sacred pieces = 6
(Alder/Senfl)-1, (Clemens non Papa)-1, (Josquin/Mouton)-1, (Mouton)-1, (Selnecker)-1, (Zirler)-1
4 paper partbooks, each consisting of the print RISM 1549/35, with manuscript additions (D-3 folios before print + 25 folios after print, A-3 + 30, T-3 + 29, B-3 + 30), 132 x 191. Modern pencil foliation. German sacred pieces appear at front of each book, preceding print; motets copied at beginning of section of mostly blank folios following print. Original parchment covers cut from earlier manuscript. No index. Copied by Johannis von Schännis (KmetzJ). Staff height 12-13. A few inked calligraphic initials. Watermark resembles Briquet #918.
1578-86 (KmetzJ). Copied in Zürich. Original owner and compiler was Johannis von Schännis (d. 1586), a prominent citizen of Zürich; Schännis purchased bound music print with additional blank folios in Speyer in 1578 (inscriptions in manuscript). Later owned by other members of Schännis family; passed to present library in 1629.
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Sets
MSS T 410-413
Partbooks · 4 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Kmetz, John. 1987. Da Jacob nun das Kleid ansah and Zürich Zentralbibliothek T 410-413: A Well-known Motet in a Little-known 16th-century Manuscript. Schweizer Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft, 4: . Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1949-. Ludwig Senfl: Sämtliche Werke. Wolfenbüttel and Zürich. Pages: VI,95,99. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Geering, Arnold. 1933. Die Vokalmusik in der Schweiz zur Zeit der Reformation. Schweizerisches Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft, 6: . Pages: 54. Notes: contents list.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
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