Faber's treatise 'Musica poetica,' with two later additions, appended to exemplar of printed music treatise by Heinrich Faber (Ad musicam practicam introductio [Nuremberg: Berg and Neuber, 1550]). Treatise copied by a single scribe; later additions (ff. 26'-27 and 28') copied by different hand. Copied in Zwickau?
| Archive | Ratsschulbibliothek, Zwickau, Germany (D-Z) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus. 13,3 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 200 x 166 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 37 compositions, 9 from 5 composers, 28 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of tan leather tooled with decorative designs.
Notation
black void mensural; some examples in chant notation
Ruling
8-, 9, or 10-line staves
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-35, in manuscript section
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Treatise on music (see below), with polyphonic examples:
71 pieces*
*36 are short textless cadential formulas; 9 have motet texts underlaid, or are identified as motets by titles, etc.; one item is textless excerpt from Mass Ordinary section. Other examples textless and unidentified.
Hähnel [Galliculi]/(Förster)-1, Isaac-2, Josquin-4, Josquin/(N. Champion)-1, Josquin/(La Rue)-1, anon-62*
'Some anonymous examples presumably composed by Heinrich Faber.
35 paper folios, 200 x 166, appended to exemplar of printed music treatise by Heinrich Faber (Ad musicam practicam introductio [Nuremberg: Berg and Neuber, 1550]). Manuscript section contains Faber's treatise "Musica poetica," with two later additions. Modern pencil foliation, 1-35, in manuscript section. Original covers of tan leather tooled with decorative designs. A few examples in chant notation, but most music in white mensural notation. Some examples in choirbook format; others in quasi-score format on 8-, 9-, or 10-line staves. Treatise copied by a single scribe; later additions (ff. 26'-27 and 28') copied by different hand. No initials or decoration.
Second half of 16th century. Copied in Zwickau?
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‡ denotes primary source study
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: III, 118-20. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Stroux, Christoph. 1976. Die Musica Poetica des Magisters Heinrich Faber. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität (Freiburg im Breisgau), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 147ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Just, Martin. 1960. Studien zu Heinrich Isaacs Motetten. Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,36,185, 195 11,28,46-7. Notes: contents list (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Gurlitt, Wilibald. 1940-46. Der Begriff der sortisatio in der deutschen Kompositionslehre des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 16: 194-211. Pages: 199,207-8. Notes: physical description (partial); transcription (partial).
Vollhardt, Reinhard. 1893-6. Bibliographie der Musik-Werke in der Ratsschulbibliothek zu Zwickau. Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, 26: . Pages: 122-3. Notes: physical description (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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