D-AN VI.g.27

Staatliche Bibliothek, Ansbach, Germany

manuscript of polyphony: 1583 (date in manuscript)

Archive Staatliche Bibliothek, Ansbach, Germany (D-AN)
Shelfmark VI.g.27
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 440 x 290 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: AnsbachS 27
Relationships
Provenance
Contents 2 pieces from 3 composers
General Description

Original covers of parchment cut from non-musical manuscript. Copied by Georg Furtter (inscription at beginning: "Anno 1583 des 27 Febr angefang und des 13 Martii vollendet. Georg Furtter Tenorist."), whose activity as a singer in the court chapel of Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Ansbach-Brandenburg, is documented in chapel registers (see SchmiMH). Copied in Königsberg, while court chapel of Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Ansbach-Brandenburg (1543-1603) was in temporary residence there. Manuscript brought to Ansbach when Margrave returned there in 1586. Later transferred to Staatliche Bibliothek; reported missing as of 1982.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, 1-32.

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Decoration

A few inked calligraphic initials.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 German Passion with some polyphonic sections

(Walter)

32 paper folios, size unknown (probably large 2°). Modern pencil foliation, 1-32. Ff. 24-32' have blank staves only. Original covers of parchment cut from non-musical manuscript. Copied by Georg Furtter (inscription at beginning), whose activity as a singer in the court chapel of Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Ansbach-Brandenburg, is documented in chapel registers (see SchmiMH). A few inked calligraphic initials.

1583 (date in manuscript). Copied in Königsberg, while court chapel of Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Ansbach-Brandenburg (1543-1603) was in temporary residence there. Manuscript brought to Ansbach when Margrave returned there in 1586. Later transferred to Staatliche Bibliothek; reported missing as of 1982.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1–23 Passio secunfum Matthaeum: Höret das Leiden und Sterben unsers Herren Jesu Christi -
Walter, Johann (1496–1570) (?)
Meiland, Jacob (1542–1577) (?)

Passio secunfum Matthaeum: Höret das Leiden und Sterben unsers Herren Jesu Christi

Walter, Johann (1496–1570) (?)
Meiland, Jacob (1542–1577) (?)
Appears on: 1–23
Genres: Passion
General Note

inside front cover in pencil is written "Passio secundum Matth. von Johann Walther"; another (19th century?) hand has added "Wahrscheinlich von Jakob Meilandus Kapellmeister Georg Friedrichs Markgrafen zu Ansbach, in Musik gesetzt. Von ihm ist auch um diese Zeit das Psalterium Lutheri componirt worden - s[iehe] Gerbert Tonkünstlerlexicon".
24–32 [blank staves] - -

[blank staves]

Appears on: 24–32
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Meiland, Jacob (1542–1577)
Walter, Johann (1496–1570)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Passio secunfum Matthaeum: Höret das Leiden und Sterben unsers Herren Jesu Christi
Walter, Johann (1496–1570) (?)
Meiland, Jacob (1542–1577) (?)
1–23

‡ denotes primary source study

Schmidt, Günther. 1960. Grundsätzliche Bemerkungen zur Geschichte der Passionshistorie. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 100-25. Pages: 120-1. Notes: contents list; discussion.

Schmidt, Günther. 1956. Die Musik am Hofe der Markgrafen von BrandenburgAnsbach.  Kassel and Basel. Pages: 32,94-102. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; discussion.

Schmidt, Günther. 1955. Die Handschrift Ansbach VI g 27 der MatthäusPassion von Johann Walter. Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 101. Notes: contents list; discussion.

Bruner, Ludwig. 1913. Katalog der K. Regierungsbibliothek in Ansbach.  Ansbach. Pages: 237. Notes: mention of MS; contents list.

Oppel, Reinhard. 1910-1. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Ansbacher-Königsberger Hofkapelle unter Riccius. Sammelbande der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft, 1-12. Pages: 8. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration 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