H-Bn MS Bártfa 2 (a)

Országos Széchényi Könyvtár (National Széchényi Library), Budapest, Hungary

partbook: Part I: c. 1550 (GomMB); Part II: 17th century

Archive Országos Széchényi Könyvtár (National Széchényi Library), Budapest, Hungary (H-Bn)
Shelfmark MS Bártfa 2 (a)
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements c. 200 x 160 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: BudOS 2
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Contents Contains 39 compositions, 31 from 14 composers, 8 are anonymous.
General Description

A Discantus II partbook from an incomplete set originally of eight volumes (missing D1 and B2), several of which are damaged and incomplete. Part I copied c.1550 consists of pieces mainly for 4vv with some for 5-6vv; Part II contains pieces mostly for 8vv some of which were not printed until 1623. Mostly copied by a single scribe, Zacharias Zarewutius. Some of the contents of Part I were copied from BudOS 24 (CC2).

From the Church of St. Aegidi in Bártfa (= Bartfeld = Bardejov). Brought to the National Library in Budapest in 1915.

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Binding

Rebound and restored in new cardboard covers (CCM) or possibly in half-leather or half-cloth (MurTVB).

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Notation

not indicated

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Date

Part I copied c.1550; Part II contains pieces printed in the early 17th century, the latest-dated of which was published in 1623. (MurTVB)

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Foliation

New foliation

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Foliation

Other numberings: Original numbering of pieces, but some pieces not included in numbering.

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Index

Original index in Bassus, separately indexing the works in 2 parts ('Primus Index' and 'Secundus Index')

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Part I: 3 Kyrie-Gloria pairs, 1 Mass Proper section, 17 motets, plus 1 later addition (a Mass Proper pair) = 22. Part II: 1 Magnificat, 2 Passions, 12 motets, 20 German sacred pieces = 35. Total for manuscript = 57

(Amon)-1, (Finck)-1, (Hähnel)-4, (Händl)-1, (Hartmann)-1, (Isaac)-6, Josquin-2, (Lassus)-1, Löwenstern [Apelles]-8, (Obrecht/Longaval/Venture)-1, (Schütz)-1, (Senfl)-3, (Stoltzer)-1, Walliser-1, anon-20

6 paper partbooks (D-36 folios, Al-22, A2-51, Tl-26, T2-46, B-50), ca. 200 x 160. Several books are incomplete. New foliation; original numbering of pieces, but some pieces not included in numbering. Rebound and restored in new cardboard covers. Original index in B.

Part I: Ca. 1550 (GomMB); Part II: 17th century. From the Church of St. Aegidi in Bártfa (= Bartfeld = Bardejov). Brought to the National Library in Budapest in 1915.

Vol 4

Contents: Part I: 3 Kyrie-Gloria pairs, 10 Mass Proper sections, 1 psalm, 2 processional hymns, 8 motets = 24. Part II: 1 Magnificat, 2 Passions, 12 motets, 20 German sacred pieces = 35. Total for manuscript = 59

Composers: Add "(Chrysoponos)-1"; change "(Hähnel)-4" to "(Hähnel)-3"; change "(Schütz)-1" to "Schützt.-8"

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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‡ denotes primary source study

Burn, David J, Ruth I. DeFord, and Stefan Gasch (editors). 2021. Choralis Constantinus II. CMM, vol. 115-2.  American Institute of Musicology.

Murányi, Robert Arpad. 1991. Thematisches Verzeichnis der Musiksammlung von Bartfeld (Bártfa).  Bonn: Gudrun Schröder. Pages: XXI-XXII, 18-22.

Cook, Larry D. 1976. The German Troped Polyphonic Magnificat. University of Iowa, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 14,69-83. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Murányi, Robert Arpad. 1975. Die Isaac-Offizien der Bartfelder Sammlung. Studia Musicologica, 17: 315-45. Pages: 316-7, 331ff. Notes: incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts.  Tutzing. Pages: 127. Notes: concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Pätzig, Gerhard-Rudolf. 1956. Liturgische Grundlagen und handschriftliche Überlieferung von Heinrich Isaacs "Choralis Constantinus". Eberhard-Karls-Universität (Tübingen), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: II, 192. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS.

Gombosi, Otto Johannes. 1932. Quellen aus dem 16.-17. Jh. zur Geschichte der Musikpflege in Bartfeld (Bártfa) und Oberungarn. Ungarische Jahrbücher, 12: 331-40. Pages: 334. Notes: mention of MS.

Gombosi, Otto Johannes. 1929. Die Musikalien der Pfarr- kirche zu St. Aegidi in Bartfa. Festschrift für Johannes Wolf zu seinem Sechzigsten Geburtstage,  Berlin. Pages: 41-2. Notes: mention of MS.

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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