Two separate, unrelated manuscripts. Part I: 1 an Altus partbook. Copied by one or two main scribes; last two motets added later by different hand. Both parts formerly owned by Jesuit library in Cologne; later transferred to Cologne Gymnasial-bibliothek, then to present library.
D-KNu MS GB III 57 [part I]
Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek, Cologne, Germany
partbook: Second half of 16th century
| Archive | Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek, Cologne, Germany (D-KNu) |
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| Shelfmark | MS GB III 57 [part I] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 150 x 200 mm |
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| Contents | Contains uninventoried compositions from 21 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of parchment cut from non-musical manuscript.
Watermark
Letter “C”(?)
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height ca. 16
Foliation
70 folios. Modern pencil foliation, 1-49, on folios with music; last 21 folios are blank, or have blank staves only. Original ink numbering of pieces, 1-27 (last two motets not numbered).
Decoration
Some inked Gothic initials.
Index
No index.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Part I: 29 motets. Part II: 13 German secular pieces. Total for manuscript = 42
Part I: (Baston/Cleve)-1, (Beutel)-1, (Canis/Clemens non Papa)-1, Clemens non Papa-10, (Clemens non Papa/Crecquillon)-2, (Clemens non Papa/Manchicourt)-1, (Hellinck)-1, (C. Hollander/S. Hollander)-1, (Jaquet of Mantua)-1, (Olivier de Latre)-1, (Longaval/ Obrecht/Venture)-1, (Maillard/Tye)-1, (Joachimus de Monte/ Simonides)-1, (Tubai)-1, anon-5. Part II: Meiland-13
2 separate, unrelated manuscripts included under above call number— Part I: 1 paper partbook (A-70 folios), 150 x 200. Modern pencil foliation, 1-49, on folios with music; last 21 folios are blank, or have blank staves only. Original ink numbering of pieces, 1-27 (last two motets not numbered). Original covers of parchment cut from non-musical manuscript. No index. Copied by one or two main scribes; last two motets added later by different hand. Staff height 15. Some inked Gothic initials. Unidentified watermark: letter "C"(?).
Part II: 2 paper partbooks (D-19 folios, A-20), 160 x 210. No foliation; last 8 folios in each book are blank. Original ink numbering of pieces, 1-13. No covers; modern string ties hold folios together. No index. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height ca. 16. Small inked calligraphic initials. Watermark resembles Briquet #196.
Second half of 16th century. Presumably of German origin. Part II apparently owned by Guilielmi Lohns (inscription at beginning of A book). Both parts formerly owned by Jesuit library in Cologne; later transferred to Cologne Gymnasial-bibliothek, then to present library.
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MS GB III 57
Partbooks · 3 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Deutsches Musikgeschichtliches Archiv Kassel and Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin (editor). 1983. Das Tenorlied: Mehrstimmige Lieder in deutschen Quellen 1450-1580. Band 2: Handschriften. Catalogus Musicus, vol. X. Kassel, Basel, Tours, and London. Pages: 126-7. Notes: contents list (partial); incipits (partial).
Youens, Laura. 1978. Music for the Lutheran Mass in Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, MS. Thomaskirche 49/50. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 686-7. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Rudolf, Homer. 1977. The Life and Works of Cornelius Canis. University of Illinois, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 194,225)492-3,546. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Beebe, Ellen Scott. 1976. Mode, Structure, and Text Expression in the Motets of Jacobus Clemens non Papa: A Study of Style in Sacred Music. Yale University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 87-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Walter, George R. 1975. The Five-Voice Motets of Thomas Crecquillon. University of West Virginia, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 1,320-1. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet. 1964. Bibliography of the Sacred Works of Jacobus Clemens non Papa. Musica Disciplina, 18: 85-150. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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