A Tenor I partbook from an incomplete set of 7 volumes. The main scribe was Urban Birck, a student at the Fürstenschule St. Afra in Meissen. Copied at the Fürstenschule St. Afra in Meissen. In 1613, Urban Birck gave the manuscript as a gift to his brother Friedrich, cantor at the Fürstenschule St. Augustin in Grimma. After Friedrich's death in 1621, his widow sold the manuscript to the Grimma Fürstenschule; it remained there until 1890, when it was deposited at the library in Dresden.
| Archive | Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden, Germany (D-Dl) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Grimma 49 [Tenor I] |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Measurements | 210 x 160 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 226 compositions, 219 from 56 composers, 7 are anonymous. |
General Description
Extent
c. 100 ff.
Binding
Rebound in modern brown cardboard covers.
Notation
not indicated
Date
Various dates scattered through books:
in the Discantus 1 book "die 6 Junii Anno MDXCV" (1595) on p.282 & 283 ('Surge propera' by Georgius Moller - same date on same piece in Altus 1, p.290 & Tenor 1, p.269); "die 31 XII 95" on p.306 (Klingenstein's 'Echo quae gelidas'); "die 19 Febr. XCVI" on p.310 (Gensref's 'O Pater aetherea').
in Discantus 2 book, date "die 25 Junii 94" on p.122 (anon "Nun danket" - same date on p.197 of Bassus 1 book, dated "26 Junii 94" on p.203 of Tenor 1 book); "nov anno xciv" on p.163 (Ammon's 'Mundus insanus')
in Tenor 1 book, date "die 15 Julii XCV" on p. 274 (Gregorius's 'Levavi oculos'); "20 Octobr: (X)VIC" - apparently for XCVI=1596 - on p.297 (Knofel's 'Commenda Domino'); "14 Novembr: XCVI" on p.298 (Calvisius's 'Exultate justi')
in Bassus 1 book, date "die 18 Xbr XCV" on p.272 (the anon 'Angeli laetantur')
Foliation
No foliation; modern pencil page (not folio) numbering. Original numbering of pieces
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 Canticles, 41 psalms, 1 hymn, 103 motets, 18 German sacred pieces = 165
Amon-5, Arcadelt-1, Bischoff [Melchior Episcop.]-3, Buissons-1, Buling-2, Burck-1, Calvisius-1, Clavius-1, Clemens non Papa-2, S. Cornet-1, Crecquillon-1, N. Dorati-1, Eckel-1, Figulus-5, A. Gabrieli-2, Gastritz-1, Genssreff-1, Giovanelli-1, G. Guami-1, Guyot [Joannes Castileti]-2, Händl-17, Hassler-10, C. Hollander-4, Klingenstein-1, Knöfel-4, Lassus-41, Lechner-1, Loss-1, Mahu-1, Mel-4, Merulo-3, R. Michael-1, G. Molitor [Moller]-1, Orologio-1, Parma-1, Peu d'argent-1, Phinot-3, Pinello di Ghirardi-2, Prettinensis-2, Quinos [Bruno]-1, Raselius-1, Regnart-1, Rivulo-1, (T. Sartorius)-1, Scandello-2, Schede-2, Speiser-1, D. Sulcius-1, G. Sulcius-5, Utendal-2, Wanningus-1, Wert-4, Zallamella-1, anon-8
7 paper partbooks (Dl-ca. 150 folios, D2-i + 152 + i, A1-ca. 150, A2-ca. 125, T-ca. 100, B1-74, B2-i + 69 + i), 210 x 160. No foliation; original numbering of pieces. Rebound in modern brown cardboard covers. Original index in B1. The main scribe was Urban Birck, a student at the Fürstenschule St. Afra in Meissen.
1593-6 (SteudeMS). Copied at the Fürstenschule St. Afra in Meissen. In 1613, Urban Birck, the main scribe, gave the manuscript as a gift to his brother Friedrich, cantor at the Fürstenschule St. Augustin in Grimma. After Friedrich's death in 1621, his widow sold the manuscript to the Grimma Fürstenschule; it remained there until 1890, when it was deposited at the library in Dresden.
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MS Grimma 49 (1-7)
Partbooks · 7 sources
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Steude, Wolfram. 1974. Die Musiksammeihandschriften des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts in der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek zu Dresden. Quellenkataloge zur Musikgeschichte, vol. 6. Wilhelmshaven. Pages: 76-81. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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