A Tenor partbook from an incomplete set of four volumes. Copied by Wolfgang Figulus(?), Abraham Cummer, and others. Copied at the Fürstenschule St. Afra in Meissen, under the direction of Wolfgang Figulus. Following Figulus' death (after 1588), the manuscript went to his son-in-law, Friedrich Birck, cantor at the Fürstenschule St. Augustin in Grimma from 1591 until his death in 1621. After Birck's death, his widow sold the manuscript to the Grimma Fürstenschule; in 1890 it was deposited in the library at Dresden.
| Archive | Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden, Germany (D-Dl) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Grimma 57 [Tenor] |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 160 x 212 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 69 compositions, 32 from 10 composers, 37 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Restored and rebound in modern brown pasteboard covers.
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 Masses, 1 Kyrie-Gloria pair, 1 Credo, 6 Mass Proper sections, 1 psalm, 2 office hymns, 1 processional hymn, 2 Passions (1 in German), 1 Latin/German sacred piece, 18 motets, 1 text with-out music = 36
(Boyleau)-1, (Canis)-1, (Jonckers)-1, (Josquin)-2, (Paminger)-1, (Rener)-2, (Senfl)-4, (Stoltzer)-1, anon" 23
4 paper partbooks (D-i + 157 + i folios, T-i + 137 + i, B-i + 85 + i, Q-i + 143 + i), 160 x 212. Modern pencil foliation. Restored and rebound in modern brown pasteboard covers. Copied by Wolfgang Figulus(?), Abraham Cummer, and others.
Ca. 1560-86 (SteudeMS). Copied at the Fürstenschule St. Afra in Meissen, under the direction of Wolfgang Figulus. Following Figulus' death (after 1588), the manuscript went to his son-in-law, Friedrich Birck, cantor at the Fürstenschule St. Augustin in Grimma from 1591 until his death in 1621. After Birck's death, his widow sold the manuscript to the Grimma Fürstenschule; in 1890 it was deposited in the library at Dresden.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "(Senfl)-4" to "(Senfl)-5"; change "anon-23" to "anon-22."
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MS Grimma 57 (1-4)
Partbooks · 4 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Steude, Wolfram. 1974. Die Musiksammeihandschriften des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts in der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek zu Dresden. Quellenkataloge zur Musikgeschichte, vol. 6. Wilhelmshaven. Pages: 99-100. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial).
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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