A Bassus partbook from a set originally of four volumes. Copied by five scribes, one of whom ('Andream Iudicem' = Andreas Richter) is identified in an inscription inside back cover of Bassus book; all five hands also appear in LeipU 49 (NoblRL). Repertory in five main sections - I: 15 Masses, probably copied from an Ott/Formschneider print of which no exemplars have survived (NoblRL); II: 9 motets and 1 German sacred piece; III: 19 pieces with Latin texts in classical meters, copied from the print RISM 1539/26; IV: 50 motets, copied from the prints RISM 1538/7, 1538/8, and 1540/6; V: 5 Masses, copied from the print RISM 1541/1. (Remaining two pieces added at end of each book shortly after copying of five main sections). Copied in Leipzig, perhaps under the direction of Melchior Heger (1522-68), cantor at the St. Thomaskirche. Remained in library of Thomaskirche until 1930, then transferred to Universitätsbibliothek. Removed for safekeeping during World War II; returned to Universitätsbibliothek in 1959.
D-LEu MS Thomaskirche 51 (2)
Universitätsbibliothek, Leipzig, Germany
partbook: c. 1555 (with a few slightly later additions)
| Archive | Universitätsbibliothek, Leipzig, Germany (D-LEu) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Thomaskirche 51 (2) |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 307 x 207 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 100 compositions, 83 from 43 composers, 17 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of cardboard covered with parchment from 14th-century(?) liturgical manuscript, in poor condition
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation in several hands, 1-91 + 91a-150
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Surface
paper
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20 Masses, 1 Te Deum, 58 motets, 1 German sacred piece, 1 Latin/Italian secular piece (= Josquin's "In te domine speravi," with Latin psalm text only in this source), 19 pieces with Latin texts in classical meters (Horatian odes, etc.), 1 textless piece = 101
A. Agricola-1, A. Agricola/(Obrecht)-1, (Barra/Elimon)-1, (Brumel)-1, (Burckstaller)-1, Compère/Josquin [Josquini Alles regres Compares]-1, (Conseil/Lhéritier/Willaert)-1, (Ducis)-2, (Eckel)-1, (Forster)-3, Ghiselin-3, (Hesdin)-2, (Hofhaimer)-12, (Isaac)-1, (Isaac/Obrecht)-1, (Jaquet of Mantua)-3, (Jonckers)-2, Josquin-6, Josquin/(Compère)-1, La Rue-2, (Lafage/Mouton)-1, (Lasson/Verdelot)-1, (F. Layolle)-1, (Le Cocq)-1, (Lhéritier)-1, (Lupi/Mouton)-1, (Mahu/Walter)-1, (Mouton)-1, Obrecht-3,* (Obrecht/Willaert)-1, (Penet)-1, (Peschin)-1, (Rener)-2, (Richafort)-1, (Roselli)-1, (Senfl)-8 + 1?, (Sermisy)-1, (Unterholtzer)-1, (Verdelot)-2, (Verdelot/Walter)-1, (Walter)-1, (Wannenmacher)-1, anon-21
*Credo of "Missa Veci la danse," attributed to Obrecht in LeipU 51, is concordant with Credo of an otherwise different Mass Ordinary cycle in JenaU 36, ff. 107'-112, attributed to Rener.
2 paper partbooks of an original 4 (T-i + 133 folios, B-ii + 151), 307 x 207. Modern pencil foliation in several hands - T: 1-133; B: 1-91 + 91a-150. Original covers of cardboard covered with parchment from 14th-century(?) liturgical manuscript, in poor condition. No index. Copied by five scribes, one of whom ("Andream Iudicem" = Andreas Richter) is identified in an inscription inside back cover of B book; all five hands also appear in LeipU 49 (NoblRL). No initials or decoration. Repertory in five main sections - I: 15 Masses, probably copied from an Ott/Formschneider print of which no exemplars have survived (NoblRL); II: 9 motets and 1 German sacred piece; III: 19 pieces with Latin texts in classical meters, copied from the print RISM 1539/26; IV: 50 motets, copied from the prints RISM 1538/7, 1538/8, and 1540/6; V: 5 Masses, copied from the print RISM 1541/1. (Remaining two pieces added at end of each book shortly after copying of five main sections).
Ca. 1555 (with a few slightly later additions). Copied in Leipzig, perhaps under the direction of Melchior Heger (1522-68), cantor at the St. Thomaskirche. Remained in library of Thomaskirche until 1930, then transferred to Universitätsbibliothek. Removed for safekeeping during World War II; returned to Universitätsbibliothek in 1959.
Vol 4
Composers: Add "(L. Padovano)-1"; change "anon-21" to "anon-20."
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Sets
MS Thomaskirche 51 (1-2)
Partbooks · 2 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Noblitt, Thomas L. 1982. Obrecht's Missa Sine nomine and its Recently Discovered Model. The Musical Quarterly, 68: 102-27. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Noblitt, Thomas L. 1981. A Reconstruction of Ms. Thomaskirche 51 of the Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig (olim III, A. a. 22-23). Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 31: 16-72. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances; mention of MS; discussion.
Lewis, Mary Stuart. 1979. Antonio Gardane and His Publications of Sacred Music, 1538-55. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 356-60,419,422,800. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Orf, Wolfgang. 1977. Die Musikhandschriften Thomaskirche Mss. 49/50 und 51 in der Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig. Quellenkataloge zur Musikgeschichte, vol. 13. Wilhelmshaven. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits; mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I, xxviii, 27, 71; III, 56-7. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Ferer, Mary Tiffany. 1976. The Feast of St. John the Baptist: Its Background and Celebration in Renaissance Polyphony. University of Illinois, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 164-5, 218ff, 296ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1975. Obrechtiana. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 25/1: 1-37. Pages: 11-4,18-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: VIII, 576. Notes: physical description (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen. Amsterdam. Pages: V, viií-xviii; VIII, viii-xvi. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1926-64. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Motetten. Amsterdam. Pages: XVII, xi. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Wolf, Johannes (editor). 1908-21. Reprint: Farnborough, England, 1968. Werken van Jacob Obrecht. Leipzig and Amsterdam,. Pages: VIII, vi, 131-5; XIII, [v]. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
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