An Altus partbook from a set of five volumes. Copied by Wolfgang Küffer (see below), with slightly later additions by five other scribes. Copied in Wittenberg and Regensburg. The compiler and original owner was Wolfgang Küffer (alias 'Saliterer'; biographical details in BrenneH).
D-Rp A. R. 940-941 (A)
Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, Regensburg, Germany
partbook: 1557-9, with a few additions after 1566
| Archive | Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, Regensburg, Germany (D-Rp) |
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| Shelfmark | A. R. 940-941 (A) |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | None / Unknown |
| Measurements | 153 x 202 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 344 compositions, 285 from 112 composers, 59 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of yellow leather tooled with floral designs, voice designations, coat of arms of Saxony, date '1557,' initials 'W.K.R.' [= Wolfgang Küffer Ratisbonensi], and portraits of Huss, Luther, Melanchthon, and Erasmus.
Watermark
(1) generally resembles Briquet #12366; (2) resembles Briquet #12380; (3) dog (not in Briquet); (4) resembles Briquet #5940, #5942, #5944; (5) resembles Briquet #4970-1; (6) resembles Briquet #15416, #15427; (7) resembles Briquet #15442; (8) resembles Briquet #1394-5.
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Modern pencil pagination
Foliation
Other numberings: Original ink numbering of pieces, 1-311 (last three pieces not numbered).
Decoration
Small plain initials in red ink; headings, some clefs, and some staves also in red ink. Ff. 43-99 of Quintus book contain Latin, Greek, and German prose and poetry dealing mostly with musical topics, four full-page coloured illustrations with musical subjects, two unidentified coats of arms (presumably related to Wolfgang Küffer's circle), and several dedicatory inscriptions to Küffer from friends and associates.
Index
Original index at end of Tenor book groups pieces alphabetically by first letter of text or title; under each letter, pieces grouped in following order: (1) Latin works; (2) German works; (3) French or Italian works ('Gallica'). Within each subgroup, pieces listed in order of appearance.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Mass, 1 Mass Ordinary section, 1 Mass Proper section, 1 Te Deum, 1 hymn, 117 motets, 3 Latin/German sacred pieces, 11 German sacred pieces, 61 French secular pieces (some with text incipits only, some without text, some with title "Gallicum"), 54 German secular pieces, 42 Italian secular pieces, 13 Latin secular pieces, 6 Latin/German secular pieces = 312+2 duplicates = 314
Alder-1, Appenzeller-1, Arcadelt-13, Arcadelt/(Verdelot)-1, T. Bachofen-1, (Barra/Elimon)-1, Baston-1, Berchem/(Arcadelt)-1, Borbonius(?)-1, (L. Bourgeois)-1, (Brück)-1, Brumel-1, Buechmaier [Johannes Bucherus]-5, (Buus)-2, Caballus/(H. Faber)-1, (Cadéac)-1, (Campis)-1, Canis-1, S. Cellarius-1, (Certon)-2, (Certon/Cléreau)-1, (Certon/Panurge)-1, Clemens non Papa-10, (Clemens non Papa/Janequin)-1, (Clemens non Papa/Manchicourt)-1 (Cléreau)-1, Coclico [Adrian Petit]-1, (Conseil)-1, (G. Coste)-3, Crecquillon-5, Crecquillon/(C. Hollander)-1, (Crecquillon/Sandrin/Sermisy)-1, Ducis/(Masson)-1, (Dulot/Sermisy)-1, Eckel-1, (H. Faber)-1, C. Festa-1, A. Févin/(Craen/C. Festa/Josquin/Morales)-Bruck-1, (Finck)-1, Hermann Finck-2, G. Fogliano/ (C. Festa)-14, (Förster)-1, Gardane/(Sermisy)-1, (Gascongne/ Lafage/Lupus)-1, (Godard)-1, (Gombert/Sermisy)-1, Grefinger/ (Bauldeweyn)-1, Greitter-S, Grundler-1, Hähnel [Galliculus]-2, Hähnel/(Förster)-1, (Hailland)-1, Hellinck-1, Hellinck/(Gombert)-1, Hemmel-1, (Hemmerlen)-1, (J. Hermann)-1, (Hofhaimer)-3, S. Hollander/(C. Hollander)-1, Isaac-2, Janin-1, Jaquet of Mantua [Jachet]-2, Jaquet of Mantua/(Morales/Rore)-1, Jonckers-1, Josquin-3, (Josquin/Lebrun/Richafort)-1, (Josquin/Mouton)-1, (Josquin/Mouton/Silva)-1, Keutzenhoff-4, Lafage-1, Lassus [Orlandus]/(Wert)-1, Lhéritier-1, Lheritier/(Conseil/Willaert)-1, Lupi/(Mouton)-1, (F. de Lys)-2, (F. de Lys/Quentin)-1, M.-1, Maillard-3, Manchicourt-1, Manchicourt/(Sandrin)-1, (Morales)-1, Morel-1, (Moulu/Mouton)-1, Mouton/(Lafage)-1, (Mouton/Sermisy)-1, Mouton/(Willaert)-1, Müller-1, Othmayr-24 + 1?, (L. Padovano)-1, Paminger-2, Pathie? [Rogirus]/(Baston/Clemens non Papa/Janequin)-1, Pionnier-1, Pötzinger-1, Prenner-1, Rein -2, Richafort-1, Richafort/(Caen/Lupus)-1, Richafort/(Lupus)-1, Ruffo-4, (Sandrin)-3, (Sandrin/Sermisy)-1, (Sandrin/Villiers)-1, P. Schalreuter-1, Senfl-5, Senfl/(Aider)-1, (Sermisy)-10 +1?, Spengler-1, Stahel-2, (Susato)-2, A. Sylvanus/(J. Wenck)-1, Verdelot-3, Verdelot/(Lasson)-1, Verdelot/(Lupi)-1, Verdelot/(Richafort)-1, Vicinus-1, (Villiers)-4, Walter-3, Walter/(Verdelot)-1, Willaert-2, Willaert/(Obrecht)-2, (Wolff)-1, Wüst-1, (Zirler)-1, anon-71
5 paper partbooks (D-226 folios, A-224, T-236, B-214, Q-iii + 128), 153 x 202. No foliation or pagination in DATB; Q, has original(?) foliation, 1-90 (number "8" omitted) + new pencil foliation, 91-99 (last 30 folios not numbered). Original ink numbering of pieces, 1-311 (last three pieces not numbered). Original covers of yellow leather tooled with floral designs, voice designations, coat of arms of Saxony, date "1557," initials "W.K.R." [= Wolfgang Küffer Ratisbonensi], and portraits of Huss, Luther, Melanchthon, and Erasmus. Original index at end of T book groups pieces alphabetically by first letter of text or title; under each letter, pieces grouped in following order: (1) Latin works; (2) German works; (3) French or Italian works ("Gallica"). Within each subgroup, pieces listed in order of appearance.
Copied by Wolfgang Küffer (see below), with slightly later additions by five other scribes. Small plain initials in red ink; headings, some clefs, and some staves also in red ink. Ff. 43-99 of Q book contain Latin, Greek, and German prose and poetry dealing mostly with musical topics, four full-page colored illustrations with musical subjects, two unidentified coats of arms (presumably related to Wolfgang Küffer's circle), and several dedicatory inscriptions to Küffer from friends and associates.
Watermarks: (1) generally resembles Briquet #12366; (2) resembles Briquet #12380; (3) dog (not in Briquet); (4) resembles Briquet #5940, #5942, #5944; (5) resembles Briquet #4970-1; (6) resembles Briquet #15416, #15427; (7) resembles Briquet #15442; (8) resembles Briquet #1394-5.
1557-9, with a few additions after 1566 (BrenneH). Copied in Wittenberg and Regensburg. The compiler and original owner was Wolfgang Küffer (alias "Saliterer"; biographical details in BrenneH).
Vol 4
Composers: Change "Bastón-1" to "Baston/(Cleve)-1"; change "Ducis/(Mas-son)-1" to "Ducis/(Maffoni)-1"; add "(Gombert/Lupus)-1," "(Josquin/Senfl) -1," and "(La Rue/Sermisy)-1"; change "(Sermisy)-10 + 1?" to "(Sermisy)-9 + 1?"; change "anon-71" to "anon-69."wolfg
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A. R. 940-941
Partbooks · 5 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: 222-58. Notes: contents list; incipits.
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I, xxxvi, 32-4, 73. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Stroux, Christoph. 1976. Die Musica Poetica des Magisters Heinrich Faber. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität (Freiburg im Breisgau), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 7, 159-60, 162-5, 180-93. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Whisler, Bruce Allen. 1974. Munich, Mus. Ms. 1516: A Critical Edition. University of Rochester, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 58-60, 163ff, 320, 324. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Steude, Wolfram. 1972. Untersuchungen zu Herkunft, Verbreitung und spezifischem Inhalt mitteldeutscher Musikhandschriften des 16. Jahrhunderts. University of Rostock, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 17-8, 20-1, 31, 33-4, 113-4, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Windh, John Ernfrid. 1971. Early Lutheran Masses. University of Illinois, Unpublished D.M.A. thesis. Pages: 146. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Dunning, Albert. 1969. Die Staatsmotette 1480-1555. Utrecht. Pages: 200-l, 336. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Perkins, Leeman L (editor). 1969. Johannis Lhéritier: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 48. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xliii, liv, lxii. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Perkins, Leeman L. 1965. The Motets of Jean Lhéritier. Yale University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 147, 233ff. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Brennecke, Wilfried. 1953. Die Handschrift A.R. 940/41 der Proske-Bibliothek zu Regensburg. Schriften des Landesinstituts für Musikforschung Kiel, vol. 1. Kassel and Basel. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances; incipits (partial); facsimile (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet, and Chris J. Maas (editors). 1951-76. Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 4. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IX, iv, vi; XXI, xii, 95-103. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Albrecht, Hans. 1950. Caspar Othmayr: Leben und Werk. Kassel and Basel. Pages: 54, 57, 87, 111, 113-8, 126ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1949-. Ludwig Senfl: Sämtliche Werke. Wolfenbüttel and Zürich. Pages: VI, 94, 98-9. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: XV, xiii, 142, 149; XVI, 99-100; XXVI, 134-40, 145-50, 153, 161-5; LXX, 193,208-9. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial).
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Benjamin Ory
Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
The four-voice Dulces exuviae listed here as by Johannes Mouton (a surely spurious attribution) is the same as the three-voice Dulces exuviae elsewhere attributed to Adrian Willaert (plus a si placet voice). (Inventory corrected.)
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