A Bassus partbook from a set of six volumes. Copied by Cornelius Freundt (ca. 1535-91), cantor at Church of St. Mary, Zwickau. Copied in Zwickau, for use at Church of St. Mary.
| Archive | Ratsschulbibliothek, Zwickau, Germany (D-Z) |
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| Shelfmark | Mu 893-907 [Bassus] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | None / Unknown |
| Measurements | 166 x 210 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 21 compositions, 17 from 7 composers, 4 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of grey paper
Watermark
Only fragments of watermark visible.
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 16
Foliation
No foliation or pagination
Foliation
Other numberings: no numbering of pieces.
Decoration
Red inked initials; text incipits also in red ink.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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11 German sacred pieces, 3 German secular pieces = 14
(Burckstaller)-1, Freundt-3, (A. Galli?)-1, (D. Köler)-2, Reit-veltus/(Stoltzer)-1, (Schröter)-1, anon-5
6 paper partbooks (D1-i + 31 folios, D2-i + 22, A-i + 22, T1-i + 23, T2-i + 25, B-i + 22), 166 x 210. No foliation, pagination, or numbering of pieces. Original covers of gray paper. No index. Copied by Cornelius Freundt (ca. 1535-91), cantor at Church of St. Mary, Zwickau; see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Staff height 16. Red inked initials; text incipits also in red ink. Only fragments of watermark visible.
Last third of 16th century. Copied in Zwickau, for use at Church of St. Mary.
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MS 83,1
Partbooks · 6 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
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. Pages: 48. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Dehnhard, Walter. 1971. Die deutschen Psalmmotette in der Reformationszeit. Neue Musikgeschichtliche Forschungen, vol. 6. Wiesbaden. Pages: 133-8, 277, 281-3, 288-9, 292, 310. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Lothar. 1964. Thomas Stoltzer: Leben und Schaffen. Die Musik in Alten und Neuen Europa, vol. 5. Kassel. Pages: 118, 169, 184. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: LXVI, 174, 178-9. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1929-. Das Chorwerk. Berlin/Wolfenbüttel. Pages: LXXI. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Vollhardt, Reinhard. 1893-6. Bibliographie der Musik-Werke in der Ratsschulbibliothek zu Zwickau. Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, 26: . Pages: 49-50. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; incipits.
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