D-Z Mu 1648-1675 [Altus] (Weihnachtsliederbuch des Cornelius Freundt)

Ratsschulbibliothek, Zwickau, Germany

partbook: Last third of 16th century

Archive Ratsschulbibliothek, Zwickau, Germany (D-Z)
Shelfmark Mu 1648-1675 [Altus] (Weihnachtsliederbuch des Cornelius Freundt)
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Paper
Numbering System None / Unknown
Measurements 239 x 185 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ZwiR 81/1
  • Other catalogues/source: VollBM [see bibliography] 14
  • olim (Former shelfmark): MS LXXXI,1
  • olim (Former shelfmark): MS 81,1
  • olim (Former shelfmark): MS 69.10.11
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
Relationships
Provenance
Contents 23 pieces from 8 composers
General Description

An Altus partbook from a set of four 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.

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Extent

i + 16 leaves (some pages lost)

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Watermark

bull's head (not in Briquet)

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Ruling

Staff height 13.5

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Foliation

No original foliation.

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Decoration

Simple red inked initials; text incipits and most piece numbers also in red.

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Index

none

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DIAMM Note

Original numbering of pieces, 1-27/28. (In some books the 2 parts of 'Ihr Himmel preist' are numbered 22-23, in others both are numbered 22.)

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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5 Latin/German sacred pieces, 23 German sacred pieces = 28

Bastón-1, (Clemens non Papa)-1, (Figulus)-1, (Figulus/Walter)-1, (Fine)-1, Freundt [CF]-14, (J. Hermann)-1, (Hoyoul)-1, (Walter) -1, anon-6

4 paper partbooks (D-20 folios, A-i + 21, T-i + 17, B-ii + 18), 239 x 185. No original foliation. Original numbering of pieces, 1-28. Original paper covers. 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 13.5. Simple red inked initials; text incipits and most piece numbers also in red. Watermark: bull's head (not in Briquet).

Last third of 16th century. Copied in Zwickau, for use at Church of St. Mary.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
2 Lobt Gott ihr Christen alle gleich [allzugleich] -
Appears on: 2
Genres: Hymn
2v–3 Freut euch und jubiliert -- Gaude laetare Jerusalem - Anonymous
Appears on: 2v–3
Genres: Motet
3v–4 Uns ist geborn - 2a pars (of 2): Virga Jesse floruit Emanuel noster apparuit -
Appears on: 3v–4
Genres: Contrafactum, Motet
4v Jetzt sprosst herfür aus Davids Stämmelein (4vv) C. F. (=Freundt)
Appears on: 4v
Genres: Sacred Song
Source Attribution: C. F. (=Freundt)
5–5v Von edler art ein kindlein zart -
Appears on: 5–5v
Genres: Sacred Song
General Note

This is a 5vv setting (see concordances); in this ms the 2nd Discantus is missing

5v–6 Zu Bethlehem im Krippelein da liegt ein feines Kindelein - Anonymous
Appears on: 5v–6
Genres: Hymn
General Note

GöhlerF (1896) thought that one voice part was probably missing

6–6v Joseph, lieber Joseph mein, wes ist das - Anonymous
Appears on: 6–6v
Genres: Sacred Song
7 Freu dich Sion und jubilier sing C. F. (=Freundt)
Appears on: 7
Genres: Sacred Song
Source Attribution: C. F. (=Freundt)
7–7v Psallite unigenito Christo / Singt und klingt Jesu Gottes kind (= Hola he par la vertu goy dieu) - Anonymous
Appears on: 7–7v
Genres: Motet
7v–8 Geborn ist uns der heilige Christ - Anonymous
Appears on: 7v–8
Genres: Motet
General Note

with macaronic German & Latin mixed text

8–8v Ihr kinderlein hört fleissig ahn was euch C. F. (=Freundt)
Appears on: 8–8v
Genres: Song
Source Attribution: C. F. (=Freundt)
8v–9v Wie schön singt uns der Engelschar C. F. (=Freundt)
Appears on: 8v–9v
Genres: Sacred Song
Source Attribution: C. F. (=Freundt)
9v–10v Joseph, lieber Joseph mein - Eia virgo Deum genuit -
Appears on: 9v–10v
Genres: Sacred Song
General Note

with macaronic German & Latin mixed text

10v–11 Ein kindlein ist uns heut geborn (= Entre vous filles de quinze ans) -
Appears on: 10v–11
Genres: Contrafactum, Motet, Sacred Song
11–11v Sehr grosse ding hatt Gott gethan C. F. (=Freundt)
Appears on: 11–11v
Genres: Sacred Song
Source Attribution: C. F. (=Freundt)
11v–12v Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, wir danken dir -
Appears on: 11v–12v
Genres: Motet, Sacred Song
12v–13 Helft mir Gots gute preysen Ihr lieben C. F. (=Freundt)
Appears on: 12v–13
Genres: Chorale, Sacred Song
Source Attribution: C. F. (=Freundt)
13v Heut komt zu uns vons himmels thron C. F. (=Freundt)
Appears on: 13v
Genres: Sacred Song
Source Attribution: C. F. (=Freundt)
14 In dulci jubilo, nun singet und seid froh - Anonymous
Appears on: 14
Genres: Hymn
14–15 Heut ist geboren Gottes Sohn ein kleines (= Toutes les nuits) Josquin Baston
Appears on: 14–15
Genres: Contrafactum, Sacred Song
Source Attribution: Josquin Baston
15–15v En praeter rerum seriem ist Gottes Sohn Mensch worden / Ehr ist der ware weiber C. F. (=Freundt)
Appears on: 15–15v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: C. F. (=Freundt)
General Note

with macaronic German & Latin mixed text

15v Ihr Himmel preist - 1a pars (of 2): Ihr Himmel preist und lobet Gott -
Appears on: 15v
Genres: Hymn
General Note

incomplete owing to lost pages

16–16v Ein kindlein klein zu Bethlehem wird von ein weib -
Appears on: 16–16v
Genres: Motet, Sacred Song
General Note

incompete - beginning missing owing to lost pages

Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Baston, Josquin (fl. 1542–63)
Clemens non Papa, Jacob (ca. 1510–ca. 1556)
Figulus, Wolfgang (ca. 1525–1589)
Fine, Arnoldus de
Freundt, Cornelius (1535–1591)
Herman, Johann
Walter, Johann (1496–1570)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, wir danken dir 11v–12v
Ein kindlein ist uns heut geborn (= Entre vous filles de quinze ans) 10v–11
Ein kindlein klein zu Bethlehem wird von ein weib 16–16v
En praeter rerum seriem ist Gottes Sohn Mensch worden / Ehr ist der ware weiber 15–15v
Freu dich Sion und jubilier sing 7
Freut euch und jubiliert -- Gaude laetare Jerusalem Anonymous 2v–3
Geborn ist uns der heilige Christ Anonymous 7v–8
Helft mir Gots gute preysen Ihr lieben 12v–13
Heut ist geboren Gottes Sohn ein kleines (= Toutes les nuits) 14–15
Heut komt zu uns vons himmels thron 13v
Ihr Himmel preist - 1a pars (of 2): Ihr Himmel preist und lobet Gott 15v
Ihr kinderlein hört fleissig ahn was euch 8–8v
In dulci jubilo, nun singet und seid froh Anonymous 14
Jetzt sprosst herfür aus Davids Stämmelein (4vv) 4v
Joseph, lieber Joseph mein - Eia virgo Deum genuit 9v–10v
Joseph, lieber Joseph mein, wes ist das Anonymous 6–6v
Lobt Gott ihr Christen alle gleich [allzugleich] 2
Psallite unigenito Christo / Singt und klingt Jesu Gottes kind (= Hola he par la vertu goy dieu) Anonymous 7–7v
Sehr grosse ding hatt Gott gethan 11–11v
Uns ist geborn - 2a pars (of 2): Virga Jesse floruit Emanuel noster apparuit 3v–4
Von edler art ein kindlein zart 5–5v
Wie schön singt uns der Engelschar 8v–9v
Zu Bethlehem im Krippelein da liegt ein feines Kindelein Anonymous 5v–6

denotes primary source study

Lewis, Mary Stuart. 1979. Antonio Gardane and His Publications of Sacred Music, 1538-55. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 350-1,816. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Youens, Laura. 1978. Music for the Lutheran Mass in Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, MS. Thomaskirche 49/50. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 687,692,789. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Böker-Heil, Norbert. 1967. Die Motetten von Philippe Verdelot.  Frankfurt am Main. Pages: 312-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Boetticher, Wolfgang. 1958. Orlando di Lasso und seine Zeit. 1532-1594. Repertoire-Untersuchungen zur Musik der Spätrenaissance.  Kassel and Basel. Pages: 837. Notes: physical description (partial).

Göhler, Georg. 1896. Cornelius Freundt. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der evangelischen Kirchenmusik, insbesondere der sächsischen Kantoreien in der 2. Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts. University of Leipzig, Ph.D. Notes: (source of the title 'Weihnachtsliederbuch').

Vollhardt, Reinhard. 1893-6. Bibliographie der Musik-Werke in der Ratsschulbibliothek zu Zwickau. Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, . Pages: 51. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).

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