An Altus partbook from a set of five volumes. Copied mostly by Cornelius Freundt (c. 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 | 69.2.12 [Altus] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 205 x 162-70 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 42 compositions, 41 from 20 composers, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
loss of pages in all but the Discantus 2 (& Bassus?) book.
Binding
Bassus book has original parchment covers. No covers remain on other books; unbound gatherings now preserved in modern paper wrappers inscribed with voice designations.
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
New pencil foliation in each book.
Foliation
Other numberings: Some original numbering of pieces in red ink, sporadic; other piece numbers added in modern pencil.
Decoration
Red inked initials in plain block style; attributions, beginnings of texts, and 'Altera pars' indications also in red
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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29 motets
Buissons-1, (Cadéac)-1, (Clemens non Papa)-2, (Clemens non Papa/Crecquillon)-1, Cleve/(Baston)-1, (Deiss)-1, Freundt-1, (Gombert/Hesdin)-1, Josquin-1, (La Court)-1, Lassus-5, (Lassus/Wert)-1, J. Louys-1, (Marazzi)-1, (Merulo)-1, (Pale-strina)-1, (Phinot)-1, (A. Ponte)-1, Regnart-2, (Rivulo)-1, (Schröter)-1, anon-2
5 paper partbooks (D1-33 folios, D2-i + 43 + i, A-44, T-34, B-44), 205 x 162-70. New pencil foliation in each book. Some original numbering of pieces in red ink, sporadic; other piece numbers added in modern pencil. B book has original parchment covers. No covers remain on other books; unbound gatherings now preserved in modern paper wrappers inscribed with voice designations. No index. Copied mostly by Cornelius Freundt (ca. 1535-91), cantor at Church of St. Mary, Zwickau; see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Red inked initials in plain block style; attributions, beginnings of texts, and "Altera pars" indications also in red.
Ca. 1580 (BoettL). Copied in Zwickau, for use at Church of St. Mary.
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Sets
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D-Z MS Mus. 33,34
Partbooks · 5 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Boetticher, Wolfgang. 1958. Orlando di Lasso und seine Zeit. 1532-1594. Repertoire-Untersuchungen zur Musik der Spätrenaissance, vol. I. Kassel and Basel. Pages: 837. Notes: physical description (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. Pages: 45-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1926-64. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Motetten. Amsterdam. Pages: VIII,vi,viii-xii. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Vollhardt, Reinhard. 1893-6. Bibliographie der Musik-Werke in der Ratsschulbibliothek zu Zwickau. Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, 26: . Pages: 39-40,230. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
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