An Altus partbook from a set of six volumes. Modern compilation (by J. J. Maier) of originally separate items, of varying sizes. Copied by eight scribes—I: #1; II: #2-3; III: #4-5, #9; IV: #6, #14-15 (also wrote MunBS 1505); V: #7 (also wrote #5 of MunBS 274a); VI: #8 (also wrote ParisBNC 1408 and # 4 and # 7 of ParisBNC 1591); VII: # 10; VIII: #11-13, #16 (also wrote parts of MunBS 274a and #1 of ParisBNC 1591) (Rifkin). Some items probably copied in Augsburg; others probably of French or Netherlandish origin. Owned by Johann Heinrich Herwart (1520-83) of Augsburg. Herwart collection purchased by Wilhelm V, Duke of Bavaria, in 1585; placed in court library at Munich, whose holdings formed foundation of present Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
| Archive | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany (D-Mbs) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus. MS 1503b [Altus] |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 147-61 x 212-22 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 19 compositions, 7 from 7 composers, 12 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Modern covers of grey-blue paper.
Watermark
(1) Briquet #1241; (2) Briquet #2110; (3) anchor in circle, with star; (4) Gothic letter "P" (resembles Briquet #8880-1); (5) Gothic letter "P" with initial "A"; (6) bear; (7) crown; (8) coat of arms with three fleurs-de-lis (similar to Briquet #1669-76). Some watermarks also appear in MunBS 274a and MunBS 1503a
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Other numberings: Modern numbering of pieces, 1-16.
Foliation
New pencil foliation in each book
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Index
Modern list of represented composers (by Maier) on flyleaves at beginning of Discantus book gives some concordant printed sources for several pieces
Surface
paper
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Mus. MS 1503b
Partbooks · 6 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Göllner, Marie Louise. 1979. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Katalog der Musikhandschriften. 2: Tabulaturen und Stimmbücher bis zur Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts. Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen, vol. 5/2. Munich. Pages: 60-2. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Youens, Laura. 1978. Music for the Lutheran Mass in Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, MS. Thomaskirche 49/50. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 769. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Constant, John George. 1975. Renaissance Manuscripts of Polyphony at the Cathedral of Padua. University of Michigan, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 75-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Dunning, Albert. 1969. Die Staatsmotette 1480-1555. Utrecht. Pages: 224-6, 335. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Crawford, David Eugene. 1967. Vespers Polyphony at Modem's Cathedral in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century. University of Illinois, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 87. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Sowa, Georg. 1967. Die Liederhandschrift 1544: Manuskript Iserlohn (Westfalen). Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 24: 266-82. Pages: 277. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Gottwald, Clytus. 1964. Codices Musici (Cod. Mus. Fol. I 1-71). . Die Handschriften der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, vol. Reihe I, Band 1. Wiesbaden. Pages: 77. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Bente, Martin. 1962. Ulrich Brätel. Über Leben und Werk des ersten württembergischen Hofkomponisten der Reformationszeit. Hans Albrecht in Memoriam, 63-74, 63-74. Kassel. Pages: 68-9. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).
Bruning, Elisens (editor). 1959-. Monumenta Musica Neerlandica. Amsterdam. Pages: IX/2, xii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kabis, Mary Elise. 1957. The Works of Jean Richafort, Renaissance Composer (1480?-c. 1548). New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 40. Notes: 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. Pages: 40. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: XXVI, 153, 164. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Doorslaer, G van. 1929. Jean Richafort, Maître de chapelle-compositeur, 1480? -+ 1548. Bulletin de Académie Royale d'Archéologie de Belgique, 103-61. Pages: 151. Notes: contents list (partial).
Maier, Jul Jos. 1879. Die Musikalischen Handschriften der K. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen. Munich. Pages: 86-7. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances.
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