B-Br MS II.3843 [Altus]

KBR (Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Bibliothèque royale), Brussels, Belgium

partbook:

Archive KBR (Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Bibliothèque royale), Brussels, Belgium (B-Br)
Shelfmark MS II.3843 [Altus]
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Surface Paper
Numbering System None
Measurements 50 x 75 mm
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
Relationships
Provenance
Contents 25 pieces from 9 composers
General Description

An Altus partbook from a set of five volumes. Copied by one scribe, probably Melchior Kugelmann. Twelve of the pieces are dedicatory works for various members of the Danish court at Copenhagen and the Prussian court at Königsberg. Probably copied at the Danish court in Copenhagen, for Princess Dorothea, daughter of Frederick I and sister to Christian III, who married Duke Albert of Prussia in 1525. The manuscript was once in the Herzogliche Bibliothek at Wolfenbüttel; it later belonged to the French scholar F. L. Perne (1772-1832), and then to F. J. Fétis (it bore the number '1433' in the catalogue of his library). The Bibliothèque Royale acquired the manuscript from the Fétis collection.

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Binding

Original covers of tooled leather, with voice designations, medallions, and floral designs. The cassette in which the books are kept has a picture of Princess Dorothea, wife of Duke Albert of Prussia, with the inscription: 'V(on) G(ottes) G(naden) Dorothea).'

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Notation

black void mensural

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Foliation

foliation excludes an unspecified umber of blank folios at the end of each book. New pagination in DAT

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Foliation

Other numberings: original numbering of pieces in all books.

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Surface

paper

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
(1) Ach weiblich Art -
Appears on: (1)
Genres: Song
(2) Friede gib uns lieber Herr - Anonymous
Appears on: (2)
Genres: Lied
(3) Soll ich hier vor dir bestand - Anonymous
Appears on: (3)
Genres: Lied
(4) Von Gottes gnad rad und wunderthat -
Appears on: (4)
Genres: Sacred Song
(5) Von anfang her hat Gottes Eher reÿchlich -
Appears on: (5)
Genres: Sacred Song
(6) Mass sucht verstand -
Appears on: (6)
Genres: Song
(7) Mach ich ungluck nicht widerstan -
Appears on: (7)
Genres: Song
(8) Von menschen her ist nie erhört - Anonymous
Appears on: (8)
Genres: Lied
(9) Von Gott dem Herren haben wir das edle -
Appears on: (9)
Genres: Sacred Song
(10) Ich trau zu Gott -
Appears on: (10)
Genres: Sacred Song
(11) Von Gottes Gnad mein seel die hat -
Appears on: (11)
Genres: Lied
(12) Capitan Herr Gott vater mein Dein gnad (S34) -
Appears on: (12)
Genres: Sacred Song
(13) Es mut viel leut die peut -
Appears on: (13)
Genres: Lied
(14) Will Gott mein wehr und waffen sein - Anonymous
Appears on: (14)
Genres: Sacred Song
(15) Ernwert auf erde ein tugend schön - Anonymous
Appears on: (15)
Genres: Lied
(16) Der Hund mir vor dem licht umgaht -
Appears on: (16)
Genres: Song
(17) Kunnd ich schöns Rains -
Appears on: (17)
Genres: Song
(18) Forma decens mores casti / Alles in Ehren -
Appears on: (18)
Genres: Motet
(19) Mein fleiss [vleiss] und müh (S231) -
Appears on: (19)
Genres: Lied
(20) Ungnad begehr ich nit von ihr, hoff auch -
Appears on: (20)
Genres: Song
(21) O Herr behend, mein elend wend - Anonymous
Appears on: (21)
Genres: Sacred Song
(22) O Herr ich klag - Anonymous

O Herr ich klag

Anonymous
Appears on: (22)
Genres: Sacred Song
(23) Hilf mir mein lieber Herre mein auserwelter -
Appears on: (23)
Genres: Sacred Song
(24) Frolich muss ich singen kein traurigkeit -
Appears on: (24)
Genres: Song
(25) Nun lob mein Seel den Herren -
Appears on: (25)
Genres: Chorale, Sacred Song
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Ach weiblich Art (1)
Capitan Herr Gott vater mein Dein gnad (S34) (12)
Der Hund mir vor dem licht umgaht (16)
Ernwert auf erde ein tugend schön Anonymous (15)
Es mut viel leut die peut (13)
Forma decens mores casti / Alles in Ehren (18)
Friede gib uns lieber Herr Anonymous (2)
Frolich muss ich singen kein traurigkeit (24)
Hilf mir mein lieber Herre mein auserwelter (23)
Ich trau zu Gott (10)
Kunnd ich schöns Rains (17)
Mach ich ungluck nicht widerstan (7)
Mass sucht verstand (6)
Mein fleiss [vleiss] und müh (S231) (19)
Nun lob mein Seel den Herren (25)
O Herr behend, mein elend wend Anonymous (21)
O Herr ich klag Anonymous (22)
Soll ich hier vor dir bestand Anonymous (3)
Ungnad begehr ich nit von ihr, hoff auch (20)
Von anfang her hat Gottes Eher reÿchlich (5)
Von Gott dem Herren haben wir das edle (9)
Von Gottes Gnad mein seel die hat (11)
Von Gottes gnad rad und wunderthat (4)
Von menschen her ist nie erhört Anonymous (8)
Will Gott mein wehr und waffen sein Anonymous (14)

Set: MS II.3843

Type: Partbooks

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B-Br MS II.3843 [Altus]

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B-Br MS II.3843 [Bassus]

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B-Br MS II.3843 [Discantus]

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B-Br MS II.3843 [Quintus]

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B-Br MS II.3843 [Tenor]

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Glahn, Henrik. 1961. En ny kilde til belysning af det preussiske hofkapels repertoire på Hertug Albrechts tid. Svensk Tidskrift för Musikforskning, 145-61. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits (partial); facsimile (partial).

Jeppesen, Knud (editor). 1933-. Dania Sonans.  Copenhagen, Leipzig, and Egtved. Pages: IV,30, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

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