A Bassus partbook from a set of three volumes. Copied by a single scribe, except for last three pieces, which are later additions in a different hand. Probably copied in Low Countries. Early owner was Marcus Weiser (1558-1614) of Augsburg, whose name appears on covers. In Augsburg Stadtbibliothek until 1807, then passed to Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich.
| Archive | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany (D-Mbs) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus. MS 1502 [Bassus] |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 140 x 197 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 42 compositions, 36 from 9 composers, 6 are anonymous. |
General Description
Extent
i + 38 + ii leaves.
Binding
Original covers of white parchment over cardboard, with modern plastic wrapper. Front and back covers have decorative borders in blue, red, and gold; lozenge motif in center of each cover, in blue, green, and gold, contains voice designation on front and name 'Marcus Weiser' on back.
Watermark
Watermark: hand with flower (not in Briquet)
Foliation
New foliation in each book, by J. J. Maier.
Decoration
Inked initials.
Index
Modern list of contents (by Maier) on f. 1 of D book gives some concordant printed sources.
Modern ink numbering of pieces, 1-43.
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Mus. MS 1502
Partbooks · 3 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: 10*, 56-8. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Baker, Norma Klein. 1978. An Unnumbered Manuscript of Polyphony in the Archives of the Cathedral of Segovia: Its Provenance and History. University of Maryland, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 468. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Adams, Courtney S. 1974. The Three-Part Chanson during the Sixteenth Century: Changes in Its Style and Importance. University of Pennsylvania, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 173, 201-3, 354ff, 592-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Whisler, Bruce Allen. 1974. Munich, Mus. Ms. 1516: A Critical Edition. University of Rochester, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 96, 278, 284, 323-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1973. La Courone et fleur des chansons a troys; A Mirror of the French Chanson in Italy in the Years between Ottaviano Petrucci and Antonio Gardano. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 26: 1-68. Pages: 62-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1969. Cantus Firmus in the French Chanson for Two and Three Voices, 1500-1550. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 425. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Cross, Ronald (editor). 1966-. Matthaeus Pipelare: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 34. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, xiii, 6-7. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet. 1964. Bibliography of the Sacred Works of Jacobus Clemens non Papa. Musica Disciplina, 18: 85-150. Pages: 140. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Brown, Howard Mayer. 1963. Music in the French Secular Theater, 1400-1550. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: 185, 198, 202, 208, 275. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Cross, Ronald. 1963. The Life and Works of Matthaeus Pipelare. Musica Disciplina, 17: 97-114. Pages: 108, 112. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Cazeaux, Isabelle Anne-Marie. 1961. The Secular Music of Claudin de Sermisy. Columbia University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 122, 235, 266, 327, 354. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I, 456. Notes: physical description (partial).
Maier, Jul Jos. 1879. Die Musikalischen Handschriften der K. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen. Munich. Pages: 113-4. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances.
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