A Tenor partbook from a set originally of six volumes. Copied by several scribes. Copied in Liegnitz ( = Legnica), for use in the court chapel of Georg Rudolf, Duke of Liegnitz (1595-1653), an amateur musician and collector of music. Ducal library ('Bibliotheca Rudolfina') housed in Johanniskirche in Liegnitz until 1698, then transferred to nearby ducal palace. In 1741, it was incorporated into the library of the Königliche Ritter-Akademie.

Biblioteca Narodowa (PL-Wn) holds only the tenor from the set. Other parts missing before 1878 (V5, V6) and after 1945 (S, A, B - shelfmark PL-Wn (Rudolfina) Libr. Mus. 18).

318 ff.

In good condition following conservation.

Bound in re-used parchment from another ms.

black void mensural

Red, blue and green initials.

Original index in Discantus book: in alphabetical order by first letter, but pieces in each group are listed in the order they are copied in the ms.

paper

Part of the inventory is foliated; the remainder is in the order given in the index, as foliation information was not available

1 Magnificat, 6 office hymns, 2 processional hymns, 1 Passion, 50 motets, 210 German sacred pieces = 270 + 6 duplicates = 276

Aichinger-1, G. Bassano Joh. Bassani-1, Burck-2, Calvisius-2, Clavius-1, Eccard-2, Erbach-1, Finetti-1, Formellis-1, Fritsch-1, Gesius-72, Giovanelli-1, Hallman-2, Händl-10, Hartmann-1, Hassler-5, G. Haupt-1, Mareschall-2, Meiland-2, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse M.L.H.-5, Pfendner-1, H. Praetorius-1, Schein-4, Schneidewin-1, Schütz-1, Stoltzer-1, Triller-1, Vulpius-3, Walliser-3, Weissensee-1, Wert-2, anon-137

4 paper partbooks of an original 6 (DATB-number of folios not known), oblong 4°. Original index in D book. Copied by several scribes.

First half of 17th century (date 1648 in manuscript). Copied in Liegnitz ( = Legnica), for use in the court chapel of Georg Rudolf, Duke of Liegnitz (1595-1653), an amateur musician and collector of music. Ducal library ("Bibliotheca Rudolfina") housed in Johanniskirche in Liegnitz until 1698, then transferred to nearby ducal palace. In 1741, it was incorporated into the library of the Königliche Ritter-Akademie; apparently lost or destroyed during World War II.