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A Discantus and Altus partbook from a set originally of four volumes, now bound together (D book = ff. 1-76; A = ff. 77-142). Copied by Aegidius Tschudi (1505-72), soldier, statesman, and chronicler, who studied with the theorist Heinrich Glareanus at Basel; Tschudi also wrote portions of SGallS 464. Copied in Glarus or vicinity. Repertory systematically organised by (1) number of voices; (2) genre; and (3) mode (see LoachA I, 44ff, for detailed analysis). Belonged to Tschudi family members until 1767, then sold by Baron Leodegar Tschudi to Benedictine monastery at Saint Gall.
CH-SGs Cod. Sang. 463 [Altus] (Tschudi Liederbuch)
Stiftsbibliothek, Saint Gall (Sankt Gallen), Switzerland
partbook: Ca. 1540 or slightly later (LoachA)
| Archive | Stiftsbibliothek, Saint Gall (Sankt Gallen), Switzerland (CH-SGs) |
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| Shelfmark | Cod. Sang. 463 [Altus] (Tschudi Liederbuch) |
| Image Availability | The images on this record are linked using IIIF. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 152 x 216 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 180 compositions, 136 from 61 composers, 44 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Rebound in modern cardboard covers.
Watermark
Briquet #876 and #878 (LoachA)
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-142
Foliation
Other numberings: Original ink numbering of pieces, 1-215 (no music entered for #7, 10, 12, 28, 32, 35, 53-60, 181-189; music for #1-5 copied only into T or B books, now missing; #7-60, 154-158 missing from Altus)
Decoration
Inked initials in plain block style.
Index
Original alphabetical roster of composers on f. 1'; original index of compositions on ff. 2-3' lists pieces alphabetically by title (one piece not listed; five pieces listed out of correct order)
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Gloria, 1 Agnus (without text), 3 hymns, 72 motets, 2 motet-chansons, 49 German secular pieces, 29 French secular pieces, 19 Italian secular pieces, 1 Latin/Italian secular piece (with Latin psalm text in this source), 4 Latin secular pieces, 1 Spanish secular piece, 1 dance, 4 textless pieces = 187
Adam von Fulda-3, (A. Agricola/Josquin)-1, Barra/(Elimon)-1, Biaumont-1, Bisgueria-1, (Brack)-1, Brumel-2, (Busnois-anon)-1, (Cara)-3, Clemens non Papa-1, Compère-4, Craen-1, Dietrich-1, (Ducis)-1, (Ducis/Masson)-1, Dulot-1, (Enrique/Wreede)-1, R. Fabri-1, C. Festa-1, (A. Févin)-2, Freydanck-1, Ghiselin-3, Ghiselin [Verbonet]/(A. Agricola)-1, (Grefinger)-1, (Hofhaimer) -3 + 1?, (Hofhaimer/Schönfelder)-1, Isaac-6, Isaac/(Rein)-1, (Janequin)-1, Japart-1, Josquin [Iosquinus Pratensis]-18, Josquin-Bidone-1, Josquin/(Carpentras)-1, Josquin/(N. Champion)-1, Josquin/(Isaac)-1, Josquin/(Ninot le Petit)-1, Josquin/(Pesenti)-1, Josquin/(Weerbecke)-1, La Rue/(Josquin)-1, Leo X-1, Löw-1, Luyr [Adamus Aquanus]-2, (Maio)-2, (Malchinger)-1, Moulu/(Josquin/Mouton/Verdelot)-1, Moulu/(Mouton)-1, Mouton-4, Mouton/(Lhéritier)-1, Mouton/(Josquin/Richafort)-1, Obrecht-4, Obrecht/(Barbireau/Isaac)-1, Obrecht/(Compère)-1, Obrecht/ (La Rue)-1, (Prioris)-2, Regis-1, Richafort-4, Richafort/(Werrecore)-1, (Santacroce?)-2, S. Schwartz-2, Senfl-3, Tinctoris-1, Tzamen [Thomas Aquarius]-1, Vaqueras-1, Vinea-1, Wannenmacher-2, Weerbecke [Gaspar]-2, Willaert-2, Willaert/(Mouton) -1, (Wolff)-1, anon-63*
*Attribution of "Cum pervenisset" (#207) to "Andreas Crütz" almost certainly an error; see LoachA I, 92.
2 paper partbooks of an original 4 (DA, now bound together to form single volume of i + 142 folios), 152 x 216. Modern pencil foliation, 1-142 (D book = ff. 1-76; A = ff. 77-142). Original ink numbering of pieces, 1-215 (no music entered for #7, 10, 12, 28, 32, 35, 53-60, 181-189; music for #1-5 copied only into T or B books, now missing). Blank folios, or blank staves only (except for piece numbers): 4, 15, 20-21', 62'-65, 66', 77-77', 78'-81, 120'-122, 142'. Rebound in modern cardboard covers. Original alphabetical roster of composers on f. 1'; original index of compositions on ff. 2-3' lists pieces alphabetically by title (one piece not listed; five pieces listed out of correct order). Copied by Aegidius Tschudi (see below), who also wrote portions of SGallS 464. Inked initials in plain block style. Watermarks are Briquet #876 and #878 (LoachA). Repertory systematically organized by (1) number of voices; (2) genre; and (3) mode (see LoachA I, 44ff, for detailed analysis).
Ca. 1540 or slightly later (LoachA, who refutes GeerV's proposed dating of ca. 1517-20). Copied in Glarus or vicinity. Compiled by the soldier, statesman, and chronicler Aegidius Tschudi (1505-72), who studied with the theorist Heinrich Glareanus at Basel; manuscript reflects Glareanus' concepts of modal theory. Belonged to Tschudi family members until 1767, then sold by Baron Leodegar Tschudi to Benedictine monastery at Saint Gall.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "(Ducis/Masson)-1" to "(Ducis/Maffoni)-1."
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MS 463
Partbooks · 2 sources
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Deutsches Musikgeschichtliches Archiv Kassel and Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin (editor). 1983. Das Tenorlied: Mehrstimmige Lieder in deutschen Quellen 1450-1580. Band 2: Handschriften. Catalogus Musicus, vol. X. Kassel, Basel, Tours, and London. Pages: 273-88. Notes: contents list; incipits.
Jonas, Luise. 1983. Das Augsburger Liederbuch: Die Musikhandschrift 2° Codex 142a der Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg. Edition und Kommentar. Berliner Musikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten, vol. Band 21 (2 vols.) . Munich and Salzburg. Pages: II,9, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Keahey, Thomas Herman, and Conrad Edward Mary Douglas (editors). 1982-85. Johannes Prioris: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 90. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III,xi-xii,xix-xx, 129-30. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Perkins, Leeman L, and Howard Garey (editors). 1979. The Mellon Chansonnier. New Haven and London. Pages: II,176,424. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Dunning, Albert. 1969. Die Staatsmotette 1480-1555. Utrecht. Pages: 44-5,340. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Loach, Donald Glenn. 1969. Aegidius Tschudi's Songbook (St. Gall MS 463): A Humanistic Document from the Circle of Heinrich Glarean. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Perkins, Leeman L (editor). 1969. Johannis Lhéritier: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 48. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: xxiii,xliv,li, liii-liv. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Jeppesen, Knud. 1968-70. La Frottola. Acta Jutlandica, vol. XL/2, XLI/1, & XLII/1. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: II,62,150-1, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Perkins, Leeman L. 1965. The Motets of Jean Lhéritier. Yale University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,49-50,152-3,224. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Picker, Martin. 1960. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: Manuscripts 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 369-70. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: XIII,928-9. Notes: physical description (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1949-. Ludwig Senfl: Sämtliche Werke. Wolfenbüttel and Zürich. Pages: V, 110, 116; VI,95; VII,xiv-xvi. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: XV,143ff; XXXIV,398,402-3. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Geering, Arnold. 1933. Die Vokalmusik in der Schweiz zur Zeit der Reformation. Schweizerisches Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft, 6: . Pages: 91-2,227-32. Notes: contents list; discussion.
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1926-64. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Motetten. Amsterdam. Pages: I, ix-x,xiii; II, vii,1x-x; III, ix,xiv-xv; V,vii,ix; VI,v,viii-xii; VII,vii-xi; VIII,xiii-xv; X.vi-vii; XI,xiii-xiv; XXV, xliv. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1925-68. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Wereldlijke Werken. Amsterdam. Pages: I,v,xv; IV, vii-x,xv-xviii; V,vii,l-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Wolf, Johannes (editor). 1908-21. Reprint: Farnborough, England, 1968. Werken van Jacob Obrecht. Leipzig and Amsterdam,. Pages: IV, viii,x-xi; XV/XVI,viii-ff; XXX, viii-x [source for "Si sumpsero" incorrectly listed as SGallS 462 motet actually in SGallS 463]). Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Adler, Guido (editor). 1894-1970. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich. Graz and Vienna. Pages: XXVIII, 173-4,191-3; XXXII, 239; LXXII, 102ff. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Scherrer, Gustav. 1875. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen. Halle. Pages: 152. Notes: physical description (partial).
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