A-Wn Mus.Hs. 17771 (Bull Manuscript)

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien (Vienna), Austria

manuscript of organ pieces in tablature and score: First half of 17th century

Archive	Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien (Vienna), Austria (A-Wn)
Shelfmark	Mus.Hs. 17771 (Bull Manuscript)
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	None
Format	landscape
Measurements	107 x 72 mm
Copyists	? Messaus, Gulielmus à Text and Music
Relationships	Leopold I (1640–1705) (owner)
External Links	online catalogue entry images
External Authorities	RISM Online (sources/600141490)
Contents	24 pieces from 5 composers

General Description

A collection of pieces in organ tablature or score (most using mensural notation), said to be by John Bull and sometimes considered autograph. More recently most of the attributions have been doubted, and many of the canons have been found elsewhere (British Library R.M.24.c.14) attributed to Elway Bevin.

Probably copied by Gulielmus à Messaus. Once formed part of the bedroom library of the Emperor Leopold I.

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Extent

222 folios

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Binding

Original leather covers, decorated with floral motifs, stars and a crucifixion with IHS in a central roundel.

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Date

First half of the 17th century (the first piece is dated 1621).

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Foliation

modern pencil foliation

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Click an entry to see more information about that item.

Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
1–7	[blank pages]	-	-
[blank pages] Appears on: 1–7
7v–10	Fantasia chromatica	Doctor Johan Bull, Organist zu Anwerben	Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562–1621)
Fantasia chromatica Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562–1621) Appears on: 7v–10 Genres: Fantasia Source Attribution: Doctor Johan Bull, Organist zu Anwerben Layout Organ tablature General Note Though identified specifically as by Bull, this piece is Sweelinck's "Fantasia chromatica"
10v–11	Fantasia	Johan. Dr. Bull	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)
Fantasia Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?) Appears on: 10v–11 Genres: Fantasia Source Attribution: Johan. Dr. Bull Layout Organ tablature
11–13	Salve regina (I)	Johan. Dr. Bull	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)
Salve regina (I) Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?) Appears on: 11–13 Genres: Organ piece Source Attribution: Johan. Dr. Bull Layout Organ tablature
13v	Miserere mei	Johan. Dr. Bull	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)
Miserere mei Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?) Appears on: 13v Genres: Organ piece Source Attribution: Johan. Dr. Bull Layout Organ tablature
14	Fantasia	Johan. Dr. Bull	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)
Fantasia Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?) Appears on: 14 Genres: Fantasia Source Attribution: Johan. Dr. Bull Layout Organ tablature
14v–15v	Galliarda	Johan. Dr. Bull	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)
Galliarda Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?) Appears on: 14v–15v Genres: Dance Source Attribution: Johan. Dr. Bull Layout Organ tablature
15v–17	La chasse du roy	Johan. Dr. Bull	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628)
La chasse du roy Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) Appears on: 15v–17 Genres: Organ piece Source Attribution: Johan. Dr. Bull Layout Organ tablature
17v–18v	Salve regina (II)	Johan. Dr. Bull	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)
Salve regina (II) Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?) Appears on: 17v–18v Genres: Organ piece Source Attribution: Johan. Dr. Bull Layout Organ tablature
18v–21	Fantasia	Johan. Dr. Bull	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)
Fantasia Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?) Appears on: 18v–21 Genres: Fantasia Source Attribution: Johan. Dr. Bull Layout Organ tablature
21v–22v	[blank pages]	-	-
[blank pages] Appears on: 21v–22v
23–24	Sphera mundi	Doctor Jan Bull	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628)
Sphera mundi Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) Appears on: 23–24 Genres: Canon Source Attribution: Doctor Jan Bull Layout f. 23 - the puzzle canon laid out as two concentric circles; f. 23v-24, resolution in score
24v–144v	'120 canons on Miserere'	Johan Dr. Bull	Bevin, Elway (?) Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)
'120 canons on Miserere' Bevin, Elway (?) Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?) Appears on: 24v–144v Genres: Canon Source Attribution: Johan Dr. Bull Layout Score. Each canon extends across an opening (though the last runs over the page onto f. 144v) General Note Somne 50 of these canons appear among the set of 300(!) canons, mostly on Miserere, attributed to Elway Bevin in GB-Lbl R.M.24.c.14 - see CollinsJB p.103 Item Bibliography Collins, Denis. 2013. John Bull's "Art of Canon" and plainsong-based counterpoint in the late renaissance. Music Theory and its Methods: Structures, Challenges, Directions, 99-127. Frankfurt-am-Main: Peter Lang.
145	[blank page]	-	-
[blank page] Appears on: 145
145v–146	Canon	-	Anonymous
Canon Anonymous Appears on: 145v–146 Genres: Canon Layout Score
146v–147	Thema' (on the hexachord)	-	Anonymous
Thema' (on the hexachord) Anonymous Appears on: 146v–147 Genres: Organ piece Layout Score
147v–149	Miserere nostri Domine	Johan dottor Bull	Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585)
Miserere nostri Domine Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585) Appears on: 147v–149 Source Attribution: Johan dottor Bull Layout Score General Note transcription of the Tallis Miserere
149v–156v	[blank pages]	-	-
[blank pages] Appears on: 149v–156v
157–159v	'Hexachord' Fantasia	J D[r] Bull	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628)
'Hexachord' Fantasia Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) Appears on: 157–159v Genres: Fantasia Source Attribution: J D[r] Bull General Note Incomplete - the beginning is missing owing to the loss of a page Layout Organ tablature
160	[blank page]	-	-
[blank page] Appears on: 160
160v–162v	Revenant (6 variations on 'More palatino')	Dr Johan Bull	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628)
Revenant (6 variations on 'More palatino') Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) Appears on: 160v–162v Genres: Organ piece Source Attribution: Dr Johan Bull Layout Organ tablature
163–221	[blank pages]	-	-
[blank pages] Appears on: 163–221
221v	'De tonis'	-	Anonymous
'De tonis' Anonymous Appears on: 221v Genres: Text only General Note A table of the 8 church tones with mutations (no music)
222–222v	[blank pages]	-	-
[blank pages] Appears on: 222–222v

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	'De tonis' – 221v Canon – 145v–146 Thema' (on the hexachord) – 146v–147 [No description] – 21v–22v [No description] – 1–7 [No description] – 145 [No description] – 149v–156v [No description] – 222–222v [No description] – 163–221 [No description] – 160
Bevin, Elway	(?) '120 canons on Miserere' – 24v–144v
Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628)	(?) '120 canons on Miserere' – 24v–144v 'Hexachord' Fantasia – 157–159v (?) Fantasia – 18v–21 (?) Fantasia – 14 (?) Fantasia – 10v–11 (?) Galliarda – 14v–15v La chasse du roy – 15v–17 (?) Miserere mei – 13v Revenant (6 variations on 'More palatino') – 160v–162v (?) Salve regina (I) – 11–13 (?) Salve regina (II) – 17v–18v Sphera mundi – 23–24
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562–1621)	Fantasia chromatica – 7v–10
Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585)	Miserere nostri Domine – 147v–149

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
'120 canons on Miserere'	Bevin, Elway (?) Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)	24v–144v
'De tonis'	Anonymous	221v
'Hexachord' Fantasia	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628)	157–159v
Canon	Anonymous	145v–146
Fantasia	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)	10v–11
Fantasia	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)	14
Fantasia	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)	18v–21
Fantasia chromatica	Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562–1621)	7v–10
Galliarda	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)	14v–15v
La chasse du roy	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628)	15v–17
Miserere mei	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)	13v
Miserere nostri Domine	Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585)	147v–149
Revenant (6 variations on 'More palatino')	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628)	160v–162v
Salve regina (I)	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)	11–13
Salve regina (II)	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628) (?)	17v–18v
Sphera mundi	Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628)	23–24
Thema' (on the hexachord)	Anonymous	146v–147

‡ denotes primary source study

Collins, Denis. 2013. John Bull's "Art of Canon" and plainsong-based counterpoint in the late renaissance. Music Theory and its Methods: Structures, Challenges, Directions, 99-127. Frankfurt-am-Main: Peter Lang.

Maxim, Christopher. 1998-99. Style and Technique in the "Mis-Attributed‟ Plainsong Settings in British Library Add. Ms 23623. The Organ Yearbook, 25-40. Notes: discussion of Bull (mis-)attributions.

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