A-M MS 391

Bibliothek des Benediktinerstifts, Melk, Austria

non-music MS with interpolated music: 15th century

Archive Bibliothek des Benediktinerstifts, Melk, Austria (A-M)
Shelfmark MS 391
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Surface Mixed Paper and Parchment
Measurements 330 x 235 mm
Other Identifiers
  • RISM: A-M391
  • olim (Former shelfmark): J 1 and 486
Notations
  • black full mensural
Relationships
External Links
Provenance
  • Bavaria, Germany
Contents 1 pieces from 1 composers
General Description

Originally two in 14th-15th century manuscripts bound together. Contains on f. 1 the text of the so-called Melker Marienlied. On the outer edge of this sheet, and perpendicular to the text, one finds two textless voices, which have nothing to do with the Marian song. Contents: 1 Part of the manuscript: Melker Marienlied (12th century); Kalendarium; various tracts; Catalogus Pontificum. 2. Part: Melker Chronik 1123-1564; Babenberger Chronik. From the monastery of Melk.

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Binding

leather with blind pressing; 18th-19th century

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Notation

full black mensural

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Ruling

three red 5-line staves

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Foliation

Modern foliation and older pagination

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Surface

22 + 69 parchment + 3 paper

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RISM Description

RISM B/IV 3: 12./16. Jh.; ursprünglich zwei im 14./15. Jh. zusammengebundene Handschriften von 22 + 69 Pergament-Blätter + 3 am Schluß hinzugefügten Papier-Blätter, 330 x 235 mm. Moderne Foliierung und ältere Pag. - Einband: 18./19. Jh., Leder mit Blindpressung.

Die aus dem Kloster Melk stammende Handschrift enthält auf f. 1 den Text des sog. Melker Marienliedes. Am äußeren Rande dieses Blatt finden sich, senkrecht zum Text notiert, zwei textlose, auf 3 roten Fünfliniensystemen in französischer Mensuralnotation um 1400 aufgezeichnete Stimmen, die mit dem Marienlied jedoch nichts zu tun haben.

Inhalt: 1. Teil der Handschrift: Melker Marienlied (12. Jh.); Kalendarium; verschiedene Traktate; Catalogus pontificum. 2. Teil: Melker Chronik 1123-1564; Babenberger Chronik.

[Translation] 12th/16th century, originally two in 14th-15th century manuscripts bound together by 22 + 69 parchment leaves + 3 added at the end of the paper sheets, 330 x 235 mm. Modern foliation and older pagination - Binding: 18th-19th century, leather with blind pressing.

This manuscript from the monastery of Melk contains on f. 1 the text of the so-called Melker Marienlied. On the outer edge of this sheet, and perpendicular to the text, one finds two textless voices on three red 5-line staves, in french mensural notation from around 1400, which have nothing to do with the Marian song.

Contents: 1 Part of the manuscript: Melker Marienlied (12th century); Kalendarium; various tracts; Catalogus Pontificum. 2. Part: Melker Chronik 1123-1564; Babenberger Chronik.

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1 Fuyés de moy. C, Ct, T = Wohlauf, Gesell, wer jagen will -
Alain

Fuyés de moy. C, Ct, T = Wohlauf, Gesell, wer jagen will

Alain
Appears on: 1
Genres: Chanson
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: French
Clef: c3
Voice Text: [Fuies de moy]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Clef: c5
Layout

parts
Composer Compositions
Alain
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Fuyés de moy. C, Ct, T = Wohlauf, Gesell, wer jagen will
Alain
1

‡ denotes primary source study

Flotzinger, Rudolf. 2002. Zur Beurteilung der Balladen in den Handschriften Vorau 380 und Melk 391. Album amicorum Albert Dunning in occasione del suo LXV compleanno, edited by Rudolf Flotzinger, 147-153. (Turnhout: Brepols.

Berger, Christian. 1992. Hexachord, Mensur und Textstruktur: Studien zum französischen Lied des 14. Jahrhunderts. Beihefte zum Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, vol. 35.  Stuttgart: Steiner. Pages: 52, 264.

Wilkins, Nigel E. 1984. The late mediaeval French lyric: with music and without. Musik und Text in der Mehrstimmigkeit des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts: Vorträge des Gastsymposiums in der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, 8. bis 12. September 1980, Göttinger Musikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten, vol. 10. edited by Nigel E Wilkins,  Kassel: Bärenreiter. Pages: 155-174.

Günther, Ursula. 1957. Der musikalische Stilwandel der französischen Liedkunst in der zweiten Hälfte des 14. Jahrhunderts, dargestellt an Virelais, Balladen und Rondeaux von Guillaume de Machaut sowie datierbaren Kantilenensätzen seiner Zeitgenossen und dierekten Nachfolger. University of Hamburg, Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 167, 187-189.

Borren, Charles van den. 1924. Le Manuscrit Musical M. 222 C. 22 de la Bibliothèque de Strasbourg (XV Siècle) Brûlé en 1870, et Reconstitué d'après une Copie Partielle d'Edmond de Coussemaker.  Antwerp: E. Secelle. Pages: 64.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Notation Note; Surface Note

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Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description