D-Mbs Mus. MS 3725 (Buxheimer Orgelbuch)

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany

Organ book: second half of the 15th century, c. 1460-70

Archive	Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany (D-Mbs)
Shelfmark	Mus. MS 3725 (Buxheimer Orgelbuch)
Image Availability	The images on this record are linked using IIIF.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	c. 300 x 210 mm
Other Identifiers	olim (Former shelfmark): Clm. 352b
Inventory	This MS has not yet been inventoried by DIAMM. If you would like to submit an inventory, please send it to diamm@music.ox.ac.uk
Relationships	Buxheim Charterhouse (owner)
External Links	images facsimile (Wallner 1955) IIIF Manifest
External Authorities	RISM Online (sources/1001021082)
Provenance	Germany
Contents	Contains 13 compositions, 5 from 4 composers, 8 are anonymous.

General Description

The 'Buxheim Organ Book' is a unique source for organ playing practice in southern Germany. It is considered to be the largest collection of organ music of the second half of the 15th century. Consists mainly of intabulations of German songs and settings of the ordinary of the mass, and on the fundamenta for organ, particularly for the tradition of the 'Fundamentum organisandi' of the Munich organist Conrad Paumann.

Written by one main hand (1-122) with additions by several others. Formerly owned by the Buxheim Charterhouse; acquired by the State Library in 1883 at auction.

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Extent

174 ff.

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Physical Description

Restored in 1959. ff i, v_v, 166(rv), 168v blank

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Binding

Wooden boards covered in leather, blind-impressed

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Watermark

(i) Gothic letter P; (ii) Gothic letter P with stroke; (iii) two parallel keys; (iv) Gothic letter Y with cross

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Notation

Tablature, with the upper part on a 7-line stave and the other parts below in alphabetical notation

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Ruling

Six 7-line staves per page

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Foliation

Original foliation (numbering of openings) 1-167. Modern numbering of pieces.

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Index

alphabetical table of contents ff. iv-v which does not include pieces from f. 122 onwards

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Click an entry to see more information about that item.

Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Number of voices	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
[-]	PARTIAL INVENTORY ONLY	-	-	-
PARTIAL INVENTORY ONLY Appears on: [-]
9r–9v	Een vrauken edel van natueren	3	-	Anonymous
Een vrauken edel van natueren Anonymous Appears on: 9r–9v Genres: Secular, Secular song, Song Number of voices: 3 General Note in tablature Item Bibliography Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: vol. 37, pp. 18-19. Notes: rendition on f. 9r ed. on p. 18, and rendition on f. 9r-v on p. 19. Fallows, David. 1999. A Catalogue of Polyphonic Songs, 1415-1480. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pages: 431. Eitner, Robert. 1888. Das Buxheimer Orgelbuch. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. Pages: 34-5. Notes: rendition on f. 9r ed. on p. 34, and rendition on f. 9r-v ed. on p. 35.
10	Magnificat ocatvi toni [K.513]	-	-	Anonymous
Magnificat ocatvi toni [K.513] Anonymous Appears on: 10 Genres: Magnificat, Organ piece
22v	Magnificat primi toni cum differentia [K.503]	-	-	Anonymous
Magnificat primi toni cum differentia [K.503] Anonymous Appears on: 22v Genres: Magnificat, Organ piece
43v	Maria tu solacium (= Ave mater O Maria)	-	-	Anonymous
Maria tu solacium (= Ave mater O Maria) Anonymous Appears on: 43v Genres: Contrafactum, Motet
43v–44	Virginem mirae pulchritudinis (= En discort)	-	-	Anonymous
Virginem mirae pulchritudinis (= En discort) Anonymous Appears on: 43v–44 Genres: Contrafactum, Motet
44v	Magnificat octavi toni [K.514]	-	-	Anonymous
Magnificat octavi toni [K.514] Anonymous Appears on: 44v Genres: Magnificat, Organ piece General Note in one pars. Annotation: "Qioa respexit" (just that section of a larger piece?)
66v–67	Faites moy scavoir de la belle	-	-	Anonymous
Faites moy scavoir de la belle Anonymous Appears on: 66v–67 Genres: Chanson
112v	Een vrauken edel van natueren	3	-	Anonymous
Een vrauken edel van natueren Anonymous Appears on: 112v Genres: Secular, Secular song, Song Number of voices: 3 General Note in tablature Item Bibliography Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: vol. 38, p. 263. Notes: edition of music. Fallows, David. 1999. A Catalogue of Polyphonic Songs, 1415-1480. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pages: 431. Eitner, Robert. 1888. Das Buxheimer Orgelbuch. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. Pages: 37. Notes: edition of music.
151	Magnificat octavi toni [K.515]	-	-	Anonymous
Magnificat octavi toni [K.515] Anonymous Appears on: 151 Genres: Magnificat, Organ piece
167r	O gloriosa regina mundi succurre nobis	-	-	Touront, Johannes (ca. 1450–ca. 1475)
O gloriosa regina mundi succurre nobis Touront, Johannes (ca. 1450–ca. 1475) Appears on: 167r Genres: Motet
[-]	Puisque m'amour m'a pris en déplaisir	-	-	Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
Puisque m'amour m'a pris en déplaisir Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) Appears on: [-] Genres: Chanson Voice: [no designation] Languages: French Voice Text: [Puisque m'amour]
[-]	Sub tuam protectionem	-	-	Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
Sub tuam protectionem Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) Appears on: [-] Genres: Motet Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Sub tuam protectionem [1a pars] General Note anonymous
[-]	Sub tuam protectionem	-	-	Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)
Sub tuam protectionem Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) Appears on: [-] Genres: Motet Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Sub tuam protectionem [1a pars] General Note anonymous
[-]	Descendi in ortum meum ut viderem	-	-	Plummer, John (ca. 1410–ca. 1484)
Descendi in ortum meum ut viderem Plummer, John (ca. 1410–ca. 1484) Appears on: [-] Genres: Motet Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Descendi in ortum meum ut viderem General Note anonymous
[-]	Con lagrime bagnandome el viso	-	-	Ciconia, Johannes (ca. 1370–1412)
Con lagrime bagnandome el viso Ciconia, Johannes (ca. 1370–1412) Appears on: [-] Genres: Italian secular Voice: [no designation] Languages: Italian Voice Text: Con lagrime bagnandome General Note See Cuthbert, 110: '(diminution), nos 38, 137-39'

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Een vrauken edel van natueren – 9r–9v Een vrauken edel van natueren – 112v Faites moy scavoir de la belle – 66v–67 Magnificat ocatvi toni [K.513] – 10 Magnificat octavi toni [K.514] – 44v Magnificat octavi toni [K.515] – 151 Magnificat primi toni cum differentia [K.503] – 22v Maria tu solacium (= Ave mater O Maria) – 43v Virginem mirae pulchritudinis (= En discort) – 43v–44 [No description] – [-]
Ciconia, Johannes (ca. 1370-1412)	Con lagrime bagnandome el viso – [-]
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390-1453)	Puisque m'amour m'a pris en déplaisir – [-] Sub tuam protectionem – [-] Sub tuam protectionem – [-]
Plummer, John (ca. 1410-ca. 1484)	Descendi in ortum meum ut viderem – [-]
Touront, Johannes (ca. 1450-ca. 1475)	O gloriosa regina mundi succurre nobis – 167r

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Con lagrime bagnandome el viso	Ciconia, Johannes (ca. 1370–1412)	[-]
Descendi in ortum meum ut viderem	Plummer, John (ca. 1410–ca. 1484)	[-]
Een vrauken edel van natueren	Anonymous	9r–9v
Een vrauken edel van natueren	Anonymous	112v
Faites moy scavoir de la belle	Anonymous	66v–67
Magnificat ocatvi toni [K.513]	Anonymous	10
Magnificat octavi toni [K.514]	Anonymous	44v
Magnificat octavi toni [K.515]	Anonymous	151
Magnificat primi toni cum differentia [K.503]	Anonymous	22v
Maria tu solacium (= Ave mater O Maria)	Anonymous	43v
O gloriosa regina mundi succurre nobis	Touront, Johannes (ca. 1450–ca. 1475)	167r
Puisque m'amour m'a pris en déplaisir	Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)	[-]
Sub tuam protectionem	Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)	[-]
Sub tuam protectionem	Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)	[-]
Virginem mirae pulchritudinis (= En discort)	Anonymous	43v–44

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‡ denotes primary source study

Fallows, David. 1999. A Catalogue of Polyphonic Songs, 1415-1480. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pages: 431. Notes: details about the instances of 'Een vrauken edel' in this source.

Curtis, Gareth R K, and Andrew B Wathey. 1994. Fifteenth-Century English Liturgical Music: A List of the Surviving Repertory. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 27: 1-69.

Göllner, Marie Louise. 1979. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Katalog der Musikhandschriften. 2: Tabulaturen und Stimmbücher bis zur Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts. Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen, vol. KBM 5/2. Pages: 159-171. Notes: description (partial), contents list.

Wallner, Bertha Antonia (editor). 1955. Das Buxheimer Orgelbuch [facsimile]. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik, vol. XXXVIII. Kassel: Bärenreiter.

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