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Copied mostly by Johannes Heer, with a few additions by several other scribes (probably Heer's associates at University of Paris). Some pieces have text incipits or titles only. Copied mostly in Paris, with later additions in Glarus. Compiled by Johannes Heer (ca. 1489-1553) of Glarus (inscription inside front cover and on f. 87': 'Johannes Heer est possessor huius libri'; 'Je suys au maistre Jehan her de glaris Lesquel moy / tient en grand honneur'); Heer was a friend of the chronicler Aegidius Tschudi (1505-72), also of Glarus. Manuscript passed to Tschudi following Heer's death; subsequent history same as for SGallS 463 and SGallS 464.
CH-SGs Cod. Sang. 462 (Heer Liederbuch)
Stiftsbibliothek, Saint Gall (Sankt Gallen), Switzerland
manuscript of polyphony: 1510-c. 1530
| Archive | Stiftsbibliothek, Saint Gall (Sankt Gallen), Switzerland (CH-SGs) |
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| Shelfmark | Cod. Sang. 462 (Heer Liederbuch) |
| Image Availability | The images on this record are linked using IIIF. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Measurements | 183 x 250 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 90 compositions, 35 from 19 composers, 55 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown leather stamped with ornamental designs; parchment spine
Watermark
No watermarks visible.
Notation
not indicated
Ruling
Single multi-stave rastrum used throughout, but staff height on each page varies (13-15)
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 1-71 + modern foliation, 72-87. Modern pencil pagination, 1-182, includes flyleaves
Foliation
1-87
Decoration
First five folios have large inked Gothic initials decorated with tracery, floral motifs, and grotesque faces; red ink used for some texts, headings, etc. Monogram of Johannes Heer and coat of arms of Heer family on f. 30.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 Mass Ordinary sections (both without text), 12 motets (2 without text), 2 motet-chansons, 1 German sacred piece, 49 German secular pieces, 13 French secular pieces, 5 Italian secular pieces, 3 textless pieces = 87
Adam von Fulda-3, (A. Agricola)-3, (A. Agricola/Ghiselin)-1, A. Agricola [Alexander]-(Isaac)-1, (Bauldeweyn/La Rue)-1, (Brumel)-1, (Busnois-anon)-1, (Busnois/Compère/Mureau)-1, (Compère)-4, (Craen/C. Festa/A. Févin/Josquin/Morales)-1, Dietrich-1, Heer [IA. HER.]-2 + 1?, (Hofhaimer)-1, Isaac-5, (Josquin)- 1, Obrecht/(Barbireau/Isaac)-1, (Prioris)-2, (Rigo de Bergis) -1, Senfl-2, anon-53
iv + 87 paper folios, 183 x 250. Original ink foliation, 1-71 + modern foliation, 72-87. Modern pencil pagination, 1-182, includes flyleaves. Original covers of brown leather stamped with ornamental designs; parchment spine. No index. Copied mostly by Johannes Heer, with a few additions by several other scribes (probably Heer's associates at University of Paris). Single multi-stave rastrum used throughout, but staff height on each page varies (13-15). First five folios have large inked Gothic initials decorated with tracery, floral motifs, and grotesque faces; red ink used for some texts, headings, etc. Monogram of Johannes Heer and coat of arms of Heer family on f. 30. No watermarks visible. Some pieces have text incipits or titles only.
1510 (earliest layer), with additions to ca. 1530. Copied mostly in Paris, with later additions in Glarus. Compiled by Johannes Heer (ca. 1489-1553) of Glarus (inscription inside front cover and on f. 87': "Johannes Heer est possessor huius libri"; "Je suys au maistre Jehan her de glaris Lesquel moy / tient en grand honneur"); Heer was a friend of the chronicler Aegidius Tschudi (1505-72), also of Glarus. Manuscript passed to Tschudi following Heer's death; subsequent history same as for SGallS 463 and SGallS 464.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "(Bauldeweyn/La Rue)-1" to "(Bauldeweyn/Büchner/ La Rue)-1."
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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: 266-73. 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.
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, 126-30. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1982. Notes on the Origin of the Parisian Chanson. The Journal of Musicology, 1: 275-326. Pages: 290,296,304-5. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Marx, Hans Joachim. 1980. Neues zur Tabulatur-Handschrift St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 530. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 37: 264-91. Pages: 269-70,272,285,288. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I,xl,32-4,81,84; II1,78. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Wexler, Richard. 1974. The Complete Works of Johannes Prioris. . Pages: 236-7,304ff,373-4,377. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Drake, George Warren James. 1972. The first printed book of motets, Petrucci's Motteti A numero trentatre (Venice 1502) and Motetti de Passione De cruce De sacramento De beata virgine et huius modi B (Venice 1503): A critical study and complete edition. University of Illinois, Ph.D. Dissertation. Pages: 189-90. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kämper, Dietrich. 1970. Studien zur Instrumentalen Ensemblemusik des 16. Jahrhunderts in Italien. Analecta Musicologica, 10: . Pages: I,53,68-9,287ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Douglas, Conrad Edward Mary. 1969. The motets of Johannes Prioris with a prefatory bio-bibliographical study. University of Illinois, Ph.D. Dissertation. Pages: 84-5. Notes: contents list (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, 63, 152-3, passim.
Geering, Arnold, and Hans Trümpy (editors). 1967. Das Liederbuch des Johannes Heer von Glarus: Ein Musikheft aus der Zeit des Humanismus. Schweizerische Musikdenkmaler, vol. 5. Basel: Bärenreiter. Pages: x-xi. Notes: dating of assembly of MS.
Clinkscale, Edward Henry. 1966. Josquin and Louis XI. Acta Musicologica, 38: 67-9. Pages: ["Guillaume se va chauffer" not attributed to Josquin in RISM 1547/1—Kellman]. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1961-70. Alexandrí Agricola: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 22. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IV, xv-xviii; V, xxxiv, liv-lv, lxxvi, lxxxvii, 102-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (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. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); t.
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1955-. Schweizerische Musikdenkmäler. Basel. Pages: V. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); texts; facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Riedel, Johannes. 1951. Leisen Formulae: Their Polyphonic Settings in the Renaissance and Reformation. University of Southern California, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 22,284ff,677,736-7. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: VI,17-8; XIII,928. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); facsimile (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1949-. Ludwig Senfl: Sämtliche Werke. Wolfenbüttel and Zürich. Pages: VM, 40-1,94,100. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: XV,142,148; 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: 186-7,224-6. Notes: contents list; discussion.
Plamenac, Dragan. 1928. Autour d'Ockeghem. La Revue Musicale, 9/4: 26-47. Pages: 43-7. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bernoulli, Eduard. 1910. Aus Liederbüchern der Humanistenzeit: Eine Bibliographische und Notentypographische Studie. Leipzig. Pages: 16ff, 36-7,63-5,84-97,100-1. 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: XV/XVI,vii-viii, xxii [reference in XXX, x to SGallS 462 as source for "Si sumpsero" incorrect 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, 193-4; LXXII, 75-6, 106. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Fritzsche, Otto Fridolin. 1890. Glarean: Sein Leben und Seine Schriften. Frauenfeld. Pages: 117. Notes: physical description (partial).
Scherrer, Gustav. 1875. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen. Halle. Pages: 152. Notes: physical description (partial).
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Corrected shelfmark of Cod. Sang. 462 & 463
Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
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