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Clarissima planae atque choralis musicae interpretatio.

Basel: Michael Furter, 1507, vdm: 361

BASICS
Title page:

CLarissima plane || atq; choralis musice interpretatio || Dñi Balthasser Praspergij Mer||spurgeñ. cum certissimis regulis || atq; Exemploꝝ Annotationibꝰ || & figuris multum splendidis. Jn || Alma Basileorũ vniuersitate ex||ercitata.||

Colophon:

Finis musices ex Orphei lyra et Saphus cythara manate atq; per venerabilem dominū Balthasser Prapergiū Merspurgeñ. In nobili ac preclaro Basileorū studio proceltico diligentia exactissima examinate. Rogatu tandem auditorum per providū virū Michaelem Furter Civem Balislieñ impresse. Anno christiane salutis super millesimo:quingentesimo:septimo.(C3v)

Author:
Balthasar Prasperg
Printer:
Michael Furter
Place of printing:

Basel

Year:
1507
Further information on dating: from colophon
Type of source:

Theory book

Catalogue references:
RISM B/6 p. 667
VD16 P 4725
vdm
361
Further details:

This edition was printed for use at Basel University (as noted on title page).

Illustrations:

woodcut on titlepage showing a man as a teacher on the left pointing to a banderole with solmization syllables; left a lady as Frau Musica playing a harp

Language:

Latin

Format:
4º
Printed area: 96 x 157 mm
Number of leaves:
20
Collation: [α8], B8, C4.
Autopsy copy:

D-MBs 4 Mus.th. 1259

Online facsimile:

D-Mbs, US-Wc


D-Mbs 4 Mus.th. 1259, A1r
DETAILS
Technique for printing music:

woodcut

Remarks on printing:

same woodcuts as edition 1501; 1 different (S? 3, 1st example)

Notation:

Hufnagel notation

Number of staff lines:
4
Number of voices:
1
Genre:

example in theory book

Copies:

CH-Bu, CH-Fcu, D-LEu, *D-Mbs, *E-Sco, *GB-Lbl, GB-Lbl, US-Wc

Copies in historical catalogues:

A copy of this edition was in the library of Joseph Müller († 1890). The book is also listed in the 1548 Bibliography by Gesner (see Bernstein).

Related editions:

Clarissima planae atque choralis musicae interpretatio (a).

Basel: Michael Furter, 1501, vdm: 638


Clarissima planae atque choralis musicae interpretatio (b).

Basel: Michael Furter, 1501, vdm: 358


Clarissima planae atque choralis musicae interpretatio.

Basel: Michael Furter, 1504, vdm: 360

Secondary literature:

Bernstein, Lawrence F. “The Bibliography of Music in Conrad Gesner's Pandectae (1548).” Acta Musicologica 45 (1973): 119-163 (no. 66)
Katalog der musikalischen Bibliothek des verstorbenen Dr. Joseph Müller Bibliothekar der Königl. Hochschule für Musik zu Berlin. … Die Versteigerung … findet am Montag den 4. Dezember 1882 und folgende Tage … statt. 2 vols. (Berlin: Leo Liepmannssohn, 1882) (I, nº 1268)


D-Mbs 4 Mus.th. 1259, A8v
COPIES
CH-Bu (Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel)
Shelfmark: Magazin. Sign.: kk II 26
CH-Fcu (Fribourg, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire)
D-LEu (Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, “Bibliotheca Albertina”)
D-Mbs (München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek)
Shelfmark: Mus.th. 1259
Classification of binding:
later / modern binding
Description of binding: Modern brown cardboard.
Link to online scan:

D-Mbs

E-Sco (Seville, Institución Colombina, Archivo de la Catedral, Sección de Música)
Shelfmark: 12-1-23(2)
Condition:

the title page is inserted between the 1507 Cochleaus' editions "In cantus choralis exercitum" and "Musica" (gatherings A-B).

Comments:

from scan

Classification of binding:
undefined / undefinable
Description of binding: no information
Content of composite volume:

[1.] Virdung, Sebastian. Liure plaisant et tres utile pour apprendre a faire […]. Antwerp: Guillaume Vorsterman, 1529
[2.] Clarissima planae atque choralis musicae interpretatio. Basel: Michael Furter, 1507, vdm: 361
[3.] Luscinius, Ottomarus. Musicae institutiones Othmari Nachtgall. [Strasbourg]: Johann Knoblouch, [1515].
[4.] Musicae choralis rudimenta. Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, 1522, vdm: 527
[5.] Musica. Cologne: Johann Landen, 1507, vdm: 540 (part 2 = gatherings C, D)
[6.] Compendium in praxim atque exercitium cantus figurabilis. [Leipzig]: [Johann Landen], [1507 c.], vdm: 649
[7.] In cantus choralis exercitium. [Cologne]: [Johann Landen], [1507 c.], vdm: 1572
[8.] Clarissima planae atque choralis musicae interpretatio. Basel: Michael Furter, 1507, vdm: 361 (title page only)
[9.] Musica. Cologne: Johann Landen, 1507, vdm: 540 (part 1 = gatherings A, B)
[10.] Iglesia Católica. Officium hebdomadae sanctae et paschatis. Passiones nouissime correcte et eme[n]date [música impresa]. [Paris]: [Jean Petit], [1522].
[11.] Collectanea utriusque cantus. Cologne: Anonymous, [1515], vdm: 432

Bound with copies from vdm:

Musica [Landen 1507] - E-Sco
Compendium in praxim atque exercitium cantus figurabilis [Landen 1507] - E-Sco
In cantus choralis exercitium [Landen, 1507 c.] - E-Sco
Musicae choralis rudimenta [Quentell 1522] - E-Sco
Collectanea utriusque cantus [Cologne 1515] - E-Sco

Provenance:

from the library of Ferdinand Columbus. Two numbers on the title page: 3018 and 11563 (in a box). On the verso a note about the purchase of the copy: "Este libro costo 20 haler en Colonia a 17 de Julio de 1521 y el Ducado de oro vale 612 haler."

Secondary literature:

Chapman, Catherine Weeks. “Printed Collections of Polyphonic Music Owned by Ferdinand Columbus.” JAMS 21 (1968): 34-84

GB-Lbl (London, British Library)
Shelfmark: K.1.h.4
Classification of binding:
later / modern binding
Description of binding: White cardboard binding.
Manuscript additions or corrections:

Numerous additions in brown ink.

GB-Lbl (London, British Library)
US-Wc (Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, Music Division)
Shelfmark: ML171 .P7
Link to online scan:

US-Wc