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De arte cantandi micrologus.

Cologne: Johannes Gymnich the Elder, 1535, vdm: 504

DETAILS
Technique for printing music:

woodcut

Text font:

Italic, Greek, Antiqua (Roman)

Remarks on printing:

Some example in inverse printing (white lines on black background): note values on f. E6r; f. F3v. Tables with notation for two voices (score). The text is set in Italics. Antiqua is used as a display font.


Notation:

Hufnagel notation; Mensural notation

Number of staff lines:
3, 4, 5
Number of voices:
1, 2, 3
Measurements:

full-length staff (B1v): 113.5 x 13.5 mm


Genre:

example in theory book

Repertoire:

Chapters on cantus planus (and definition of music), mensuralis cantilena, ecclesiasticus accentus, contrapunctus. Musical examples on: different modes, mutation, intervals, monochord, psalm intonations, accentus, counterpoint.


Copies:

*D-Mbs

Copies in historical catalogues:

A copy of this edition was recorded in the catalogue of the Werdenstein library (Charteris, p. 199).


Secondary literature:

Charteris, Richard. Johann Georg von Werdenstein (1542-1608). A Major Collector of Early Music Prints. Sterling Heights, Michigan: Harmonie Park Press, 2006 (p. 199; II, no. 22)


D-Mbs Mus.th. 2492, B1v

D-Mbs Mus.th. 2492, F1r

  
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