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Verzeichnis deutscher Musikdrucke des 16. Jahrhunderts
Catalogue of sixteenth-century German printed music
Verzeichnis deutscher Musikdrucke des 16. Jahrhunderts
Catalogue of sixteenth-century German printed music
Compendium in praxim atque exercitium cantus figurabilis.
[Leipzig]: [Johann Landen], [1507 c.], vdm: 649
DETAILS
Technique for printing music:
woodcut
Text font:
Rotunda, Uncial
Remarks on printing:
Uncial fonts are used for initials. The music examples are printed in rough woodcuts.
Notation:
Mensural notation
Number of staff lines:
4
Number of voices:
1
Genre:
example in theory book
Repertoire:
14 chapters on ligatures, rests, additional signs, notes, tactus and a short instruction how to sing; with music examples.
Modern edition:
Sachs, Klaus-Jürgen. Musiklehre im Studium der Artes: Die "Musica" (Köln 1507) des Johannes Cochläus. Vol. 1. Olms: Hildesheim, Zürich, New York 2015. (222-243)
Secondary literature:
Worstbrock‪, Franz Josef , ed. Deutscher Humanismus, 1480-1520: Verfasserlexikon, 2 volumes. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2009- (1:443)
US-Wc ML171 .C62, [A3]r