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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
Scaenica progymnasmata.
Vienna: Johann Singriener the Elder & Hieronymus Vietor, 1514, vdm: 78
DETAILS
Technique for printing music:
woodcut
Text font:
Antiqua (Roman)
Remarks on printing:
Antiqua is used throughout the whole print. The text for the four choruses is given below the musical notation.
Notation:
Mensural notation
Number of staff lines:
5
Number of voices:
3, 4
Measurements:
example on A4r: 108 x 49 mm (all three lines of music together).
B2r: 108 x 69 mm.
B3r: 112 x 46.5 mm.
B4v: 114 x 51 mm.
Comments on notation:
Compared to some other editions, the woodcuts here are very neatly cut.
Genre:
dramatic chorus
Repertoire:
Four polyphonic choruses at the end of the first four acts:
1. Mortalium iocunditas (A4r, for three voices)
2. Digna sunt apolline (B2r , for four voices)
3. Musis, poetis, & sacro (B3r, for three voices)
4. Cedant fori contentio (B4v, for three voices)
Named composers:
Daniel Megel
Related editions:
A-Wn 407170-B [Handschriftenabteilung], A4r