Cantorum, Organistarum, Organo- poeorum, caeterorumque Musicam scientiam a- | mantium & tractantium gratiam collectum; | Et | Secundùm generalem Indicem | toti Operi praefixum, | IN QUATUOR TOMOS DISTRI-BUTUM, | à | Michaeli Praetorio Creutzbergensi, | Coenobij Ringelheimensis Priori, & in aula Brun- svicensi Chori Musici Magistro. || ANNO | IVDICIVM plos non terreat: nam MIhI aDIVtor ChrIstVs. Quarto. This title is followed by a general index to the four volumes. The first part of vol. I was printed at Wolfenbuettel in 1614, the second at Wittemberg in 1615; this volume, entirely in Latin, contains 66 ff. The second volume, 44 ff., entirely in German, was printed in 1619, and the third, 42 ff., in 1620, both at Wolfenbuettel. The fourth volume was never published, and it is not known what became of the manuscript, which was not found among the author's papers on his decease in 1621. BECKER, 17, 245 et 316. FÉTIS, VII, 112. MENDEL, VIII, 159. HUGO SPECHZHART of Reutlingen. 1285-1359. Flores Musice omnis cantus | Gregoriani. Colophon (f. 94 v., below 1. 10): Jmpressum Argentine per Johan nem pryss Anno Mcccclxxxviij. Quarto. 96 ff.; 17 or 32 long lines to the full page. Teutonic musical notation on a staff of 5 lines-that on which the fa stands being red, the others black-printed from metal blocks. There are 12 quires with signatures A8-M8. With running title, but without foliation or catchwords. A folding plate between ff. 25 and 26 represents the monochord, and a cut on f. 95 v. (H. 160 m. B. 102 m.) the interior of a smithy with two men forging iron, and a third weighing hammers. In the background, beyond a wheel moved by a stream of water, is seen a sculptor cutting music on one of two columns. The third edition of this work, interesting as being the first printed in Germany on the teaching of music. It is written in verse, each section being followed by a commentary in prose. The following lines in chapter iv make the author's name known : M solum tria c simul x tria preteriere Post christum natum binum si iunxeris annum L. Rosenthal, Munich. H. 202 m. B. 139 m. Earl Spencer, Althorp. H. 193 m. B. 133 m. The first 72 ff. agree with the preceding; the three last sheets differ considerably. The colophon is identical, but is preceded on f. 94 v. by 26 instead of 10 lines. The Exercitium vocum musicalium on f.95 is the same, but there is no cut on f. 95 v. This copy wants the folding plate. A fine manuscript of this work is preserved in the University Library at Ghent. GRUBER, 51. FORKEL, 119. FÉTIS, IV, 381. HAIN, 7174. BRUNET, JOHN THURNMAIER (Aventinus) of Abensberg. 1477-1534. Musicae Rudimenta. Augustae Vindelicorum. 1516, 21 Maii. Quarto. 18 ff. in four quires, without running title, catchwords or foliation. Signatures: A B1 cổ D1. F.1. ILLVSTRISSIMO PRIN | CIPI ARIONISTO VTRIVSQVE BOIARI- | AE DVCI DEDICATVM. Below these lines is a cut (H. 98 m. B. 100 m.) representing the author, followed by six men and boys, addressing the duke, who holds the book he has just received open in his right hand. A shield with the Bavarian arms is suspended to one of two columns in the background. Beneath the cut: Nicolaus Faber Vuolazanus Illustrissimi Principis Arioni- | sti vtriusque : Boiariæ Cantor & a Sacris. Ad lectorem | Crede mihi melius nihil est quam musica quæ te | Efficiet doctum magnificumque virum. The last two lines are set to music printed on a staff of 5 lines above them. F. 2. MVSICAE RVDIMEN | TA ADMODVM BREVIA ATQVE VTILIA COM | munia quidem spondæo ac cæteris pedibus barbari cantum planum ac mensurabilem vocant / quam facillime quicquid ad rem musicam spectat ex illis disces / simul errores infinitos quibus tota musica | vti cæteræ disciplinæ / corrupta deprauataque est haud difficulter | depræhendes Omnes omissa rerum diligentia vmbram sectamur | circa inanes vocum pugnas consenescimus, Scribimus indocti / | doctique poemata passim. Omnium quos ego quidem de re musica legerim (de recentioribus loquor) vnus Franchinus Gaforus rem ipsam tenet / atque erudite explicat/quem cum quidam legant / neque recte intelligant/ eundem ad verbum exscribunt nec tamen nominant Homines profe-¦ cto obnoxii atque miseri ingenii / cum in furto depræhendi malunt: | quam fateri per quos profecerint. | Perspice & tantillo precio eme Te non crede mihi pœnitebit. The above is followed by eight lines of verse addressed to the reader by John Thurnmaier, and by a letter from Duke Arionistus to him with his reply. The treatise commences on f. 3 and ends on f. 16. More verses by Thurnmaier, Dr. Leonard von Eck and George Boiemus, dean of the Gymnasium of Ingolstadt, are followed by the colophon (f. 17 v.): Excusa in officina Millerana Augustæ Vinde | licorum. XII. Calendas Iunias. Anno a Natiuitate domini. M.D.XVI. A cut on f. 16 represents some monochords; the printer's device follows the colophon. IL COMPENDIO | DELLA MVSICA | NEL QVALE BREVEMENTE SI TRATTA Dell' Arte del Contrapunto, | DIVISO IN QVATRO LIBRI. | DEL R.M. ORATIO TIGRINI | Canonico Aretino. Nouamente composto, & dato in luce. cox PRIVILEGGIO. (Printer's device). IN VENETIA, MDLXXXVIII. | Appresso Ricciardo Amadino. Quarto. 6 ff. and 136 pp. Dedicatory letter to Joseph Zarlini of Chioggia, choirmaster of the Signory of Venice, and four sets of laudatory verses. Reprinted in 1602. L. Rosenthal, Munich. H. 205 m. B. 158 m. FORKEL, 435. MENDEL, X, 192. WECKERLIN, 268. STEPHEN VANNEO of Recanati. 1493-154. RECANETVM DE MVSICA AVREA A MAGISTRO STEPHANO VANNEO RECINENSI EREMITA AVGVSTINIANO IN ASCVLANA | Ecclesia chori Moderatori nuper æditum, & solerti studio Enucleatum, | VINCENTIO Rosseto Veronensi Interprete. (Printer's device with motto around it: NVLLA EST VIA · INVIA VIRTVTI) | ROMAE APVD VALERIVM DORICVM BRIXIENSEM, Anno Virginei Partus M.D.XXXIII. Cum gratia & Priuilegio | CLEMEN. Pont. Max. Ad Decennium. VII. Colophon (f. 93 v.): Contrapuncti Liber Tertius fœliciter explicit, Asculi die 26 · Mensis Augusti, Anno | Salutis 1531 ætatis autem meæ Anno Trigesimo Octauo, ad Dei Gloriam Amen. | Romæ apud Valerium Doricum Brixiensem, Anno Incarnationis | Domini, M.D.XXXIII. Sanctissimi uero. D. N. CLE- | MENTIS PAPAE VII. Anno Decimo. | Quintadecima Mensis Martii. Folio. 4 and 94 ff. This treatise was written in Italian and completed in 1531; the original has never been printed. It is preceded by three sets of verses in its praise, and by a dedicatory epistle to John Baptist Sinibaldis, bishop of Osimo, dated June 5, 1532. A full-page cut (H. 245 m. B. 166 m.) represents Apollo and the Muses on Mount Olympus, at the foot of which Simon Vanneo in his Augustinian habit is distributing flowers and fruits to a group of boys, some of whom are gathering in bowls the water of the fountain Hippocrene. On the border are these verses : Pieridum custos Phoebo residente cathedra James E. Matthew. H. 275 m. B. 205 m. The last leaf wanting. FORKEL, 364. HAWKINS, I, 314. FÉTIS, VIII, 307. BRUNET, V, 1077. MENDEL, X, 454. WECKERLIN, 278. NICOLAS WOLLICK (Gallus) of Seronville. Opus Aureum. Musice castigatissimum. de Gregoriana. et Figuratiua atque con- trapuncto simplici percommode tra- ctans omnibus cantu oblectantibus vtile et necessa- | rium e diuersis | exerptum | Fata regunt finem. spero dij cepta secundent: Qui ducis vultus et non legis ista libenter | Omnibus inuideas. liuide nemo tibi : Colophon (f. 39): Explicit opusculum musices omnibus volentibus cantum | vtrumque scire necessarium fausto fine Jmpressum Colonie per | honestum virum Henricum Quentel ciuem famatum eiusdem | Anno missionis in carnem diuini verbi. millesimo quingen | tesimo vno addito. Quarto. 40 ff. in 8 quires, with Teutonic musical notation on a staff of 4 or 5 lines. In parts 3 and 4 the staves only are printed, Quentel evidently not possessing any modern musical type. Without running title, catchwords, or foliation. Signatures : A6 B C D E1 F6 G4 H6. The two first parts of this treatise relating to the Gregorian chant are by Nicolas Wollick or Volcyre of Seronville near Bar le Duc ; the two last, on figured music, by Melchior of Worms, are here reprinted from the Margarita philosophica of Gregory Reisch. The volume is dedicated to Adam of Boppard, rector of the Cornelian gymnasium at Coeln. This is the first edition of these treatises in a separate form; the second, issued from the same press in 1504, is even rarer. Later editions appeared in 1505 and 1508. L. Rosenthal, Munich. H. 192 m. B. 130 m. leaf. Wants the last BAUMGARTEN, VII, 122. B. Thott., VII, 172. FORKEL, 294. PANZER, WECKERLIN, 290. |