Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Collection: Virtual Music Rare Book Roomhttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/VRBR/browse/?sort=default&fq=dc_language:lat2019-07-15T18:55:28-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Collection: Virtual Music Rare Book RoomTractatus de musica2011-03-20T12:35:15-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31512/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31512/"><img alt="Tractatus de musica" title="Tractatus de musica" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31512/small/"/></a></p><p>The present volume is a 1875 compendium of various Latin music treatises by Johannes Tinctoris gathered from manuscript sources from Brussels, Bologna and Gand. The present edition, edited by Charles Coussemaker, comprises ten of the twelve surviving manuscripts of Tinctoris's theoretical works. According to Oxford Music, these were written in the first few years of his employment at Ferrante's court and demonstrate Tinctoris's intellectual and pedagogical mastery of music theory. They also demonstrate his acquaintance with contemporaneous composers of the early Renaissance Burgundian composers like Antoine Busnoys, as well as with the music of Franco-Flemish composers such as Johannes Ockeghem. Below is a table of content listing the titles of each treatise and a brief description of the concepts they treat.
Treatises and Description:
"Expositio manus" - this treatise is divided in 10 chapters consisting of: definitions, places, clefs, voicing, properties, deductions, mutations, conjunctions, conclusion;
"Liber de natura et proprietate tonorum" - this treatise is divided in 51 chapters containing: definitions and name of tones, concerning the species diatessaron and diapente, formation of first throughout the eighth tone, authentic and plagal modes, ascending and descending perfect/imperfect tones;
"Tractatius de notis et pausi" - this treatise is divided in two books. Book one contains a prologue and 14 chapters devoted to definitions of note values (e.g., long, breve, semi-breve, minim) and the use of ligatures. Book 2 explains the notation of note rests;
"Tractatus de regulari valore notarum" - this treatise is this treatise includes a prologue and 32 chapters devoted to explanations of the musical notation of tempi and modes and the use of prolation (i.e., symbols used to indicate perfect and imperfect subdivisions of the breve;
"Liber imperfectionum musicalium notarum" - this treatise is divided in two Books and a prologue. These are concerned with the notation of perfection and imperfection in major mode;
"Tractatus alterationum" - note alterations;
"De punctis musicalibus" - this treatise is divided in three books. The first book contains 19 chapters concerned with the use of the point to alter note values and tempi. Book two, divided in 34 chapters, discusses the use of semitones, tritone, tuning considerations, and counterpoint rules. The third book, divided in 9 chapters, discusses counterpoint rules;
"Proportionale musices" - this treatise is divided in three books. The first book, divided in 9 chapters, defines and discusses the rules of music proportions. The second book, in 6 chapters, discusses major and minor relations. The third book, divided in 8 chapters, discusses the qualities of various prolations;
"Diffinitorium Musices" - this treatise contains a prologue and 20 chapters all of which define musical terms;
"Complexus effectuum musices" - this part contains two treatises found in two sources: the manuscript codex of Brussels (9 chapters) and the codex of Gand (20 sections). Both codices are devoted to the physical, emotional and spiritual effects of music.</p>F. Marini Mersenni harmonicorvm libri2018-07-30T14:29:35-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1213726/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1213726/"><img alt="F. Marini Mersenni harmonicorvm libri" title="F. Marini Mersenni harmonicorvm libri" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1213726/small/"/></a></p><p>A music theory treatise by Marin Mersenne, concerned with the nature of sound and its consequences for how music is constructed.</p>The Booke of Common Prayer2018-07-30T14:29:35-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1213728/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1213728/"><img alt="The Booke of Common Prayer" title="The Booke of Common Prayer" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1213728/small/"/></a></p><p>1611 edition of the Book of Common Prayer, with psalms. The psalms include incipits in Latin, and occasional notated settings, along with the traditional canticles (Benedictus, Magnificat, Nunc Dimmitis) for morning, evening, and night prayer, Te Deum, the Athanasian Creed, and other hymns and prayers.</p>Musices instructio in brevissimo regulari compendio radicaliter data, das ist, Kürzest- doch wohl gründlicher Weg und wahrer Unterricht die edle Sing-Kunst, denen Regeln gemäss recht aus dem Fundament zu erlernen2017-01-18T13:08:36-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc948151/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc948151/"><img alt="Musices instructio in brevissimo regulari compendio radicaliter data, das ist, Kürzest- doch wohl gründlicher Weg und wahrer Unterricht die edle Sing-Kunst, denen Regeln gemäss recht aus dem Fundament zu erlernen" title="Musices instructio in brevissimo regulari compendio radicaliter data, das ist, Kürzest- doch wohl gründlicher Weg und wahrer Unterricht die edle Sing-Kunst, denen Regeln gemäss recht aus dem Fundament zu erlernen" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc948151/small/"/></a></p><p>A music theory book, giving basic instructions for singing scales, intervals and chants.</p>Prodromus Musicalis2014-12-11T12:57:50-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc463636/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc463636/"><img alt="Prodromus Musicalis" title="Prodromus Musicalis" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc463636/small/"/></a></p><p>"Prodromus Musicalis" (published in 1702) is bound, here, with "Motets à une et deux voix, mélez de symphonies, livre premier" (1704); thus, the latter gate is used for this item as a unit. Both sets of motets consist of Latin-texted music preceded by a title page in French. A Table of Contents either at the front or back of each collection describes the motets contained therein. Content is printed on both sides of each leaf. "Prodromus" also has a note from Brossard informing the reader that a Dictionary of Music, published at the same time as "Prodomus," contains French translations of Italian, Greek, and Latin terms, knowledge of which is vital to the understanding and performance of the present music. The contents of "Prodromus" are as follows: "Ave vivens hostia," "O Jesu quam dulce," "Congratulamini filiae Sion," "O vos aetherei," "Festivi martyres" "Angele sancte" "Sonitus armorum," "Quemadmodum desiderat," and "O plenus irarum dies." "Motets à une et deux voix" contains the following pieces: "Venite exultemus," "Gaudete Mortales," "Ad mensam caelitus paratam," "Ave Regina coelorum," "Animae Amantes ad Deum esurientes," "Ite gemmae, Ite flores," "Anxiatus est super me spiritus meus," "Festivi Martyres, festivae Virgines," "Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum."</p>Agenda Ecclesiae Moguntinensis2018-07-30T14:29:35-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1213722/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1213722/"><img alt="Agenda Ecclesiae Moguntinensis" title="Agenda Ecclesiae Moguntinensis" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1213722/small/"/></a></p><p>"Per reverendissimum in Christo patrem, et amplissimum principem, ac dominum, Dominum VVolfgangum, Archiepiscopum Moguntinum, S. Romani Imperii per Germaniam Archicancellarium, Principem Electorem, &c. Necessariis quibusdam additionibus auctior, et multis locis emendatior, iam denuò typis evulgata." Text in Latin and German, including tables, calendars, and a catechism in German, along with notated music. Two of the back end pages have handwritten notes, including a handwritten rendering of Psalm 129/130 ("De profundis clamavi...").</p>Antiqvæ mvsicæ avctores septem, Græce et latine, Marcvs Meibomivs restituit ac notis explicavit2018-07-30T14:29:35-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1213721/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1213721/"><img alt="Antiqvæ mvsicæ avctores septem, Græce et latine, Marcvs Meibomivs restituit ac notis explicavit" title="Antiqvæ mvsicæ avctores septem, Græce et latine, Marcvs Meibomivs restituit ac notis explicavit" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1213721/small/"/></a></p><p>Contents: I. I. Aristoxeni Harmonicorvm elementorvm libri III. II. Evclidis [i.e. Cleonidae?] Introdvctio harmonica. Euclidis Sectio canonis. III. Nicomachi Geraseni, Pythagorici, Harmonices manvale. IV. Alypii Introdvctio mvsica. V. Gavdentii, philosophi, Introdvctio harmonica. VI. Bacchii senioris Introdvctio artis mvsicæ.--v. II. Aristidis Qvintiliani De mvsica libri III. & Martiani Capellæ De mvsica liber IX.</p>Liber responsorialis2019-06-07T01:02:13-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1501073/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1501073/"><img alt="Liber responsorialis" title="Liber responsorialis" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1501073/small/"/></a></p><p>Liber responsorialis from the Solesmes Abbey, including chant settings for first-class feast days, hymns and the Divine Office.</p>Messa à 42012-06-14T10:27:03-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86519/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86519/"><img alt="Messa à 4" title="Messa à 4" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86519/small/"/></a></p><p>This a manuscript copy of two Mass movements, Kyrie and Gloria, gathered from a "Messa à 4." The copyist, Vincenso Marchetti, attributed this mass to the composer Matteo Bisso. The texts of both movements of the Mass are divided in several sections and set musically for an ensemble of mixed choir (S.A.T.B), vocal soloists, strings and basso continuo. Each section reflects changes of tonality, tempo, and musical meter. The composer indicated dynamics, the use of muted strings (e.g., p.[84]) and performance indications such as unison and col parte (e.g., p. [76] and p.[79]). The last section for the Chirie [sic] is set musically as a slow fugue in triple meter.</p>Chant pages used as binding2019-07-15T18:55:28-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1518451/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1518451/"><img alt="Chant pages used as binding" title="Chant pages used as binding" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1518451/small/"/></a></p><p>Liturgical chant pages used as binding for another work with a partially legible German title. Chant appears upside-down on the front cover; the first line, "...nt ga est flos filius" matches the text of Stirps Jesse. It is followed by a doxology (Gloria Patri) including some abbreviated text, and then the text of Veni in hortum meum soror, associated with Matins for the Assumption of Mary. The back cover has an upside-down portion, "dominus in suis virtutibus vincula manuum relaxavit suamque famulam de morte," which is associated with Lauds for the feast of St. Margaret of Antioch. The remainder contains notated chant for Vespers for the feast of St. Michael and All Angels (domine deus noster accipere librum et aperire signacula ejus), and from Matins for the same feast, with the text from Angelorum regi deo jubilemus pariter, then from Introibo in domum tuam domine, and finally the beginning of Stetit angelus juxta aram templi.</p>Agenda Ecclesiae Moguntinensis2019-07-15T18:55:28-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1518415/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1518415/"><img alt="Agenda Ecclesiae Moguntinensis" title="Agenda Ecclesiae Moguntinensis" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1518415/small/"/></a></p><p>Agenda ecclesiae from the Catholic archdiocese of Mainz. This extensive volume includes calendars for movable feasts, a daily listing of feast days for commemoration, days for fasting and abstinence from eating meat, and instructions for priests on administering the sacraments, texts of various blessings and prayers, with text in Latin and German. The volume includes notated musical settings, and a catechism in German.</p>