D-Mbs Mus.ms. 1581
D-Mbs Mus.ms. 1581 is a manuscript held in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München.
Description
The manuscript has been written by an unknown scribe in New German Tablature Notation (however, it comes from south Germany). It is dated to 1620.
The tablature has been held at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek since 1831.
Contents
The manuscript contains almost all southern-German works such as Canzonas, Fugas, Ricercars, Toccatas, etc. by composers such as Adriano Banchieri, Christian Erbach, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Hans Leo Hassler, and others, including some anonymous pieces. However, it also contains a north-German piece, a fantasia by Johann Steffens.
Links
D-Mbs Mus.ms. 1581 Online facsimile: www.digitale-sammlungen.de accessed 27 November, 2023.
References
Beckmann, Klaus, Die Norddeutsche Schule. Teil I: Die Zeit der Gründerväter. Mainz: Schott, 2005.
