D-ROu Mus. Saec. XVI-49

Rostock, Universitätsbibliothek, Mus. Saec. XVI-49

6 partbooks: D A T B Q S

Provenance: Copied in Hamburg; compiled by Jacob Praetorius. Date 1566 on title page

Published inventory: Lothar Hoffmann-Erbrecht. "Das Opus musicum des Jacob Praetorius von 1566." Acta Musicologica 28 (1956): 96-121.

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DIAMM entry

Sources of pieces in Choralis Constantinus II:

Introits 1 and 3 must have been copied from RISM 1545⁵ or a copy of it. Introit 1 joins Isaac's verse with a different antiphon from RISM 1545⁵, and the readings of Introit 3 are nearly identical to those in RISM 1545⁵. Introit 13 was copied from a copy of the printer's exemplar.

Choralis Constantinus II contents:

Mass 1
- Introit-Puer natus (verse only; joined to antiphon by Sixt Dietrich from RISM 1545⁵ (vol. I, Introit no. 3)
Mass 3
- Introit-Ecce advenit (vol. I, Introit no. 5)
Mass 13
- Introit-Gaudeamus omnes (vol. 1, Introit no. 18)

Character of variants in Choralis Constantinus II repertoire:

Introit 13 has a different liturgical assignment (Mary Magdalen instead of Visitation) and some textual variants to adapt it to its new liturgical role.