Primus liber suavissimas praestantissomorum nostrae aetatis artificum Italianorum cantilenas 4, 5, 6, et 8 vocum contnens.

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Standardised Title	Primus liber suavissimas praestantissomorum nostrae aetatis artificum Italianorum cantilenas 4, 5, 6, et 8 vocum contnens.
Transcribed Title	PRIMVS LIBER / SVAVISSIMAS PRAESTAN= / tissimorum nostrae aetatis artificum / Italianorum cantilenas 4. 5. 6. & 8. vocum contnens, / quae partim Latinis, partim Germanicis, sacris ac pijs / textibus ornatae, & nusquam hactenus in Ger- / mania excusae sunt. / Das Erste Theil / Der lieblichsten Wälschen Ge= / senge, mit 4. 5. 6. vnd 8. stimmen, welche aus / den vortrefflichsten Meistern dieser zeit gezogen, Und mit / Christlichen Lateinischen und Teutschen Texten gezieret, Auch / bisher in Teutschen Landen nie ge- / druckt worden. / Exercitium Musices est sensus initij vita aterna.
Date	1587
Imprint	ERPHORDIAE / Typis Georgij Baumanni, Anno salutis. / M.D.LXXXVII.
Format	Copy at B.375. SEXTA VOX (8 leaves); paper dimensions: 193 x 151 mm.
Place	Erfurt, Germany
Language	Latin; German
Type	Printed music
Source	British Library B.375.

Identifiers

RISM B/I, 1587¹⁴

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Individual songs dedicated to Gräfin Dorothea von Mansfeldt (‘[Es ist kein ander etc.] Auff Erden kein Hülff zu finden’) and Frawen Elisabeth Gräfin of Schwarzburg (‘Inn der Höhe sey Gott Ehr’).

Sexta vox part book includes pieces 16-27, all of which are for four or more voices. ‘Veritas manga valet’ contains music for the DISCANTVS III and TENOR III. ‘In der Höhe sey Gott her’ contains music for ALTVS II. ‘Inn der Höhe sey Gott Her’ contains music for BASSVS for the primi chori.

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians does not list this book as a source for the works by Ferretti and Vecchi.

Copy at B.375. Sexta vox part book only.

Indexed names

Baumann, Georg, fl. 1557-1618, printer. 
Ferretti, Giovanni, b. ca. 1540, composer. 
Gabrieli, Andrea, ca. 1533-1585, composer. 
Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599, composer. 
Vecchi, Orazio, 1550-1605, composer. 

Table of Contents

Deo nostro perennis / Andrea Gabrieli -- Adeste liberalem Dei beni / Oratio Vecchi -- O Fax certa precunq[ue] / Giovan Ferreti -- [Unicuiq[ue]] Suam viro puellam / Andrea Gabrieli -- Frewet euch in de[m] Herre[n] / Oratio Vecchi -- [Es ist kein ander etc.] Auff Erden kein Hülff zu finden / Luca Marenzio -- Gott ist getrew / Andrea Gabrieli -- Also hat Gott der Herr / Oratio Vecchi -- Veritas manga valet / Giovan Ferretti -- In der Höhe sey Gott ehr / Luca Marenzio -- Inn der Höhe sey Gott Ehr.