Plainchant and liturgy in the diocese of Münster in Westphalia : the fifteenth-century Freckenhorst antiphoner (D-MÜd PfA 53)
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2008
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The manuscript Münster (in WestphalialWestfalia), Bistumsarchiv, Freckenhorst, StBonifatius Hs. 53 (D-MÜd PfA 53) is an antiphoner (antiphonary/antiphonal) that theFraterherren of Münster wrote in the middle of the fifteenth century. The plainchantmelodies are in German neumatic notation (Hufnagelschrift) and the texts are in Gothictextualis textura, textualis rotunda, textualis quadrata and textualis semi-quadrata. The studyproceeds from the work of Hans Ossing, Untersuchungen zum Antiphonale Monasteriense(Alopecius-Druck 1537): Ein Vergleich mit den Handschriften des Munsterlandes (Regensburg, 1966). The work consists of: • a description of the codicological and palaeo graphical characteristics together with an overview of the manuscript's content; • a comparative study of: • the Advent responsory texts with reference to Renato-Joanne Hesbert's Corpus Antiphonalium Officii: Fontes earumque prima ordinatio [CAD, vol. 5] (Rome, 1975) and the interactive database on David Hiley's Cantus Planus website at the Institut fur Musikwissenschaft der Universitat Regensburg (http://www.uni-regensburg.de/F akultaetenlphi1_F ak 11Musikwissenschaftl cantusl); • the plainchant melodies of the Christmas Matins responsories (Vigilia Nativitatis Domini and Nativitas Domini) with reference to the Antiphonale Monasteriense, DMÜsa Msc. 433, D-MÜp K' 146, D-MÜd PfA Hs. 113, D-MÜd PfA Hs. 114, D-MÜd PfA Hs. 132, D-MÜd PfA Hs. 91 and D-MÜd PfA Hs. 66; • a diplomatic edition of the plainchant melodies for the historiae (versified officeslrhymed offices) of Sts Gertrude (Gertrudis) of Nivelles, Boniface (Bonifatius/Bonifacius), and Achacius (Achatius) and the ten thousand (10 000) martyrs, which includes D-MÜd PfA Hs 202, B-TO 63, B-TO 64, D-MÜd PfA Hs 199 and D-MÜd PfA Hs 132; • a comparative study of the content of PfA 53 and the Antiphonale Monasteriense derived from electronic indices created according to the guidelines of Cantus: A database for Latin ecclesiastical chant (http://publish.uwo.ca/-cantusl) maintained by Debra Lacoste.
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Brink, D. 2008. Plainchant and liturgy in the diocese of Münster in Westphalia : the fifteenth-century Freckenhorst antiphoner (D-MÜd PfA 53). University of Cape Town.