Praetorius, Michael. (1571 - 1621)
Megalynodia Sionia - FIRST EDITION
Megalynodia Sionia, continens anticum B. Mariae Virginis, Magnificat, 5.6. & 8. voc.super Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La ,& quaedam madrigalia ac motectas (interpositis de Nativitate & Resurrectione Chrsti cantilenis quibusdam germanicus) accommodatum; cui insuper accesserunt duae compositions aliae, quae motectarum etiam loco non incommode usurpari possunt. [Tenor part.] Wolferbyti [the Author], 1611. First edition [34]ff. + [1] errata page. Bound with: Another liturgical work of sixty pieces, without title-page, which includes the composer’s ‘Puer natus in Bethlehem.’ The volume starts with ‘II. Bendicamus Domino’ above which is an ornate head-piece that is larger and certainly more prominent than the others throughout the volume, suggesting that it is possibly the first piece in the volume. It is interesting to note the colophon on the final leaf is set out and spelt differently: ‘Wulfferbyti, In Officina Typographica Principali Brunsvicens: Sumtibus Autoris,’ [ca. 1611]. 22ff..The two volumes 4to, bound in contemporary manuscript vellum with ornate lettering. Paper browned on some pages, but a very good copy. Very rare. RISM P 5365 listing just five complete copies of Megalynodia Sionia. (6593)
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