A CHANSONNIER FROM A LIBRARY IN RENAISSANCE AUGSBURG: MUNICH, BAYERISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, MUS. MS. 1508 (GERMANY)
JoAnn Taricani
The six partbooks of Munich 1508 contain 118 chansons by such composers as Certon, Claudin, Crecquillon, Gombert, Josquin, and Willaert. Almost forty of these compositions are unique to Munich 1508, while many others do not appear elsewhere until after 1560. Chapter I explores musical sources from s