RISM 1545-5

RISM 1545⁵

Officia de Nativitate, Circumcisione, Epiphania Domini, et de Purificatione beatae Mariae Virginis (Wittenberg: Georg Rhau, 1545).

Large collection of mass propers for the Nativity, Circumcision, Epiphany, and the Purification of the B.V.M. by various composers.

4 partbooks

Modern edition: Officia de Nativitate: Wittenberg 1545, ed. Franz Krautwurst. Musikdrucke aus den Jahren 1538 bis 1545 in praktischer Neuausgabe, 12 (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1999).

Source of pieces in Choralis Constantinus II: Probably transmitted from Constance, most likely by Sixt Dietrich.

Choralis Constantinus II contents:

• Mass 1
  • Introit-Puer natus est (D-p. 42; A-p. 51; T-p. 43; B-p. 44)
  • Alleluia-Dies sanctificatus (D-p. 43; A-p.52; T-p.44; B-p. 45)
  • Sequence-Natus ante saecula (D-p. 44; A-p. 54; T-p. 45; B-p.46)
  • Communion-Viderunt omnes (D-p. 46; A-p. 56; T-p. 47; B-p. 48)
• Mass 2
  • Introit-Vultum tuum (D-p. 88; A-p.103; T-p. 85; B-p. 92)
  • Alleluia-Post partum, virgo (D-p. 89; A-p. 105; T-p. 86; B-p. 93)
• Mass 3
  • Introit-Ecce advenit (D-p. 113; A-p. 135; T-p. 115; B-p. 120)

Character of variants in the Choralis Constantinus II repertoire:

The pieces in Choralis Constaninus II display several distinctive errors and variants that distinguish them from pieces transmitted through Nuremberg to the Formschneider print. These readings make it possible to identify later copies based on 1545⁵ in most cases.