Many years ago I began to transcribe renaissance music to modern notation, to make it available for people not being able to play from facsimiles. Mainly I tried to open sources for the summer courses, which every year were dedicated to a special theme.
The sources for the transcriptions are facsimile reprints.
A: Musica - Alamire, PB 45, B- 3570 Peer, Belgium (very good reprints, mostely part books in hard boxes).
B: Bernd Christoph Becker, Marzellenstraße 62, D - 50668 Koeln, Germany (the good quality photocopies of facsimiles are very inexpensive).
C: Torben Hove Jensen, Valdemarsgade 52, DK - 8000, Aarhus, Denmark (reprints in paperback)
D: Kristian Gerwig, Feldgartenstraße 24, D- Hennef 1 (good quality reprints, part books in hard case).
This choir book dates from 1516-1523. It contains 58 pieces fromPierre de la Rue, Johannes Ockeghhem, Mattheus Pipelair, Antoine Brumel, Alexander Agricola, Joh. Prioris, Franciscus Strus, Josquin des Pres, Marbriano de Orto, Gaspar van Weerbecke, Loyset Compere and anonymous composers.
Source: A, choir book, paperback.
Similar to the choir book above.
Source: A, small choir book, paperback
This manuscript contains sacred works from the franco- flemish composers Dufay, Regis, Ockeghem, Busnoys and Heyns and is a very important source for the english composers Walter Frye, John Plummer and Richard Cox. It dates from 1460 - 1470s.
Source: A, choir book in folio.
86 pieces in 3 to 6 parts, mostly without text, (even if the text for the songs is available in other sources), by Adam Rener, Paul Hofhaimer, Bartolome Singer, Noel Balduin, Ludwig Senfl, Pierre de la Rue, Josquin des Pres, Heinrich Isaac, Petrus Alamire, Alexander Agricola, Johann Herbaut, Antoine Brumel, Joerg Blanckenmueller and anonymous composers.
Source: A, 5 part books, paperback in hard case.
"28 nieuwe amoreuse liedekens" in four parts written by Antonius Barbe, Josquin Baston, Lupus Hellinck, Gheerkin de Hondt, Tilman Susato, Carolus Souliaert, Jheronimus Vinders and anonymous composers.
Source: A, 4 part books.
27 four part chansons in dutch language, from Benedictus Appenzeller, Josquin Baston, Jacobus Clemens non Papa, Lupus Hellinck, Nicolas Liegeois, Tilman Susato, Johannes Ghiselin (Verbonnet) and anonymous composers.
Source: A, 4 part books
58 dances in four parts, some of them with cantus firmus from well known chansons.
Source: A, 4 part books
34 four part chansons by C.Canis, P Lescornet, P. de Vuildre, J. Gallus,A: Barbe, J. Baston, Benedictus , P. Certon, Claudin, J. le Cocq, T. Crecquillon, Gerardus, Godart, N. Gombert, P. Manchicourt, T. Susato and A. Willaert, .
Source: A, 4 part books.
24 chansons in five and six parts, most of them written by Josquin des Pres (containing "La deploration de Johannes Ockeghem") , one of Johannes Le Brung and Hieronimus Vinders, Benedictus and Nicolas Gombert.
Source: A, 5 part books
Besides the Battaille by Jannequin for five voices this book contains " Le Chant des oyseaux" by Nicolas Gombert (3 voices) and 2 Chasse du Lieure (4 parts) by N. Gombert and an anonymous composer.
Source: A, 4 part books.
29 chansons in four parts by Jean Baston, Johann Castiletti, Jacobus Clemens non Papa, Thomas Crequillon, Crispel, Christian de Hollandre, Josquin Desprez, Clement Morel, Rocourt and Tilman Susato.
Source: A, 4 part books.
Known as "Forster I" this collection contains 130 german songs from various composers, Lapicida, Lemlin, Mahu, Stoltzer, Forster, Senfl, Hofhaimer, Isaac, Dietrich, Ducis, Arnold von Bruck and many others.
Source: D, 4 part books in hard case.
Three little part books with 29 villanelle for 3 and 4 voices.
Source: C, 3 part books in paperback with paper case.
German songs in four parts from Senfl, Greiter, Hofhaimer, Grefinger, Isaac, des Pres, Dietrich and other composers.
Source: Olms Hildesheim, New York 1970, 4 small part books in hard case.
124 german sacred songs in 4 and 5 parts. The composers are Arnold von Bruck, Lupus Hellinck, Benedictus Ducis, Stefan Mahu, Thomas Stoltzer, Ludwig Senfl, Sixtus Dietrich, Balthasar Resinarius and others.
Source: Bärenreiter Kassel, Basel, Paris, London, 1969, 4 part books in hard case.
This choir book is also known as "Cancionero Uppsala". It contains 12 villancicos for 2 , 3 and 4 parts each, 8 for 5 voices and 12 villancicos de navidad in 3 and 4 parts. In the appendix there are 8 untexted duos.
Source: C, small paperback choir book
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