Messen, Madrigale, Unika: Mehrstimmige Musik aus Kloster Neresheim in der Fürst Thurn und Taxis Hofbibliothek

Eichner, Barbara (2019) Messen, Madrigale, Unika: Mehrstimmige Musik aus Kloster Neresheim in der Fürst Thurn und Taxis Hofbibliothek. In: Schiltz, Katelijne, (ed.) Musikalische Schätze in Regensburger Bibliotheken. Regensburger Studien zur Musikgeschichte, 13. ConBrio, Regensburg, S. 99-144. ISBN 978-3-940768-82-7.

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The Fürst Thurn und Taxis Hofbibliothek in Regensburg holds one of the most comprehensive and varied collections of early-modern music sources from a South-German monastery. Manuscript choirbooks and partbooks, music prints and tablatures offer a rich image of the musical practices at the Benedictine monastery of Neresheim in Swabia, where polyphonic music was introduced in the wake of the Counter-Reformation. The demanding repertoire attests to the high standard of music making, while several uniquely transmitted compositions (including a mass by Orlando di Lasso, hymns by Jacobus Vaet and rare prints of Italian repertoire) attest the wide-ranging musical, political and spiritual networks that the Benedictines of Neresheim could draw on. The richly illustrated chapter offers not only an exploration of the creation of the music library, but also detailed appendices listing unica and printed partbooks, inviting further research into this fascinating institution.