LECHLER, P. Benedikt, 1594-1659

Manuskript geistlicher Werke und Instrumentalwerke
Codex L14


[Stift Kremsmünster]


Lechler Codex L14

Lechler Codex L14
 
Lechler's Table of Contents

Faksimile-Edition Kremsmünster, 42. Stuttgart, 2024. 28 x 37, 379, i pp. Full color reproduction of Codex L14. P. Benedikt Lechler, student at the Imperial College in Vienna 1607 to 1615—repeating what Heinrich Schütz had done 20 years earlier, aided by a bursary or at least by leave of absence from his employers—traveled to Italy for the purpose of musical study and collecting music. MS L14, one of  three autograph manuscripts that Lechler left behind, is a compilation of Italian sacred (masses, canzone, motets) and instrumental music, no fewer than 48 pieces. It’s an astonishing testament to Lechler’s insatiable appetite for collecting and preserving the music of the early 17th-c. Italian masters, and bringing it back north over the Alps for use at Kremsmünster in upper Austria. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $240



                   


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