Prosodia in usum iuventutis Northusianæ congesta - Spangenberg, Johann 1484-1550 (Augsburg Steyner, 1535)
Book on the correct pronunciation and accentuation of poetry in the guise of questions and answers
The evangelical pastor Johann Spangenberg studied in Erfurt and later officiated in Hardegsen in the line of Martin Luther, while developing his talent as an organist and composer. He wrote his study on music in 1533 and his important collection of liturgical chant in 1545.
The Prosodia takes 34 pages, and is followed by 'Harmoniæ tetracenticæ, super quatuor communiora carmintum genera, Phalæcia, Asclepiadea, Saphica & Elegiaca, secundum natus ras & tempora syllabarum & pedum, pro pueris compositæ' in separate parts, placed on two facing pages: discantus/tenor and altus/bassus (12 pages)
(late 16th-century?) manuscript notes on the final page, to be transcribed
digitalisation of a later edition:https://books.google.be/books?id=jiFnAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Keywords: 16th Century (1501-1600); Poetry; Linguistics; Education; Vocal music; Method; Germany; prosodie; schoolboek