The mystery of Sacrae cantiones (Nürnberg 1597): remarks on Jacob Handl and 16th-century printing practice / Uganka zbirke Sacrae cantiones (Nürnberg 1597): pojasnila o Jacobusu Handlu in tiskarski praksi v 16. stoletju

A copy of Sacrae cantiones, a collection of compositions by Jacob Handl – Gallus published in 1597 in Nuremberg, is preserved as a unicum in Gdańsk and in Warsaw. However, this is not a new edition but merely a copy of the fourth volume of the composer’s Opus musicum, printed in Prague in 1590, with a changed title-page. The author presents arguments to show that the Sacrae cantiones were created on the initiative of Georg Handl, the composer’s brother and printer, who in this way hoped to increase the chance of selling the rest of the examples of the Opus musicum that remained in stock after Jacob’s death.Zbirka skladb Jacobusa Handla – Gallusa z naslovom Sacrae cantiones se je ohranila samo v enem izvodu, in to v Gdansku in Varšavi. To ni bila nova izdaja, temveč le ponatis četrtega zvezka skladateljevega monumentalnega dela Opus musicum, tiskanega v Pragi leta 1590, s spremenjeno naslovnico. Avtor razprave navaja razloge, ki kažejo na to, da je delo Sacrae cantiones nastalo na pobudo Georga Handla, skladateljevega brata in tiskarja, ki je na ta način upal povečati možnosti prodaje preostalih izvodov zbirke Opus musicum, ki so po skladateljevi smrti ostali še neprodani