Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: 1st book of motets for 4 voices (Rome, 1563)
MS. Mus. d. 287
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: 1st book of motets for 4 voices (Rome, 1563)
Shelfmark
MS. Mus. d. 287
Summary
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/5-1594): 1st book of motets for 4 voices (Rome, 1563), scored up by Giovanni Maria Casini and copied by Cosimo Scuffi, late 17th or early 18th cent.
Date
late 17th or early 18th-cent.
Language
Italian
Latin
Physical facet
vi + 340 pages (wanting 101-102). Watermarks: cross surmounting 3 bells (p. iii); fleur-de-lis within a double circle (music pages). Binding: vellum on paper boards.
Physical extent
346 pages
Custodial history
Owned by Giovanni Maria Casini.
Acquisition
Transferred from the Faculty of Music Library, 1995.
Subject
Music -- Manuscripts -- 17th century
18th century
Motets
17th century
16th century
Music
Music -- Manuscripts -- 18th century
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied
