Book containing 'Chamber Duets, Odes of Anacreon, and Cantatas, in Italian; compos'd by Dr Green'
MS. Mus. d. 52
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Book containing 'Chamber Duets, Odes of Anacreon, and Cantatas, in Italian; compos'd by Dr Green'
Shelfmark
MS. Mus. d. 52
Summary
'Many of them in his own handwriting and the rest chiefly in Dr Boyces hand, while he was a pupil of Dr Green's. Purchas'd out of Dr Boyce's Sale by Phil: Hayes.'. Comprises:
(fols. 2, 84). Five Duets ('Non piangete', 'Non so con dolce', 'Quanto mai felice', 'O Libera'; 'Rapide si volate.)'
(fols. 18, 90). Ten Cantatas ('O Pastori', 'Quanto contenta', 'Nel tuo foglio', 'Solitudine campestre', 'Non te lo dissigia, ; 'Veggio la cara', 'Al ventilar dell' ora'; 'Mille volte', 'Quanto grata', 'Ninfa vezzosa': possibly a few more)
(fol. 62). Anacreon, odes 1, 4, 6, 15, 16, 20-23, 26, 30, 34, 37, 38, in Italian.
fols. 2-47, 84-89, 100-end may be in Greene's hand, and fols. 48-83 in Boyce's.
Date
written in the 18th cent. partly by M. Greene and W. Boyce
Language
Italian
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
107 Leaves
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Collection contents
Book containing 'Chamber Duets, Odes of Anacreon, and Cantatas, in Italian; compos'd by Dr Green'
