Jean-Baptiste Lully: 'Alceste, tragedie mise en musique'
MS. Mus. b. 31
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Jean-Baptiste Lully: 'Alceste, tragedie mise en musique'
Shelfmark
MS. Mus. b. 31
Summary
Jean-Baptiste Lully: 'Alceste, tragedie mise en musique' [LWV 50], [1680s?].
Date
[1680s?]
Language
French
Physical facet
i + 148 leaves, numbered by copyist 1-148, in fours, plus modern end-papers. 12 staves to a page, no marginal ruling. Watermark, grapes on a hook, countermark 'A [heart] R' on a panel. Modern binding: quarter calf and marbled paper. Stamped 'Bibliotèque du Roi [Charles Duc d'Orleans] Palais Royal'.
Physical extent
149 Leaves
Custodial history
Stamped 'Bibliothèque du Roi [Charles Duc d'Orleans] Palais Royal'. Earlier owned by his great-grandfather Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse. Bought by [C. Dulong (?)] at the Toulouse sale, 1852. 'Vincent d'Indy emit: Anno 1873' on fol. iii.
Acquisition
Bought, 1970.
Subject
Music -- Manuscripts -- 17th century
Music
17th century
Operas
