Collection of motets and other vocal music, mainly by Giovanni Battista Bassani and Giacomo Carissimi
MS. Mus. c. 590
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Collection of motets and other vocal music, mainly by Giovanni Battista Bassani and Giacomo Carissimi
Shelfmark
MS. Mus. c. 590
Summary
Collection of motets and other vocal music, mainly by Giovanni Battista Bassani and Giacomo Carissimi. English copy in the hand of Sampson Estwick, [1690s].
Date
[1690s]
Language
English
Latin
Physical facet
iv + 203 leaves (fols. 129-34v and fols. 192v-6v blank); 12 staves to a page. Watermark: Crowned Strasbourg lily with WR at foot and HG below; countermark: IB; similar to Heawood 1784, 1786, 1787, 1793, 1794. Binding: half calf with marbled paper boards.
Physical extent
207 Leaves
Custodial history
Sale of the library of William and Philip Hayes, 1798, lot 235. Presumably bought by Robert Smith (1741-1810). Former shelfmark (Faculty of Music Library): M.S.L. 13. c. 1.
Acquisition
Transferred from the Faculty of Music Library, 1995.
Subject
Music
Music -- Manuscripts -- 17th century
17th century
Choruses, Secular (Men's voices), Accompanied
Motets
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Accompanied
Choruses, Secular (Women's voices), Accompanied
