THE ALDRICH BEQUEST:
an annotated transcription of two 18th-century shelf-lists,
Archives 1717 and 'Dowding'
To place the following comments in context, see the General introduction to this page.
SHELVES M-N
Archives 1717 itemizes the contents of shelves A-L only; for
shelves M-Q, it gives the following blanket description: 'A
Large Collection of Music in 262 Vol: beside loose papers'.
For shelves M-Q, therefore, Dowding is the only witness; its
itemization for those shelves is preceded by the following heading
(heavily deleted): 'A large Collection of Music in 262 volumes
beside loose papers lately catalogued by Mr Dowding as follows'.
Many of the items listed below are encased in 'Aldrich bindings'.
A substantial number of them are tract volumes of printed music,
the contents of which are given in full in Dowding; those transcriptions
are not reproduced below.
| M.1.1 |
Dowding: 'Fancies MS. L. Marenzio. Horatio Vecchi. T. Lupo. Monteverde. Palavicino &c. 7. books. <v. Fant. A-H>'. |
= Mus. 403-8; manuscript; correctly 6 partbooks, not 7 (as
stated in Dowding).
| M.1.2 |
Dowding: 'Fancies MS. Anonymous. <v. Fant. A-H>'. |
Not identified.
| M.1.3 |
Dowding: lists all 15 printed tracts of Mus. 484-8; '5. Vols. <Vide Mad. A>'. |
| M.1.4 |
Dowding: lists all 12 printed tracts of Mus. 931-5; '5 Vols. <V. Mot. D>'. |
| M.1.5 |
Dowding: lists all 19 printed tracts of Mus. 908-12; '5. Vols. <Vide Mad. B>'. |
| M.2.1 |
Dowding: 'Madrigali - MS / Del Prencipe di Venosa, Marco Gagliano, Lucr. Quintiani, Fontanelli & Tom Pecci. 5 Vol:'. |
= Mus. 510-14; manuscript.
| M.2.2 |
Dowding: lists all 11 printed tracts of Mus. 502-7; '6. Vol. <Vide Mad. E>'. |
| M.2.3 |
Dowding: 'Latin Collects MS. / on all the Saints days set to music in 4. Vols'. |
= Mus. 521-4; manuscript. By Burney's time, this set had
been moved to position M.4.2.
| M.2.4 |
Dowding: 'Cantionum Sacr vulgo motect. / 7 Libri à 5. & 6. voc. ex optimis quibusque Musicis select. Louvain 1558'; and: |
| M.2.5 |
'Chansons / 7 Livres à 4 parties convenables tant aux Instrumens comme à le Voix. Louvain 1560. 2 vols'. |
= Mus. 508-9; printed; 13 tracts.
| M.2.6 |
Dowding: 'Latin Songs MS. / By W. Bird, Robt. Parsons, Shepperde & Taverner for 5 & 6 voices'. |
= Mus. 979-83; manuscript, followed by printed (1 tract).
| M.3.1 |
Dowding: lists all 18 printed tracts of Mus. 881-6; '6. Vol: <V. Mot. E>'. |
| M.3.2 |
Dowding: lists all 7 printed tracts of Mus. 922-5; '4. Vol: <Vide Mot. B>'. |
| M.3.3 |
Dowding: lists all 14 printed tracts of Mus. 449-54; '6. Vol: <Vide Mad. D>'. |
| M.3.4 |
Dowding: lists all 17 printed tracts of Mus. 887-92; '6. Vol: <Vide Mot. G>'. |
| M.4.1 |
Dowding: 'Madrigali. / Luca Marenzio à 5 voc. Noreberg. 1601'. |
= Mus. 1052-6; printed.
| M.4.2 |
Dowding: 'Sacrae Cantiones / By Tallis & Bird for 5. & 6. voices Lond. 1575'. |
Not located, and either missing, or a partbook from a dispersed
set. By Burney's time, this position had been filled by the
item previously at position M.2.3 above.
| M.4.3 |
Dowding: 'Anthems viz. Cum Invocarem &c. In te Domine speravi. Exurgite Mortales, &c. & a Magnificat all with Instrumts del Revdo. P. Fusetti. M.S. in score. look well'. |
= Mus. 385 ('Cum invocarem'), Mus. 386 ('In te Domine speravi'),
Mus. 388 ('Exurgite mortales') and Mus. 387 (Magnificat');
all manuscripts. Probably later moved to position G10 above;
position M.4.3 was then reallocated to the item formerly at
position N.3.5 below.
| N.1.1 |
Dowding: 'Fancies / MS. in 4 vols'. |
Probably Mus. 414-16; manuscript.
| N.1.2 |
Dowding: 'Fancies / MS. in 2 parts'. |
= Mus. 409-10; manuscript.
| N.1.3 |
Dowding: 'Fancies / MS. in 4 parts'. |
Probably Mus. 419-22; manuscript.
| N.1.4 |
Dowding: 'Fancies & Airs / By Coperario. 3 Vols'. |
= Mus. 411-13; manuscript.
| N.1.5 |
Dowding: 'Fancies / By Coperario, Alphonso &c. MS. in 6. Vols. & several English Anthems'. |
Not positively identified. Possibly Mus. 473-8, although these
do not include 'several English Anthems'.
| N.1.6 |
Dowding: 'Fancies / MS. anonymous. 4 vols'. |
= Mus. 397-400; manuscript.
| N.1.7 |
Dowding: lists all 4 printed tracts of Mus. 900-907; '8. Vol: <V. Mot. K>'. |
| N.1.8 |
Dowding: 'Symphoniae / pro divers. Tonis. Leon Duante MS. 5 Vols'; Havergal adds that there are '5 vol: bound together'. |
= Mus. 429; manuscript.
| N.2.1 |
Dowding: 'Ballads / For 3 Voices by Dr Wilson Oxon. 1660. 3 Vols'. |
= Mus. 499-501; printed.
| N.2.2 |
Dowding: lists all 7 printed tracts of Mus. 968-73; '6. Vol'. |
| N.2.3 |
Dowding: lists all 8 printed tracts of Mus. 962-7; '6. Vols'. |
| N.2.4 |
Dowding: 'Latin Psalms / By Tallis &c MS. 5 voc. 1581'. |
= Mus. 984-8; manuscript.
| N.2.5 |
Dowding: 'Old French Songs / In 3 Books by Claudin, Lupi, Jennequin, du Boys, Heuitur &c. 2 Vols. 1538'. |
= Mus. 515-16; printed (5 tracts), with manuscript additions.
| N.2.6 |
Dowding: lists all 4 printed tracts of Mus. 533-7; '6. Vol'. |
Not positively identified. Despite the match of contents between
the entry in Dowding and the contents of Mus. 533-7, Dowding
specifies '6 vol.'; Mus. 533-7 is a 5-partbook set. In addition,
Mus. 533-7 have '8' marked on their spines, and they match the
description given at position G8 above (q.v.).
| N.3.1 |
Dowding: lists all 6 printed tracts of Mus. 913-18; '6. Vol. <Vide Mad: C>'. |
| N.3.2 |
Dowding: lists all 11 printed tracts of Mus. 489-94; '6. Vol: <V. Mot. F>'. |
| N.3.3 |
Dowding: lists all 4 printed tracts of Mus. 893-9; '7. Vol. <V. Motetti I>'. |
| N.3.4 |
Dowding: lists all 6 printed tracts of Mus. 919-21; '3. Vol. <Vide Mot. A>'. |
| N.3.5 |
Dowding: 'Harmonia Celeste 6. Vols. / Di divers. eccel. Musici à 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. voc. raccolta per Andrea Pevernage. Antw. 1589'. |
= Mus. 325-30; printed. Later moved to position M.4.3 above.
| N.3.6 |
Dowding: lists all 17 printed tracts of Mus. 926-30; '5. Vol. <Vide Mot. C>'. |
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