Mus. 267-72

Printed. Complete set of six partbooks.

Mus. 267-72 Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643 Di Claudio Monteverde maestro della musica del sereniss. S. Duca di Mantoa. Il terzo libro de madrigali a cinque voci con il basso continuo per il clavicembano, cittharone od altro simile istromento. Antwerp: Appresso Pietro Phalesio, 1615 RISM A/I M3465 Mus. 267: Canto; Mus. 268: Alto; Mus. 269: Quinto; Mus. 270: Tenore; Mus. 271: Basso; Mus. 272: Basso continuo. See other copies of this work.

Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest. The entries for this item and several others that resemble it are in disarray in Archives 1717 and Dowding, on account of the fact that various sets - some of them exact duplicates - fitted the catalogue descriptions of 'Monteverde's 5 parts ... Madrigali. Antw. 1615'; there is evidence of sets having being moved to new shelfmarks in a bid to distinguish them from one another. This set probably occupied shelfmark G29, although the label that would have borne that mark in the volumes themselves has been removed from the original upper cover of Mus. 267. In Burney (f. 6), this set is the only one listed at G29; and it remains at that position in Malchair 1787 (f. 15, no. 44).

Oblong format, 213 x 177 mm. Early C17th wrappers of grey paper, now within early C20th bindings of limp vellum with ties. On the original upper wrapper of each partbook, an unidentified English hand, mid C17th, has written 'Monteverdes 5. Partes', followed by the voice-name; for other sets of partbooks in the collection annotated by the same hand, see Mus. 320-3, which is the only one of those sets not to have been subsequently rebound. The original upper wrapper of Mus. 267 has also been annotated by Malchair. Bookplate 2 in Mus. 267 only. C19th shelfmarks: I.3.174-9.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 10.
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For other copies of this edition, see Mus. 283, Mus. 502-7 and Mus. 533-7.