Mus. 581-5

Printed. Five partbooks from an incomplete set of six, lacking Quinto.

Mus. 581-5 Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643 Di Claudio Monteverde maestro della musica del sereniss. S. Duca di Mantoa. Il quarto 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 M3472 Mus. 581: Canto; Mus. 582: Alto; Mus. 583: Tenore; Mus. 584: Basso; Mus. 585: Basso continuo. Lacks: Quinto. 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 initially occupied shelfmark 'I.30' (outside upper wrapper and titlepage of Mus. 581; the former has been emended to read 'G.29'). In Burney 1778 (f. 3), this is one of three sets listed at the position for I30. In Malchair 1787 (f. 15, no. 44), however, it is at the position for G29. The change of shelfmark was therefore made between 1778 and 1787.

Oblong format, 220 x 170 mm. Early C17th wrappers of grey paper, now within early C20th bindings of limp vellum with ties. Bookplate 2 in Mus. 581 only. C19th shelfmarks: I.7.83-7.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 31.
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For other copies of this edition, see Mus. 273-8, Mus. 283, Mus. 502-7 and Mus. 533-7.