Mus. 1118, Mus. 1121
Manuscript. Two partbooks ('Second Treble' and 'Basus') from
a set probably of three, headed 'Books for the Recorder'; English,
last quarter of the 17th century. Copyist unidentified; for a
list of other manuscripts at Christ Church copied by this scribe,
see the entry for Mus. 865(A).
- Item 4: the remainder of this work, copied by the same scribe,
is in Mus. 865(A).
Table of titles and composers as shown in the manuscript. Display in modern form.
| | Mus. 1118 | Mus. 1121 |
| 1 |
Mr Baptist [= Jean-Baptiste Lully] |
[Unidentified dance in C major] |
1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Mr Baptist [= Jean-Baptiste Lully] |
[Unidentified dance in C major] |
2L | 2L |
| 3 |
Mr Baptist [= Jean-Baptiste Lully] |
[Unidentified dance in C major] |
2R | 2R |
| 4 |
[?Francis Pigott] |
[Instrumental interludes for 'Dialogue between the angels and shepherds at Christ's birth'] |
3L-4R | 3L-4R |
| 5 |
[?Francis Pigott] |
[Instrumental interludes for a dialogue on the subject of Acme and Septimius (Catullus)] |
5L-5R | 5L-5R |
Oblong format, 193 x 95 mm. Physical decriptions as follows.
- Mus. 1118: 'Basus'. 47 folios, of which the first six have the
collation A6; the remaining leaves have unused ruled staves,
and their collation has not been researched. Instead of a pagination
or a foliation system, the copyist has designated 'openings'
by numbers; thus f. [1r] is numbered '1'; the ensuing opening
(ff. [1v] and [2r]) is numbered '2'; the next opening '3'; and
so on. In the inventory above, the letters 'L' and 'R' signify
left-hand and right-hand pages respectively of the numbered openings.
Front flyleaf annotated by the music copyist: 'Boock for the
[Recorder] / Basus'. Late 17th-century binding of brown leather
over boards, tooled with fillets and small ornaments; edges stippled
in red. No early bookplate.
- Mus. 1121: 'Second Treble'. 48 folios, of which the first six
have the collation A6; the remaining leaves have unused ruled
staves, and their collation has not been researched. 'Openings'
are numbered as in Mus. 1118 above. Front flyleaf annotated
by the music copyist: 'Boocks for the Recorder / Second Treble'.
Late 17th-century binding of brown leather over boards, tooled
with fillets and small ornaments; edges stippled in red. No early
bookplate.
Provenance: probably from the Goodson bequest (on the grounds
that the same copyist's hand occurs in Mus. 90-1, which is
more securely of Goodson provenance).
Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 60.
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