Mus. 1141b

Manuscript. Early 20th-century guardbook of stiff card and vellum (upright format, 390 x 255 mm.), containing 8 tracts of largely unrelated sheets and fascicles, all English, late 17th and early 18th centuries. The foliation sequence is a continuation of that of Mus. 1141a, and continues into Mus. 1141c-d.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 38.

• Mus. 1141b (ff. 86-9). Scores of movements from single-key suites or 'sets' in A major, copied by Copyist Z; English, probably early 18th century; possibly part of the repertory of the Oxford city/university waits or 'musick'.
• Mus. 1141b (ff. 90-93). [Richard Goodson Jr], ['Festo quid potius'], unfigured bass part, copied by Richard Goodson Jr; English, early 18th century.
• Mus. 1141b (f. 94). Unidentified fragments in score, probably composing scores for vocal pieces (without text) by Henry Aldrich; autograph, English, late 17th century.
• Mus. 1141b (ff. 95-8). Fragment of an unidentified orchestral work in D major, copied in score by Richard Goodson Jr; pages numbered '9-16'.
• Mus. 1141b (ff. 99-100). Four double chants, unattributed, copied in short score by Richard Goodson Jr; English, early 18th century.
• Mus. 1141b (ff. 101-4). Violin parts for [John Blow], ode ['Gesta Britannica'], copyist unidentified; English, late 17th century.
• Mus. 1141b (ff. 105-10). Keyboard score for [John Blow], ode ['Gesta Britannica'], copied by Richard Goodson Sr; English, late 17th century.
• Mus. 1141b (ff. 111-13). Seven keyboard pieces without title or attribution, copied by Edward Lowe; English, 3rd quarter of 17th century.