Mus. 1141d (ff. 129-31, 134)

Manuscript. Composing scores for four movements a minor; English, probably early 18th century. Probably part of the repertory of the Oxford city/university waits or 'musick'. The copyist/composer, who has not been identified, is here designated as Copyist 'Z'; he was also responsible for other autograph scores and/or sets of performing parts within the Christ Church collection. For further details, see the entry for Mus. 34-6.

The four movements copied here may have been intended to constitute a four-movement suite or 'set' in a minor. However, performing parts for this work are not known to exist, and the set may have been abandoned incomplete. The four movements are copied as follows:

• Movement A: f. 129r.
• Movement B: deleted drafts on ff. 129r and 129v; complete copy on f. 131r.
• Movement C: f. 130r.
• Movement D: f. 134r.

Five single leaves, varying is size from approx. 360 x 235 mm to approx. 320 x 200 mm. The leaves are mounted on guards and bound within Mus. 1141d, an early 20th-century guardbook of stiff card and vellum (oblong format, c. 360 x 235 mm); they are foliated 129, 130, 130*, 131 and 134 in modern pencil. No music has been copied on f. 130*, which contains mathematical jottings on its recto, and is wholly blank on its verso; the provenance of this leaf is unknown, and it may have no direct connection with the leaves containing music. Also wholly blank are ff. 130v, 131v and 134v. One of the leaves (f. 129) has been folded twice vertically.

Provenance: probably from the Goodson bequest, together with all other manuscripts related to Mus. 34-6 (q.v.).

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 38.