Mus. 1154(E)

Manuscript. Three instrumental parts ('Violino Primo', 'Violino Secondo' and 'Violone') for [Giovanni Battista Bassani], motet 'Pompae vanae', copied by James Talbot. English, late 17th century. For the matching vocal score of this work, and details of other performing parts for motets by Bassani also copied by Talbot, see the entry for Mus. 763.

Upright format, 327 x 210 mm. Each performing part is copied principally on the central pages of a bifolio; staves on the outer pages are largely usused. Bifolio 1 (ff. 1-2): 'Violino Primo'; bifolio 2 (ff. 3-4): 'Violone'; bifolio 3 (ff. 5-6): 'Violino Secondo'. Each bifolio is pasted to a guard sheet, the whole nested within a modern card folder and mounted impermanently on a cord within an early 20th-century folder of stiff card and vellum containing all 13 sections of Mus. 1154.

Provenance uncertain, but most likely from the Aldrich bequest. Formerly shelved within the Portfolios at position I.2.d (the reference 'I.2.d' is written in red crayon on f. 1r). In Havergal Summary, the contents of that portfolio are described only in summary as '7 Latin motetts; 5 Italian cantatas, & 2 fragments; & 8 Songs & Duets &c: Anon: MS.'

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 60.

For a printed edition of the motet by Bassani copied by Talbot, see Mus. 163-6.

For a list of other music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by James Talbot, see the entry for Mus. 1152.