Mus. 1180
Manuscript. Organ parts for fantasia-suites by Christopher Gibbons,
copied by Henry Aldrich; English, late 17th century. The copies,
which are unfinished, may have been intended to complement those
of Mus. 414-16, which it mirrors in the following ways:
- Mus. 1180, ff. 1-19r: unused ruled staves, possibly meant for
the repertory of Mus. 414-16, items 1-8.
- Mus. 1180, items 1-10: corresponds to the repertory of Mus. 414-16,
items 9-18. In Mus. 1180, items 6-10 are copied incomplete, but
with unused pages reserved for subsequent expansion.
- Mus. 1180, ff. 39v-end: unused ruled staves, possibly meant for
the repertory of Mus. 414-16, items 19-20.
This is one of the many music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Henry Aldrich.
Table of titles and composers in modern form. Display form found in manuscript.
| 1 |
Christopher Gibbons |
Fantasia-suite no. 1 in a minor, for 2 trebles, bass and organ (VdGS 13-15): Fantasy, Almain, Galliard |
ff. 19v-21r |
| 2 |
Christopher Gibbons |
Fantasia-suite no. 2 in a minor, for 2 trebles, bass and organ (VdGS 16-18): Fantasy, Almain, Galliard |
ff. 21v-23r |
| 3 |
Christopher Gibbons |
Fantasia-suite no. 3 in d minor, for 2 trebles, bass and organ (VdGS 19-21): Fantasy, Almain, Galliard |
ff. 23v-25r |
| 4 |
Christopher Gibbons |
Fantasia-suite no. 4 in d minor, for 2 trebles, bass and organ (VdGS 22-4): Fantasy, Almain, Galliard |
ff. 25v-27r |
| 5 |
Christopher Gibbons |
Fantasia-suite no. 5 in D major, for 2 trebles, bass and organ (VdGS 25-7): Fantasy, Almain, Galliard |
ff. 27v-29r |
| 6 |
Christopher Gibbons |
Fantasia-suite no. 6 in D major, for 2 trebles, bass and organ (VdGS 28-30): Fantasy, Almain, Galliard |
ff. 29v-31r |
| 7 |
Christopher Gibbons |
Fantasia-suite no. 1 in d minor, for treble, bass and organ (VdGS 1-3): Fantasy (only) |
ff. 31v-32r |
| 8 |
Christopher Gibbons |
Fantasia-suite no. 2 in d minor, for treble, bass and organ (VdGS 4-6): Fantasy (only) |
ff. 33v-34r |
| 9 |
Christopher Gibbons |
Fantasia-suite no. 3 in D major, for treble, bass and organ (VdGS 7-9): Fantasy (only) |
ff. 35v-36r |
| 10 |
Christopher Gibbons |
Fantasia-suite no. 4 in D major, for treble, bass and organ (VdGS 10-12): Fantasy, Almain, Galliard |
ff. 37v-39r |
Upright format, 310 x 197 mm. 97 folios, foliated in pencil in
January 2006. (The foliation system will not be present in microfilms
made before that date.) Collation not ascertained on account
of the tightness of the binding. Unused ruled staves on ff. 1r-19r,
32v-33r, 34v-35r, 36v-37r, and 39v-end. Late 17th-century binding
of mottled brown leather over boards, with gold-tooled panels
stamped on the spine. No early bookplate. 19th-century shelfmark:
I.7.79.
Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest. The earliest catalogue
entry for this item is by Hind (in Archives 1717), position
E23, where it is listed as 'Dr. Christopher Gibbons's Fancies
for 2 Trebles & a Bass. Fol. M.S.'. In Mus. 1180 itself,
the shelfmark 'E.23' is written in ink on the front flyleaf.
Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 46.
Bibliography:
Robert Shay, '"Naturalizing" Palestrina and Carissimi in Late
Seventeenth-Century Oxford: Henry Aldrich and his Recompositions',
Music and Letters, 77 (1996), 368-400 (at p. 383). 
This is one of the many music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Henry Aldrich.
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