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Mus. 120-2

Printed. Complete set of three partbooks.

Mus. 120-2
Gastoldi, Giovanni Giacomo, fl. 1582-1609 Grove
Balletti a tre voci, con suoi versi per cantare, sonare & ballare. Di Gio. Giacomo Gastoldi da Caravaggio, maestro di capella del serenissimo signor Duca di Mantova. Novamente ristampati.
Antwerp: Presso i Heredi di Pietro Phalesio, 1631
RISM A/I G541
Mus. 120: Canto; Mus. 121: Canto II; Mus. 122: Basso.

Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest, listed in Archives 1717, item K38, as 'Balletti a tre voci Giacomo Gastoldi', and in Dowding (main hand) as 'Baletti à 3 voc. di Gio. Giacomo Gastoldi da Caravaggio. Antw. 1631'. In Archives 1717 the shelfmark was subsequently changed to K39.

Oblong format, 215 x 183 mm. Early C20th bindings of limp vellum with ties; no trace remains of any earlier bindings or wrappers. Shelfmark 'K.39' on titlepage of Mus. 120 only. No early bookplate. C19th shelfmarks: I.3.28-30.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 4.
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