Mus. 1215(9)

Manuscript. Fragment of an unidentified Italian cantata, lacking both its opening and its close, and scored for voice (C1 clef), treble instrument (G2) and continuo; the extant section opens with the words '... -cida ch'è senza pietà'. Copyist unidentified, presumably Italian, late 17th century.

Upright format, 346 x 235 mm. Bifolio, paginated '3-6' by the copyist. Three horizontal fold-marks. Pasted to a modern paper sheet, which is itself pasted into a modern card folder, and mounted impermanently on a cord within an early 20th-century folder of stiff card and vellum containing all 11 sections of Mus. 1215.

Provenance unknown (but see below). Formerly shelved within the Portfolios at position I.2.δ (the reference 'I.2.δ' 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 39.

For other manuscripts at Christ Church written by this copyist, see the list appended to the entry for Mus. 385. Several of these securely derive from the Aldrich bequest.