Christ Church Library music catalogue: Mus. 17

Mus. 17

Manuscript. A collection of English songs and catches, Italian cantatas and motets, and French airs, begun by Henry Aldrich (items 1-53, 60), and continued by Richard Goodson Sr (items 54-9); English, late 17th century.

Items 5, 9, 22, 28 and 48 also occur in Mus. 350.
Items 3 and 8: also occur in Lbl Add. 10338.
Item 40 is signed with Aldrich's monogram.
Items 42-4: attributions to Pietro Reggio have been deleted.
Item 50: text from Virgil, Aeneid IX 481. Only the opening bars of the setting are given, followed by blank staves on ff. 25v-26r, as if for later completion.
Items 54-9 (Graziani): also copied in Mus. 7.
Item 60: copied at the rear with the volume inverted.

Table of titles and composers in modern form. Display form found in manuscript.
The first column gives the modern numbering of the pieces; the second shows numbering used by the copyist(s).

1	1		Poor joys, the happiness I take	f. 1^r
2	2		Ohimè, che sara mi sento	f. 1^v
3	3	George Jeffreys	All'ombra de gli'allori	f. 2^r
4	4		L'empia con dolci accenti	f. 2^r
5	5	Giacomo Carissimi	Vittoria, mio core (Amante sciolto d'amore)	f. 2^v
6	6	Mario Savioni	Su strali di foco all'armi, all'assalto	f. 3^r
7	7	'Sigre Michaeli'	Il tempo chi lali	f. 3^v
8	8	George Jeffreys	Occhi stelle mortali	f. 4^r
9	9		Potrei non amar' più	f. 4^v
10	10	John Jenkins	See, see the bright light shine	f. 5^r
11	11	John Wilson	Beauty which all men admire	f. 5^v
12	12	Nicholas Lanier	Sweet, do not thus destroy me	f. 5^r
13	13	William Lawes	What if I die for love of thee	f. 6^r
14	14		Here, my pale Lycoris	ff. 6^v-7^r
15	15	Edward Lowe	When death hath snatched us from these kids (Dialogue between Thirsis and Dorinda)	ff. 7^r-8^r
16	16	Roger Hill ; treble by Edward Lowe	The thirsty earth	ff. 8^r-v
17	17	Edward Lowe	Sir Eglamore, that valiant knight	f. 9^r
18	18	Edward Lowe	God prosper long our noble king	f. 9^r
19	19		Al fiero gioco che poco	f. 9^v
20	20	Luigi Rossi	D'una bella infedele	f. 10^r
21	21	Luigi Rossi	Mani altere e divine	ff. 10^v-11^r
22	22		Troppo'è ver' quel ch'io credo	f. 11^r
23	23	'Mr Wyatt'	Come, shall we three sing this catch	f. 11^r
24	24	Nicholas Lanier	Amorosa pargoletta	f. 11^v
25	25	Nicholas Lanier	Miser pastorella	f. 11^v
26	26	Luigi Rossi	A chi, lasso, crederò	f. 12^r
27	27		Pupilette amate	f. 12^v
28	28		Or ch'il core arde'al foco	ff. 13^r-12^v
29	29	Luigi Rossi	Fanciulla son'io	ff. 13^v-14^r
30	30		Io son pur sola	ff. 14^v-15^r
31	31		Son cieca'è ver	f. 15^v
32	32		Mi rapisce la mia pace	ff. 15^v-16^r
33	33		Che mi giova in alto scoglio	f. 16^r
34	34		Occhi, voi che piangete	f. 16^v
35	35		Cerchi'ognun'i suoi vantaggi	f. 17^r
36	36		I sereni d'amor	ff. 17^r-v
37	37	Jean-Baptiste Lully	Ah, pour te plaire	f. 17^v
38	38		My love gave me a cherry	f. 18^r
39	39	Luigi Rossi	Chi mi credeva instabile	ff. 18^r-19^r
40	40	Henry Aldrich	Philomela praevia	f. 19^v
41	41	Pietro Reggio	Know, Celia, since you are so proud	f. 19^v
42	42		Con quel vagho' augellin	ff. 20^r-v
43	43	Vincenzo Albrici?	Vo cercando la speranza	f. 20^v
44	44	Vincenzo Albrici?	Perchè piangete amanti	ff. 21^r-v
45	45		Non sdegnar, O Diva mia	f. 22^r
46	46	Vincenzo Albrici?	Luci belle, sete stelle	ff. 22^v-23^r
47	47	Vincenzo Albrici?	Viva, viva la fortuna	ff. 23^v-24^r
48	48	Jean-Baptiste Lully	Scoca pur tutti	f. 24^v
49	49	Pietro Reggio	Quando l'alma più si duole	f. 25^r
50	50		Hunc ego te (opening only)	f. 25^v
51	51		Un cor che non chiede	f. 26^v
52	52	Bonifazio Graziani	Velut palma, velut rosa	ff. 27^r-29^r
53	53		Piangete, piangete a mei martiri (opening only)	f. 29^r
54		Bonifazio Graziani	Surge, surge dilecte mi	ff. 30^v-33^r
55		Bonifazio Graziani	Ad laudes, ad carmina	ff. 33^r-35^v
56		Bonifazio Graziani	Canite, canite filiae Sion	ff. 36^r-39^r
57		Bonifazio Graziani	Crudelis infernus	ff. 39^r-42^r
58		Bonifazio Graziani	Salve, salve coelitum regina	ff. 42^v-44^v
59		Bonifazio Graziani	Alleluia: de funere ad vitam	ff. 45^r-46^v

Upright format, 363 x 240 mm. 48 folios; collation not ascertained on account of the tightness of the binding. Foliated in modern pencil. Items 1-53 have been numbered in ink by Aldrich. Unused ruled staves on ff. 26r, 29v-30r and 47r-48r. Late 17th-century 'Aldrich binding' (Type 1): brown leather over boards, blind-tooled with fillets and bud-like ornaments. Bookplate 2. Partial list of composers in pencil on front flyleaf (ii) by Malchair. List of contents in pencil on front flyleaf (i) by Havergal.19th-century shelfmark: H.1.17.

Provenance: the presence of Aldrich's handwriting and the evidence of the binding imply that the volume reached Christ Church as part of the Aldrich bequest. However, it has not been matched against an entry in any of the 18th-century catalogues of the Christ Church collections.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 46.

This is one of the many music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Henry Aldrich.