Mus. 199-203

Printed. Complete set of five partbooks.

Mus. 199-203 Pallavicino, Benedetto, ca. 1551-1601 Di Benedetto Pallavicino maestro di capella del sereniss. s. Duca di Mantova il sesto libro de madrigali a cinque voci. Antwerp: Appresso Pietro Phalesio, 1612 RISM A/I P795 Mus. 199: Canto; Mus. 200: Quinto; Mus. 201: Alto; Mus. 202: Tenore; Mus. 203: Basso.

Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest, listed in Archives 1717, item I18, as 'Pallavicini's Madrigals. Sesto Libro. 5 Books', qualified in Dowding (main hand) as '6th book à 5. Venice 1612'.

Oblong format, 217 x 170 mm. Early C17th wrappers of grey paper; each partbook is now sewn into a folder of modern card and mounted impermanently on cords within an early C20th folder of stiff card and vellum. On the original upper wrapper of each partbook, an unidentified English hand, mid C17th, has added the voice-name, followed by 'Pallavicino. 5. Parts. 6mo'; for other sets of partbooks in the collection annotated by the same hand, see Mus. 320-3, which is the only one of those sets not to have been subsequently rebound. The original upper wrapper of Mus. 200 has also been annotated by Malchair. Bookplate 2 in Mus. 200 only. C19th shelfmarks: I.3.107-11.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 7.
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