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Mus. 231-5

Printed. Complete set of five partbooks. Handwritten annotations to this set were probably made in-house by the publisher, since they largely correspond to changes made to the British Library copy of the same edition.

Mus. 231-5
Holborne, Anthony, d. 1602 Grove DNB
Pavans, galliards, almains, and other short aeirs both grave, and light, in five parts, for viols, violins, or other musicall winde instruments. Made by Anthony Holborne Gentle man and servant to her most excellent majestie.
London: Imprinted ... by William Barley, the assigne of Thomas Morley, 1599
RISM A/I H6262
Mus. 231: Cantus; Mus. 232: Altus; Mus. 233: Quintus; Mus. 234: Tenor; Mus. 235: Bassus.

Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest, listed in Archives 1717, item G21, as 'Holborn's Pavans, Galliards, &c.'; there is an equivalent entry in Dowding (main hand).

Upight format, 217 x 165 mm. Early C20th bindings of limp vellum with ties; no trace remains of any earlier binding. No early bookplates. C19th shelfmarks: I.3.139-43.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 9.
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