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Mus. 284-8

Printed. Complete set of five partbooks, in 7 tracts.

Mus. 284-8(1)
Florida verba. A celeberrimis musices auctoribus binis, ternis, quaternis, quinisque tam vocibus quam instrumentis. Suavissimis modulis concinnata.
Antwerp: Apud haeredes Petri Phalesii, 1661
Mus. 284: Cantus; Mus. 285: Altus; Mus. 286: Tenor; Mus. 288: Bassus continuus.
Lacks: Bassus.
Mus. 284-8(2)
Sacra corona, motetti II. III. voci di diversi eccellentissimi autori moderni, novamente raccolti & dati in luce, da Bartolomeo Marchesso.
Antwerp: Presso i Heredi di Petro Phalesio, 1659
RISM B/I 16592
Mus. 285: Cantus I; Mus. 286: Cantus II; Mus. 288: Basso continuo.
Lacks: Bassus.
Mus. 284-8(3)
Casati, Gasparo, ca. 1610-1641 Grove
Amoenum rosarium odoriferis concentuum rosis, (I. II. III. et IV. vocum) variatum. Authore Gasparo Casati, cum basso continuo ad organum.
Antwerp: Apud haeredes Petri Phalesii, 1649
RISM A/I C1424
Mus. 284: Cantus; Mus. 285: Altus; Mus. 286: Tenor; Mus. 288: B. Continuus.
Mus. 284-8(4)
Monferrato, Natale, ca. 1615-1685 Grove
Motetti concertati a due e tre voci. Di D. Natal Monferrato, vice maestro di capella della Serenissima Republica. Libro primo. Opera terza.
Antwerp: Presso i heredi di Pietro Phalesio, 1660
RISM A/I M3039
Mus. 284: Canto primo; Mus. 287: Canto secondo; Mus. 288: Organo.
Mus. 284-8(5)
Casati, Gasparo, ca. 1610-1641 Grove
Gasparis Casati, Domus Novariensis capellae magistri, operis primi pars prior, continens moteta una et duabus vocibus ad organum concertata.
Antwerp: Apud haeredes Petri Phalesii, 1662
RISM A/I C1423
Mus. 284: Vox prima; Mus. 287: Vox secunda; Mus. 288: Organum.
Mus. 284-8(6)
Geertsom, Jan van, 17th cent. Grove
XIV. Motetta duarum vocum sive bicinia sacra authore Ioanne van Geertsom Rotterodami apud Batavos musico. Liber secundus.
Rotterdam: Typis Henrici De Bruyn, 1661
Mus. 284: Vox prima; Mus. 287: Vox secunda; Mus. 288: B. Continuo.
Mus. 284-8(7)
Borremans, Guilielmus
Cantiones natalitiae quinque vocum auctore d. Guiliel. Borremans in ecclesia parochiali S. Gaucerici Bruxellis phonasco.
Antwerp: Apud haeredes Petri Phalesii, 1660
RISM A/I B3768
Mus. 284: Praecentus; Mus. 285: Altus; Mus. 286: Tenor; Mus. 287: Cantus; Mus. 288: Bassus contin.

Provenance: Richard Bressy (see below). Then part of the Aldrich bequest, listed in Archives 1717, item F15, as 'Montferrat's & Casatus's Mottets &c. & Borremans Cantiones Natalitiae 5 Books'; there is an equivalent entry in Dowding (main hand).

Upright format, 225 x 175 mm. Mid C17th bindings of vellum over boards, stamped 'R.B.' in gold on front covers; stubs of red ties at the fore-edge. In Mus. 284, the titlepage of tract 2 (publication date: 1649) is annotated 'Richardus Bressy', presumably the 'Richard Bressii' (or 'Piressii') of Dordrecht who matriculated Christ Church 23 July 1668, aged 18 (see Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxoniensis 1500-1714 (Oxford, 1891), p. 176). Pasted to the inside front cover of Mus. 284 is a sheet copied by Henry Aldrich, listing the set's contents. On the spines, probably in Aldrich's hand: 'Mot. 5. B.'; the partbooks have also been individually numbered I-V on the spine. Contents list added to a front flyleaf of Mus. 288 by the Aldrich Associate. Shelfmark 'F.15' on the front flyleaf of all five volumes. Bookplate 2 in all five volumes. C19th shelfmarks: I.3.191-5.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 11.
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