Mus. 297-300

Printed. Complete set of four partbooks.

Mus. 297-300 Ferrabosco, Domenico Maria, 1513-1574 D'il Ferabosco il primo libro de madrigali a quatro voci novamente posto in luce. Venice: Apud Antonium Gardane, 1542 RISM A/I F259 Mus. 297: Cantus; Mus. 298: Altus; Mus. 299: Tenor; Mus. 300: Bassus. See other copies of this work.

Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest, listed in Archives 1717, item G23, as 'A Collection of Ital: Music. Ferabosco', and in Dowding (main hand) as 'Cantus d'il Ferabosco il primo Libro de' Madrigali à 4 voc. Venice 1542'.

Oblong format, 213 x 155 mm. Mid-late C16th binding of stiff card with vellum spines. The upper covers (excepting Mus. 298) are annotated with part-names and 'Madrigalle de ferabosco' (various spellings) in an unidentified hand, probably late C16th. On the upper cover of Mus. 297, a different hand of uncertain date has written out details taken from the titlepage, in large lettering using a broad-nibbed pen. Bookplate 2 in all four partbooks. C19th shelfmarks: I.4.9-12.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 12.
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For a partbook from another copy of this edition, see Mus. 341.