Mus. 332-4

Printed. Three partbooks from a set of four, lacking the Tenor.

Mus. 332-4 Arcadelt, Jacques, ca. 1505-1568 Primo Libro de Madrigali a quattro voci, novamente ristampato. Venice: Appresso Giacomo Vincenzi: & Ricciardo Amadino, compagni, 1585 RISM B/I 168520 Mus. 332: Canto; Mus. 333: Alto; Mus. 334: Basso. Lacks: Tenor.

Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest, listed in Archives 1717, item K3, as 'A Set of Music for 4 voices', and in Dowding (main hand) as 'Archadelt's Collection of Madrigals à 4 voc. Venice 1585'.

Oblong format, 205 x 148 mm. Late C16th binding of limp vellum, stubs of green-and-yellow ties on three sides, gold-tooled on upper and lower covers with part-names enclosed within horizontal rules. (For a related binding, see Mus. 325-30.) Shelfmark 'K.3' on front flyleaf of all three partbooks. Bookplate 2 in all three partbooks. C19th shelfmarks: I.4.44-6.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 15.
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