Mus. 338

Printed. Bassus partbook from an otherwise lost set of four.

Mus. 338 Child, William, 1606?-1697 The first set of psalmes of .III. voyces fitt for private chappells or other private meetings with a continuall base either for the organ or theorbo newly composed after the Italian way by William Childe[,] Bacheler in Musicke and organist of his Maties ffree Chappell of Windsor. London: Printed by James Reave, 1639 RISM A/I C2056 Mus. 338: Bassus. Bassus only.

Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest, listed in Dowding (main hand), item Q9, as 'Psalms 1st Set / for 3 Voices by W. Childe. Lond. 1639'; the entry has been annotated by Havergal: '2 parts wanting'.

Oblong format, 157 x 103 mm. Binding: 'Aldrich binding' Type 1; 46 folios of unused rastrum-ruled staves have been bound at the rear of the volume. Shelfmark 'Q.9' on front flyleaf. Bookplate 2. C19th shelfmark: I.4.50.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 16.
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For a related publication that re-uses the engraved titlepage, see Mus. 339.