Mus. 339

Printed. Basso Continuo partbook from an otherwise lost set of four.

Mus. 339 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 for John Playford, 1650 RISM A/I C2057 Mus. 339: Basso continuo. Basso continuo only.

Provenance unknown; almost certainly not connected with Mus. 338, which is a different edition in a dissimilar binding. The earliest catalogue entry for Mus. 339 is by Havergal.

Oblong format, 179 x 122 mm. Late C17th wrappers of marbled paper, now within an early C20th binding of stiff card and vellum with ties. No early shelfmark or bookplate. C19th shelfmark: I.4.51.

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. 338.