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Mus. 411-13

Manuscript. Complete set of three partbooks, containing 14 fantasia-suites for violin, bass viol and organ by John Coprario, copied by Edward Hull; English, 1690s. Mus. 411: [organ]; Mus. 412: [violin]; Mus. 413: [bass viol]. Hull's numbering of the movements corresponds to the system used in Cambridge, King's College, Rowe Library MSS 112-113A.

Table of titles and composers in modern form. Display form found in manuscript.
The first column gives the modern numbering of the pieces; the second shows numbering used by the copyist(s).

 Mus. 411Mus. 412Mus. 413
1 41-3 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in C major (VdGS 9, Charteris 101a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 1-5 pp. 1-3 pp. 1-3
2 44-6 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in C major (VdGS 10, Charteris 102a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 6-11 pp. 3-5 pp. 3-5
3 47-9 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in D major (VdGS 14, Charteris 106a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 12-16 pp. 6-7 pp. 6-7
4 50-2 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in D major (VdGS 15, Charteris 107a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 17-22 pp. 8-10 pp. 8-10
5 53-5 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in d minor (VdGS 12, Charteris 104a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 22-29 pp. 11-14 pp. 11-14
6 56-8 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in d minor (VdGS 13, Charteris 105a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 30-35 pp. 15-16 pp. 15-17
7 59-61 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in g minor (VdGS 1, Charteris 93a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 36-41 pp. 17-19 pp. 18-20
8 62-4 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in g minor (VdGS 2, Charteris 94a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 42-47 pp. 19-22 pp. 21-22
9 65-7 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in G major (VdGS 3, Charteris 95a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 48-53 pp. 23-26 pp. 23-26
10 68-70 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in G major (VdGS 4, Charteris 96a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 54-59 pp. 27-30 pp. 27-30
11 71-3 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in C major (VdGS 5, Charteris 97a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 60-65 pp. 31-34 pp. 31-34
12 74-6 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in a minor (VdGS 6, Charteris 98a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 65-69 pp. 35-38 pp. 35-38
13 77-9 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in A major (VdGS 7, Charteris 99a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 70-75 pp. 39-42 pp. 39-42
14 80-2 John Coprario Fantasia-suite for violin, bass viol and organ in D major (VdGS 8, Charteris 100a-c): Fantasia, Alman, Galliard pp. 76-82 pp. 43-46 pp. 43-46

Upright format, 260 x 200 mm. Collation not researched because of the tightness of the bindings.

  • Mus. 411: 64 folios, of which the first 41 are paginated '1-82' in modern pencil. Unused ruled staves from f. 42r-end.
  • Mus. 412 and 413: each 32 folios, of which ff. [1v-24r] are paginated '1-46' in modern pencil. Unused ruled staves on ff. [1r] and [24v]-end.
'Aldrich binding' Type 4; the spines are gold-tooled 'FANT / B / 3.B'. Bookplate 2 in all three partbooks. 19th-century shelfmarks: I.5.21-3.

Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest; listed in Dowding (main hand) at position N.1.4 as 'Fancies & Airs / By Coperario. 3 Vols.'. In Mus. 411-13 itself, the shelfmark 'N.4' is written on the front flyleaf of each partbook.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 16.

For a list of other music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Edward Hull, see the entry for Mus. 39.