Christ Church Library music catalogue: Mus. 51

Mus. 51

Manuscript. Cantatas by Giacomo Carissimi, copied in score by Richard Goodson Sr; English, late 17th century. This is one of the many manuscripts of 17th-century Italian cantatas now in Christ Church Library.

Item 22 in the inventory below: there is a complete copy of this cantata in Mus. 998/3.

This is one of the many music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Richard Goodson Sr.

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).

1	1	Giacomo Carissimi	Risvegliatemi, pensieri	pp. 1-6
2	2	Giacomo Carissimi	Va, va, dimanda al mio pensiero	pp. 7-10
3	3	Giacomo Carissimi	È bello l'ardire	pp. 11-15
4	4	Giacomo Carissimi	No, no, mio core, non ingolfarti	pp. 16-20
5	5	Giacomo Carissimi	Son pur giunta ad amare	pp. 21-26
6	6	Giacomo Carissimi	Ardeva in tanto foco	pp. 27-32
7	7	Giacomo Carissimi	Non chiede altro che vita	pp. 33-38
8	8	Giacomo Carissimi	Insuperbito il Tebro	pp. 39-46
9	9	Giacomo Carissimi	Io dissi sempre che l'amare	pp. 47-50
10	10	Giacomo Carissimi	Un infelice core amò	pp. 51-58
11	11	Giacomo Carissimi	Mesto in sen d'un antro ombroso	pp. 59-68
12	12	Giacomo Carissimi	Deh, contentatevi ch'io mi lamenti	pp. 69-73
13	13	Giacomo Carissimi	In un mar' di pensieri	pp. 74-78
14	14	Giacomo Carissimi	Si dia bando alla speranza	pp. 79-81
15	15	Giacomo Carissimi	Fuggi, o mio core, dal seno	pp. 82-89
16	16	Giacomo Carissimi	Bel tempo per me se n'andò	pp. 90-93
17	17	Giacomo Carissimi	Almeno un pensiero	pp. 94-99
18	18	Giacomo Carissimi	Filli, non t'amo piu	pp. 100-104
19	19	Giacomo Carissimi	O la, pensieri, o la	pp. 105-113
20	20	Giacomo Carissimi	Sin che havrò spirto e vita	pp. 114-115
21	21	Giacomo Carissimi	Nella più verde età	pp. 116-128
22	22	Giacomo Carissimi	Ardo, lassa, o non ardo? (incomplete at end)	pp. 129-133

Upright format, 333 x 215 mm. Structure: ii + 106 + ii leaves. Folios 1-67r have been paginated by the following hands: pp. 1-73 in ink by Goodson Sr; pp. 74-105 in ink, probably by Burney; pp. 106-111 in ink, probably by Malchair; pp. 113-33 in modern pencil (paginated on rectos only). Unused ruled staves from f. 67v-end; these leaves have not been paginated. Collation of ff. 1-68 (= pp. 1-[136]): 17 gatherings each of two quired bifolia (A4, B4, etc.); the collation of the remaining leaves has not been researched. Late 17th-century binding of thick grey card; the edges and spine are crudely reinforced with vellum. Outside upper cover annotated in ink by an unidentified 18th-century hand: 'Cantate del Giacomo Carissimi'. Bookplate 2 on inside upper cover. The cantatas have been numbered '1-22' by Burney at the head of each piece. 19th-century shelfmark: I.1.15.

Provenance: probably from the Aldrich bequest (on the evidence of the bookplate). The earliest reference to this volume is by Hind (in Dowding), where it is covered by the blanket description of volumes at position O: '18 Vols. of Musick, chiefly M.S. mark'd on the Backs, A. B. C. C.2. D. D.2. E. E.2. F. H. I. K. L. M. M.2. N. O. P. Q. T.' In Mus. 51 itself, the shelfmark 'C2' is written in ink at the head of the spine, and the letter 'C' on the outside lower cover.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 47.