Mus. 538-43

Printed. Complete set of six partbooks.

Mus. 538-43 Philips, Peter, 1560 or 61-1628 Di Pietro Philippi Inglese organista delli sereniss. prencipi Alberto et Isabella Archiduchi d'Austria &c. Il secondo libro de madrigali a sei voci novamente composto & dato in luce. Antwerp: Appresso Pietro Phalesio, 1603 RISM A/I P1997 Mus. 538: Canto; Mus. 539: Alto; Mus. 540: Tenore; Mus. 541: Quinto; Mus. 542: Sesto; Mus. 543: Basso. See other copies of this work.

Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest, listed in Archives 1717, item G9, as 'Philip's Madrigals', qualified in Dowding as 'Antw. 1603'.

Oblong format, 220 x 175 mm. Early C17th wrappers of grey paper, now within early C20th bindings of limp vellum with ties. Outside original upper wrapper of Mus. 541 annotated 'Peter Philips 6. pts / il 2o libro' by an unidentified C17th hand. Outside original upper and lower wrappers of Mus. 543 annotated 'Bassus' by an unidentified C17th hand. (The contents of this partbook are also annotated with marginal signs and numbers, as if recording the act of copying these pieces into a manuscript.) Shelfmark 'G.9' on outside original upper wrapper of Mus. 539, which also has a label numbered '9' pasted to its titlepage. Bookplate 2 in Mus. 539 only. Outside original upper wrapper of Mus. 538 annotated in pencil by Malchair. C19th shelfmarks: I.3.43-8, then I.3.37-42. Titlepage of Mus. 541 annotated 'Ch.Ch. Lib Oxon' by York Powell. Formerly Mus. 129-34.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 31.
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For another copy of this edition, see Mus. 129-34.