Mus. 808
Printed; two tracts.
Mus. 808(1)
Select musicall ayres, and dialogues, for one and two voyces, to sing to the theorbo, lute, or basse violl. Composed by John Wilson, Charles Colman, Henry Lawes, William Webb ... To which is added some few short ayres or songs for three voyces, to an instrument.
London: Printed for John Playford, 1652
RISM B/I 16528 |
Mus. 808(2)
The second booke of ayres, containing pastorall dialogues for two voyces, to sing either to the theorbo, harpsicon, or basse violl. Also short ayres for three voyces, with a thorow basse. Composed by many excellent masters in musick, now living.
London: Printed by Thomas Harper, for John Playford, 1652
RISM B/I 16529 |
Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest, listed in Archives 1717, item K30, as 'Select Airs by Wilson, Coleman &c';
there is an equivalent entry in Dowding (main hand).
Upright format, 276 x 173 mm. Mid C17th wrappers of thick grey
paper, now within an early C20th binding of blind-tooled brown
leather over boards. Label '[K] 30' pasted on original upper
cover. Bookplate 2. C19th shelfmark: K.4.22.
Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 45.
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