Mus. 832

Printed.

Mus. 832 Blow, John, d. 1708 An ode, on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell; late servant to his Majesty, and organist of the Chapel Royal, and of St. Peter's Westminster. The words by Mr. Dryden, and sett to musick by Dr. Blow. London: Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Henry Playford, 1696 RISM A/I B3002

Provenance: from the Goodson bequest, listed in Clement 1747 as 'Ode on the Death of Mr. Hen: Purcell No. 38', and in Malchair 1787 (f. 8) as 'Ode on the death of Henry Purcel Dr. Blow'.

Upright format, 320 x 205 mm. C18th wrappers of thick grey paper, now within an early C20th binding of stiff card and vellum. Clement's number-label is missing. No early bookplate. 19th-century shelfmark: K.4.46; the significance of another superseded shelfmark (f.1.42, on inside upper cover) is as yet unexplained.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 46.
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