Mus. 1078

Manuscript. Two accompanied madrigals by Tarquinio Merula, copied in score by Richard Goodson Jr. English, early 18th century. Both pieces derive from Merula's Musiche concertate et altri madrigali à 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. voci. Libro secondo. Con basso continuo. Opera Decima; according to an annotation on f. 1r of Mus. 1078 (unidentified 18th-century hand), Goodson transcribed them 'from the Books in the Musick School' (= Oxford, Bodleian Library, Music School collection). Another copy of this print occurs within the Christ Church collections as tract 11 of Mus. 484-8.

Table of titles and composers as shown in the manuscript. Display in modern form.

Oblong format, 290 x 245 mm. Two fascicles each of two nested bifolios; eight folios in total. Foliation added in June 2003; this will not be present in microfilms made before that date. Goodson himself has supplied the pagination '1-15', starting at f. 1v. Unused ruled staves on ff. 8r-v. Contemporary covers of marbled paper over thin card, now within an early 20th-century binding of tooled brown leather over boards. No early bookplate. C19th shelfmark: K.3.90. Formerly Mus. 785.

Provenance: from the Goodson bequest, listed in Clement 1747 as 'Nominativo Hic et Haec et Hoc MS. No. 52', and in Malchair 1787 (f. 5) as 'A Song in 4 parts Nominativo - hic - haec - hoc. Merula'. Clement's number-label '52' is intact on the outside lower cover.

The paper used for this item was evidently extracted from another volume; remnants of an earlier foliation system are visible on several pages (e.g. '88' on f. 1r; '45' on f. 7r).

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 59.