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Mus. 17

Manuscript. A collection of English songs and catches, Italian cantatas and motets, and French airs, begun by Henry Aldrich (items 1-53, 60), and continued by Richard Goodson Sr (items 54-9); English, late 17th century.

Items 5, 9, 22, 28 and 48 also occur in Mus. 350.
Items 3 and 8: also occur in Lbl Add. 10338.
Item 40 is signed with Aldrich's monogram.
Items 42-4: attributions to Pietro Reggio have been deleted.
Item 50: text from Virgil, Aeneid IX 481. Only the opening bars of the setting are given, followed by blank staves on ff. 25v-26r, as if for later completion.
Items 54-9 (Graziani): also copied in Mus. 7.
Item 60: copied at the rear with the volume inverted.

Table of titles and composers as shown in the manuscript. Display in modern form.
The first column gives the modern numbering of the pieces; the second shows numbering used by the copyist(s).

1	1		Poore Joyes the happiness I take	f. 1^r
2	2		Ohime che sara mi sento	f. 1^v
3	3	[George Jeffreys]	All'ombra degli alori	f. 2^r
4	4		Lempea con dolce accenti	f. 2^r
5	5	[Giacomo Carissimi]	Vittoria mio cuore [Amante sciolto d'amore]	f. 2^v
6	6	[Mario Savioni]	Su strali di foco [all'armi, all'assalto]	f. 3^r
7	7	Sigre Michaeli	Il tempo chi lali	f. 3^v
8	8	[George Jeffreys]	Occhi stelle mortali	f. 4^r
9	9		Potrei non amar piu	f. 4^v
10	10	Mr John Jenkins	See see the bright light shine	f. 5^r
11	11	Dr [John] Wilson]	Beauty which all men admire	f. 5^v
12	12	Mr Nicholas Lanneare	Sweet doe not thus destroy me	f. 5^r
13	13	[William Lawes]	What if I dye for love of Thee	f. 6^r
14	14		Here my pale Lycoris	ff. 6^v-7^r
15	15	Mr Edward Lowe of Ch: Ch.	When death hath snatcht us from their kids [Dialogue between Thirsis and Dorinda]	ff. 7^r-8^r
16	16	Mr Roger Hill / Mr Edward Lowe of Ch: Ch.	The thirsty earth ['This song was first composed for a Bass alone by Mr Roger Hill. And the treble afterwards added by Mr Edward Lowe of Ch: Ch.']	ff. 8^r-v
17	17	Mr Edw[ard] Lowe	Sir Eglamore that valiant knight	f. 9^r
18	18	Mr Edw[ard] Lowe	God prosper long our Noble King	f. 9^r
19	19		Al fiore gioco chi'a poco	f. 9^v
20	20	[Luigi Rossi]	D'una bella infidele	f. 10^r
21	21	Sigre [Luigi] Rossi	Mani altere e divine	ff. 10^v-11^r
22	22		Troppo'e ver quel che'Io credo	f. 11^r
23	23	Mr Wyatt	Come shall we three sing this Catch	f. 11^r
24	24	Mr Nicholas Lanneare	Amorosa Pargoletta	f. 11^v
25	25	Mr Nicholas Lanneare	Miser pastorella	f. 11^v
26	26	[Luigi Rossi]	A chi lasso credero	f. 12^r
27	27		Pupilette amate	f. 12^v
28	28		Hor ch'il core arde'al foco	ff. 13^r-12^v
29	29	[Luigi Rossi]	Fanciulla son Io	ff. 13^v-14^r
30	30		Io son pur sola	ff. 14^v-15^r
31	31		Son cieca'e ver	f. 15^v
32	32		Mi rapisce la mia pace	ff. 15^v-16^r
33	33		Che mi giova in alto scoglio	f. 16^r
34	34		Occhi Voi che piangete	f. 16^v
35	35		Cerchi'ognun'i suoi vantaggi	f. 17^r
36	36		I sereni d'amor	ff. 17^r-v
37	37	Sigre Battista [=Jean-Baptiste Lully]	Ah pour te plaire	f. 17^v
38	38		My love gave me a cherry	f. 18^r
39	39	[Luigi Rossi]	Chi mi credeva instabile	ff. 18^r-19^r
40	40	H[enry] A[ldrich]	Philomela praevia	f. 19^v
41	41	Sgre Pietro Reggio	Know Caelia since you are so proud	f. 19^v
42	42		Con quel vagho' augellin	ff. 20^r-v
43	43	[Vincenzo Albrici?]	Vo cercando la speranza	f. 20^v
44	44	[Vincenzo Albrici?]	Perche piangete amanti	ff. 21^r-v
45	45		Non sdegnar o Diva mia	f. 22^r
46	46	[Vincenzo Albrici?]	Luci belle sete stelle	ff. 22^v-23^r
47	47	[Vincenzo Albrici?]	Viva, viva la fortuna	ff. 23^v-24^r
48	48	[Jean-Baptiste Lully]	Sciocca pur tutti	f. 24^v
49	49	[Pietro Reggio]	Quando l'alma piu si duole	f. 25^r
50	50		Hunc ego te [opening only]	f. 25^v
51	51		Un cuor che non chiede	f. 26^v
52	52	Sigre Bonifacio Gratiani	Velut palma velut rosa	ff. 27^r-29^r
53	53		Piangete piangete a mei martiri [opening only]	f. 29^r
54		[Bonifazio Graziani]	Surge surge dilecte mi	ff. 30^v-33^r
55		[Bonifazio Graziani]	Ad laudes ad carmina	ff. 33^r-35^v
56		[Bonifazio Graziani]	Canite, canite filiae sion	ff. 36^r-39^r
57		[Bonifazio Graziani]	Crudelis infernus	ff. 39^r-42^r
58		[Bonifazio Graziani]	Salve salve coelitum Regina	ff. 42^v-44^v
59		[Bonifazio Graziani]	Alleluia de funere ad vitam	ff. 45^r-46^v

Upright format, 363 x 240 mm. 48 folios; collation not ascertained on account of the tightness of the binding. Foliated in modern pencil. Items 1-53 have been numbered in ink by Aldrich. Unused ruled staves on ff. 26r, 29v-30r and 47r-48r. Late 17th-century 'Aldrich binding' (Type 1): brown leather over boards, blind-tooled with fillets and bud-like ornaments. Bookplate 2. Partial list of composers in pencil on front flyleaf (ii) by Malchair. List of contents in pencil on front flyleaf (i) by Havergal.19th-century shelfmark: H.1.17.

Provenance: the presence of Aldrich's handwriting and the evidence of the binding imply that the volume reached Christ Church as part of the Aldrich bequest. However, it has not been matched against an entry in any of the 18th-century catalogues of the Christ Church collections.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 46.

This is one of the many music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Henry Aldrich.