Mus. 1141a (ff. 70-77)

Manuscript. Violin parts for orchestral movements extracted from operas by Lully, and for works by Henry Hall (i), copied by James Talbot, in one case collaboratively with Hall; English, late 17th century. Three pieces are provided either with a bass part, or with blank staves on which a bass could be added.

• Items 1-15 and 17-28: copied wholly by James Talbot.
• Item 11: copied in two-stave score, the lower stave left blank for the addition of a bass part. Copying begins on ff. 71v-73v, and ends on f. 77r.
• Item 16: copied in two-stave score, initially by Henry Hall, then (from stave 9 of f. 75r) by Talbot, with the lower stave left blank. The attribution to 'Mr Hall' (f. 75v) is in Talbot's hand.
• Item 27: two violin parts, written in score.
• Item 28: for violin and bass in score; emendations to the bass suggest that it was composed by Talbot himself.

Upright format, 330 x 205 mm. 8 folios. Collation uncertain on account of the tightness of the binding; to judge from the distribution of item 11 over non-adjacent leaves, the order of pages as currently bound does not represent the original order of the leaves. Annotations on f. 77v: 'Mecaenas' (twice) and 'Pindaric Ode'. Bound into Mus. 1141a, an early 20th-century guardbook of stiff card and vellum. No early bookplate.

Provenance: almost certainly from the Aldrich bequest, together with other music copied by James Talbot (see below).

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 38.

For a list of other music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by James Talbot, see the entry for Mus. 1152.

For a list of other music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Henry Hall, see the entry for Mus. 1212(B).