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Mus. 359

Manuscript. Originally a treble partbook containing instrumental pieces (items 1-4 in the inventory below); copyist unidentified, possibly French, probably late 17th century. Subsequently used for pedagogy by Richard Goodson Sr and an unidentified pupil, possibly an adult male singer, including rudiments and simple keyboard pieces; English, c. 1700. Copyists as follows:

Items 1-4: unidentified, possibly French.
Items 5-7, 8 and 11: Richard Goodson Sr.
Items 9-10: Goodson's pupil.

Table of titles and composers in modern form. Display form found in manuscript.

1	Two instrumental movements in D major	f. 1^r
2	Bourée, Minuet and Passepied in D major/d minor	ff. 1^v-2^r
3	La Bertagne	f. 2^v
4	La mariée	f. 3^r
5	Rudiments	f. 4^v
6	Keyboard movement in a minor	f. 5^r
7	Minuet in C major, for keyboard	f. 6^v
8	Rudiments	R[0]r-R[0]v
9	Rudiments	R1^r
10	Tenor and bass parts for various psalm tunes	R22^r-R25^v
11	Four psalm tunes: treble and figured bass, in score	R27^v-R29^r
12	Unidentified fragment	R30^r

Oblong format, 205 x 103 mm. 45 surviving folios; collation not researched. Several leaves from the textblock have been excised, including possibly a leaf preceding what is now designated as item 1. Partly foliated in modern pencil as follows: at the front of volume, the first seven folios are ff. '1-7'; at the rear of the volume, ff. [0], '1', and '22-30'. Unused ruled staves as follows: at the front of the volume, ff. 3v-4r, 5v-6r and 7r-v; at the rear, ff. 1v, 22v, 26r-27r, 29v, 30v; and all the remaining leaves at the centre of the volume. Late 17th-century binding of partly mottled brown leather over boards, blind-tooled with fillets. No early bookplate. 19th-century shelfmark: I.4.71.

Provenance: from the Goodson bequest (on grounds of the presence of Goodson's hand within the volume). Not listed in any of the 18th-century catalogues of the Christ Church music collections.

Microfilm: The music collection of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 11.
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This is one of the many music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Richard Goodson Sr.