Christ Church Music Catalogue
Mus. 389Manuscript. A collection of vocal parts principally for high voice, apparently used as pedagogy for inexperienced singers (who may have included boy choristers at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford); begun by Richard Goodson Sr, and extended by other copyists; English, 1697 and later. Items 1-17 are copied at the front of the volume, items 18-20 at the rear with the volume inverted. Goodson Sr copied items 1-5 and 18. The various other copyists who subsequently contributed to the volume have not been identified, but may include some of the singers themselves. Table of titles and composers in modern form. Display form found in manuscript.
Oblong format, 197 x 153 mm. Paginated partly in ink by the copyists (pp. 1-40), otherwise in modern pencil. Collation not fully researched, but apparently originally A-J4, with a few leaves now excised. Also now largely missing is a rear flyleaf on which fragments remain of further pedagogy copied by Goodson Sr (rudiments of music notation). Unused ruled staves on pp. 42-58 and 62. Early 18th-century binding of thick white card. Upper outside cover annotated 'William Shadwell', together with miscellaneous pen-trials. There are various annotations on the inside upper cover, including 'Oc[to]b[e]r 19 [16]97' (possibly in the hand of Goodson Sr) and names that are now largely concealed below a modern bookplate and contents-list. No early bookplate. 19th-century shelfmark: I.4.101. 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 13.
This is one of the many music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Richard Goodson Sr. |