Mus. 409-10
Manuscript. Complete set of two partbooks, containing a selection
of airs from Matthew Locke's 'For Several Friends', arranged
in single-key suites. Copied by Francis Withy; English, last
quarter of 17th century. Mus. 409: [Treble]; Mus. 410: [Bass].
Table of titles and composers in modern form. Display form found in manuscript.
The first column gives the modern numbering of the pieces; the second shows numbering used by the copyist(s).
| | Mus. 409 | Mus. 410 |
| 1 |
1-5 |
Matthew Locke |
For Several Friends: suite in g minor, VdGS airs nos. 2,6,3,4,5 |
ff. 1v-2v | ff. 1v-2v |
| 2 |
6-8 |
Matthew Locke |
For Several Friends: suite in G major, VdGS airs nos. 7, 55, 9 |
ff. 3r-v | ff. 3r-v |
| 3 |
9-14 |
Matthew Locke |
For Several Friends: suite in B flat major, VdGS airs nos. 11, 10, 12, 56, 14, 15 |
ff. 4v-5v | ff. 4v-5v |
| 4 |
15-18 |
Matthew Locke |
For Several Friends: suite in d minor, VdGS airs nos. 17, 16, 18, 19 |
ff. 5v-7r | ff. 5v-7r |
| 5 |
19-20 |
Matthew Locke |
For Several Friends: suite in D major, VdGS airs nos. 20, 21 |
ff. 7r-v | ff. 7r-v |
| 6 |
21-3 |
Matthew Locke |
For Several Friends: suite in A major, VdGS airs nos. 39, 41, 42 |
ff. 7v-8v | ff. 7v-8v |
| 7 |
24-6 |
Matthew Locke |
For Several Friends: suite in a minor, VdGS airs nos. 36, 37, 57 |
ff. 8v-9v | ff. 8v-9v |
| 8 |
27-32 |
Matthew Locke |
For Several Friends: suite in F major, VdGS airs nos. 30, 29, 31, 34, 33, 35 |
ff. 10r-12r | ff. 10r-12r |
| 9 |
33-7 |
Matthew Locke |
For Several Friends: suite in c minor, VdGS airs nos. 44, 43, 45, 46, 47 |
ff. 12v-14r | ff. 12v-14r |
| 10 |
38-40 |
Matthew Locke |
For Several Friends: suite in C major, VdGS airs nos. 48, 58, 59 |
ff. 14v-15r | ff. 14v-15r |
| 11 |
41-6 |
Matthew Locke |
For Several Friends: suite in e minor, VdGS airs nos. 23, 24, 26, 25, 27, 28 |
ff. 15v-17r | ff. 15v-17r |
Upright format, 265 x 207 mm.
- Mus. 409: 47 folios, of which the first 17 are foliated in modern
pencil. Collation: A4 (ff. 1-4), B4 (ff. 5-8), C4 (ff. 9-12;
f. 12v is a pasteover cancel), etc. Unused ruled staves on f.
1r, and from f.17v to the end.
- Mus. 410: 48 folios, unfoliated. Collation: A4, B4, C4, D4, E4,
etc. Unused ruled staves on f. [1r], and from f.[17v] to the
end.
'Aldrich binding' Type 2. The spines are gold-tooled 'FANT
/ A / 2.B'. Bookplate 2 in both partbooks. 19th-century shelfmarks:
I.5.19-20.
Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest; listed in Dowding (main
hand) at position N.1.2 as 'Fancies / MS. in 2 parts'. In Mus.
409-10 itself, the shelfmark 'N.2' is written on the front flyleaf
of each partbook.
Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 16.
For a list of other items at Christ Church copied by Francis
Withy, see the entry for Mus. 337.
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