Mus. 508-9

Printed. Contratenor and Bassus partbooks from an otherwise unlocated set of five, in 13 tracts.

Mus. 508-9(1) Liber primus cantionum sacrarum, (vulgo moteta vocant) quinque vocum ex optimis quibusq[ue] musicis selectarum. Louvain: Apud Petrum Phalesium, 1555 RISM B/I 15552 Mus. 508: Contratenor; Mus. 509: Bassus.
Mus. 508-9(2) Liber secundus cantionum sacrarum, (vulgo moteta vocant) quinque & sex vocum ex optimis quibusq[ue] musicis selectarum. Louvain: Apnd [sic] Petrum Phalesium, 1554 RISM B/I 15542 Mus. 508: Contratenor; Mus. 509: Bassus.
Mus. 508-9(3) Liber tertius cantionum sacrarum vulgo moteta vocant, quinque et sex vocum ex optimis quibusque musicis selectarum. Louvain: Apud Petrum Phalesium, 1554 RISM B/I 15543 Mus. 508: Contratenor; Mus. 509: Bassus.
Mus. 508-9(4) Liber quartus cantionum sacrarum vulgo moteta vocant, quinque et sex vocum ex optimis quibusq; musicis selectarum. Louvain: Apud Petrum Phalesium, 1559 RISM B/I 15593 Mus. 508: Contratenor; Mus. 509: Bassus.
Mus. 508-9(5) Manchicourt, Pierre de	ca. 1510-1564	Grove
Mus. 508-9(6) Liber sextus cantionum sacrarum vulgo moteta vocant, quinque et sex vocum ex optimis quibusque musicis selectarum. Louvain: Apud Petrum Phalesium, 1558 RISM B/I 15585 Mus. 508: Contratenor; Mus. 509: Bassus.
Mus. 508-9(7) Liber septimus cantionum sacrarum vulgo moteta vocant, quinque et sex vocum ex optimis quibusq; musicis selectarum. Louvain: Apud Petrum Phalesium, 1558 RISM B/I 15586 Mus. 508: Contratenor; Mus. 509: Bassus.
Mus. 508-9(8) Liber octavus cantionum sacrarum vulgo moteta vocant, quinque[,] sex[,] septem et octo vocum ex optimis quibusque musicis selectarum. Louvain: Apud Petrum Phalesium, 1558 RISM B/I 15587 Mus. 508: Contratenor; Mus. 509: Bassus.
Mus. 508-9(9) Premier livre des chansons a cincq et six parties nouvellement composez et mises en musicque, convenables tant aux instrumentz comme à la voix. Louvain: Par Piere Phalese, 1556 RISM B/I 155613 Mus. 508: Contratenor; Mus. 509: Bassus.
Mus. 508-9(10) Second livre des chansons a cincq et six parties nouvellement composez & mises en musicque, convenables tant aux instrumentez comme à la voix. Louvain: Par Pierre Phalese, 1560 RISM B/I 15605 Mus. 508: Contratenor; Mus. 509: Bassus.
Mus. 508-9(11) Lasso, Orlando di	1532-1594	Grove
Mus. 508-9(12) Septiesme livre des chansons a quatre parties convenables tant aux instrumentez comme à la voix. Louvain: Par Pierre Phalese, 1560 RISM B/I 15606 Mus. 508: Contratenor; Mus. 509: Bassus.
Mus. 508-9(13) Premier livre du recueil des fleurs produictes de la divine musicque a trois parties depar Clemens non Papa[,] Thomas Cricquillon & aultres excellens musichiens. Louvain: Par Pierre Phalese, 1560 RISM B/I 15607 Mus. 509: Bassus (only).

Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest, listed in Dowding (main hand) at shelfmarks M.2.4-5 as 'Cantionum Sacr vulgo motect. / 7 Libri à 5. & 6. voc. ex optimis quibusque Musicis select. Louvain 1558' and 'Chansons / 7 Livres à 4 parties convenables tant aux Instrumens comme à le Voix. Louvain 1560. 2 vols.'.

Oblong format, c. 215 x 165 mm. Late C16th bindings of brown leather over boards; English, including scraps of a legal document and a liturgical book used as strengtheners; stubs of pink ties at all three edges; gilt edges; covers tooled with fillets and ornaments (partially in gilt), and stamped 'H B' (upper and lower covers). These initials can be identified as Henry Billingsley, owner of Mus. 318-19 and Mus. 306-9. All three sets have the initials 'A B' in C17th pencil on front flyleaves or titlepages. Bookplate 2 in both volumes. C19th shelfmarks: I.7.10-11.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 29.
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