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Mus. 778

Manuscript. Four fantasia-suites for treble, bass and organ by Christopher Gibbons, organ part only. Copyist unidentified; English, mid 17th century.

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).

1	1-3	Christopher Gibbons	Fantasia-suite no. 1 in d minor, for treble, bass and organ (VdGS 1-3): Fantasy, Almain, Galliard	ff. [1^v-[2^r
2	4-6	Christopher Gibbons	Fantasia-suite no. 2 in d minor, for treble, bass and organ (VdGS 4-6): Fantasy, Almain, Galliard	ff. [2^v-[3^r
3	7-9	Christopher Gibbons	Fantasia-suite no. 3 in D major, for treble, bass and organ (VdGS 7-9): Fantasy, Almain, Galliard	ff. [3^v-[4^r
4	10-12	Christopher Gibbons	Fantasia-suite no. 4 in D major, for treble, bass and organ (VdGS 10-12): Fantasy, Almain, Galliard	ff. [4^v-[5^r

Upright format, 307 x 195 mm. Single gathering of 3 nested bifolios (= 6 folios); the sixth leaf has been excised; unfoliated. Wrappers of thin paper, inscribed 'Organ part'; bound in a folder of modern card, and mounted impermanently on a cord within an early 20th-century folder of thick card, together with Mus. 777, 779. No early bookplate. 19th-century shelfmark: K.3.83.

Provenance not ascertained; possibly transmitted with Mus. 777, 779, and therefore from the Aldrich bequest.