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Mus. 841-51

Printed. Complete set of eleven performers' parts.

Genius musicus divinis, Marianis ac sanctorum laudibus decoratus, et ecclesiastico ritui unâ 2. 3. 4. 5. tàm vocibus quàm instrumentis officiosus. Authore Alphonso d'Eve[.] Opus primum.
Amsterdam: Aux dépens d'Estienne Roger
RISM A/I E895
Mus. 841: Canto primo; Mus. 842: Canto secnodo [sic]; Mus. 843: Alto; Mus. 844: Tenore; Mus. 845: Basso; Mus. 846: Violino primo; Mus. 847: Violino secondo; Mus. 848: Alto viola; Mus. 849: Tenore viola; Mus. 850: Basso viola; Mus. 851: Basso continuo.

Mus. 841-51
Eve, Alphonse d'

1666-1727

Grove

Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest, listed in Archives 1717, item H21, as 'D'eve's Genius Musicus', qualified in Dowding (main hand) as 'à 2. 3. 4. 5. voc. cum Instrumentis. Alphonso d'Eve. printed by Etienne Roger. 11 books'.

Upright format, 335 x 210 mm. Early C18th wrappers of thin paper; each part is now stitched into a folder of modern card and mounted impermanently on cords within an early C20th folder of stiff card and vellum. Shelfmark 'H.21' on outside upper wrapper of Mus. 850. Bookplate 2 in Mus. 850 only. Upper wrapper of Mus. 846 annotated by Malchair: 'Sacred Music Vocal and Instrumental Composed by Alphonso D'Eve. 11 Books. Printed at Amsterdam'. Upper wrapper of Mus. 851 annotated by Havergal. C19th shelfmarks: K.4.55-65.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 46.
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For manuscript copies of motets from this collection, copied by Richard Goodson Sr. and Jr, see Mus. 68-75, Mus. 622, and Mus. 1154H.