Seventy-one Italian and Latin songs for 5, and forty-nine for 6 voices, written in 1631 by T. Hamond
Seventy-one Italian and Latin songs for 5, and forty-nine for 6 voices (the 'Cantus', 'Quintus', 'Altus', 'Sextus', 'Tenor' and 'Bassus' parts, each in a separate book). The authors' names are:
- Bona, Valerio
- Byrde, William (many)
- Croce, Johannes
- Fabritio, Albino
- Felis, Stephanas
- Ferabosco, Alfonso
- Ferretti, Giovanni
- Gastoldi, Giovanni Giacomo
- Lupo, Tommaso
- Marenzio, Luca
- Massaini, Tiburto
- Mel, Rinaldi del
- Monte, Philippus de
- Morley, Thomas
- Paradiso, Rinaldi
- Pevernage, Andrè
- Phillips, Peter
- Stabile, Annibal
- Vecchi, Horatio
- Victorio, Ltidovicus de
- Violante, Giovanni Francesco
- Wilbye, John.
There are full lists in each volume, but there is no Sextus part of the songs for 5 voices. Notes in the volumes testify that Thomas Hamond of Cressners in Hawkedon (co. Suffolk) copied these volumes in 1631, chiefly from George Kirby's black books, which were sold after Kirby's death to sir John Holland in 1634. As late as 1661 the present volumes were still in their writer's possession.
Fragments of court rolls of Wethersfield (co. Essex) in 1606-1607 are in MSS. Mus. f. 1-2, 4-5.
At MS. Mus. f. 3 (fol. 95) and MS. Mus. f. 6 (fol. 2V) is a letter from John Paschall to (Thomas ?) Hammond, 5 Dec. 1622.
Dates
- Creation: written in 1631 by T. Hamond
Language of Materials
- Multiple languages
- Italian
- Latin
Physical Description
524
Shelfmark
MSS. Mus. f. 1-6
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, nos. 16819-16824
Physical Description
524
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
6 1/4 × 8 in.
Repository Details
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