Four collections of Italian arias bound as one volume, Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
File
MS. Mus. d. 255
Composers represented include: Carlo Pallavicino, Antonio Sartorio, Giovanni Battista Tomasi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni Legrenzi, alongside many anonymous pieces.
- (fols. 1-36, original foliation) Late 17th-cent. arias.
- (fols. 43-44v) 'Mi sforza Amora piangere' [anon.], and 'Cinto il crin di rose', [from 'Creso' by G. Legrenzi]
- (fols. 54-78, originally fols. 1-33) Twenty-three arias and songs, the last without bass.
- (fols. 79-84, originally fols. 1-6) 5 songs, one incomplete inscribed after original fol. 4.
i + 84 leaves.
Dates
- Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Extent
85 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Mus. d. 255
Other Finding Aids
RISM 800227440
Physical Facet
Watermarks: 1 and 3, fleur-de-lys, countermarks IHS and one somewhat resembling Heawood 1789; 2 and 4, not visible. Ruling (1, 3 and 4 the same) 4 staves; marginal ruling inconsistent, being folded, pencilled or absent. Binding: calf with gold fillets and ornament
Dimensions
Oblong 6°
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk