John Hilton the younger: Short service 'in Gamut'

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MS. Mus. c. 824

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Contemporary manuscript copy of John Hilton the younger's Short service 'in Gamut'. The earliest surviving source, comprising three separate voice parts only: 'Contraten[or] Cantoris; Bassus Decany'; 'Medius - Cantoris side'.

Dates

Creation: Mid-17th century

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark:

MS. Mus. c. 824

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 23641

Additional Description

Abstract

John Hilton the younger: Short service 'in Gamut'.

Biographical / Historical

John Hilton the Younger was probably born in Cambridge in 1599, the son of John Hilton the Elder, Organist of Trinity College, and was Organist of St Margaret's, Westminster from 1628. For more information, see Grove Music Online.

Custodial History

1. Christie's, South Kensington, 29 Nov 2006 (lot 361). 2. Bernard Quaritch, London. 3. Robert S. Pirie, New York; his sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 Dec 2015 (lot 454). 4. Schøyen Collection, MS 5566.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, Sotheby's sale 22134, 8 Nov 2023 (lot 73).

Related Materials

See also a score of the same work, dated 1814, in the hand of Richard Clark (MS. Tenbury 861).

Bibliography

James, P. 'John Hilton the Younger's Service 'In Gamut'', The Musical Times, v. 149, no. 1902 (2008), pp. 67-70.

Physical Facet

Three separate voice parts, stored unbound in a 20th-century cloth folder with leather spine and gilt lettering; bears the bookplates of Robert S. Pirie and The Schoyen Collection (MS 5566).