'Paratum cor meum Deus', motet by Johann Wolfgang Franco [Franck]
Motet for 6 voices (2 Cant., Alto, 2 Tenor, Bass) and 10 instruments (2 cornettini, 3 tromboni, 2 violins, 2 violas, fagotto, continuo). Words from Psalm cviii. Copyist's full score with minor authoritative corrections. The hand is similar to that of MS. Mus. Sch. c. 31, items 2 and 3.
Dates
- Creation: mid-17th cent?
Extent
22 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Physical Description
One quire. Watermark, Coat of Arms resembling Heawood 391. Ruled according to need, 17 5-lined staves, outer pages blank.
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Mus. Sch. c. 148, fols. 1-2].
Shelfmark:
MS. Mus. Sch. c. 148
Music School C. 5. 1
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 17340
Abstract
'Paratum cor meum Deus', motet by Johann Wolfgang Franco [Franck], mid-17th cent?
Biographical / Historical
Johann Wolfgang Franck (1644-c 1710) was a composer. See Grove Music Online for further details.
Other Finding Aids
Robert Hake, [Catalogue of the Music School Collection], c 1850-1855. No. CCLXI.
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. V, no. 26852.
Custodial History
This item is part of the Music School collection of printed and manuscript music, which was originally bequeathed to the University of Oxford by William Heather (c 1563-1627), and gradually added to until the end of the 18th century. Possibly previously in the possession of James Sherard (1666-1738).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred to the Bodleian in 1885.
Bibliography
- Margaret Crum, 'Music from St Thomas's Leipzig, in the Music School Collection at Oxford' in Festschrift Rudof Elvers zum 60. Geburtstag, ed. E. Herttrich (Tutzing, 1985), pp. 97-101.
- Peter Wollny, 'A collection of seventeenth-century vocal music at the Bodleian Library', Schütz-Jahrbuch 15 (1993), pp. 77-108.
Physical Description
One quire. Watermark, Coat of Arms resembling Heawood 391. Ruled according to need, 17 5-lined staves, outer pages blank.
Dimensions
Upright folio
Subject
- Title
- 'Paratum cor meum Deus' by Johann Wolfgang Franco [Franck].
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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