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Cantatas, etc. by composers associated with St Thomas's church, Leipzig and others, and sacred and secular music by S. Capricorn

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Cantatas, etc. by composers associated with St Thomas's church, Leipzig and others, and sacred and secular music by S. Capricorn [Bockshorn]. Parts, copied by many hands, including one of a professional copyist. Copies probably made for James Sherard (1666-1738) are present with some parts.

Dates

  • Creation: 2nd half of the 17th cent.

Extent

0.55 Linear metres (5 physical shelfmarks)

Language of Materials

  • Latin
  • English
  • German

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Mus. Sch. c. 28, fols. 1-2].

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MSS. Mus. Sch. c. 28-31, 43

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 17465

Abstract

Cantatas, etc. by composers associated with St Thomas's church, Leipzig and others, and sacred and secular music by S. Capricorn {Bockshorn], 2nd half of the 17th cent.

Biographical / Historical

Most of the composers whose music is copied in these volumes were associated with the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. Details of their lives and works can be found in Grove Music Online.

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. V, 26386-26389, 26404.

RISM 800262297, 800262318, 800262368, 800262326

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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was transferred to the Bodleian in 1885.

Bibliography

See Margaret Crum, 'Music from St Thomas's, Leipzig, in the Music School collection at Oxford' in Festschrift Rudolf Elvers zum 60. Geburstag, ed. E. Herttrich (Tutzing, 1985), pp. 97-101.
Peter Wollny, 'A collection of seventeenth-century vocal music at the Bodleian Library', in Schütz-Jahrbuch 15 (1993), pp. 77-108.
Leipzig church music from the Sherard collection: eight works by Sebastian Knüpfer, Johann Schelle, and Johann Kuhnau, edited by Stephen Rose (Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2014).

Physical Facet

Formerly kept loose for performance. Stitched and bound in imperfect order at the Bodleian.

Title
Cantatas, etc. by composers associated with St Thomas's church, Leipzig and others, and sacred and secular music by S. Capricorn
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2019
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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