Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari: collection of madrigals for 2-3 voices and continuo
A collection of madrigals in Italian in two volumes labelled on the upper boards: 'Clari's madrigals vol. III (-IV)'. In the hand of a mid-18th-cent. English copyist. The volumes belonged to Charles Avison, and (together with the missing first two volumes) were evidently the source for his English adaptations of selected works as 'canticles' to words from the Psalms (of which two volumes of Avison's autographs are in Newcastle Public Library, and a third in the Bodleian, MS. Mus. d. 267). An early pencil index on p. 131 of the first volume also indentifies some of the English versions.
Dates
- Creation: mid-18th cent.
Extent
0.30 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Language of Materials
- Italian
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark, e.g. MS. Mus. d. 277, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Mus. d. 277-278
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 16069
Abstract
Two volumes of madrigals for 2-3 voices and continuo by Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, 18th cent.
Biographical / Historical
Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari (1677-1754) was a composer and instrumentalist. See Grove Music Online for further details.
Custodial History
Previous owners (inscriptions or bookplates on upper pastedown): 'Chas. Avison, Newcastle upon Tyne', 'Edw[ar]d Avison, Newcastle', John Parker, G.L. Benson.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Faculty of Music Library, 1995.
Physical Facet
18th-cent. half calf with marbled paper boards.
Dimensions
Quarto
- Title
- Two volumes of madrigals by Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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