Altus partbook from a set of four volumes: the print RISM 1542/7, with manuscript addition on verso of title page. Contains one Italian secular piece (S. Festa). Single scribe, who is also known to have written one piece in LonBLM K.4.f.5. Possibly copied in the Low Countries. Purchased by present library from Bernard Quaritch Ltd. in 1911.
GB-Lbl [pr. bk.] Music Library K. 4. g. 3 [Altus]
British Library, London, England
partbook: mid 16th century; after 1542
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | [pr. bk.] Music Library K. 4. g. 3 [Altus] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Measurements | 163 x 203 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 1 composition from 1 composer. |
General Description
Binding
Rebound in modern covers in 1912.
Notation
not indicated
Decoration
No initials nor decoration.
RISM Description
Discantus partbook from a set of four volumes: the print RISM 1542/7, with manuscript addition on verso of title page. Single scribe, who is known also to have written a piece in LonBLM K.4.f.5. Possbly copied in the Low Countries. Purchased by present library from Bernard Quaritch Ltd. in 1911.
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Italian secular piece
(S. Festa)
4 paper partbooks, 163 x 203, each consisting of the print RISM 1542/7, with manuscript addition on verso of title page (in T book, piece continues onto facing recto). Rebound in modern covers in 1912. Copied by a single scribe, who also wrote one piece in LonBLM K.4.f.5. No initials or decoration.
Mid 16th century. Copied in Low Countries? Purchased by present library from Bernard Quaritch Ltd. in 1911.
No literature. We thank Drs. Iain Fenlon and John Milsom for bringing this source to our attention.
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[pr. bk.] Music Library K. 4. g. 3
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