GB-Lbl [pr. bk.] Music Library K. 4. f. 5 [Altus]

British Library, London, England

partbook: Mid-16th century

Archive	British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl)
Shelfmark	[pr. bk.] Music Library K. 4. f. 5 [Altus]
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	None
Measurements	160 x 203 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: LonBLM K.4.f.5
Copyists	scribal concordance [84] Text and Music
Relationships	Bernard Quaritch Ltd (booksellers) (owner)
External Links	British Library online catalogue entry
Provenance	Low Countries
Contents	2 pieces from 2 composers

General Description

An Altus partbook from a set of four volumes, each of which consists of the print RISM A1291, with manuscript additions on originally blank leaves at back of book: two Italian secular pieces by S. (or C.) Festa and Verdelot.

Copied by two scribes, one of whom also wrote manuscript addition in LonBLM K.4.g.3. Copied in Low Countries? Purchased by present library from Bernard Quaritch Ltd. in 1911.

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Binding

Rebound in modern covers in 1912.

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Notation

not indicated

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Decoration

The first piece has plain inked initials.

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Index

none

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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2 Italian secular pieces

S. Festa/(C. Festa)-1, Verdelot-l

4 paper partbooks, 160 x 203, each consisting of the print RISM A1291, with manuscript additions on originally blank leaves at back of book. Rebound in modern covers in 1912. Copied by two scribes, one of whom also wrote manuscript addition in LonBLM K.4.g.3. First piece has plain inked initials.

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.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
27v–28	O passi sparsi o pensier vaghi et prompti	-	Festa, Sebastiano (ca. 1490–1524)
O passi sparsi o pensier vaghi et prompti Festa, Sebastiano (ca. 1490–1524) Appears on: 27v–28 Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
28v	Fidel e bel canguolo che tanto spesso	-	Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532)
Fidel e bel canguolo che tanto spesso Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532) Appears on: 28v Genres: Madrigal (Italian)

Composer	Compositions
Festa, Sebastiano (ca. 1490–1524)	O passi sparsi o pensier vaghi et prompti – 27v–28
Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532)	Fidel e bel canguolo che tanto spesso – 28v

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Fidel e bel canguolo che tanto spesso	Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532)	28v
O passi sparsi o pensier vaghi et prompti	Festa, Sebastiano (ca. 1490–1524)	27v–28

Set: [pr. bk.] Music Library K. 4. f. 5

Type: Partbooks

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