Manuscript music copied by Burney, possibly for use in his General History of Music. Music includes madrigals by Gioseffo Zarlino, Ruggiero Giovannelli, Alfonso Ferrabosco, and Luca Marenzio; motets by Johannes Lupi, and songs by John Dowland and Henr...
Description:
Binding: 19th century marbled boards.
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814, Dowland, John, 1563?-1626, Ferrabosco, Alfonso, 1543-1588, Giovannelli, Ruggiero, ca. 1560-1625, Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662, Lupi, Johannes, d. 1539, Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599, and Zarlino, Gioseffo, 1517-1590
Subject (Topic):
Music -- History and criticism -- Early works to 1800, Vocal music -- 16th century, and Vocal music -- 17th century
Apparently transcribed from the printed work which was published in Benevento in 1696 (one copy recorded by Eitner, who records also a MS copy). The work is a theoretical and practical introduction to Gregorian Chant. The first part uses for demonstra...
Description:
Binder's blanks at end unscanned.
Subject (Topic):
Gregorian chants--Instruction and study--Early works to 1800
