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 Henry Lawes. An index written in an unidentified hand is laid in.
Description:
Binding: 19th century marbled boards., Blanks not scanned., Label on cover: A collections [sic] of Italian mss in the handwriting of Dr. Burney, many of which he introduced in his history of music., Label on spine: Madrigals, &c., 1567, &c., Page [1]: stamped signature of Charles Hackett., and Words in Italian, Latin, and English.
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
Compositions in 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 parts. Composers include: Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), John Bennet, Thomas Bateson ([1570]-1630), Giovanni Croce ([1557]-1609), John Dowland (1563-1626), Michael East ([1580]-1648), Thomas Ford ([1580]-1648), John Farmer, Alfonso Ferrabosco (1543-1588), Andrea Feliciane, Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), Henry Harington (1727-1816), Simon Ives (1600-1662), George Kirbye (d. 1634), Roland de Lassus (1532-1594), Luca Marenzio (1553-1599), Thomas Morley (1557-[1603]), Beniamino Palavincino, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), Henry Purcell ([1658]-1695), Ludovico Grossi Viadana ([1564]-1645), Tomas Luis de Victoria ([1548]-1611), Stefano Venturi del Nibbio, Thomas Weelkes (d. 1623), and John Wilbye (1574-1638).
Description:
3 blank leaves at end unscanned., Binder's title: Madrigals and canons, &c., Miscellaneo[us], Bookplate of Warren-Horne., Musical MS copied and signed by Warren-Horne., Pagination skips p. 65-66., and With index.
Subject (Name):
Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778, Bateson, Thomas, Bennet, John, fl. 1599-1614, Croce, Giovanni, ca. 1557-1609, Dowland, John, 1563?-1626, East, Michael, ca. 1580-1648, Farmer, John, fl. 1591-1601, Feliciani, Andrea, d. 1596, Ferrabosco, Alfonso, 1543-1588, Ford, Thomas, d. 1648, Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625, Harington, Henry, 1727-1816, Ives, Simon, 1600-1662, Kirbye, George, ca. 1565-1634, Lasso, Orlando di, 1532-1594, Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599, Morley, Thomas, 1557-1603?, Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594, Pallavicino, Benedetto, ca. 1551-1601, Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, Venturi del Nibbio, Stefano (fl. 1592 - 1600), Viadana, Lodovico da, ca. 1560-1627, Victoria, Toma´s Luis de, ca. 1548-1611, Weelkes, Thomas, ca. 1575-1623, and Wilbye, John, 1574-1638
Subject (Topic):
Canons, fugues, etc. (Voices (4)), Madrigals--Early works to 1800, and Songs