Copies of 16th-17th century vocal music

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Title: Copies of 16th-17th century vocal music
Creator: Burney, Charles, 1726-1814
Contributor: Dowland, John, 1563?-1626.
Ferrabosco, Alfonso, 1543-1588.
Giovannelli, Ruggiero, approximately 1560-1625.
Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662.
Lupi, Johannes, -1539.
Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599.
Zarlino, Gioseffo, 1517-1590.
Published / Created: [1770s?]
Abstract: 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: Charles Burney (1726-1814), English musician, composer, and music historian.
Words in Italian, Latin, and English.
Binding: 19th century marbled boards.
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.
Binding: 19th century binding, marbled boards.
Provenance: Purchased from Lisa Cox on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2000.
Extent: 1 38 cm. v. ([38] p.) ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note: Blanks not digitized.
Language: Italian
Latin
English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Subject (Name): Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.
Dowland, John, 1563?-1626.
Ferrabosco, Alfonso, 1543-1588.
Giovannelli, Ruggiero, approximately 1560-1625.
Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662.
Lupi, Johannes, -1539.
Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599.
Zarlino, Gioseffo, 1517-1590.
Subject (Topic): Music
History and criticism
Vocal music
Subjects: Burney, Charles, 1726-1814
Dowland, John, 1563?-1626
Ferrabosco, Alfonso, 1543-1588
Giovannelli, Ruggiero, approximately 1560-1625
Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662
Lupi, Johannes, -1539
Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599
Zarlino, Gioseffo, 1517-1590
Music > History and criticism > Early works to 1800
Vocal music > 16th century
Vocal music > 17th century
Hatchett, Charles, 1765?-1847 > Stamp

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Citation: Charles Burney, Copies of 16th-17th Century Vocal Music. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.