Kerckhoven, Abraham van den, ca. 1618-1701 Liberti, Henricus, ca. 1600-1669 Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon, 1562-1621
Published / Created:
[circa 1650s]
Call Number:
Osborn Music MS 533
Image Count:
166
Resource Type:
Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Description:
Anglo-Flemish organ music, written in manuscript on paper, in several unidentified hands, known as the Novello Organ Book. The manuscript contains over one hundred works, including organ masses and other Roman Catholic liturgical music, possibly used by English recusants in the Low Countries. Also present are preludes and fugues, variations, fantasias, and other secular music. Composers include Abraham van den Kerckhoven, Henricus Liberti, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, and Jacobus de Cherf. A few works are dated 1651., Annotations in English, French, Latin, and Flemish., Binding: vellum boards, rebacked., Cover: Presented to the library of the Musical Antiquarian Society by Vincent Novello, April 1844., Formerly owned by John Watts, Vincent Novello, the Musical Antiquarian Society, Camille Saint-Saens, Eugene Gigout, and Leon Boellmann., Inside front cover: Vincent Novello...kindly presented to me by my old friend John Watts, Feby 19, 1841., p. 105 tipped in., Pages [330-364] blank, unscanned., Pages 90-99 omitted from pagination, numerous errors., Preliminary page: signatures of Camille Saint-Saens and Eugene Gigout., and Title from cover.
Subject (Name):
Kerckhoven, Abraham van den, ca. 1618-1701, Liberti, Henricus, ca. 1600-1669, Saint-Saens, Camille, 1835-1921, provenance, and Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon, 1562-1621
Subject (Topic):
Catholics -- England -- 17th century, Organ music -- 17th century, and Organ music -- Netherlands -- 17th century
Score, holograph. Dated at end, 1851 June 8, Mont-Chartrain.
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Bound by a former owner., Jacques Offenbach, French composer., Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. (Sotheby's music sale, 2001 May 25, lot 146), on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2001., Set of waltzes for orchestra. Composed 1851., and Title from caption, written in an unidentified hand.
A collection of 87 anonymous French love songs and vaudevilles, with an alphabetical index at the back.
Description:
Anonymous MS., Binder's blanks unscanned., Binder's title: Recueil de Vaudevill, Binding: Contemporary French blue morocco, gilt with the arms of Michel Begon on front and back., Bookplate of E. Valdruche., Index starts at p. 305 but is discreetly paginated., and Pages 292-304 blank (but with printed floral borders) and unscanned.
Subject (Name):
Valdruche, Eugene, d. 1913?, provenance
Subject (Topic):
Chansons--18th Century, Songs, French--18th century--Texts, Songs--France--18th century, Vaudeville--France--Early works to 1800, and Vaudevilles--Librettos
Sketches, holograph, for La baguette. A few sketches for Les bavards are also present. Holograph annotations on endpapers include names and addresses; notes about composition and rehearsals for La baguette, dated 1862 November; and transcription of a poem by Julius Sturm.
Alternative Title:
Baguette
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Binding: contemporary calf-backed boards, by Lard-Esnault, Paris., Contains additional blank pages, not digitized., Jacques Offenbach, French composer., La baguette: opera, also titled Fédia, with libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Begun in 1862; incomplete., Les bavards: opera, with libretto by Charles Nuitter, after Cervantes's Los habladores. First performed 1862., Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. (Sotheby's music sale, 2001 May 25, lot 147), on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2001., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de,--1547-1616--Musical settings, Offenbach, Jacques,--1819-1880, and Sturm, Julius,--1816-1896
Score, manuscript, with dedication signed and dated at Brest, 1805 22 frimaire (December 13).
Alternative Title:
Sonate pour le piano avec accompagnement de violon / composee et dediee a Mademoiselle Roullet par J. F. St. Amans
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Louis Saint-Amans, French composer., and Pages numbered 67-76 (rectos) and 1-13 (versos).
Subject (Name):
Saint-Amans, Louis, 1749-1820
Subject (Topic):
Music --19th century and Sonatas (Violin and piano)--Scores
Bound autograph manuscript of instrumental and vocal music, including folk songs, love songs, and hymns, most in English, signed by Gascoigne.
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Label on back pastedown: Sold at Peter Welcker's Musick Shop / Gerrard Street St. Ann's Soho., Pages 67-77 paginated but otherwise blank, not digitized., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Gascoigne, Edward and Welcker, Peter, d. 1775
Subject (Topic):
Hymns, Music --18th century, Piano music, and Songs