Signatures: A4A-S8(S8, blank, wanting). Imperfect: 1st leaf A1 wanting., The metrical version by Sternhold and Hopkins. Includes music., and The preliminary matter consists of the following: A1 (1st and 5th prelim. leaves), recto signature-mark, verso blank; A2, t.p., as above; A3-1: "To all that have skill, or will vnto sacred musicke"; A2, second t.p.; A3: "The names of the authors"; A4: "Of the praise, vertue, and efficacie of the Psalmes."
In several languages, chiefly containing musical material. Contents include: recipes and remedies, poems, an alphabetical list of the people known to Kusser, lists of various kinds of music, lists of tunings of various instruments, instructions for the preparation of a copper plate for engraving, 2 puzzle-counterpoints devised by Kusser, songs, a short treatise on the enharmonic scale, a tabulation of drum rhythms, a treatise on flute-playing, a long treatise on counterpoint, systems for bringing a spinet into equal temperament, notes on the cost of putting on a concert in Dublin, the registration of the organ at Trinity College, Dublin, and a list of 33 directions ""What a virtuoso who comes to London should observe.""
Description:
Holograph. Composed in England and the continent. last page, p. 448, adhered to back pastedown. Text on back pastedown illegible.
Manuscripts in the Albi Rosenthal collection of Monteverdi and the birth of opera, 1579-1966
Container / Volume:
Folder 3
Image Count:
17
Resource Type:
Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Abstract:
Contains three musical dialogues (duets) and a madrigal for solo voice and continuo.
Description:
Blanks not scanned., Cover has arms of Marcantonio [Borghese], 1st Prince of Sulmona, 1616-1658., Faint contemporary signature in pencil on flyleaf verso: Armando[?] R[?], and Holograph MS, signed
Subject (Geographic):
Sulmona (Italy) --History
Subject (Name):
Borghese, Marcantonio --dedication
Subject (Topic):
Canzonets (Part songs), Italian, Madrigals, Italian --17th century, Music --17th century, Opera --Italy --17th century, Songs (High voice) --Scores, Songs (Medium voice) --Scores, and Songs, Italian