Alanus, de Insulis, d. 1202 Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280 Arnaldus, de Villanova, d. 1311 Jābir ibn Ḥayyān Khālid ibn Yazīd al-Umawī, 7th cent
Published / Created:
[ca. 1400]
Call Number:
Mellon MS 5
Image Count:
282
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
2r-3v : An early example of alchemical music, the Antiphona, by Johannes de Teschen, written in Hufnagelschrift., Manuscript on parchment (palimpsest) of a large collection of medieval alchemies, both speculative and practical. Includes an important group of writings by Johannes of Teschen, notably his Antiphona with musical notation. Also contains works by Arnold of Villanova, Alanus, Geber, Khalid ibn Yazid, and Albertus Magnus., and MS 5 is notable for its large collection of medieval alchemies, both speculative and practical, and especially for the important group of writings by Johannes of Teschen.
Description:
Armorial bookplate of Andreas Beham the Elder, dated 1595, engraved by Johann Siebmacher, (d. 1611), Binding: Fifteenth century, German. Presumably original, of oaken boards covered with red-dyed hide, sides framed by triple blind fillets, additional fillets drawn diagonally to form a pattern of lozenges; the original back laid down on a new backstrip preserving the four original raised bands, plus head and foot bands, which are drawn into the boards, fastened with wooden wedges, and reinforced with strips of parchment (cut from a 13th-century manuscript with faint writing in a very small gothic hand) which are glued down to the inside boards. On both covers single nailholes near the corners and two such holes in the center of each cover indicate the removal of brass cornerpieces and centerpieces; a single brass catch with iron bar, fastened by three brass nails, is preserved in the upper cover, the clasp missing from the lower cover indicated only by a mark. Modern leather label on backstrip, stamped in silver between rules top and bottom: ""ALCHEMICAL MISCELLANY MANUSCRIPT FRANCE 15TH C.""., Important capitals painted in red and blue with occasional filiform decoration, rubricated, and capitals frequently stroked red, but without other ornament or illustration., Modern pencil foliation throughout with various early pagination/foliation schemes., Ruled in red ink in two columns of 40 lines each., Script: Written in Gothica textualis by a careful but ill-formed hand in which differing letter forms are often not discrete, with annotations by a later 15th-century cursive hand and occasional notes by other hands of the same period., and Written space 124 x 98 mm.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Music--500-1400
Caption title., Copy 1: Cover illustrated with photographic portrait of Grace Wilson. Advertising matter on p. [3-4] of cover., Cover illustrated with photographic port. of Grace Wilson., First line of chorus: All night long I am a dreaming., First line of text: My sweetheart went away last night., and For medium voice and piano.
Publisher:
Will Rossiter,
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--Music., Popular music--United States--1911-1920, Popular music--United States--1911-1920., and Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
Caption title., Copy 2: Variant: different ill. on cover and different advertising matter on p. [3-4] of cover., First line of chorus: All night long I am a dreaming., First line of text: My sweetheart went away last night., and For medium voice and piano.
Publisher:
Will Rossiter,
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--Music., Popular music--United States--1911-1920, Popular music--United States--1911-1920., and Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
A general history of the science and practice of music / by Sir John Hawkins in five volumes
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Abstract:
From p. 27: [Tacquet's] words are these: 'An equilateral cone circumscribed about a sphere, and a right cylinder in like manner circumscribed about the same sphere, and the same sphere itself continue the same proportion ; to wit, the sesquialteral, as well as in respect of the solidity as of the whole superficies.
Benserade, Isaac de, 1613-1691 Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687 Moliere, 1622-1673
Published / Created:
[16--]
Call Number:
GEN MSS MUSIC MISC VOLUME 18
Collection Title:
General Collection manuscript music miscellany
Container / Volume:
Volume 18
Image Count:
312
Resource Type:
Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript by a contemporary copyist, consisting of music for a treble instrument, possibly a dessus part, from music composed by Lully for various ballets, including ballets and comédies-ballets composed in collaboration with Isaac de Benserade and Molière. A table of contents written by a former owner is laid in.
Alternative Title:
[Ballets. Selections], Alcidiane., Amour malade., Amour médécin., Amours déguisés., Arts., Ballet de Créquy., Bourgeois gentilhomme., Carnaval., Feste de Versailles., Flore., Gardes., George Dadin., Hercule amoureux., Impatience., Jeux pythiens., Mariage forcé., Mascarade de Versailles., Monsieur de Pourceaugnac., Muses., Naissance de Vénus., Noces de village., Princesse d'Elide., Raillerie., Saisons., and Xerxes.
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Binder's title: Anciens ballets dessus., Blanks not digitized., Bound in calf with gilt spine, French ca. 1700; unidentified arms on front and back covers., and Spine title: Anciens ballets dessus.
Subject (Name):
Pforzheimer, Walter L., (Walter Lionel), 1914-2003 --Bookplate
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