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
Contains keyboard and vocal music, including: Tenducci, one item signed by him; Giordani; and others.
Bound with Johann Christian Bach, [Gioas, rè di Giuda], T’adoro te solo eterno mio Dio, holograph, circa 1770.
and Inscribed "Cheveley," possibly Louisa Cheveley.
Alternative Title:
Gioas, rè di Giuda. T’adoro te solo eterno mio Dio
Description:
Blanks not digitized.
Subject (Name):
Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778. Artaxerxes, Bach, Johann Christian, 1735-1782. Gioas, rè di Giuda. T’adoro te solo eterno mio Dio, Carter, Thomas, ca. 1740-1804, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814, East, Michael, ca. 1580-1648, Giordani, Tommaso, ca. 1733-1806 , Hook, Mr. (James), 1746-1827, Linley, Thomas, 1733-1795. Duenna, Shield, William, 1748-1829, and Tenducci, Giusto Ferdinando, ca. 1735-1790