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