The Viola da Gamba Society Index of Manuscripts Containing Consort Music
Author | : Robert Thompson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 439 |
Release | : 2017-11-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781351144834 |
ISBN-13 | : 1351144839 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Viola da Gamba Society Index of Manuscripts Containing Consort Music written by Robert Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume II of The Viola da Gamba Society Index of Manuscripts Containing Consort Music includes manuscripts associated with John Browne (Clerk of the Parliaments), Philip Falle (prebendary at Durham), Sir Gabriel Roberts, John St Barbe of Broadlands, the Withy family of Worcester and Oxford and an anonymous late-seventeenth century scribe. As well as a detailed inventory of every manuscript (with anonymous works identified where possible), the descriptions include information on date, size, binding, paper, rastra, watermarks, collations, scripts, inscriptions and provenance, together with bibliographical references. Brief notes on the owners and copyists are provided. Of particular importance is the inclusion of facsimiles of all hands.