Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Songbook.

Authors

• Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687
• Savioni, Mario, 1608-1685
• Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674

Other related names

• Fauconberg, Mary Belasyse, Countess, 1637?-1713, former owner
• Hauck, Cornelius J. 1893-1967, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 2000
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9977374821203681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

French, with some religious pieces in Latin (f. 1r-6r, 68v-72v, 76v-88v), some songs in Italian (f. 34v-36r, 58r-59r, 61v-63r, 64v-65r), and one song in English (f. 89v-92v)

Origin

Date

169-

Place

France?

Summary

Oblong songbook containing melodies (some with accompanying bass) and texts of songs and arias in French, with a few in Italian and some religious pieces in Latin. Of the French pieces, two arias are identified by their operas (f. 43v-46r), which are by Jean-Baptiste Lully; several more Lully arias are included without attribution, and the latest identifiable composition is "Cher souvenir douce tendresse" (f. 73r-75r), from the 1688 opera Zéphire et Flore, thought to be by Pierre Vignon and Jean-Louis Lully. Italian songs include two by 17th-century Italian composer Mario Savioni, "L'amor e lo sdegno sapete cos' è" (f. 34v-35r) and "Pupille serene, voi sette dei cieli" (f. 35v-36r). Latin religious works include a few hymns at the beginning (f. 1r-6r), a motet for the Eucharist (f. 68v-72r), and parts of settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah and the Magnificat and more hymns (f. 76v-88v). Some of the Latin pieces have paratextual elements, such as titles and directions, in French. The last song in the volume, "Hark, hark, hark, the storm grows loud" (f. 89v-92v) was originally published by English composer Pelham Humfrey in 1673. A modern note in French summarizing the contents is pasted on the front flyleaf.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Watermark

Heawood Clock (Cadran) 340 or 341 (Auvergne, 1696).

Extent

95 leaves : 90 x 150 mm bound to 98 x 160 mm

Foliation

Paper, i + 95 + i; modern foliation in pencil, [1-95], upper right recto; one leaf torn out after front flyleaf.

Support

Paper

Binding

Late 17th-century goatskin, gilt-tooled; covers with two triple-fillet panels, inner panel with fleurons at corners; gilt spine with four compartments, the lowest with initials MB; joints cracked; marbled endpapers (Musinsky).

Layout

Four five-line staves.

Script

Written in humanistic cursive or italic script, by at least four hands (f. 1r-30v, 31r-68r, 68v-72r, 72v-82v mixed, 89v-92v).

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Mary Belasyse, daughter of Oliver Cromwell and wife of Thomas Belasyse, Viscount Fauconberg (signature in ink, front flyleaf verso; gilt initials MB on spine).
   
• Formerly owned by Cornelius J. Hauck (Cincinnati, Ohio; bookplate inside front cover).
   
• Sold by Musinsky Rare Books (New York), 2018.
   

Subjects topical

• Songs, French--Early works to 1800
• Songs, Italian--Early works to 1800
• Songs, English--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Songbooks
• Manuscripts, French--17th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--17th century
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, English--17th century
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• Song book;
• 17th century;
• French
• Italian;
• English;
• Paper;
• Musical notation;
• France

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — [Songbook]

Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Cornelius J. Hauck