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

Title

Chansons.

Other related names

• Hardy-Mennil (Paris, France), binder

Call number

Ms. Codex 2092
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9978088283303681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1354237232

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

French

Origin

Date

circa 1783-circa 1785

Place

France

Summary

Collection of song texts without musical notation written by a single hand over time, with varying size of script, on varying paper stock. Recurring forms include ariette, romance, vaudeville, chanson militaire, pastorale, menuet, and impromptu, and recurring character types include soldiers, lovers, hunters, shepherds, and farmers. Historical and literary subjects include Joan of Arc (p. 60); Maurice, Maréchal de Saxe (1696-1750, p.65); Heloise and Abelard (p. 73); Pyramus and Thisbe (p. 172); and Richard I of England (p. 258), and topical subjects include water, wine, tobacco, and women. One of the songs is from Barbier de Séville by Pierre Beaumarchais (published in 1775, p. 47). Tune names are usually given.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from front flyleaf (p. i).
   

Extent

272 leaves : 235 x 150 mm bound to 240 x 165 mm

Foliation

iii (19th-century) + 272 + ii (19th-century) leaves; [i-vi], 1-257, [258-544, i-iv], 19th-century pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. Changes in paper stock and matching lower edges suggest gatherings of eight.

Support

Paper

Binding

19th-century gilt-tooled morocco by Hardy-Mennil (Paris; name in gilt border on lower front turn-in); gilt spine with title Chansons manuscrites and lyres and horns.

Layout

Chain line often used as outer margin. Octavo format.

Script

Written in cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Sold by Bruce McKittrick Rare Books (Narberth, Pennsylvania), 2022.
   

Subjects topical

• Songs, French--Early works to 1800
• Popular culture--France--Early works to 1800
• France--History--18th century--Sources

Genres

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• Musical texts
• Manuscripts, French--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• Song book
• 18th century
• French
• France
• Paper
• Literature -- Poetry

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• iii — Chansons
• Correction slip recto — Correction slip (front)
• Correction slip verso — Correction slip (back)
• iii — Chansons