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

Title

Music notebook.

Call number

Ms. Codex 1719
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967562243503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927144052
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3xg4q

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Origin

Date

circa 1775

Place

Sussex?

Summary

Collection of seven sonatas (the seventh appears to be incomplete due to several leaves that are lacking) and ten folk songs, with several pages discussing aspects of music theory such as concords and discords (p. 1-5), and several untitled pages of notation. Consists of 47 pages written in one direction followed by 9 pages written in the other direction and starting from the opposite end of the book. Bookseller's description notes that the label on the inside lower cover (Parham, Sussex) refers to Parham House in Sussex and makes it possible that this book was in the collection of Sir Cecil Bishopp or one of his relatives.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

28 leaves : 178 x 247 mm bound to 185 x 251 mm

Foliation

Paper, 28 leaves; [1-56]; modern pagination in pencil, lower outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary gold-paneled leather with marbled paper pastedowns. Several leaves are torn, with one particularly severe tear (p. 7-8).

Layout

Written in six staves per page; text written along top line of staff; hand-ruled in ink.

Script

Written in multiple hands, likely a combination of professional and student musicians.

Provenance

• Sold by Samuel Gedge, Ltd., 2015.
   

Subjects topical

• Music--Manuscripts
• Music--Manuscripts
• Folk songs
• Music theory--Early works to 1800
• Music theory
• Sonatas--Early works to 1800
• Tune-books--Specimens
• Tune-books
• Sonatas
• Folk songs--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Folk songs
• Sonatas (musical compositions)
• Tune-books
• Manuscripts, English
• Manuscripts, European
• Specimens
• Notated music
• Notated music

Keywords

• Song book
• 18th century
• English
• England
• Paper
• Musical notation

Licenses

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