1st Edition
The Viola da Gamba Society Index of Manuscripts containing Consort Music Volume I
424 Pages
by
Routledge
The Viola da Gamba Society Thematic Index of Music for Viols (ed. Gordon Dodd), 1980-92 (and continuing), is composer-based. The present volume initiates a companion project to catalogue manuscripts containing consort music. The editors are all highly experienced in the field and have newly examined all sources. Volume 1 features over 50 MSS whose copyists or owners are known: Bing, Hutton,... Read more
Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Layout of each entry; Notes on owners and copyists; Manuscripts: descriptions and contents; London, British Library (GB-Lbl); London, Royal College of Music (GB-Lcm); London, Guildhall Library (GB-Lg); Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB-Ob); Oxford, Christ Church (GB-Och); York, York Minster Library (GB-Y); Chicago, Newberry Library (US-Cn); New York, New York Public Library (US-NYp); Appendix I: Watermarks and paper types; Appendix II: Facsimiles; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Andrew Ashbee, Robert Thompson
’This is a summary of information that will continue to be a standard reference book...Congratulations to the editors on their skill and labour....’ Early Music Review ’The furthering of general interest and research could hardly be achieved at a fairer price.’ Music and Letters
