Current Location: In storage
Titles
Fitzwilliam virginal book
Maker(s)
Scribe:
Tregian, Francis
Conservator:
Cockerell Bindery
Associated name:
Smith, Henry (Richmond)
Associated name:
Bartleman, James
Categories
Description
Collection of 297 pieces for keyboard.The first 95 are numbered in the original manuscript; nos. 96-297 are those given in the edition by J.A. Fuller Maitland and W. Barclay Squire (Breitkopf & Hartel, 1899 ; reprinted by Dover Publications, 1963; revised, 1980). Other sequences of numbers apply to the pieces by Giles Farnaby, Peter Philips, Sweelinck & Tomkins.
Editorial title.
Editions: see revised Dover edition, 2 vols, 1980, and various volumes of the Musica Britannica series.
Harpsichord music.
Possibly in the hand of Francis Tregian the Younger.
Watermark: "D" and 3 rings below Basle crozier (made by the Düring family of Basle)
Pages 177-180 are blank.
Conservation and binding details given on separate ts. leaf.
Binding: Cockerell Bindery, DC 6039, 6 May 1977.
With index at end: 'Henry Smith, Richmond, Scripsit - from a M.S. Index in the Possession of Mr Bartleman 24 March 1816' - note at end of index.
Notes
History note: Provenance: Founder's bequst 1816. Inscribed: 'Fitzwilliam 1783'.
'Queen Elizabeth's Harp Book Purchased at the sale of Doctor Pepusch's Collection, B R Bremner 1762 [actually 1752] for 10 guineas' - note inside front cover.
'Given by Mr Bremner to Lord Fitzwilliam' - note inside front cover.
Measurements and weight
Height: 34 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1816)
by
Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
People, subjects and objects depicted
Identification numbers
Accession number: MU.MS.168
Primary reference Number: 249110
Former classmark: 32.G.29.
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 15 September 2020
Updated: Monday 11 October 2021
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
