[Collection of exercises in species counterpoint and canons]
Composer:
Zarlino, Gioseffe
Binder (person):
Cockerell Bindery
1 ms. score (leaves 14-33) ; 24 x 32 cm.
Language: Latin, Italian
For 2-4 voices, mostly on a cantus firmus.
Editorial title.
Manuscript in ink, in an anonymous hand.
Paper (leaves 14-18, 23-28): 10 staves (195x247mm) ; watermark: "LVG" below Strasbourg bend ; counternark: "IV".
Paper (leaves 19-22, 29-33): 12 staves (4 groups of three staves) (3-stave rastrum 40mm) ; watermark: "LVG" below Strasbourg bend ; counternark: "IV".
Former classmark: 32.G.27.
Probably received unbound. Bound and foliated as tract 2 in a miscellany, probably about 1890, and rebound separately in quarter morocco, marbled paper sides and vellum tips by the Cockerell Bindery, DC 6540, October 1979.
Contents
[1.] 32 [exercises in spieces counterpoint on the plainsong melody] Laudate Dominum omnes gentes -- [2] [6 canonic exercises in four parts] : Kyrie ; Amen ; Amen ; [3 without text] -- [3] Some examples of 2 and 3 parts by Zarlino [from] Page 237, 214, 225, 239, 241, 244, 247, [and others].
History note: Founder's bequest. Inscribed: "Fitzwilliam 1782".
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
1770 - 1779
Accession number: MU.MS.166.B
Primary reference Number: 300294
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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