Manuscripts

The First set of Madrigals & Mottets of 5 parts apt for Viols & Voyces...1612

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Description: A bound manuscript of a musical score, with words, composed by Orlando Gibbons; with printed portrait of Gibbons mounted on fly-leaf. The manuscript breaks off in the thirteeth piece and was probably wirtten in the 18th century; bound in brown calf.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 18th century.
Call number: mssHM 3063
Creator: Gibbons, Orlando (1583-1625)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of February 1928.
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