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Commonplace book of songs

Title
Commonplace book of songs [microform] / [compiled by] John Gamble.
Author
New York Public Library. Music Division. Manuscript. Drexel 4257.
Publication
[1659?]

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Additional Authors
  • Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876.
  • Gamble, John, -1687.
  • New York Public Library. Music Division. Manuscript. Drexel 4257.
  • Drexel Collection.
Description
1 ms. score (ca. 450 p.); 31 cm.
Alternative Title
John Gamble, his book.
Subjects
Note
  • Manuscript songs, primarily for one voice and continuo; English words.
  • Unfigured bass.
  • Compiled by John Gamble ca. 1659.
  • Includes songs by Henry Lawes, William Lawes, John Wilson, Nicholas Lanier, William Webb, Charles Coleman, Robert Smith, Thomas Brewer and John Gamble.
Access (note)
  • Requires permission of the curator; please use *ZB-216 or JMN 89-6 v.10.
Indexed In (note)
  • Wikipedia
  • Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Edward Francis Rimbault (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge)
  • Vincent Duckles, "John Gamble's Commonplace book: a critical edition of New York Public Library Ms. Drexel 4257," M.A. thesis, University of California at Berkeley, 1953.
  • Charles W. Hughes, "John Gamble's Commonplace Book," Music and Letters 26 (1945)
Reproduction (note)
  • Microfilm.
Provenance (note)
  • Formerly owned by Edward F. Rimbault.
Call Number
*ZB-216
OCLC
18678379
Author
New York Public Library. Music Division. Manuscript. Drexel 4257.
Title
Commonplace book of songs [microform] / [compiled by] John Gamble.
Imprint
[1659?]
Access
Requires permission of the curator; please use *ZB-216 or JMN 89-6 v.10.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Edward F. Rimbault.
Indexed In:
Wikipedia, Drexel 4257.
Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Edward Francis Rimbault (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge), p. 92, item 1387.
Vincent Duckles, "John Gamble's Commonplace book: a critical edition of New York Public Library Ms. Drexel 4257," M.A. thesis, University of California at Berkeley, 1953.
Charles W. Hughes, "John Gamble's Commonplace Book," Music and Letters 26 (1945), p. 215-219.
Reproduction
Microfilm. New York : New York Public Library, 19--. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (MN: *ZZ-25487)
Microfilm. New York : New York Public Library, 1947. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (MN: *ZZ-297)
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Added Author
Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876. Former owner
New York Public Library. Music Division. Manuscript. Drexel 4257.
Drexel Collection.
Gamble, John, -1687.
Research Call Number
*ZB-216 [Microfilm]
Drexel 4257 (Locked case)
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