Shelfmark
Ibb5.5.09(41)
Author
Uniform title
[Madrigals and mottets. Silver swanne]
Title
The silver swan : madrigal / composed by Orlando Gibbons. A catch on tobacco : to be sung by four men while smoking their pipes ; composed by Dr Aldrich.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : J. Alfred Novello, [ca. 1851]
Physical description
1 score (p. [131]-134) ; 27 cm.
Series statement
(The musical times ; no. 83)
Language
Staff notation.
Note
"The silver swan" for SATBB; "A catch on tobacco" for male chorus (4).
Note
Piano accompaniment for rehearsal only.
Note
Title and publication information from caption.
Note
Published in "The musical times and singing class circular", vol. 4, no. 83, 1851, p. 163-165.
Note
"Secular music (price three-halfpence each.) Glees, madrigals, or part-songs, for four voices (S.A.T.B., unless otherwise expressed)"--P. [131].
Provenance
Black ink stamp of Rackley Library on the front flyleaf.
Provenance
Ms. annotation in black ink on the front pastedown reading "Vol. No. 24", and "A4" in pencil on the front flyleaf.
Binding
19th century vellum binding; gilt title "Byrd's Mass & other vocal music à capella" and gilt bands within a brownish-red label on spine; red edges; blank endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Bound with other choral works by William Byrd, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, John Wilbye, and several issues of "The Bach Choir Magazine", and some issues of "Robert Cocks & Co.'s Hand-book of glees, catches, canons, madrigals, part-songs, & c."
Subject
Madrigals, English.
Subject
Part songs, English.
Genre/Form
Scores.
Genre/Form
Madrigals (Music)
Genre/Form
Part songs.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Aldrich, Henry, 1647 - 1710 Catch on tobacco.
Added entry--name
Rackley Library former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B54117