COLLECTION OF PIECES FOR SOLO LYRA VIOL; mid 17th cent.-circa 1680. The named pieces in tablature include ones by Charles Coleman, Drew, John Esto, Sir Edward Golding, J. Grome, Simon Ives, John Jenkins, William Lawes, John Lilly, Thomas Mace, Steiffkins, Robert Wadham, and William Young. Also included are many anonymous pieces in tablature and, in staff notation, two sets of divisions (one by Henry Butler), and the bass part of a piece by John Banister. Reversing the volume (ff. 38-77) is a...
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Music: Collection of pieces for solo lyra viol: mid 17th cent. - circa 1680: Partly printed. includes: ff. 38-77 Christopher Simpson, viola player and musical writer: Printed Matter: `The Division - Violist' by Christopher Simpson: 1659: Printed.