Manuscripts from the library of Sir John Hawkins, 18th-century writer on music. The manuscripts date from the early 16th to the 18th centuries, with most being 18th-century copies.
HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. X (ff. 43). 'Traité de la Musique Moderne avec quelques Remarques sur la Musique Ancienne par A. D. V.'; 1702. A.D V: 'Traité de La Musique Moderne',: 1702.
HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. V (ff. 70). 'Theorica Musicae Franchini Gafuri Laudensis'; early 16th cent. MS. copy, with annotations in a later hand, of the 2nd edition (1492) of the work by Franchino Gaforio. Franchino Gafori, writer on music: 'Theorica musice': 1492: Copy, 16th cent. (with notes).
HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. VIII (ff. 31). Quotations from the 'Deipnosophistae' of Athenaeus, concerning ancient musical instruments; 18th cent. Latin. Athenaeus, of Naucratis: Extracts rel. to musical instruments, from his 'Deipnosophistae': 18th cent.: Lat.
Hawkins Collection. Vol. VI. 'Brevis Musicae Isagoge', by Johann Fries of Zurich
Scope & Content:
Settings of works by classical authors, for 4 equal voices, scored from 1555. From the printed edition, the dedication of which is dated 1554, it appears that only one of the parts (retained from the original edition of 1550) was by Frisius himself, the other three being added by his friend Hen...
HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. XII (ff. 40). 'Utile e breue (sic) regule di canto compostte per Maestro Zoanne di Spadari [Giovanni di Spataro] da Bologna'; 1510. Giovanni di Spataro, of Bologna: 'Utile e breve regule di canto': 1510.
HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. XIII (ff. 46). Extracts relating to music and musical instruments, from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1670-1702, made by James Grassineau; 1743. Royal Society: Extracts from 'Philosophical Transactions' (1670-1702), chiefly rel. to music: 1743. J...
HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. IX (ff. 63). 'Observations concerning Musick made ... 1705 or -06 ... by the Reverend Mr. [Arthur] Bedford, Chaplain to the Haberdasher's Hospital at Hoxton, near London'. Belonged, early 18th cent., to the Rev. Edward de Chair, minor canon of St. Paul's Cathedral. Arth...