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MS Mus. 141

Record Id:

032-001946190

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001946190

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MS Mus. 141

Title:

MS Mus. 141. MICHEL MORIN’S MUSIC BOOK; circa 1725. Variations on ‘La folia’ for keyboard, followed by eleven unaccompanied airs à boire for solo voice, twelve for duet, and a solo bass tune. Written in ink by two scribes, the first (ff. 1-16) for the keyboard music and solos, the second (ff. 16-24) for the duets. Only one vocal part of the duets is written. The name of ‘(Monsieur) Michel Morin’ is written repeatedly on ff. ii and 24, in one case as ‘Monstre marin Espece de Mathematique’. The airs are for soprano unless stated otherwise. Purchased from Lisa Cox, 5 March 1998.

ff. ii + 24. 182 x 258mm. Marbled wrappers.

1. ff. 1-11. ‘Follia’. 24 variations on ‘La folia’, for keyboard. The version of the melody is the same as that used in Corelli’s Sonata op.5 no.12.

2. f. 11v. ‘Dieu d’amour, remoin de mes peines’, ‘1721 air De Mr. Desmarais’.

3. f. 12. ‘Que vois-je grands dieux c’est l’aurore’, ‘air a Boire de Mr. Guinard 1721’. For bass.

4. f. 12v. ‘Enchanté du beau feu’, ‘Air nouveau’.

5. f. 13. ‘Plus belle que l’aurore’, ‘Brunette 1721’.

6. f. 13v. ‘Si les me pris de ton Fris’, ‘Menuet 1721’.

7. f. 14. ‘Chantez petits Oyseaux’. Preceded by the start of a duo, deleted.

8. f. 14v. ‘Printems dont le retour si brillant’.

9. ff. 15, 24v. ‘Viens charmante annette’, ‘Pastorale 1721’. Duet for two sopranos. The words for the eight verses are written on f. 24v.

10. f. 15. ‘Ma musette sur l’herbette’, ‘Musette. Rondeau’.

11. f. 15v. ‘Bacchus vaut cent fois mieux’, ‘Le maire 1721’.

12. f. 15v. ‘Basse Bouseiller’. For solo bass instrument.

13. f. 16. ‘Hâtez vous, doux printemps’, ‘Printems 1722 avril’.

14. f. 16. ‘À Bacchus je suis fidèle’. The upper part of a duet also found in Add. 17785, ff. 138v-9.

15. ff. 16v-17. ‘Dieu du sommeil’. The upper part of a duet also found in MS 41 of the Music Library of the University of California, Berkeley, pp. 231-3.

16. f. 17. ‘Un jour le grand collecteur Blaise’. The upper part of a duet also found in Add. 17785, ff. 204v-5v, 30840, f. 53 and 30841, f. 51, and in another key in R.M.23.f.17., ff. 56-7.

17. f. 18. ‘Grégoire vantoit à Colin’. The upper part of a duet found complete in Add. 17785, ff. 160-1v and R.M.23.f.17., ff. 71v-3.

18. ff. 18v-19. ‘Lucas pour se gosser de nous’. The upper part of a duet found complete in Add. 17785, ff. 116v-17v, 30840, f. 47 and 30841, f. 46, and in another key in R.M.23.f.17., ff. 61v-3. Attributed elsewhere to Rameau.

19. ff. 19v-20. ‘Revenez liberté charmante’. For bass. The lower part of a duet found in another key in two MSS in Stockholm: Kungliga Musikaliska Akademiens Bibliotek MS 2 S-R, pp. 131-4 and Kungliga Bibliotek MS S 239, pp. 104-5.

20. f. 20. ‘Un usurier sur son grimoire’. For bass. The lower part of a duet found complete in Stockholm MS 2 S-R, pp. 85-8 and Brussels, Bibliothèque royale MS III 1507 Mus, ff. 94r-95v.

21. ff. 20v-21. ‘Quel orage imprevû’. For bass. The upper part of a duet found complete in Add. 30840, f. 89 and Add. 30841, f. 83.

22. ff. 21v-2v. ‘Rien ne peut calmer ma douleur’. The lower part of a duet, for bass.

23. f. 22v. ‘Le vin sans l’amour ne sauvoit plaire l’amour’. The lower part of a duet, for bass.

24. ff. 22v-3. ‘J’ai perdu l’apetit, o douleur’. For bass. The lower part of a duet found in Add. 17785, ff. 188v-9 and R.M.24.i.2., ff. 14v-15.

25. f. 24v. ‘Les fêtes quand y fair biau’, ‘Parodie sur l’air vous qui donnez de l’amour &c.’. Words only. The words and melody to ‘Vous qui donnés de l’Amour’ are found in Add. 17785, f. 112.

Scope & Content:

Music: Keyboard music and airs à boire: circa 1735: Fr.

includes:

f. 11v Henri Desmarets, composer: Song, 'Dieu d'amour, remoin de mes peines': circa 1735: Fr: Copy.
f. 12 Guinard, composer: Song, 'Que vous-je grands dieux c'est l'aurore': circa 1735: Fr: Copy.
f. 13 Brunetti, composer: Song, 'Plus belle que l'aurore', possibly by — Brunetti: circa 1725: Fr.
ff. 18v-19 Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer and theorist: Song, 'Lucas pour se gausser de nous' sometimes attributed to Jean-Philippe Rameau: circa 1735: Fr: Copy.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

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Music Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1720

End Date:

1730

Date Range:

c 1725

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Custodial History:

Lisa Cox, antiquarian music dealer: Sold, in 1998.

Michel Morin, musician: Owned, in 18th cent.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Brunetti, —, composer
Cox, Lisa, antiquarian music dealer
Desmarets, Henri, composer, 1661-1741
Guinard, -, composer, fl 1735
Morin, Michel, musician
Rameau, Jean-Philippe, composer and theorist, 1683-1764