Egerton MS 2451

ff. 1-92, passim. Motets for several voices, with a figured bass for organ (unless the contrary is stated), in score; 19th cent. Apparently transcribed by Abbate F. Santini for Rev. E. Goddard, to whom the whole volume afterwards belonged. 1. ‘Benedictus‘ (for two choirs of 4 voices each). ‘Alessandro Melani.’ f. 1. 2. ‘Dixit Dominus’ (in the 8 modes). 'Giovanni Molinari, Romano.’ f. 14. 3. ‘Aurea luce’ (hymn for 2 solo voices, with two choirs of 4 voices each). ‘Nicolaus Jommelli, 1750.’ f. 23. 4. ‘Tu es sacerdos’: fugue from the ‘Dixit’ (in the 8th mode, for two choirs of 4 voices each). ‘Giuseppe Jannacconi.’ f. 45. 5. ‘Memento, Domine, David’ (for 4 voices, without accompaniment). 'Domenico Scarlatti.’ f. 65. 6. ‘Protexisti me, Deus’; described as ‘II concorso’ (for 5 voices, without accompaniment). ‘Durante.’ f. 86b.

ff. 39-43b 'Hæc dies quam fecit Dominus‘; for 2 choruses of 4 voices each, with a figured bass for organ, in score, by David Perez; 18th cent. Sung at St. Peter's, Rome, on Easter Sunday. Copied by, or for, — Jubilli.

ff. 53-64. 'Spirto di Dio'; for 4 voices, with pianoforte accompaniment, in score, composed by Antonio Lotti [in 1736?], to be sung before the Doge of Venice; 19th cent. Apparently in the hand of Abbate F. Santini.

ff. 92b-99. 'Capriccio fugato a dodici,' in score, by [Alessandro ?] Scarlatti; 19th cent. In the hand of Abbé F. Santini.

ff. 100-141. 'Missa pro Defuntis,' in F, for 4 voices, in score, by Claudio Casciolinio, 'Romano.' It ends with the 'Libera me,' followed by a short 'Kyrie.'; about 1830. The first words of each movement are sung in plainsong. Belonged to the Rev. E. Goddard, who states in a note at the beginning that he heard it performed at St. Peter's, on the anniversary of the death of Leo XII (in 1830).