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Add MS 17799
- Record Id:
- 032-002028258
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002028258
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000050.0x000231
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156353352.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 17799
- Title:
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Masque of "Cupid and Death," written by James Shirley, with music by Matthew Locke and Dr. Christopher Gibbons, and played before the Portuguese Ambassador, in 1653, and a transcript of this volume, enables a subsequent presentation at the Military Ground in Leicester Fields, in 1659.
- Scope & Content:
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Music: Masque of Cupid and Death by M. Locke.
Matthew Locke, composer: "Masque of Cupid and Death, " etc.
'Cupid and Death: a Masque by J[ame]s Shirley, 1653.' Presented before the Portuguese Ambassador, on the 26th of March of that year. The music by Matthew Lock and [Christopher] Gibbons. The characters are a Host, a Chamberlain, Cupid, Folly, Madness, Despair, Death, Nature, a Lover, Two Old Men and Women, a Satyr, Mercury and a 4-part chorus. Vol. I here contains a transcript made by Lock, for a later representation at the Military Ground in Leicester Fields, in 1659, and bears his initials on the cover.
THE INSTRUMENTALE and vocale musique in the morale representation at the millitary ground, in Lescestre Fields.", 1659. Cf. Times Literary
Supplement, 1934, p. 795. The representation was the masque of "Cupid and Death," written by James Shirley, with music by Matthew Locke and Dr. Christopher Gibbons, and played before the Portuguese Ambassador, in 1653. The present manuscript is by Matt. Locke. Paper. Folio. [Add. 17,799.]
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002028258
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002028258
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 of two volumes (36 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100156353352.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1659
- End Date:
- 1659
- Date Range:
- 1659
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper folio
- Custodial History:
- Vol. i appears to have belonged successively to Hannah Lanier, Dr. [Philip?] Hayes, and Edward Jones. In 1825, it was sold at Sotheby's auction-room, and was probably purchased by Sir H. R. Bishop.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)