Early Music: Rare Music Manuscripts, Printed Music and Books from the Library of Arnold Dolmetsch (1858-1940)

Early Music: Rare Music Manuscripts, Printed Music and Books from the Library of Arnold Dolmetsch (1858-1940)

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P. Philips. [Les rossignols spirituels...regaillardis au prime-vere de l'an 1621, 1621]

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September 14, 02:22 PM GMT

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5,000 - 8,000 GBP

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Philips, Peter


[Les rossignols spirituels. Liguez en duo: dont les meilleurs accords, nommément le Bas, relèvent du Seigneur Pierre Philippes...Regaillardis au prime-vere de l'an 1621, Valenciennes: Jean Vervliet, 1621]


3-257, [1] pages, 8vo (12.5 x 7.3cm), type-set music, various contemporary inscriptions to pastedowns, stamp of "M Bottée de Toulmon [?]" to A2, Dolmetsch Library stamp and pencil shelfmark ("II B 38") to photocopy of preliminaries, contemporary vellum, repaired at upper hinge with translucent adhesive tape, lacking all leaves before A2, and 3 leaves at end,supplied in photocopy,browning and some damp-staining to margins, binding soiled


EXTREMELY RARE. We have traced no record of this volume at auction in modern times. RISM lists only 5 copies in Belgium, France, Great Britain and Russia.


In 1615 the English composer and organist Peter Philips (c.1561-1628) was invited to contribute to Les rossignols spirituels, a collection of adaptations of popular tunes (to which Philips added simple bass parts) set to verses in French for the education of children. The collection is notable for containing three four-part Latin pieces, one being an otherwise unknown Hodie Maria virgo caelos ascendos for three sopranos and tenor by Palestrina. It is speculated that Philips may have obtained the piece personally from Palestrina during his time in Rome (1582-1585). There were four editions of Les rossignols spirituels, those of 1616, 1621, 1631 and 1647.


LITERATURE:

RISM P 1984; Recueils, p.476; TNG, xix, p.590

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