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Manuscript score ‘VI Duetti Madrigaleschi’.

[Italian, late eighteenth century?]

Oblong folio, ff. 53, ink on paper, staves ruled in manuscript, written on three systems; in very good condition in contemporary quarter roan and red diced paper boards, gilt roll-tool border, front cover lettered gilt, spine chipped at head and foot, edges worn; stamp to title-page of Friederike of Prussia (1796–1850).

£850

Approximately:
US $1115  €1015

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A collection of six madrigals for two voices, comprising ‘La Moglie gelosa’, ‘Il Pellegrino’, ‘Il Vanegio’, ‘L’ambizio indigente’, ‘Il Pazzo inamorato’, ‘Il Maestro di Cappella che compone alla Mosaica’.

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