Record ID
313954
Accession number
PMC 2104
Creator
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Object title
Ten sonatas in four parts / compos'd by the late Mr. Henry Purcell.
Uniform title
Sonatas, violins (2), bass instrument, continuo, Z. 802-811
Published
London : Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Frances Purcell ... and are to be sold by B. Aylmer ... W. Henchman ... and Henry Playford, 1697.
Credit line
Purchased on the Cary Fund in 2008.
Provenance
Alfred Moffat; Otto Haas (catalogue no. 20).
Inscriptions/Markings
Alfred Moffat's signature, dated 4 July 1924 is on the flyleaf of each part.
Notes
For 2 violins, bass instrument and continuo; parts for violino primo, violino secundo, bassus, through bass for the harpsichord, or organ.
Title from violino primo part.
Each part has brief t.p.: Mr. Henry Purcell's sonata's ...
Dedication made by Frances Purcell.
Title from violino primo part.
Each part has brief t.p.: Mr. Henry Purcell's sonata's ...
Dedication made by Frances Purcell.
Associated names
Heptinstall, John, printer.
Moffat, Alfred, 1866-1950, former owner.
Moffat, Alfred, 1866-1950, former owner.
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