[Divine office, or, liturgy of the hours/Opus dei]

[Divine office, or, liturgy of the hours/Opus dei]

Paper; f. 1, although cut ca. in half (?); the fragments now hold 5 lines of text, in a script imitative of Roman font, and the same number of 5-line staves for music in square notation. Rubrics in red.

Produced in the northern part of Europe possibly during the 17th century. In the upper left corner of the verso, the standard label, "No. 3<?>, Elson Collection." Belonged to Louis Charles Elson (1848-1920) who was a professor of music theory and history at the New England Conservatory of Music from age 34 onwards; he had begun studying music with his mother, then went on to study in Leipzig; he composed songs, operetta and works for the piano, but mainly he studied and wrote on the history of music; he published in a number of Boston newspapers, and was the editor-in-chief of Modern Music and Musicians (1912; 20 vols.) and of the University Musical Encyclopedia (1912-14; 10 vols.), among the ca. 50 items that he published over the course of his life. The collection of medieval fragments of music that had belonged to Louis Charles Elson was acquired in 1924 by the Grosvenor Library in Buffalo NY; this library, together with the Erie County Library and the Buffalo Public Library merged in 1953 to form today's Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. This leaf (presumably because it is not dated to medieval or Renaissance times) was not described by De Ricci. Elson no. 26.

R: From the Divine Office, parts of the service for Good Friday, in the 3rd Nocturn; see, for example, the Liber usualis with Introduction and Rubrics in English, ed. by the Benedictines of Solesmes (Tournai, 1950) pp. 682-684. -- V: From the Divine Office, parts of the service for Good Friday, at Lauds; see, for example, the Liber usualis with Introduction and Rubrics in English, ed. by the Benedictines of Solesmes (Tournai, 1950) pp. 689-690.

Formerly classified as RBR MSS. C33F7 900Z, item 3

Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1209, n. 2 (although this fragment is not mentioned)

[17th century]

2023-12-14

Louis C. Elson Collection. no. 26

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Text

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1 leaf (fragment) of music ; 20.5 x 30 cm

paper

RBR Mss. C33D58 1600z

[Northern Europe]

Recto: //libera me, Domine, quia occupaverunt animam meam. Psalmus, Eripe me de inimicis meis Deus meus et ab insurgentibus in me libera me. Antiphona, Longe fecisti notos meos a me traditus sum et non egrediebar. Psalmus, Domine Deus salutis meae, in die clamavi et nocte co<ram te>// -- Verso: //suo non pepercit Deus sed pro nobis omnibus tradidit illum. Psalmus, Miserere mei Deus secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. Antiphona, Anxiatus est super me spiritus meus in me turbatum est cor meum. Psalmus, Domine exaudi orationem meam auribus percipe obsecrationem meam in veritate tua exau<di me in tua iustitia>//