Parthenia, or The maydenhead of the first musicke that ever was printed for the virginalls

Goltzius, Hendrick (1558-1617) (after a work of)

Hole, William (before 1600-1624)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
ca. 1612-1613
Technique / Medium:
engraving
Place of creation:
London (England)

    Item location

  • Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
    [Museum inv. no.: Arch. A c.11]

Description

A young woman playing virginal, with a music book open on the rack (no musical notation depicted).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Virginal [2257]

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Bibliographic references

Dart, Thurston. "The History of Mayden-Musicke", Bulletin of the New York Public Library 65 (1961) 209–228.

Miromonde, A.P. de. Sainte-Cécile: Métamorphoses d'un thème musical (Genève: Editions Minkoff, 1974) pl. 114a. ISBN 2826605208. RILM 1974-1616.

Notes

Title page for Parthenia, or The Maydenhead of the First Musicke that ever was Printed for the Virginalls (RISM B/I, 161314).

RIdIM record id

764