Dr. Henry Watson, who bought it from a Charles Davis in 1909, judged it to be from about 1660. I asked the Manchester Library for any info on the provenance since very little seems to be known (see Paul Furnas' 1978 dissertation and his introduction to the facsimile). The librarian checked the manuscript and found that Dr. Watson had included Charles Davis' address inside the front cover! I looked up 1901 census records online and found he was a 53 year old bank clerk.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Rob MacKillop [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 1:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LUTE] Manchester Gamba Book > > I'm familar with the ms, Richard. The first piece in your > collection is also in Panmure 5. I recorded it in February > with the Parisian-based gamba player, Jonathan Dunford. It > will be released in July, 2010. I arranged it for viol and > baroque guitar. It has long been one of my favourite pieces. > Nice to see it arranged for lute. > > Do you have a date for the Manchester ms? No-one has yet come > up with a date when asked. I imagine 1640s... > > Cheers, > > Rob MacKillop > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
