DICTIONARY OF MUSIC - El Atril

LIBEAlilES AND COLLECTIONS OF MUSIC 713
d. Arcliivio dul Duomo. A valuable collection
of sacred music, comprising MSS. of the 15th-
18tli centuries, and a few rare printed works of
tire 16th and 17th centuries. See Ehneo del
Maestri di Muska le cui composizioni si con-
servoiio iiclT Archivio Musicnle delta cappella
del Duomo di MUano (Appendix iii. n (toI. ii. ) of
Aniu'fll di'Ua Fahbrica del Duomo di MUano,
1877-85).
MoDENA. Biblioteca Ester se. The musical
collections here, both ilS. and prijited, are
important. The former contain valuable compositions
of the 15 til century, in which Dunstable
andhis English and foreign contemporaries
and immediate successors are unusually well
represented. There is a very rich collection of
MHS. by Stradella and many 18th-century
oratorios, operas, etc. The printed works are
almost entirely Italian and French, dating from
the 16th to the IStli centuries. For the latter
see V. Finzi : Bibliografia delle Stmnpe musicali
d.dlci R. Biblioteca Estense (^Rivista dclle Biblio-
teche, Ann. iii., iv. and v., containing careful
descriptions of 321 works, with a good Index).
The Stradella collection is described by A.
Catelani : Delle Opere di A. Stradella esistenti
neir Archivio musicale delta R. Bihtioteca Pala-
tina di Modcna. Elenco con prcfazione e note
(Modena, 1866). Librarian: Dr. I. Luisi.
MoN"TE Gassixo. Besides liturgical MSS.
and treatises of the llth-16th centuries, the
Aljbey Library contains a large collection of
Neapolitan Music in MS. (bequeathed liy ]\Iaes-
tro Kignano), including operas by A. Scarlatti,
Leo, Vinci, etc., and the autograph of Pergolesi's
'Stabat Mater.' A Martyrology of the 14th
century (formerly in the Cistercian monastery
• of SS. Vincent and Ajiastasius at Rome) is
bound up with a valuable collection of 15thand
early 16th-century compositions for one to
four voices, containing works by Bernardus,
Cornago, Dufay, Okegheni, Oriola, Gaforius,
Loyset Compere, Damianus, etc. The words are
Latin, French, Italian, and Spanish. Archivist
and Prior : Mons. Ambrogio Amelli.
MoxzA. The Biblioteca Capitolare contains
some valuable liturgical MSS. of the 10th-
14tli centuries.
Naples, a. The Bililioteca Nazionale possesses
some liturgical MSS. of the 12th and
13th centuries, and a little printed vocal music
of the 16th and 17th centuries. Prefect: Dr.
E. Martini,
b. Real Conservatorio di Musica (Conserva-
torio S. Pietro a Majella). The Library is
important for its collection of MS. Italian music
(especially of the Neapolitan school) of the 18th
and early 19th centuries. The printed works
date from 1550 to 1728, and include some rare
sets of madrigals printed at Naples. There is
also a good collection of libretti. Some account
of the contents of the library will be found in
F. Florimo's La Scuola Musicale di Napoli e i
duoi Conservatorii (3 vols. Naples, 1882). See
also Indici di tutti i Libri e Spartiti di Musica
che si conservano nelV Arcliivio del Real Conservato7-io
delta Pietd de TurcMni (Naples,
1801). Librarian : Cav. R. Pagliara.
NovAR.A. The archives of the Cathedral
contain some sacred vocal music, mostly of the
latter part of the 1 7th century.
Padua. a. Biblioteca Nazionale. This
Library contains a few printed musical works of
the 16th and 17th centuries.
b. The Biblioteca Universitaria contains MS.
French and Italian songs (for one and two voices)
of the 15th century ; MS. music in organ tablature
by Hasler, Erbach, Sweelinck, etc., and a
little printed vocal music of the 16th and 17th
centuries.
c. Tlie Library of the Episcopal Seminary
possesses a small collection of tlieories and
other music of the 16tli and 17th centuries.
Librarian : Prof. Stievauo.
d. S. Antonio. The archives of the Cappella
Antoniana contain some rare p)rinted music and
several autographs of Tartini. See G. Tebaldini
L' Archiino Musicale dctla Cappella Antoniema
in Padovcc, Itliistrazionc stori-co-criiica (Padua,
1895).
Parma. R. Istituto Musicale. The musical
works formerly in the Biblioteca Palatina of
Lucca are preserved here. Some of the earlier
printed works are described by Prof. G. Maruffi
in the Rivista dcllc Bibliolcchc (Anno iv.
p. 7).
Perugia. The Biblioteca Capitolare contains
some liturgical MSS., including an Antiphoner
of the 11th century.
Pesako. Biblioteca Oliveriana. A 16thcentury
MS. (songs and lute music) in this
Library is described by A. Saviotti in vol. xiv.
(1889) of the Gionutte Storico dclla Littcratura
Ilaliana. Director : Marchese C. Antaldi.
PisA. The University Library contains a
few theoretical works and a copy of Bucchianti's
'Arie, Scherzi e Madrigali' (Venice, 1627). Librarian
: Prof. XJ. Morini.
Rome. a. Vatican Library. The music in
this library chiefly consists of liturgical and
theoretical works. The former—both printed
and MS.— are especially valuable, and there are
many MS. treatises from the 10th to the 15th
century. A collection of French Troubadour
songs (13th and 14th centuries) and a manuscript
(in the Urbino collection) containing
vocal compositions of the 15th century (Dunstable,
Binchois, Ciconia, etc.) majf also be men-
tioned, but the contents of the library are still
but imperfectly known. See H. Ehrensberger :
Libri liturgici Bibliotliccae Apostolicae Vaticaiute
vianuscripti (Freiburg, Breisgau, 1897) ; H.
Stevenson ; Inventario del Libri Stampate Palatino-Valicani
(Rome, voL i. 1886-89; vol. ii.
1886-91); G. Salvo Cozzo : / Codici Capponiani
delta BMioteca Vaticana (Rome, 1897) ;
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