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Gli inventari dei «libri di musica» di Giovan Battista Vulpio (1705–1706). Nuova luce sulla «original Stradella collection»

Author Eleonora Simi Bonini – Arnaldo Morelli
Series Recercare - Rivista per lo studio e la pratica della musica antica - Journal for the study and practice of early music
Size 17×24, pp. 230
Year 2016
ISBN 9788870968996

The article illustrates the extraordinary music collection Giovan Battista Vulpio (c.1631–1705), a singer of the papal chapel and composer, through two inventories compiled in 1705 and again in 1706, which are transcribed in the appendix. The documents reveal that the collection included more than two hundred manuscripts, as well as some printed works, of outstanding seventeenth-century composers, such as Stradella, Luigi Rossi, Carissimi, Pasquini and others. Some hypothesis are made on the possible origin of the collection. In many cases names and works, listed in the inventories in unclear forms, have been identified. At least thirteen volumes of Vulpio collection have been traced in Italian and European public libraries. The search for surviving volumes among those listed in the inventories allows us to definitely prove that the so called “original Stradella collection” — as defined by Owen Jander —, including some autographs by the composer, comes entirely from the Vulpio collection.