PERGOLESI: STABAT MATER DOLOROSA

MS 5434/2
MS Short Title PERGOLESI: STABAT MATER DOLOROSA
Text GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI: STABAT MATER DOLOROSA
Description MS in Latin and Italian on paper, Napoli, 1750-1800, 136 pp., 22x31 cm, single column, (18x28 cm), music notation on 10 ruled lines by copyist, title with elaborate flourishes.
Binding Napoli, 1750-1800, mottled sheep gilt, sewn of 2 cords.
Context Stabat Mater is Pergolesi's (1710-1736) most famous work. It was published in London in 1749, but circulated also widely in manuscript.
Provenance 1. Marie-Louise-Fidéle de Talleyrand-Périgord, Napoli (1785-1799); 2. Auguste-Louis Talleyrand-Périgord, Paris (1799-1832); 3. Quaritch cat. 1390 (2009):57, acquired Dec. 2009.
Place of origin Napoli
Dates 1750-1800