Tome 1e.

(French Songs. Manuscript.) RECUEIL DE CHANSONS

Tome 1e.

Description: manuscript in ink on paper, one leaf, the verso of which is p. 48 with apparently a cancel pasted on, this leaf a little defective in the margin (no loss), minor soiling, ink splashes, &c, pp. 226, [8, Index], 8vo, contemporary cat's paw calf, spine gilt in compartments, slightly worn

Publication Details: [France:] 18th-century, after 1768

Notes: Although both the title-page and the spine proclaim this Tom. I, the volume, with its own index, is complete in itself. It is written in a single neat hand, with some crossings out and minor emendations, the Index in the same hand bit on slightly smaller paper (inserted at end). A seemingly later hand has also been through the volume, making a few corrections.A fascinating collection of pre-Revolutionary French popular songs, with, in most instances, a note of the air to which they should be sung. The airs are popular too, but at least once, a tune strays in from art music, namely an unspecif...moreAlthough both the title-page and the spine proclaim this Tom. I, the volume, with its own index, is complete in itself. It is written in a single neat hand, with some crossings out and minor emendations, the Index in the same hand bit on slightly smaller paper (inserted at end). A seemingly later hand has also been through the volume, making a few corrections.A fascinating collection of pre-Revolutionary French popular songs, with, in most instances, a note of the air to which they should be sung. The airs are popular too, but at least once, a tune strays in from art music, namely an unspecified one from the 12-year-old Mozart's Bastien et Bastienne. There are amourous songs, some bawdy, drinking songs, sentimental songs, remembrances of youth. HIDE