Novello MS
Yale University, Beinecke Library, Osborn Music Ms. 533
Provenance and Date: Brussels, c.1650
Time Frame: 1650-1700
Notes: Includes works by Cornet, Froberger, Sweelinck, and van den Kerckhoven. A few works are dated 1651. A note by Vincent Novello, dated 1841, establishes him as the one-time owner. It now forms part of the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection of Yale’s Beinecke Library. The MS, also known as the Novello Organ Book and as the Osborn MS can be viewed online at:
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