24 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Collection, where the book will be exhibited along with them, 

 presented by the Darbar of the State of Zeend, Northern 

 India. 



The additions to the collection of Music have been of con- 

 siderable importance. Chief among them is a copy of the 

 " Syntagma Musicum " of Michael Prsetorius, a book of the 

 utmost importance in the history of music, and one which 

 has long been a desideratum for the Library, as it is believed 

 that only four complete copies of it are in the United King- 

 dom, three of them in private hands. Another interesting 

 acquisition is a first proof of the second part of J. S. Bach's 

 " Clavier-Uebung," containing many minute corrections and 

 alterations in the composer's handwriting. A comparison of 

 this proof with a later addition of the " Clavier-Uebung," 

 which was acquired at the same time, has shown that 

 part of the work had been entirely re-engraved before it 

 assumed its ultimate form. 



At the Heredia sale some very important acquisitions were 

 made. The most remarkable is the " Arte de Canto llano 

 Lux Videntis dicha " of Bartolomeo de Molina (Valladolid, 

 1506), which is probably the earliest technical treatise on 

 music extant in Spanish. The other musical works purchased 

 at this sale are as follows : " Libro de Musica de Vihuela, 

 intitolado Silva de Sirenas," by E. de Valderravano (Valla- 

 dolid, 1547); "Libro de Musica de Vihuela," by D. Pisador 

 (Salamanca, 1552) ; " Libro de Musica para Vihuela, intitolado 

 Orphenica Lyra," by M. de Fuenllana (Seville, 1554) ; and 

 " Libro llamado Arte de taner Fantasia, assi para Tecla como 

 para Vihuela," by T. de Sancta Maria (Valladolid, 15G5). All 

 are of the greatest rarity, and the " Orphenica Lyra " and 

 " Silva de Sirenas " possess an additional interest, as con- 

 taining many lyrics not to be found in the Cancioneros. 



Among other valuable acquisitions the following may be 

 mentioned : a copy of the " Compendium Musices " (Venice, 

 1509) ; the " Regula Musice " of Bonaventura de Brixia 

 (Venice, 1520); the " Introitus et Alleluia" of Placidius 

 - Falconius (Venice, 1575), an unusually large specimen of 

 music-printing from the Gardano press ; the four books of 

 " Laudi Spirituali," published by the Congregation of the 

 Oratory at Rome in 1589 ; four books of Motets (1616-19), by 

 Vincenzo Ugolini ; and a complete set of the Litanies (1682), 

 by G. P. Colonna. 



R. Garnett. 



