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Contrapuntal sketch

Indentified by Nicholas Marston as a contrapuntal sketch using figured-bass notation to express the intervals between two invertible voices; the upper two staves to be read in the treble clef, the lower in the bass clef.. Fragment, written on one side only, cut from a larger leaf (possible from the bottom inner edge of an oblong quarto leaf), 3 staves visible, 4.5 x 6.4 cm, in brown ink, stitch hole (?from a sketchbook
Item Information
Material Type
Contrapuntal studies
Record Number
Cs3
Provenance
From an English album assembled in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Auction Information
Auction House
Bonhams
Lot Number
532
Date of Sale
11/8/2005
Sold to
unknown
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking
Manuscript
Estimate Price
1000-1500 GBP
Sale Price
873 GBP
Sale Price in U.S Currency
$1528.00
Hammer Price
800 GBP