Provenance: Unknown. According to Rudolf Rasch, one of the previous owner of this collection may have been Jean‑Georges Kastner (1810‑1867), though he was neither the copyist nor the original owner. Rasch also suggests an English provenance for most of the collection.
Description: A manuscript collection of works by various authors. This collection contains several sonatas by Scarlatti: K4, K41, and K30 (incomplete).
Watermarks: Pro Patria; IV (Jean Villedary); IVDL (Jan Pieterszoon van der Ley).
Copyist: A single hand is responsible for all of the Scarlatti (possibly an English hand).
Comments: In the top corner of the incomplete K30 the following annotation can be found: ‘The Subject is Said to’ve been / taking [sic] from a Cat walking on / & Harp:d’.
For a detailed analysis of this collection, see Rudolf Rasch, ‘Lost and Found: “Apri le luci e mira”, an Aria from Vivaldi’s Opera Ginevra, principessa di Scozia’, Studi Vivaldiani 19 (2019), 65-83 (accessible here).
Date: Rasch dates this collection to c1740.
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