The Ranums' Panat Times

Bulletin board about manuscript "XLI"

Discovered at the Lilly Library: manuscript "XLI,"
an autograph theoretical work by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
(late 1698)

There are several parts to this Musing:

PROLOGUE: the discovery

PART I: the volume at the Lilly Library

PART II: Marc-Antoine Charpentier the Theorist

PART III: Marc-Antoine Charpentier as a drafter of composition manuals

PART IV: Proof and Conclusion

See also my complementary Musings about this manuscript and its broader context