A gift from a Limoges book collector, M. Christian Gaumy, this organ book, datind probably from the first quater of the eighteenth century, has been in the possession of the Limoges library since November 1992. It is an anonymus manuscript containing fifty-one pieces and came from the music library of a castel in the Limoges area. The quality of the writting shows that, even if he was not an organist, the copyist was familiar with music natation; the writing is flowing and clear, and there are few carrections. 

 At the end of the manuscript, the writer copied out a melody without text, perhaps from a motet, and another with a motet text. Two fragments of an unidentified duo, unfortunately torn, are attached to the volume.  The special inerest of this manuscript, appart from the pieces themselves, lies in the changes made on works by André Raison, and in the fact that, contrary to the practice of the period, all the works in a minor key end with a minor, not a major, chord. At the present, only thirteen of these pieces acn be attributed to composers; these are by  A. Raison, G. Julien et G. Corette.

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