Long thought lost, Sherlock Holmes monograph on the motets of Lassus has finally emerged into the daylight. The musicologist and Sherlockian scholar, Michael Procter, discovered the notes Holmes had forgotten inside the 1604 Magnum Opus Musicum in the Bavarian State Library in Munich, and in a piece of detective work to match those of Holmes himself has reconstructed the monograph, based on his own editing of the pieces concerned, the posthumous cycle he has entitled Melancholia. With the story of the discovery, an introduction, copious annotations and two essays on Holmes and Depression - and - Lassus and Melancholia, this slim booklet will be welcomed by music scholars and Sherlockians alike.
ISBN 978-1-4716-0127-9
48 pages, trade paperback.
From the editor 8.50 Euros plus postage
(Germany 1.45 Euros, rest of world 3.45 Euros)
Or to order from www.lulu.com and soon on Amazon etc.
Also available as a printable PDF 3.00 Euros.
The database is an Excel spreadsheet with well over 9,000 entries, created and maintained by Philip K. Jones. Please notify him of errors and omissions by email to Philip K Jones. The database is in READ-ONLY mode to avoid misuse: contact Philip for any changes. This Word document explains and clarifies the content.
Philip's other major contribution to Sherlockian studies is his analysis of the Untold Tales, which allocates 4-letter codes like those of Jay Finley Christ (also to be found here) to the stories referred to so tantalisingly by Holmes or Watson in the Canon.Also on this site is "Elegant solution for a Sherlock Holmes Library" by Michael Procter, described here.