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1. Add MS 29996

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Add MS 29996
Title:
Motets, madrigals, fancies, by Thomas Tomkins and others, interspersed with political verses and satires, recipes etc.
Scope & Content:
Motets, madrigals, fancies, etc., annotated throughout by Thomas Tomkins, with some of his own compositions. The composers named are - Kyrton, ff. 6, 7 b. John Redford, ff. 6 b, 11, 17, 22 b, 36, 37, 40 b, 42 b. Richard Wynslate, f. 20. - Avere [Avory], f. 25. Philip Apprys [Price], of St. Paul'...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Add MS 31922

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Add MS 31922
Title:
A collection of songs, ballads, and instrumental pieces, composed early in the reign of Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
passim. Compositions for 3 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in parts, apparently written early in the reign of Henry VIII (see for 1882-1887, p. 7). {Severeal published by the Roxburghe Club in 1912} {See J. E. Stevens 'Rounds and Canons from an early Tudor Song Book', Music and Letters,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume (129 folios)

3. Add MS 39572

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Title:
COLLECTION of anthems, in score, begun by R[ichard] Guise in 1768, and apparently in his hand. The composers are Henry VIII (?), W. Mundy, O. Gibbons, Tallis, Byrd, Tye, Bull, Child, Blow, R. Parsons, Weldon, Stroud, C. King, Jeremiah Clark, Church, Boyce, [E.] Blake, Aldrich, and Goldwin. At f. 131 there are some chants by R. Cooke and James Turle (1836). Paper; ff. i + 131. A.D. 1768, etc. Quarto. Bookplate of arms of Robert Smith [of St. Paul's Churchyard]. Presented by the same.
Scope & Content:
Bookplates: Smith (Robert), of St. Paul's Churchyard.: 18th-19th cent. Richard Guise: Wrote (?): in 1768. Robert Smith, of St Paul's Churchyard: Bookplates of arms (two types, one having motto underneath): 18th-19th cent. includes: f. 2 Henry VIII of England: Anthem attrib. to.: Copy, circ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1768
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 53749

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Add MS 53749
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Scope & Content:
APIVOR MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XI. Early songs; 1935-1939, n.d. Pencil scores. ff. 56. Principal size 295 x 235mm. Songs 1-19 below are bound in a quarter cloth binding bearing the title 'Collected Songs, Vol. 1' in the hand of the composer. Contents: 1. ff. 3-4v. 'Quho is at my window' (text: A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935-1939
Extent:
1 item

5. K.1.e.1.

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K.1.e.1.
Title:
VOCAL MUSIC; after 1530. Probably for three or four voices. The alto part, inserted in ink at the end of a printed collection of ‘xx sōges, ix of iiii partes and xi of thre partes’, by English composers, 1530. Purchased, 4 Apr. 1864. ff. 7. 143 x 191mm. Blind-stamped leather binding. 1. ff. 1v-3. ‘Samoht Notterts’, sc. Thomas Stretton: ‘Behold and see how byrds dothe fly’. 2. ff. 4-7. ‘By a banke as I ley’, with second part, ‘The nyghtyngalle, ye lady and mestres of alle musyk’ and third ...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1v-3 Thomas Stretton, composer: Alto part to the song 'Behold and see how byrds dothe fly': after 1530: Copy.ff. 4-7 Music: Henry VIII of England: Alto part to the song 'By a banke as I ley' , in praise of Henry VIII: after 1530.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1530
Extent:
1 item

6. R.M.24.d.2

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R.M.24.d.2
Title:
The Baldwin Collection of Motets, etc.: circa 1600, unless otherwise dated.
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. A volume in the script throughout of John Baldwin of Windsor (excepting ff. 87b-89), containing 203 motets, instrumental pieces, canons and contrapuntal exercises by various 16th century composers, some in score, some in separate parts. There are prefatory and concluding ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1590-1606
Extent:
1 item