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1. Royal Appendix MS 36-40

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Royal Appendix MS 36-40
Title:
'QUADRAGINTA ET SEX Cantiones in Italica lingua (quod vulgo vocant Madrigali) ad quinque voces, composite ab Innocentio Alberti de Taruisio inpresentiarum musico illustrissimi . . . domini Alfonsi, ducis Ferrarie, et ab illo notate ac scripte'; A. D. 1568. In parts. Dedicated 'pro illustrissimo . . . Henrico [Fitzalan] comiti (sic) de Arundelle'. Five volumes. See Cat. of Music, ii, p. 129. Paper; ff. 50, 48, 48, 48, 48. 61/2 in. x 81/2 in, A.D. 1568. Belonged to [John, Lord] Lumley, who ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1568
Extent:
5 items

2. Royal Appendix MS 59-62

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Royal Appendix MS 59-62
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'GALLYARDESS and Neapolytans songes of 3 and 4 partes' (title at end of vol. IV), by anonymous composers. Four volumes, the first part of each volume containing the dances (written for 4 strings), and the second part the Neapolitan Canzoni or Madrigals (with one exception for 3 voices). See Cat. of Music, ii, p. 1315; iii, p. 202. Paper; ff. 44, 27, 43, 44. 8 in. x 53/4 in. XVI cent. Original dark leather binding (called blue in the Lumley cat.) with gilt tooling (see Weale, Bookbindings in...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
4 items

3. Royal Appendix MS 45-48

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Royal Appendix MS 45-48
Title:
Masses and Motets, in parts, by Nicolas Ludford.
Scope & Content:
Masses for each day of the week, in parts, by Nicolas Ludford. They appear to be for tenor, contra-tenor, treble and 2nd tenor voices; but the part contained in vol. iv is apparently incomplete. passim: Offertoria, etc., introduced in some Masses by Nicolas Ludford. In parts. The first seven a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
before 1533
Extent:
4 volumes (62, 69, 68, 27 folios)

4. Royal Appendix MS 41-44

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Royal Appendix MS 41-44
Title:
CHANSONS for 4 voices, in parts. French words. Anonymous, probably of the time of Henry VIII. Four volumes. See Cat. of Music, ii, p. 134. Paper; ff. 17, 17, 17, 17. 51/2 in. x 8 in. Second quarter of XVI cent. The Royal arms are stamped on the covers. Not in the old catalogues.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
4 items

5. Royal Appendix MS 12-16

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Royal Appendix MS 12-16
Title:
Lamentations for the Holy Week, in vocal parts, by an anonymous composer.
Scope & Content:
passim. Three Antiphons to the ‘Benedictus,’ added at the end of each of the Lamentations for the last three days in Holy Week. For 4 voices, in parts. 1. ‘Traditor autem dedit eis signum.’ i, f. 4b; ii, iii, f. 5; iv, f. 10. 2. ‘Posuerunt super caput eius causam ipsius.’ i, ii, f. 8b; iii, f. 9...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:

5 volumes (Part books)

6. Royal Appendix MS 63

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Royal Appendix MS 63
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Scope & Content:
METRICAL PSALMS or Anthems for 4 and 5 voices, being Sir William Leighton's Tears or Lamentations of a Sorrowful Soul, 1614. Cantus part only, with accompaniments for lute (in tablature) and treble viol written below. The other composers named are J. Bull, W. Bird, J. Coperario, J. Dowland, Alph...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1614
Extent:
1 item

7. Royal Appendix MS 56

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Royal Appendix MS 56
Title:
16th century compositions for organ, by anonymous authors
Scope & Content:
Organ pieces, written on double staves of 6 or 7 lines each, apparently in England. Anonymous. 1. 'Felix namque.' f. 1b. 2. 'Non expecto.' f. 6b. 3. 'Beata viscera.' f. 7. 4-6. Three pieces without titles. ff. 12b, 13b, 14b. 7. 'Kirie,' 'Christe,' and 'Miserere'; probably from a Mass. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 volume (32 folios)

8. Royal Appendix MS 17-22

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Royal Appendix MS 17-22
Title:
Motets, including Christmas Day Carols, for voices, in parts, apparently by John Dyricke, or Theodoricus Gerarde.
Scope & Content:
Passim:- Motets for 6 to 10 voices, in parts, apparently by [John] Dyricke [ = Theodoricus] Gerarde, whose name is found in most of the volumes. Unless the contrary is stated, each volume contains one part, vol. i containing the superius; vol. ii, contra-tenor; vol. iii, tenor; vol. iv, bass; v...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1560-1590
Extent:
6 volumes (64 folios)

9. Royal Appendix MS 23-25

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Royal Appendix MS 23-25
Title:
Collection of secular and sacred Motets, including one for Christmas Day, Madrigals, a Miserere, an Anthem, suspected composed by Derick Gerarde, and in parts.
Scope & Content:
passim. Superius, contra-tenor, and tenor parts of a collection of Motets, etc., made, if not composed, by Dyricke Gerarde, whose name occurs (in that form) at the end of vol. i, and the beginning of vol. ii. The folios are the same in each volume, unless the contrary is stated. 1. ‘Angelus Domi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
3 volumes (Part books: 44, 42, 43 folios respectively)

10. Royal Appendix MS 26-30

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Royal Appendix MS 26-30
Title:
Collection of sacred and secular Motets, including one for Christmas Day, and Madrigals, in parts, suspected by Derick Gerarde.
Scope & Content:
passim. Chansons, etc., for 4, 5, and 6 voices, in parts, by Derick Gerarde. Autograph(?). The five volumes contain respectively 'superius,' contra-tenor (and 'medius'), tenor (and 2nd bass), bass, and 'quintus' (and 'sextus') parts. Unless the contrary is stated, they are for 5 voices. 1. 'Die ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
5 volumes (26, 26, 27, 25, 27 folios)