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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 30016-30021

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Add MS 30016-30021
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Collection of madrigals by John Wilbye, Thomas Weelkes, William Byrd, Giovan Ferretti, Alfonso Ferrabosco, Luca Marenzio, Gianetto Palestina, Orlando di Lasso, Giovan Battista Pinello, Giovanni Petraloysio Prenestino and other composers of the 16th and 17th centuries, for three, four, five, and six voices, the parts being bound in separate volumes.
Scope & Content:
Madrigals for 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices, in parts, with English words, from collections published in England, 1588-1609. In 6 volumes, containing respectively cantus i, cantus ii, altus, tenor i, tenor ii, and bassus. Copied by W. Clark in 1800. Nos. 1-44 are for 6 voices, nos. 45-116 for 5 voices...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800
Extent:
6 volumes (62, 60, 64, 51, 35, 16 folios)

3. Add MS 30485

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Add MS 30485
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Pavans, galliards and songs for the virginals by William Bird, Thomas Tallis, James Harding, Thomas Weelkes, Dr. John Bull and others; taken principally from Lady Nevill's virginal book.
Scope & Content:
'Extracts from Virginal Book— Lady Nevill's' (so described in an 18th-century hand, on the remains of what appears to be the original vellum cover), containing a few pieces from that collection, of which the original is in the possession of the Marquis of Abergavenny. Written on two staves of 6 ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:

1 volume (119 folios)

4. Add MS 31390

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Add MS 31390
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'A booke of In nomines and other solfainge songs of v: vj vij: and viij: parts for voyces or Instrumentes', written in direct, transverse, and reversed staves, so that all can sing, or play, at once.
Scope & Content:
Compare with the layout of John Dowland's First Book. of Aires, printed in 1597. The contents are chiefly motets, and include also Italian, English, and French songs. Among them are the following:- 1. Mr Parson his Songe." f. 10 b. 2. Si grand e la pieta." f. 13 b. 3. "Vraie deu damour" f....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume (128 folios)

5. Add MS 31391

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Add MS 31391
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CANONS on the plain song of " O Lux," "Per Naturam," and " Miserere," the last ending with the words in full; by W[illia]m B[yrd]. Autograph; signed in initial at the end of each canon. Vellum : ff. 20. Temp. Eliz. Obl. Duodecimo. William Byrd: Canons: temp. Eliz.: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[between 1558-1603]
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 31392

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Add MS 31392
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Scope & Content:
1. Six pavans and galliards written for the virginal by [William] Byrd; the first begins abruptly, in consequence of the loss of the 32 leaves that once preceded it. f. 1. 2. Twenty-nine fantasias, pavans, galliards, etc., for the lute, by [Jolin] Dowland, [Anthony] Hulborne, - Lodwick, Fra[nc...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1595
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 31403

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Add MS 31403
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PRELUDES, fantasies, canons, grounds, etc., for the organ; psalms in short score; and other compositions by Thomas Tallis, W. Byrd, William Blithman, Dr. John Bull, Orlando Gibbons, Edward Bevin, Emanuel Soncino, Francis Forcer, Matthew Locke, and Dr. Jolin Blow. On a six-line staff. Among them ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 31404

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Add MS 31404
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SERVICES and anthems, in short score, by T. Tallis, W. Byrd, Adrian Batten, Orlando Gibbons, William Tucker, Michael Wise, William Child, Benjamin Rogers, William King, Henry Aldrich, John Blow, and Henry Purcell. The services and the anthems begin at opposite ends of the volume. Paper; ff. 97. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 31405

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Add MS 31405
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ANTHEMS and odes with English words by William Byrd, Thomas Morley, [William] Mundy, John Bull, John Cooper, otherwise Coperario, Orlando Gibbons, Pier Antonio Fiocco, Henry Aldrich, William Turner, Henry Purcell, and William Croft. Score. Paper; ff. 158. Circ. 1700. Folio. William Croft, compo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 31443

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Add MS 31443
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Scope & Content:
SERVICES and anthems, in organ-score, by Dr. Tye, T. Tallis, W. Byrd, T. Morley, Edmund Hooper, Albert Byrne, A. Batten, O. Gibbons, Thomas Tomkins, Giovanni Ferrabosco, Dr. Child, Dr. W. Turner, and H. Purcell. Paper; ff. 196. Circ. 1700. Formerly belonged to Dr. Philip Hayes and to William Hor...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 item