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Add MS 63852
- Record Id:
- 032-001997434
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001997434
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000036.0x0001ce
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 63852
- Title:
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KEYBOARD AND LYRA VIOL MUSIC, ETC.: volume containing pieces for keyboard and, in tablature, for lyra viol, together with a number of songs, some added at a slightly later date; mid-late 17th century. Copies. Mostly anonymous but the following composers are named among the instrumental pieces: O. Gibbons, J. Mercure, J. Jenkins, G. Hudson, J. Lilly, W. Young, J. Hutchinson, R. Johnson, Dr. C. Coleman, J. Carwarden, J. Gaultier ('Gutteer'), J. Esto; and among the songs: Capt. S. Pack, J. B. Lully, G. B. Draghi ('Seignior Baptist'), Buckler, Dr. J. Blow. A number of the anonymous instrumental pieces can be identified from concordances as the work of S. Ives, C. Coleman, W. Lawes, R. Johnson, J. Lilly, J. Jenkins, J. Dowland, S. Ives junior. See F. Traficante, 'Music for Lyra Viol: Manuscript Sources', Chelys, viii, (1978-1979), p. 18, and G. Dodd (comp.) The Viola Da Gamba Society. Thematic Index of Music for Viols (1980-1987), i-iv. Further songs can be identified from other sources as the work of H. Lawes, H. Purcell, N. Lanier and R. Ramsay. Owned, late 17th-18th cent., by Griffith Boynton (signature on flyleaf). Purchased at Sotheby's, 28 May 1986, lot 464.
Paper; ff. vi+117. 290 x 190mm. Folios i-vi are fragments of vellum and paper possibly from a previous binding or wrapper. Binding, in poor condition, of brown leather, blind-tooled, with the initials 'EB' on the covers.
- Scope & Content:
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Simon Ives, the elder; composer: Instrumental music by Simon Ives: mid 17th cent.
William Lawes, composer: Instrumental music by William Lawes: mid 17th cent.
Henry Lawes, composer: Songs by Henry Lawes: mid 17th cent.
includes:
- f. 5 Orlando Gibbons, organist and composer: Keyboard music by Orlando Gibbons: mid 17th cent.
- ff. 16v-17v, 26v, 100 (vol. rev.), 102 (vol. rev.) Robert Johnson, composer: Instrumental music by Robert Johnson: mid 17th cent.
- ff. 17v-18 John Mercure, composer: Keyboard music by John Mercure: mid 17th cent.
- ff. 23v-25v, 95-94v (vol. rev.) John Jenkins, composer: Instrumental music by John Jenkins: mid 17th cent.
- ff. 28v-29 George Hudson, composer: Keyboard music by George Hudson: mid 17th cent.
- ff. 34v-36, 94-92v (vol. rev.) John Lilly, composer: Instrumental music by John Lilly: mid 17th cent.
- ff. 58v-55v (vol. rev.) Robert Ramsay, composer: Dialogue, 'Saul and the witch of Endor' by Robert Ramsay: late 17th cent.
- f. 62v Nicholas Lanier, composer: Song by Nicholas Lanier: mid 17th cent.
- f. 73 (vol. rev.) John Blow, composer and organist: Catch by John Blow: late 17th cent.
- f. 73v (vol. rev.) Buckler, composer: Song by — Buckler: late 17th cent.
- f. 74 (vol. rev.) Giovanni Baptista Draghi, composer: Songs by Giovanni Baptista Draghi: late 17th cent.
- f. 75 (vol. rev.) Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Song by Jean Baptiste Lully: late 17th cent.
- ff. 75v-75 (vol. rev.), 73 (vol. rev.) Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Catches by Henry Purcell: late 17th cent.
- f. 76 (vol. rev.) Captain Simon Pack, composer: Song by Capt. Simon Pack: late 17th cent.
- f. 83v (vol. rev.) John Esto, composer: Lyra viol music by John Esto: mid 17th cent.
- f. 85v (vol. rev.) Jacques Gaultier, composer: Lyra viol music by Jacques Gaultier: mid 17th cent.
- ff. 87v (vol. rev.), 101v (vol. rev.) Charles Coleman, composer: Instrumental music by Charles Coleman: mid 17th cent.
- ff. 89v-89 (vol. rev.) Simon Ives, the younger; composer: Lyra viol music by Simon Ives: mid 17th cent.
- f. 91 (vol. rev.) John Dowland, composer: Air, arranged for lyra viol by John Dowland: mid 17th cent.
- f. 101v (vol. rev.) John Carwarden, composer: Lyra viol music by John Carwarden: mid 17th cent.
- f. 103 (vol. rev.) John Hutchinson, composer; b.1616: Lyra viol music: mid 17th cent.
- ff. 112-111v (vol. rev.) William Young, composer: Lyra viol music by William Young: mid 17th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001997434
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001997434
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_63852 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1630
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- [1630-1699]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Griffith Boynton, [3rd Baronet ?]: Owned, late 17th cent.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)