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Add MS 15118

Record Id:
032-002086811
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002086811
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 15118
Title:

A collection of songs, lute solos, violin solos, string duets, and a trio

Scope & Content:

ff. 2b-7. Compositions for a treble voice, with a bass written underneath (but not in score), and possibly intended for singing; 1st quarter of the 17th cent. 1. 'Change thy mynde.' [By Richard Martin. Set for 2 voices in R. Dowland's , 1610.] f. 2b. 2. 'Walkinge alone.' Anonymous. J. Redford wrote a sacred song beginning with these words, of which latter there is a copy in Add MS 15288, f. 52b. f. 3. 3. 'My mynde to me a kingdom is.' Anonymous [not by Byrd]. f. 3b. 4. 'Sleepe, wayward thoughts.' By J. Dowland. [From , 1597.] f. 4b. 5. 'Wilt thou, vnkind.' By the same. [From the same work.] f. 6. 6. 'What are theis men.' Anonymous. f.6b.

f. 9. 'The Echoe,' apparently written for 3 stringed instruments, of which one is the 'Orpherion,' or 'Orpheoreon.'; 1st quarter of 17th cent In parts. Anonymous.

ff. 9b-34b passim. Compositions for 2 stringed instruments not specified, except in the case of no. 48, which is 'For 2 voyolls,' but presumably for a treble and a bass viol; 1st quarter of 17th cent. Most of them are anonymous. One of the two parts is generally written on the reversed leaf, so that the two performers could read off the same MS. Nos 7-37 are in a much later (? mid. 17th cent.) hand. 1. Galliard. ff. 9b, 10. 2. 'Lovolo' (sc. 'Lo volo '?). ib. 3-6. Single parts of what appear to be four or more compositions in D minor, without titles, for 2 stringed instruments, ff. 11b, 12. 7, 8. Two pieces in F, without titles. f. 15. 9, 10. Saraband and 'Sinke' (sc. Cinq pas?). f. 15b. 11-23. Seven pieces in F, and six in B flat, without titles, ff. 16-19. 24, 25. Two pieces in D minor, without titles. f. 22. 26-28. Allemande, Courante, and a short piece in G minor without title. '[John] Jenkins.' ff. 23b, 24. 29-31. Three pieces in G, without titles, ff. 24b, 25. 32-34. Three pieces in D minor, without titles, ff. 25b, 26. 35-37. Three pieces in D, without titles, ff. 26b, 27. 38. Piece in A minor, without title. Bass part only. f. 29. 39. 'Mrs. Aston's Delight.' Of this and of nos. 40-47 only the bass is given. f. 30b. 40. 'Grimstocke.' ib. 41. 'Why Aske you.' ib. 42. 'Measure.' ib. 43. 'Queen Marie's Dumpe.' ib. 44. 'Whatt you please.' ib. 45. 'Thy garland shal be greene.' ib. 46. 'Spanish pauion' (sc. pavan). ib. 47. 'Ladye Ritche's galliard.' ib. 48. Piece without title, in lute tablature. f. 34b.

ff. 10b-36 passim. Airs, apparently for a treble viol, most of them anonymous; mid 17th cent. 1-4. Prelude, Allemande ('Allmaine'), and two Courantes. f. 10b. 5. Saraband. '[David] Mell' (fl. 1657). f. 11. 6. Piece without title. '[John] Banister' [1630-1679]. ib. (reversed). 7. Piece without title. f. 12b. 8. 'Oxford Senior.' f. 13. 9. 'Nothinge.' ib. 10. 'Tumblinge Tom.' ib. 11. 'Oxford Minor.' ib. 12. Piece without title. f. 13b. 13. 'New Corant,' sc. Courante. ib. 14. Gigue (Scotch). f. 14. 15. Suite (Allemande, Courante, Saraband). f. 14b. 16, 17. Two Courantes, the first by a Frenchman, the second by 'David Mell.' ib. 18. Sketches of a piece without title, ff. 19b, 20. 19. Prelude, Allemande and Courante. 'Dauid Mell.' ff. 20b, 21. 20-33. Fourteen pieces without titles, possibly some of them intended to form suites, ff. 21b, 22b, 23, 27b-28b. 34. Suite (Allemande, Courante, and Saraband). 'G[e]orge Hudson' (fl. 1656). f. 36.

ff. 31-34. Solos for Lute; 1st quarter of the 17th cent. Anonymous. 1, 2. 'A toy,' and 'A Thumpe' (sc. (Dump). f. 31. 3. 'Mounseir's Alman.' f. 31b. 4. 'Afancye.' f. 32. 5. 'Walsingam.' f. 32b. 6, 7. Two pieces without titles. f. 33. 8, 9. Hornpipe, and a piece without title. f. 33b.

Collection Area:
Music Collections
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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032-002086811
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Hierarchy:
032-002086811
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not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 volume
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
17th century
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:
Paper. Folio.
Custodial History:
The MS appears to have belonged originally to Richard Shinton, from whom it passed to his contemporary [? son] Thomas Shinton, of Wolverhampton, co. Stafford, yeoman, who apparently was living in 1628 (see ff. 2, 41, etc.).
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Dowland, John, composer, 1563-1626
Jenkins, John, composer
Mell, David
Subjects:
Lute solos
Songs
String duets
Trios for orpheorion and 2 other strings
Violin solos