Add MS 23624

ff. 5-116b passim 'Cantiones quæ ab argumento sacræ vocantur quinque et sex partium. Autoribus Thoma Tallisio et Guilielmo Birdo . . . Reginæ a privato sacello generosis et organistis, 1575.’ Scored by John Alcock. Nos. 1-15 are by Tallis, and are written for 5 voices (unless the contrary is stated), with figured bass. 1. ‘In manus tuas.’ f. 5. 2. ‘Mihi autem nimis honorati sunt amici.’ f. 6. 3. Hymn, ‘O nata lux de lumine.’ f. 7b. 4. ‘O sacrum convivium’; published in Boyce's Cathedral Music, vol. ii, as an anthem to the words ‘I call and cry.’ f. 8b. 5. ‘Derelinquit impius viam suam.’ f. 11. 6. ‘Sabbathum dum transisset.’ f. 14. 7. ‘Virtus, Honor.’ f. 16b. 8. Hymn, ‘Illæ dum pergunt’; with second part, ‘Rex Christe clementissime.’ ff. 18b, 20. 9. Hymn, ‘Procul recedant somnia.’ f. 21. 10. ‘Salvator mundi’; containing a canon, f. 22. 11. ‘Facti sunt Nazare[ni].’ f. 23. 12. ‘In iejunio et fletu.’ f. 24b. 13. ‘Suscipe, quæso, Domine’ (à 7). f. 27. 14. ‘Miserere nostri, Domine‘ (à 7, with canons), f. 36b. 15. ‘O salutaris hostia.’ f. 38b. Nos. 16-32, by Byrd, are for 6 voices, unless the contrary is stated. 16. ‘Libera me, Domine‘; with second part, ‘Dies mei transierunt’ (à 5) ff. 45, 46b. 17. ‘Peccantem me quotidie’ (à 5). f. 49. 18. ‘Aspice, Domine, quia facta est desolata.’ f. 53. 19. ‘Attol[l]ite portas.’ f. 56b. 20. Hymn, ‘O Lux, beata trinitas.’ f. 60b. 21. Hymn, ‘Deo Patri sit gloria’; containing a canon, f. 62. 22. ‘Laudate, pueri, Dominum.’ f. 63b. 23. ‘Memento, homo, quod cinis es.’ f. 68. 24. ‘Siderum rector‘ (à 5). f. 69b. 25. ‘Da mihi auxilium.’ f. 71b. 26. ‘Domine, secundum actum meum‘; with second part, ‘Ideo deprecor majestatem tuam.’ ff. 75, 77. 27. ‘Miserere mihi, Domine,’ containing two canons, f. 82. 28. ‘Tribue, Domine, ut donee.’ f. 83. 29. ‘Te deprecor, supplico et rogo.’ f. 85b. 30. ‘Libera me, Domine, de morte’ (à 5). f. 91b. 31. ‘Domine, tu jurasti‘ (à 5). f. 96. 32. ‘Vide, Domine, quoniam tribulor‘ (à 5). f. 99. 33. ‘Super flumina Babilonis‘ (à 8). ‘Phillip de Monte’ . . . ‘Sent by him to Mr. Bird, 1583.’ f. 101. 34. ‘Quomodo cantabimus‘ (à 8, with canons), ‘made by Mr Wm Byrd to send unto Mr. Phillip de Monte, 1584.’ f. 107.

ff. 41, 94 Two Anthems, in score, transcribed by John Alcock. 1. 'Blessed are those that be undefiled,' for 5 voices, with a figured bass. ' Tallis.' From the Cantioiws Sacrx (1575). f. 41. 2. 'Arise, O Lord, why sleepest thou,' for 5 voices; with a second part, 'Help us, O God of our salvation,' for 6 voices. '[William] Bird.' f. 94.

f. 78b. ‘Diliges Dominum;‘ for 8 voices. It consists of four Canons, from the Cantiones . . . sacræ . . . Auctore . . . Guilielmo Birdo, 1575.’

ff. 117, 134, 155 Three Whole Services, in score. In the hand of John Alcock. 1. Transposed from D (Dorian) a note higher. 'Tallis.' f. 117. 2. In E minor (4, 5, and 6 voices). 'William Byrd,' with slight variations from the version published by Boyce. f. 134. 3. In G. 'Orlando Gibbons, 1639.' f. 155.