Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Add MS 5465
- Record Id:
- 032-003441872
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003441872
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x000183
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5465
- Title:
-
Collection of vocal music, together with one piece for organ, compiled during the sixteenth century ('Fayrfax Manuscript')
- Scope & Content:
-
Description from Augustus Hughes-Hughes, A catalogue of manuscript music in the British Museum (London, 1906-9). Vols. i (pp.139-40); ii (pp. 124-5); iii (p.81).
Vellum; 16th cent. Small folio.
The MS. belonged to Charles Fairfax in 1618, and is said to have been previously in the possession of Dr. Robert Fairfax, the composer of some of the numbers, whose arms are introduced in the illuminated initials on ff. 26b, 27. See also f. 1, on which the name of Ralph Thoresby of Leeds appears, as a later owner. It contains also secular Madrigals in the same hand, and an Organ Solo (late 16th cent.).
f. 2. A composition, without name, probably by an Englishman, written on two staves of 7 and 6 (or 5) lines, for Organ or virginal.
Compositions, in parts, by English musicians of the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th centuries. Nos. 1-12 are for 2 voices (treble and contra-tenor or tenor); the others for 3 voices.
1. 'The farther I go.' 'William Newark.' f. 2b.
2. 'A[h] my herte, I knowe yow well.' Anonymous. f. 3b.
3. 'What causyth me wofull thoughtis.' 'William Newark.' f. 4b.
4. 'So fer I trow.' By the same. f. 6b.
5. 'My wofull hart.' 'Sheryngam.' f. 7b.
6. 'Demyd wrongfully.' Treble only. Anonymous. f. 9b.
7. 'O my desyre.' 'William Newark.' f. 10.
8. 'Lett serch your myndis.' Contra-tenor only. 'Hamshere.' f. 11.
9. 'Love fayne would I.' Treble only of 1st verse. Anonymous. f. 11b.
10. 'Nowe the lawe is led.' Tenor only. 'Rycardus Davy.' f. 12.
11. 'That was my woo.' 'R. Fayrfax.' f. 12b.
12. 'Benedicite! whate dremyd I.' Anonymous. f. 13b.
13. 'To complayne me, alas.' Anonymous. f. 15b.
14. 'Alas, it is I.' 'Turges.' f. 17b.
15. 'I am he that hath you dayly servyd.' Treble and part of bass of 1st verse. 'Edmund Turges.' f. 19b.
16. 'I pray daily ther paynys to asswage.' Contra-tenor and end of tenor. Anonymous. f. 20.
17. 'But why am I so abusyd,' with second part, 'I wote nott where.' 'William Newarke.' f. 20b.
18. 'Yowre counturfetyng'; with second part, 'Hit were to grete pite.' By the same. f. 22b.
19. 'Thus musyng.' By the same. f. 24b.
20. 'Most clere of colour.' 'Robard Fayrfax ' (whose arms are introduced in the illuminated initials). f. 26b.
21. 'I loue, loued and loued wolde I be.' By the same. f. 28b.
22. 'Alas, for lak of her presens.' By the same. f. 30b.
23. 'That was my Joy.' Anonymous. f. 31b.
24. 'Sum what musyng'; with second part, 'Me thynkyth truly.' 'Roberd Fayrfax.' f. 33b.
25. 'Madam, defrayne'; with second part, 'I thynk suerly,' and third part, 'I have yow lent.' Anonymous. f. 35b.
26. 'O rote of trouth.' 'Tutor.' f. 38b.
27. 'I loue, I loue; and whom loue ye'; with second part, ' Ther is afloure'; third part, 'On that I loue'; fourth part, 'I chese a floure'; fifth part, 'The rose it is a ryall floure'; and sixth part, 'I loue the rose.' 'Syr Thomas Phelyppis.' f. 40b.
28. 'Complayne [I] may'; with second part, 'I wass, yet will I not.' Anonymous. f. 46b.
29. 'Margarit make'; with second part, 'That goodly las'; third part, 'Her lusty chere'; and fourth part, 'My margarit I can not mete.' 'Browne.' f. 89b.
30. 'Jhoone is sike'; with second part, 'She is my litell praty on.' 'Rychard Dauy.' f. 93b.
31. 'Ay, besherewe you'; with second part, 'Be god, ye be a praty pode'; and third part, 'Walke forth your way.' 'William Cornyssh, Junior.' f. 96b.
32. 'Who shall haue my fayre lady.' Anonymous. f. 99b.
33. 'Hoyda, hoyda, joly rutterkyn.' 'William Cornyssh, Junior.' f. 101b.
34. 'From stormy wyndis'; with second part, 'O blessid lord of heuyn'; third part, 'Wherfore, good lord'; and fourth part, 'Now, good lady' (in honour of Prince Arthur). 'Edmund Turges.' The date '1501' on f. 105 is apparently in a later hand. f. 104b.
35. 'This gentill day daw[n]es'; with second part, 'In a glorious garden'; and third part, 'In that garden be flouris.' Anonymous. f. 108b.
36. 'Smale pathis'; with second part, 'Loue is naturall'; third part, 'One is good'; and fourth part, 'But I will do as I saide.' Anonymous. f. 111b.
37. 'Enforce yourselfe'; with second part, 'Soverayn lord' (sc. Henry VII); and third part, 'God hath gyff you.' 'Edmund Turges.' f. 115b.
Sacred vocal compositions by English musicians of the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th centuries. Nos. 3-7 are for four voices; the others for three voices. The MS. is described in Burney's and Hawkins' Histories of Music.
1. ‘Alone . . . here I sitt alone’; with second part, ‘Son, she said, I have þe borne.’ Anonymous, f. 48b.
2. ‘A[h !] my dere son, said Mary’; with second part, ‘This endurs nyght‘; and third part, ‘My moder dere, amend your chere.’ Anonymous, f. 50b.
3. ‘Jhesu, mercy! how may this be’ with second part, ‘Crist that was’ third part, ‘He that wrought‘ fourth part, ‘A[h !] Jhesu, whisuffyrd thou‘; and fifth part, 'Lo! man for ye.’ ‘Browne.’ f. 53b.
4. ‘Affraid, alas’; with second part, 'Sith it concludid was’; third part, ‘Me thynkyth in my reason’; fourth part, ‘Well I remembir his wowndis’; and fifth part, ‘Glorius lady, of hevyn hye quene.’ Anonymous, f. 58b.
5. ‘Woffully araid‘; with second part, ‘Beholde me, I pray’; third part, ‘Thus nakyd am I nailid‘; and fourth part, ‘Off sharpe thorne.’ ‘William Cornyssh, Junior.’ f. 63b.
6. ‘A[h !] gentill Jhesu‘; with second part, ‘Uppon the cross nailid’; third part, ‘My blody wownds‘; fourth part, ‘I hade on petur and mawdlen pyte’; fifth part, ‘Thynk agayne, pride‘; and sixth part, ‘Lord, on all synfull.’ ‘Sheryngam.’ f. 67b.
7. ‘Woffully arayd’; divided into parts, as in no. 5. ‘Browne.’ f. 73b.
8. ‘My feerfull dreme‘; with second part, ‘To Caluery’; third part, ‘His grevous deth’; fourth part, 'Saynt Jhon yan said’; and fifth part, ‘Vnto the cross.’ ‘Gilbert Banaster.’ f. 77b.
9. ‘A[h !] blessid Jhesu’; with second part, ‘Where art þu, nature’; third part, ‘My voice is so trobled‘; and fourth part, 'Now, mercyffull Jhesu.’ 'Richard Dauy.’ f. 82b.
10. ‘A[h!] my hart, remembir’ (first and second parts); with third part, 'With wepyng teris.’ By the same, f. 86b.
11. ‘Be hit knowyn to all’; with second part, ‘A[h !] man, I haue yevyn’; third part, ‘Iff any man will say’; and fourth part, ‘Wittness the erthe.’ Anonymous. f. 118b.
12. ‘In a slumbir’; with second part, ‘Beholde he saide.’ Anonymous, f. 122b.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003441872", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 5465: Collection of vocal music, together with one piece for organ, compiled during the sixteenth century ('Fayrfax Manuscript')" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003441872
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003441872
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (135 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Undetermined
- Scripts:
- Undetermined
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- A quarto volume, consisting of 145 leaves of parchment, Dr Robert Fairfax, organist of St. Albans's Arms on the front page, and the initial letter M at f.40. Charles Fairfax's autograph, with the date 1618, and Ralph Thoresby’s autograph, is prefixed.
- Custodial History:
- Dr Robert Fairfax, organist of St. Albans's Arms on the front page, and the initial letter M at f.40. Charles Fairfax's autograph, with the date 1618, and Ralph Thoresby’s autograph, prefixed, suggest custodial history
- Publications:
- In Ralph Thoresby’s history of Leeds. P.517. specimens were taken by Dr Burney, and inserted in his History of Music, Vol.ii. p.539 – 550.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.
- Names:
- Fayrefax, Robert, composer, 1464-1521