Add MS 29246

Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, the following madrigals, masses, motets, etc., in Italian tablature. They appear to be arranged, roughly speaking, according to the number of voices, for which they were originally written, namely; 1-4, for two voices; 5-78, for 3 voices; 79 to end, for 4 voices. 1. 'Ave, Rosa sine spinis.' 'Taue[r]ner.' f. 2. 2. 'Ave, plena gratia.' 'Tallis.' f. 2. 3. 'Patrem omnipotentem.' 'Tauerner.' f. 2b. 4. 'Agnus Dei.' 'Tauerner.' ib. 5. 'Ave, Dei Patris.' 'Fairfax.' ib. 6. 'O quarn probatum.' 'Tauerner.' f. 3. 7. 'Corona spinite' (sic). 'Tauerner.' ib. 8. 'Vox Patris.' 'Mundy.' f. 3b. 9. 'Igitur, Jcsu.' 'Sheparde.' ib. 10. 'Fauus distillans.' 'Mundy.' f. 4b. 11. 'Pleni sunt.' 'Tauerner.' ib. 12. 'Gaude, Virgo.' 'Tallis.' f. 5. 13. 'Esurientes.' 'Fairfax.' f. 5b. 14. '[Pleni sunt cœli] Gloria tuâ.' 'Tallis.' ib. 15. 'Maria Stella.' 'Tallis.' ib. 16. 'Ergo laudes.' 'Tauerner.' f. 6. 17. 'Crucifixus.' 'Tauerner.' ib. 18. 'Effunde, quæso.' 'Wodde.' f. 6b. 19. 'Aue, Dei Patris.' 'Tauerner.' f. 7. 20. Another setting. 'Johnson.' ib. 21. 'Illustrissima.' 'Shepard.' f. 7b. 22. 'Dulcior rnelle.' 'Mundy.' ib. 23. 'Singularis [privilegii? ']. 'Shepard.' f. 8. 24. 'Conserva me.' 'Parsly.' f. 8b. 25. 'Exurge, Domine.' 'Wodds.' ib. 26. 'Peccatum peccauit.' '[R.] Whyte.' f. 9. 27. 'Gaude plurimmn.' 'Tauerner.' ib. 28. 'Per hec nos.' 'Tallis.' f. 9b. 29. 'Ave, mulieris.' 'Tallis.' ib. 30. 'Ave, plena gratiâ.' 'Johnson.' f. 10. 31. 'Et in terra pax.' 'Tauerner.' ib. 32. 'Quoniam ... tu solus' (probably part of the preceding). Anonymous, f. 10b. 33. 'Crucifixus' (no. 17 transposed). This and nos. 34-37 are by 'Tauerner.' ib. 34. 'Et incarnatus.' ib. 35. 'Qui tollis' (in two keys). ff. 11, 20. 36. 'Nam qui corde.' f. 11b. 37. 'Agnus Dei' (different from no. 4). ib. 38. 'In Deo.' 'Doct. Fairfax.' f. 12. 39. 'Gloriâ tuâ' (different from no. 11). 'Tauerner.' ib. 40. 'Benedicam Domino.' 'Parsly.' f. 12b. 41. 'Multiplicati.' 'Parsly.' ib. 42. 'Tu nimirum.' 'Tallis.' f. 13. 43. 'Infelix ego.' 'Birde.' ib. 44. 'Perfeci illud.' 'Wodds.' f. 13b. 45. 'Verbi tui.' 'Wodds.' ib. 46. 47. 'Gaude, Maria' (two settings). 'Tauerner.' f. 14. 48-50. 'Se[r]mone blando' (three settings). 'Byrde.' f. 14b, 15, 15b. 51. 'Ego dixi, Domine'; in two parts. 'Orlando [di Lasso].' f. 16b. 52. 'Et Jesum.' 'Lud. Victoria.' f. 17b. 53. 'Et benedictus.' 'Tallis.' f. 18. 54. 'Ave, Dei Patris.' 'Tallis.' ib. 55. 'Gaude, gloriosa.' 'Tallis.' f. 18b. 56. 'Manus tuse.' '[R.] White.' ib. 57. 'Crucifixus.' 'Doctor Tye.' f. 19. 58. 'Qui tollis' (different from no. 35). Tauerner.' ib. 59. 'Et incarnatus' (different key from no. 34). 'Tauerner.' f. 19b. 60. 'Quoniam [Tu solus].' 'Tauerner.' ib. Motets, etc., from which the above are adapted are also contained in a volume (mid. 16th cent.), which belonged to the Sacred Harmonic Society (no. 1737), now the property of the Royal College of Music. 61. 'Infelixego '(different from no. 43). 'Byrde.' f. 20. 62. 'Agnus Dei' (different from nos. 4 and 37). 'Tauerner.' f. 20b. 63. 'Ave, Regina.' 'Orlando.' ib. 64. 'Deus.Tuscis.' 'Orlando.' f. 21b. 65. 'Sacrificate.' 'Orlando.' ib. 66, 67. Fantasias, which appear to have originally written for 3 viols. Byrde.' ff. 22, 22b. 68. 'Ave, maris stella' (seven verses). 'Will. Birde.' This and nos. 69-72 appear to be from his Gradualia, book I., 1607. f. 22b. 69. 'Quern terra, pontus.' f. 24b. 70. 'O gloriosa domina.' f. 25b. 71. 'Memento salutis.' f. 26. 72. 'Regina cceli.' f. 26b. [ff. 27b-31. Madrigals by W. Byrd, F. di Monte, and other composers, chiefly of the second half of the 16th century]. 73. Fantasia, which appears to have been originally written for 3 viols. 'Birde.' f. 27b. 74. 'Susanna faire.' 'Birde.' This and nos. 75-8 are from his Songs of sundrie natures, 1589. ib. 75. 'When yonglings '; in three parts, f. 28. 76. 'Vppon a sommer's [day]'; in two parts. f. 29. 77. 'The gredie hauke.' f. 29b. 78. 'The nightingall.' f. 30b. 79. 'Ut re my fa sol la.' 'Damon.' f. 31. 80. 'Senex puemm.' 'Lud. Victoria.' f. 31b. 81. 'Quern dicunt.' 'Luca Marenzo.' f. 32. 82. 'Netimeas, Maria.' 'Lud. a Victoria.' f. 32b. 83. 'Ne impedias.' 'G. Pre[ne?]stinus' [? = Palestrina]. f. 33. 84. 'Sint lumbi vestri '; in two parts. 'Mich. des Buisons.' f. 33b. 85. 'Domine, ne mernineris.' 'Criquillon.' f. 34b. 86. 'Nigra sum'; in two parts. 'Criquillon.' f. 35. 87. 'Sepe expugnauerunt'; in two parts. 'Don. B. de las Infantas.' f. 36b. 88. 'Salue, Regina'; in two parts. 'Lud. Victoria.' f. 37b. 89. 'Jacta in Dominum.' 'G. Langeus.' f. 38. [ff. 38b-54b. Fantasias and In nomines, apparently written originally for 4 viols, by W. Byrd, [R. ?] White, Tallis, and [J.] Taverner]. 90. Fantasia. 'Whight.' f. 38b. 91. Fantasia. 'Birde.' f. 39. 92. 93. Fantasias. 'Whight.' ff. 39b, 40b. 94. Another. 'Birde' [1611 ?]. f. 41b. 95-7. Fantasias. 'Whight.' ff. 42b, 43b. 98, 99. 'Christe, Qui lux' (two settings). 'Whight.' ff. 44, 44b. 100. 'Telucis.' 'Birde.' f. 44b. 101. 'Christe, Qui lux.' 'Birde.' f. 46. 102. 'Telucis' (different from no. 100). 'Birde.' f. 46b. 103. 'Saluator.' 'Byrde.' f. 47b. 104. Another setting. Anonymous. f. 48. 105. 'Christe Redemptor.' Anonymous. f. 48b. 106. 'Miserere.' 'Birde.' ib. 107. 'Precamur.' '[R.] Whight.' f. 49. 29247, f. 11b, contains the same (in another key). 108. 'Sponsus amat sponsam': a mass. 'Doctor Fairfax.' f. 49b. 109-115. 'In nomines.' Apparently originally written for 5 viols '[R?] White.' ff. 53, 54, 56; — 'Tallis.' f. 53b; — 'Tauerner.' f. 54b; — 'Parsons.' f. 55; — and 'Strogers.' f. 55b. 116. 'Gloria Tibi, Trinitas': a mass (imperfect at the end). 'Tauerner.' f. 56b.