A Tenor partbook of a set originally of 8. Copied by one main scribe and five additional scribes. Repertory copied by main scribe in two sections: (1) verse anthems; (2) full anthems. Within each section, pieces are grouped by increasing number of voices (5-8); works by same composer are usually grouped together. Copied in Oxford; repertory suggests connections with Worcester Cathedral. The original owner was Jarvas Jones; Preface states that Jones donated original set of eight partbooks to collegiate church in Southwell, Nottingham. (Books may never have reached Southwell, however—MorehST). Owned in 18th century by John Alcock of Lichfield. Purchased c. 1910 by E. Gordon Duff of Oxford; given to E. H. Fellowes in 1924. Presented by Fellowes to St. Michael's College (near Tenbury, Worcester); deposited in Bodleian Library in 1979.
GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 1382 (Southwell Tenor Book)
Bodleian Library, Oxford, England
partbook: Ca. 1617 (dated Preface), with additions in 17th and 18th centuries.
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Tenbury 1382 (Southwell Tenor Book) |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 147 x 193 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 89 compositions, 79 from 24 composers, 10 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown leather on cardboard, blind-tooled with ornamental designs; two brown suede ties.
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 13.
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 1-68; new pencil foliation, 69-78 (last folio, fol. 79, not numbered).
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Index
Original index on third, fourth, and fifth flyleaves at beginning lists pieces in order of appearance.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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84 anthems, 1 anthem fragment, 2 litanies = 87
Alison-1, Bull-2, Butler-1, Byrd-15, Byrd/(N. Giles)-1, Byrd/ (T. Mudd II)-1, Carlton-1, (R. Farrant)-1, Fido-6, N. Giles-2, Hooper-4, Hooper/(Fox)-1, Hooper/(R. White)-1, Morley-3, J. Mundy/(Byrd)-1, W. Mundy-1, Nicholson-1, R. Parsons I-1, R. Parsons I/(Byrd/Strogers/R. White)-1, Patrick-3, W. Randall -2, Strogers-1, Tallis-4, Tomkins-15 + 1?, J. Tomkins/(Tomkins) -1, Tye-1, Weelkes-2, R. White/(M. White)-1, R. White/(W. White)-1, anon-10
1 paper partbook of an original 8 (T-v + 79 folios), 147 x 193. Original ink foliation, 1-68; new pencil foliation, 69-78 (last folio not numbered). Original covers of brown leather on cardboard, blind-tooled with ornamental designs; two brown suede ties. Original index on third, fourth, and fifth flyleaves at beginning lists pieces in order of appearance. Copied by one main scribe and five additional scribes. Staff height 13. No initials or decoration. Repertory copied by main scribe in two sections: (1) verse anthems; (2) full anthems. Within each section, pieces grouped by increasing number of voices (5-8); works by same composer usually grouped together.
Ca. 1617 (dated Preface), with additions in 17th and 18th centuries. Copied in Oxford; repertory suggests connections with Worcester Cathedral. The original owner was Jarvas Jones; Preface states that Jones donated original set of eight partbooks to collegiate church in Southwell, Nottingham. (Books may never have reached Southwell, however—MorehST). Owned in 18th century by John Alcock of Lichfield. Purchased ca. 1910 by E. Gordon Duff of Oxford; given to E. H. Fellowes in 1924. Presented by Fellowes to St. Michael's College (near Tenbury, Worcester); deposited in Bodleian Library in 1979.
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TUDOR PARTBOOKS
Project Collection · 170 sources
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Monson, Craig. 1979. The Preces, Psalms and Litanies of Byrd and Tallis: Another 'Virtuous Contention in Love'. The Music Review, 40: 257-71. Pages: 269. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Morris, Christopher (compiler). 1978. The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems. London. Pages: 50-5, 72-83, 209. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Daniel, Ralph T, and Peter Le Huray. 1972. The Sources of English Church Music 1549-1660. Early English Church Music, vol. Supplementary Volume 1. London. Notes: contents list; concordances.
Morehen, John. 1969. The Southwell Minster Tenor Part-Book in the Library of St. Michael's College, Tenbury (MS. 1382). Music and Letters, 50: 352-64. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Morehen, John. 1969. The Sources of English Cathedral Music, c. 1617-c. 1644. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 308-33, Ex. 88, 90-4. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Le Huray, Peter. 1967. Music and the Reformation in England 1549-1660. London. Pages: 91. Notes: mention of MS.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: XII, 120; XIV, 265, 271-2; XIX, 326-7, 331, 333; XXIII, 156. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kerman, Joseph. 1961. Byrd's Motets: Chronology and Canon. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 14: 359-82. Pages: 361-2. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Le Huray, Peter. 1960. Towards A Definitive Study of Pre-Restoration Anglican Service Music. Musica Disciplina, 14: 167-95. Pages: 171, 177. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: XXIII, 127-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Fellowes, Edmund H. 1948. William Byrd. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 130, 141-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Fellowes, Edmund H. 1934. The Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of St. Michael's College Tenbury. Paris. Pages: 301-2. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description