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A single Discantus partbook. Copied by a single scribe, except for addition on ff. 89'-90 (Byrd's 'In fields abroade'). Printed staves and decorative margins identical to those of LonBL 30480-4, and similar to those of LonBLR A57. Copied in England.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 15166 [Discantus] |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 164 x 214 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 83 compositions, 82 from 10 composers, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
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Watermark
resembles Briquet #8077-8079
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1570 (DanS);cCa. 1567-88 (FenRP).
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 1-90; ff. [90'-93'] have blank staves only, and have been left unnumbered
Index
New covers of red cloth and leather on cardboard. Index on original flyleaf lists pieces in order of appearance.
Surface
paper
DIAMM Note
Digitized with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) for the Tudor Partbooks project at the Universities of Oxford and Newcastle.
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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80 anthems, 2 English secular pieces = 82
Bolde-1, (Byrd)-1, Hasilton-4, R. Johnson I-1, J.? Mundy [Mr. Mondaye]-2, W.? Mundy [Mr. Mundye]-1, (W. Parsons)-1, Poynte/(Tye)-1, Shepherd-51, Tallis-13, Tallis/(J.? Mundy)-2, Taverner/(Caustun)-1, Tye-1, Tye/(Shepherd)-1, anon-1
1 paper partbook (D-v + i + 93 + v folios), 164 x 214. Original ink foliation, 1-90; ff. [90'-93'] have blank staves only. New covers of red cloth and leather on cardboard. Index on original flyleaf lists pieces in order of appearance. Copied by a single scribe, except for addition on ff. 89'-90 (Byrd's "In fields abroade"). Printed staves and decorative margins identical to those of LonBL 30480-4, and similar to those of LonBLR A57. Watermark resembles Briquet #8077-8079.
Ca. 1570 (DanS). Copied in England.
Vol 4
Date: Ca. 1567-88 (FenRP).
14v
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TUDOR PARTBOOKS
Project Collection · 170 sources
GB-Lbl Add. MS 15166 [Discantus]
Current source
‡ denotes primary source study
Fenlon, Iain, and John Milsom. 1984. 'Ruled Paper Imprinted': Music Paper and Patents in Sixteenth-Century England. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 37: 139-63. Pages: 145-7,161. Notes: physical description (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Temperley, Nicholas. 1979. The Music of the English Parish Church. Cambridge. Pages: I,54,360. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Morris, Christopher (compiler). 1978. The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems. London. Pages: 122. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Blezzard, Judith H. 1972. The Sacred Music of the Lumley Books (British Museum Royal Appendix Manuscripts 74-76): An Edition and Critical Study. University of Leeds, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 63; II, following Appendix II. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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 (partial); concordances (partial).
Le Huray, Peter. 1967. Music and the Reformation in England 1549-1660. London. Pages: 98. Notes: mention of MS.
Brett, Philip. 1965. The Songs of William Byrd. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 222-3. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: XII, 115-7, 120; XIII, 184, 210; XIX, 323, 333, 335. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Lamont, Herbert Harry. 1963. John Shepherd: His Life and Music. University of Southern California, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 88-90, 218-21, 228. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
King, William Joseph. 1962. The English Anthem from the Early Tudor Period through the Restoration Era. Boston University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: II, 35, 59. Notes: transcription (partial).
Le Huray, Peter. 1960. Towards A Definitive Study of Pre-Restoration Anglican Service Music. Musica Disciplina, 14: 167-95. Pages: 192. Notes: mention of MS.
Noble, Jeremy. 1955. La Répertoire Instrumental Anglais: 1550-1585. La Musique Instrumentale de la Renaissance, 91-114. Paris. Pages: 105. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, 2, 179-80; II, 129. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music. London, Oxford et al. Pages: VI, xviii. Notes: contents list (partial).
Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1844], 95. Notes: physical description (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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