A single Altus partbook. Contains Anglican service music (whole services or parts thereof) and anthems (or sections of anthems). Copied by a single scribe (Adrian Batten? - see MorehS and ClarkAB), except for last piece (Service by Child). Possibly copied at St. Paul's Cathedral in London (MorehS). Inscription on last flyleaf mentions Edward Newton as owner in 1732; names of other members of Newton family (John and Jane) on f. 11. Purchased by the British Museum at a Puttick's sale in 1872.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 29289 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 395 x 265 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 146 compositions, 145 from 31 composers, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
New covers of maroon leather and cloth on boards
Watermark
Three different papers, with different watermarks.
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1625-30 (MorehS).
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 11-128 (first 10 folios now missing; '92' applied to two consecutive folios; original flyleaf at end not numbered). New pencil foliation, 1-120.
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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33 Services or Service sections, 40 anthems = 73
A. Batten-1 + 2?, Bevin-1, Byrd-1, Child-1, Coste-1, J. Farrant II?-1, R.? Farrant-1, (R. Farrant)-2, Gibbons-3, Hooper/(R. Farrant/J. or W.? Mundy)-1, Hooper/(J. or W.? Mundy)-1, R. Johnson I-1, R. Johnson II/(W. Mundy/Tallis)-1, Merricocke-1, Morley-1, J. Mundy-1, J. or W.? Mundy-5, W. Mundy-6, W. Mundy/(Shepherd/R. White)-1, W. Mundy/(Wood)-1, R. Parsons I-1, Ramsey-1, Shepherd-14, Shepherd/(Strogers)-1, Strogers-2, Tallis -5, Tallis/(Byrd)-1, Tallis/(J. Mundy)-2, Tallis/(Weelkes)-1, Tomkins-1, Tye-4, Tye/(Shepherd)-1, Ward-1, Weelkes-1, R.? White-1, L. Woodson I-1, anon-1
1 paper partbook (A-i + 119 + i + i folios), 395x265. Original ink foliation, 11-128 (first 10 folios now missing; "92" applied to two consecutive folios; original flyleaf at end not numbered). New pencil foliation, 1-120. New covers of maroon leather and cloth on boards. No index. Copied by a single scribe (Adrian Batten? - see MorehS and ClarkAB), except for last piece (Service by Child). Three different papers, with different watermarks.
Ca. 1625-30 (MorehS). Possibly copied at St. Paul's Cathedral in London (MorehS). Inscription on last flyleaf mentions Edward Newton as owner in 1732; names of other members of Newton family (John and Jane) on f. 11. Purchased by British Museum at a Puttick's sale in 1872.
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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, 63-4, 70. 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; concordances.
Morehen, John. 1969. The Sources of English Cathedral Music, c. 1617-c. 1644. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 433-41, Ex. 112. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Clark, J Bunker. 1968. Adrian Batten and John Barnard: Colleagues and Collaborators. Musica Disciplina, 22: 207-29. Pages: 213, 216. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: VII, 146; XII, 115-8, 120, 122; XIII, 201-6; XIX, 326, 331ff, 347; XXI, 198, 202. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Lamont, Herbert Harry. 1963. John Shepherd: His Life and Music. University of Southern California, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 97-8, 218-9. 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, 56. Notes: transcription (partial).
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, 15-6, 398-9. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music. London, Oxford et al. Pages: II, xxi, xxxi; V, xxviii. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1861-75], 615. Notes: physical description (partial).
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