A single partbook containing Tenor and Bassus parts. Ff. 1-35, 44-46 copied by main scribe, ff. 35'-43 by second scribe, ff. 47'-50' by third scribe. Ff. 25 and 46'-47 (ruled with blank staves) and ff. 43' and 51-51' (unruled) have no music, but contain later miscellaneous scribblings. Copied in England. Apparent 18th-century owners include Thomas Mulliner, Samuel Wells, and members of Payne family (names on various folios). Purchased by British Museum in 1892.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 34191 [Tenor & Bassus] |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 238 x 175 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 35 compositions, 17 from 9 composers, 18 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown leather stamped with ornamental designs, glued onto new binding.
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-51, replaces earlier foliation, now crossed out.
Decoration
Sections copied by main scribe have large, elaborately decorated painted initials in blue and red; titles and some texts ornamented with red ink. No other decoration.
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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3 Masses, 1 Magnificat, 9 motets, 2 Services (1 incomplete) = 15
Ashwell-1, Aston-1, (W. Cornyshe)-1, Davy-1 Fayrfax-2, R. Jones I-1, Pygott-2, Taverner-1, anon-5
1 paper partbook (T/B-i + 51 + ii folios), 238 x 175. New pencil foliation, 1-51, replaces earlier foliation, now crossed out. Ff. 25 and 46'-47 (ruled with blank staves) and ff. 43' and 51-51' (unruled) have no music, but contain later miscellaneous scribblings. Original covers of brown leather stamped with ornamental designs, glued onto new binding. No index. Ff. 1-35, 44-46 copied by main scribe, ff. 35'-43 by second scribe, ff. 47'-50' by third scribe. Sections copied by main scribe have large, elaborately decorated painted initials in blue and red; titles and some texts ornamented with red ink. No other decoration.
Early 16th century. Copied in England. Apparent 18th-century owners include Thomas Mulliner, Samuel Wells, and members of Payne family (names on various folios). Purchased by British Museumin 1892.
Vol 4
Date: Second quarter of 16th century.
34v
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TUDOR PARTBOOKS
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GB-Lbl Add. MS 34191 [Tenor & Bassus]
Current source
‡ denotes primary source study
Curtis, Gareth R K, and Andrew B Wathey. 1994. Fifteenth-Century English Liturgical Music: A List of the Surviving Repertory. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 27: 1-69.
Aplin, John. 1979. The Survival of Plainsong in Anglican Music: Some Early English Te-Deum Settings. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 32: 247ff. Pages: 252-7, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Temperley, Nicholas. 1979. The Music of the English Parish Church. Cambridge. Pages: I,15,360; II,3-4,25-9. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); transcription (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 (partial); concordances (partial).
Bray, Roger W. 1969. The Interpretation of Musica Ficta in English Music, C. 1490-C. 1580 [dissertation]. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 141-55; II, 60-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 144. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Lamont, Herbert Harry. 1963. John Shepherd: His Life and Music. University of Southern California, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 104, 218-9 [incorrectly states that two anthems by Shepherd are in this manuscript]. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, 212, 261, 396. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Hunt, J. Eric. 1939. Cranmer's First Litany, 1544 and Merbecke's Book of Common Prayer Noted, 1550. London. Pages: 22-4, 52-9. Notes: contents list (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1924. Sixteenth Century Service Music: The Tudor Church Music Series. Music and Letters, 5: 145-54,335-46. Pages: 339-40. Notes: contents list.
Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music. London, Oxford et al. Pages: I, lviii; III, xviii; X, xviii. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1888-93], 224. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
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