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A single Altus/Tenor partbook. One scribe copied ff. 2-6', 8, 9-10, and 13-15; second scribe copied ff. 7-7', 8', 10'-12', and 15'-16; fragments on original flyleaves in a third hand. All pieces have text incipits or titles only. Copied in England. Acquired by British Museum as part of bequest from E. H. W. Meyerstein in 1953.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 47844 |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 98 x 149 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 32 compositions, 28 from 9 composers, 4 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original limp vellum covers (inscribed 'Count[er] tener', inside front cover), formerly part of another manuscript.
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Other numberings: Original numbering of pieces, 1-23 (counts Pars II of one motet separately).
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-17, includes original flyleaves, apparently taken from an earlier music manuscript
Decoration
Left borders decorated with inked spiral patterns; ornamental designs enclosing the words 'Good songe' (or simply 'Good') and date '1581' appear at end of many pieces
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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1 Kyrie, 7 Mass Proper sections, 2 hymns, 10 motets, 1 In nomine, 1 textless piece = 22 + several fragments copied on original fly-leaves
Byrd-6, Lassus [Harlando]-1, R. Parsons I-1, Shepherd-2, Strogers-1, Taverner-1, (Tye)-1, R. White-2, anon-7
1 paper partbook (A/T-i + i + 15 + i + i folios), 98 x 149. New pencil foliation, 1-17, includes original flyleaves, apparently taken from an earlier music manuscript. Original numbering of pieces, 1-23 (counts Pars II of one motet separately). Original parchment covers (inscribed "Countertenor"), formerly part of another manuscript. No index. One scribe copied ff. 2-6', 8, 9-10, and 13-15; second scribe copied ff. 7-7', 8', 10'-12', and 15'-16; fragments on original flyleaves in a third hand. Left borders decorated with inked spiral patterns; ornamental designs enclosing the words "Good songe" (or simply "Good") and date "1581" appear at end of many pieces. All pieces have text incipits or titles only.
1581 (date on several folios). Copied in England. Acquired by British Museum as part of bequest from E. H. W. Meyerstein in 1953.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "Taverner-1" to "Taverner/(R. Johnson I)-1"; change "R. White-2" to "R. White-1, R. White/(W.? Mundy)-1."
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TUDOR PARTBOOKS
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GB-Lbl Add. MS 47844
Current source
‡ denotes primary source study
Edwards, Warwick. 1974. Instrumental Consorts in England from the Accession of Henry VIII to the Commonwealth. Cambridge University,, Ph.D. dissertation. Notes: discussion.
Hofmann-Brandt, H. 1971. Die Tropen zu den Responsorien des Officiums. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Doctoral Dissertation, 2 parts. Notes: discussion.
Willetts, Pamela J. 1970. Handlist of Music Manuscripts aquired 1908-1967. Pages: 27. Notes: physical description (partial).
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: XVII, 157 [indicated concordance incorrect]; XXIX, 128, 134. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kerman, Joseph. 1961. Byrd's Motets: Chronology and Canon. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 14: 359-82. Pages: 362. Notes: contents list (partial).
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Carlos Rodríguez Otero
Monday, 23 May, 2022
'Dum transisset' on f. 8v identified as the five-voice setting by Robert Johnson;sSee Hugh Benham, John Taverner: His Life and Music (Routledge, 2003), 58.
Benedict Randall Shaw
Monday, 11 April, 2022
Noted that Dum transisset on fol. 8v does not match with Taverner's other settings of this text.
Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description