GB-Lbl Egerton 2010

British Library, London, England

partbook: Early 17th century

Archive British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl)
Shelfmark Egerton 2010
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 135 x 213 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: LonBLE 2010
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Provenance
  • Norfolk, England
Contents Contains 58 compositions, 37 from 8 composers, 21 are anonymous.
General Description

An Altus partbook from a set originally of five volumes (much of repertory concordant with LonBLE 2009, 2011, and 2012, but this volume does not belong to that set although it provides the missing Altus for many pieces). Music copied by a single scribe, employed by Edward Paston (1550-1630) of Norfolk, a country gentleman and collector of music.

Subsequent history parallels that of MSS Egerton 2009, 2011, and 2012. These three books bear inscriptions indicating ownership in 1669 by Stephen Aldhouse, of Matlask, Norfolk, a witness to Paston's will; LonBLE 2010 is not similarly inscribed, but Aldhouse's ownership is virtually certain. Purchased by British Museum at a Puttick's sale in 1866.

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Binding

New covers of red cloth and leather on cardboard; glued inside, front and back, are original covers of brown leather stamped with ornamental designs (flowers and fleurs-de-lis); some gold leaf applied to bindings, but not completed

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Notation

not indicated

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Foliation

Original ink foliation, 1-48 (f. 49 numbered in modern pencil)

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Decoration

No initials or decoration

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 carol, 35 English secular pieces (most are English adaptations of French or Italian secular pieces), 3 French secular pieces = 39 + 1 duplicate = 40

(Byrd)-1, (Crecquillon)-1, (A. Ferrabosco I)-17, (A. Gabrieli)-1, (Lassus)-1, (Philippe de Monte)-3, (Palestrina)-1, (Striggio)-1, (Orazio Vecchi)-1, (Vespa)-1, (Vinci)-1, (Wilder)-2, anon-8

1 paper partbook of an original 5 (A-ii + i + 49 + iii folios), 135 x 213. Original ink foliation, 1-48 (f. 49 numbered in modern pencil). New covers of red cloth and leather on cardboard; glued inside, front and back, are original covers of brown leather stamped with ornamental designs (flowers and fleurs-de-lis); some gold leaf applied to bindings, but not completed. No index. Music copied by a single scribe, employed by Edward Paston (see BrettEP for list of other books in the same hand and for discussion of related manuscripts from Paston's circle). No initials or decoration. Most of repertory concordant with MSS Egerton 2009, 2011, and 2012 in this library, but latter three do not belong to same set as present book (see entry for LonBLE 2009).

Early 17th century. Of English provenance; originated in the household of Edward Paston (1550-1630) of Norfolk, a country gentleman and collector of music. Subsequent history parallels that of MSS Egerton 2009, 2011, and 2012. Three latter books bear inscriptions indicating ownership in 1669 by Stephen Aldhouse, of Matlask, Norfolk, a witness to Paston's will. LonBLE 2010 not similarly inscribed, but Aldhouse's ownership virtually certain. Purchased by British Museum at a Puttick's sale in 1866.

Vol 4

Composers: Change "(Wilder)-2" to "(Wilder)-1"; add "(R. Parsons I/Wilder)-1."

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Sets

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Charteris, Richard. 1984. Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (1543-1588): A Thematic Catalogue of his Music with a Biographical Calendar.  New York. Pages: 106, 166ff, 189. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Charteris, Richard (editor). 1984. Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (1543-1588): Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 96.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III,xiv-xv,48-56; IV,xviii-xx,92-7, 130-43,150-67. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Charteris, Richard. 1983. The English Songs of Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder. Studies in Music [Nedlands, Australia], 17: 79-86. Pages: 81-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Charteris, Richard. 1982. Newly Identified Italian Madrigals Englished. Music & Letters, 63/3: 276-280. Pages: 278-279. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial);.

Charteris, Richard. 1982. New Light on Ferrabosco's Chansons. The Consort, 38: 461-2. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial).

Bernstein, Jane Agar. 1979. Philip van Wilder and the Netherlandish Chanson in England. Musica Disciplina, 33: 55-75. Pages: 70-1. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Brett, Philip. 1965. The Songs of William Byrd. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 109-10, 257-9. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Brett, Philip. 1964-68. Edward Paston (1550-1630): A Norfolk Gentleman and His Musical Collection. Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 4: 51-69. Pages: 60, 64-5, 69. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).

Brett, Philip. 1961-62. The English Consort Song, 1570-1625. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 88: 73-88. Pages: 78, 83-5. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Brett, Philip, and Thurston Dart. 1960. Songs by William Byrd in Manuscripts at Harvard. Harvard Library Bulletin, 14: 343-65. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Noble, Jeremy. 1955. La Répertoire Instrumental Anglais: 1550-1585. La Musique Instrumentale de la Renaissance, 91-114. Paris. Pages: 99, 105. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge.  Cambridge. Pages: I, 143; II, 146-8. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1937-50, 1962. The Collected Works of William Byrd. Pages: XV, 167, 175. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music.  London, Oxford et al. Pages: II, xxi. Notes: physical description (partial).

Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1861-75], 946. Notes: physical description (partial).

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