A Discantus partbook from a set of three volumes. Each Mass assigned to one day of week; polyphonic portions include Ordinary sections, Alleluias, and Sequences. These partbooks contain the only complete weekly cycle of English Lady Masses known. Possibly copied by Nicholas Ludford at St. Stephen's, Westminster. Perhaps a gift from the composer Nicholas Ludford to Henry VIII, King of England, and his wife, Catherine of Aragon. Eventually incorporated into the Old Royal Library, which passed to newly founded British Museum in 1757.
GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 47 [Discantus] (Ludford)
British Library, London, England
partbook: c. 1525, before 1533
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Royal Appendix 47 [Discantus] (Ludford) |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 140 x 194 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 55 compositions from 1 composer. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown leather stamped with arms of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
Watermark
Portions of single unidentified watermark (thistle?) visible on a few folios.
Notation
chant notation; black void mensural notation
Foliation
Modern ink foliation in each book
Decoration
Mass decorated with large pasted-in initial 'K'; 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.
DIAMM Note
Tenor
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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7 Masses
Ludford-7
3 paper partbooks + 1 book containing solo parts for same pieces (D-ii + 68 + ii folios, A-ii + 70 + ii, T-ii + 64 + ii, Solo-ii + 28 + ii), 140 x 194. Modern ink foliation in each book. Original covers of brown leather stamped with arms of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. No index. Possibly copied by Nicholas Ludford. Opening Kyrie of each Mass decorated with large pasted-in initial "K"; no other decoration. Portions of single unidentified watermark (thistle?) visible on a few folios.
Each Mass assigned to one day of week; polyphonic portions include Ordinary sections, Alleluias, and Sequences. Soloist's book contains Offertories and Communions (copied in chant notation), as well as other solo sections (copied in white mensural notation) evidently intended for alternatim performance with polyphonic sections. Partbooks contain only complete weekly cycle of English Lady Masses known.
Ca. 1525 (BaillieS). Probably copied at St. Stephen's, Westminster. Perhaps a gift from the composer Nicholas Ludford to Henry VIII, King of England, and his wife, Catherine of Aragon. Eventually incorporated in Old Royal Library, which passed to newly founded British Museum in 1757.
Vol 4
Date: Ca. 1530 (MilsomL).
14v
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Ludford's Lady Masses, Lbl MSS Royal Appendix 45-48
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GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 47 [Discantus] (Ludford)
Current source
‡ denotes primary source study
Milsom, John. 1985. The Date of Ludford's Lady Masses: A Cautionary Note. Music and Letters, 66: 367-8. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Benham, Hugh Raymond. 1977. Latin Church Music in England c. 1460-1575. London. Pages: 24, 127-9, Plate 4. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bergsagel, John D (editor). 1963-. Nicholas Ludford (e. 1485-C.1557): Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 27. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; texts; discussion.
Bergsagel, John D. 1962. On the Performance of Ludford's Alternatim Masses. Musica Disciplina, 16: 35-55. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Baillie, Hugh. 1960. Squares. Acta Musicologica, 32: 178ff. Pages: 178, 184. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bergsagel, John D. 1960. An Introduction to Ludford (c. 1485-c. 1557). Musica Disciplina, 14: 105-30. Pages: 110, 115, 117-30. Notes: contents list; incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Baillie, Hugh. 1958. Nicholas Ludford (c. 1485-c. 1557). The Musical Quarterly, 44: 196ff. Pages: 197ff. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Westrup, Jack A (editor). 1954-. New Oxford History of Music. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: III, 335-7. Notes: transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, 212, 260. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: VIII, 1177. Notes: physical description (partial).
Warner, Sir George F, and Julius P Gilson. 1921. Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King's Collections. London. Pages: II, 393-4. Notes: physical description.
Warner, S Townsend. 1918-19. The Point of Perfection in XVI Century Notation. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 45: 53-74. Pages: 68-9. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
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