One of six partbooks, each containing various voice-parts. Probably copied by Dericke Gerarde, composer and music director for Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel. Probably copied at Nonesuch Palace (Cheam, Surrey), for use in household of Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel (d. 1580). Later passed to Arundel's son-in-law, John, 6th Baron Lumley (d. 1609). Arundel-Lumley collection became part of Old Royal Library, which passed to newly founded British Museum in 1757.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Royal Appendix 53 |
| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 152 x 257 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 44 compositions, 42 from 16 composers, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Modern covers of tan cloth on boards; original parchment covers (with inscription 'Lumley') now bound in at beginning of each book
Watermark
Only portions of one watermark (Briquet #5304?) visible
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
New ink foliation in each book
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Surface
ii paper + ii parchment [= original covers] + 24 paper + ii paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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13 motets, 22 French secular pieces = 35
Clemens non Papa-1, Crecquillon-1, D. Gerarde-8, Gombert-9, Gombert/(Josquin)-1, Havericq-2, (Josquin/Verdelot)-1, Latfeur-2, [Clément?]* Morel-1, (Moulu)-1, Paon-1, Phinot-2, Truie-1, Wismes-1, anon-3
*EppsDG: Clément Morel; BernsCE: another "Morel."
6 paper partbooks (various voice parts in each book; all have ii paper + ii parchment [= original covers] + 24 paper + ii paper folios, except MS 52, with 23 original folios), 152 x 257. New ink foliation in each book. Modern covers of tan cloth on boards; original parchment covers (with inscription "Lumley") now bound in at beginning of each book. No index. Probably copied by Dericke Gerarde, composer and music director for Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel; Gerarde also copied LonBLR A57 and several other manuscripts not within scope of this catalogue (see EppsDG, BernsCE for list and discussion). No initials or decoration. Only portions of one watermark (Briquet #5304?) visible on some folios.
Ca. 1565-80 (BernsCE). Probably copied at Nonesuch Palace (Cheam, Surrey), for use in household of Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel (d. 1580). Later passed to Arundel's son-in-law, John, 6th Baron Lumley (d. 1609). Arundel-Lumley collection became part of Old Royal Library, which passed to newly founded British Museum in 1757.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "(Moulu)-1" to "(Descaudain/Moulu)-1."
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MSS Royal Appendix 49-54
Partbooks · 6 sources
TUDOR PARTBOOKS
Project Collection · 170 sources
GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 53
Current source
‡ denotes primary source study
Milledge, Anthony. 2001. The music of Dyricke Gerarde. Durham University, Ph.D. Pages: 59-70.
Bernstein, Jane Agar. 1974. The Chanson in England 1530-1640: A Study of Sources and Styles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 91-2, 98-9, 108-57. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Slim, H Colin. 1972. A Gift of Madrigals and Motets. Chicago and London. Pages: I, 10, 223. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Dobbins, Frank. 1971. The Chanson at Lyons in the Sixteenth Century. Oxford University (New College), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 320. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Epps, David. 1964. Dericke Gerarde: A study of the British Museum manuscripts Royal Appendix 17-22, 23-25, 26-30, 31-35, 49-54 & 57 with particular reference to the life and works ofthat composer. Edinburgh University, Unpublished D.Mus. thesis. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances; mention of MS; discussion.
Brown, Howard Mayer. 1963. Music in the French Secular Theater, 1400-1550. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: 233, 245. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Cazeaux, Isabelle Anne-Marie. 1961. The Secular Music of Claudin de Sermisy. Columbia University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 117, 192, 210, 281, 319. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Jayne, Sears, and Francis R Johnson (editors). 1956. The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609. London. Pages: 286. Notes: mention of MS.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, 142, 270; II, 134-5. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Schmidt-Görg, Joseph. 1938. Nicolas Gombert, Kapellmeister Kaiser Karls V.: Leben und Werk. Bonn. Pages: 368-70. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (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, 394. Notes: physical description.
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