A Bassus partbook from a set originally of 6. The main scribe was probably Dericke Gerarde, composer and music director for Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel; Gerarde also copied LonBLR A49-54 and several other manuscripts not within scope of this catalogue (see EppsDG, BernsCE for list and discussion). Two incomplete Italian pieces on ff. 47-47' copied by a different hand, on different paper. All folios except f. 47 have printed staves and decorative margins, similar but not identical to those in LonBL 15166 and LonBL 30480-4. 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 Museumin 1757.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Royal Appendix 57 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 147 x 203 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 28 compositions, 27 from 10 composers, 1 is anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Modern covers of maroon leather and cloth on cardboard, dating from 1757.
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1565-80 (BernsCE).
Foliation
Modern ink foliation, 1-47; f. 47 originally belonged to different manuscript, in which it was f. 114.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 hymns, 18 French secular pieces (1 incomplete), 2 Italian secular pieces (both incomplete) = 22
Caron-1, Clemens non Papa-1, D. Gerarde [Theodoricus Gerardi]-9, Havericq-2, C. Hollander-2, Lassus-3, Latfeur-1, Lupi-1, Wismes-1, anon-1
1 paper partbook of an original 6 (B-iii + 47 + ii folios), 147 x 203. Modern ink foliation, 1-47; f. 47 originally belonged to different manuscript, in which it was f. 114. Ff. 1 and 27'-46' have blank staves only. Modern (1757) covers of maroon leather and cloth on cardboard. No index.
The main scribe was probably Dericke Gerarde, composer and music director for Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel; Gerarde also copied LonBLR A49-54 and several other manuscripts not within scope of this catalogue (see EppsDG, BernsCE for list and discussion). Two incomplete Italian pieces on ff. 47-47' copied by a different hand, on different paper. All folios except f. 47 have printed staves and decorative margins, similar but not identical to those in LonBL 15166 and LonBL 30480-4. Only portions of watermark visible. Book contains primarily bassus parts, but some discantus, altus, and tenor parts also present.
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 Museumin 1757.
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Milledge, Anthony. 2001. The music of Dyricke Gerarde. Durham University, Ph.D. Pages: 78-81.
Fenlon, Iain, and John Milsom. 1984. 'Ruled Paper Imprinted': Music Paper and Patents in Sixteenth-Century England. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 37: 139-63. Pages: 146-7,156,160. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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, 108-12. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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.
Thomson, James. 1964. An Introduction to Philippe(?) Caron. Musicological Studies, vol. 9. Brooklyn. Pages: 14. Notes: mention of MS.
Cazeaux, Isabelle Anne-Marie. 1961. The Secular Music of Claudin de Sermisy. Columbia University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 106, 192, 292bis. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, 270-1; II, 135. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
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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