GB-Lcm MS 1050

Royal College of Music, London, England

partbook: c. 1625-38

Archive	Royal College of Music, London, England (GB-Lcm)
Shelfmark	MS 1050
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Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	285 x 189 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: LonRC 1045-51 olim (Former shelfmark): Sacred Harmonic Society S.H. 1642
Inventory	This MS has not yet been inventoried by DIAMM. If you would like to submit an inventory, please send it to diamm@music.ox.ac.uk
Copyists	? Tomkins, John (1586–1638) Music ? Batten, Adrian (1591–1637) Music ? Barnard, John (ca. 1591–ca. 1641) Music ? Ward, John (ca. 1589–ca. 1638) Music ? Cranford, William (–ca. 1645) Music
Relationships	Sacred Harmonic Society (owner) Gostling, William (owner)
External Links	images
Provenance	London, England
Contents	Contains 60 uninventoried works or miscellaneous sections.

General Description

A Tenor Cantoris partbook from a set originally of eight volumes. The main scribe has been assumed to be John Barnard, a minor canon at St. Paul's Cathedral and editor of the print RISM 1641/5, though MorehS argues that the main scribe was more likely John Ward. Three other scribal hands at work may be Adrian Batten (ClarkAB), John Tomkins or William Cranford (MorehS). Copied in London. Books apparently used as printer's copy for John Barnard's The First Book of Selected Church Musick ( = RISM 1641/5); they contain instructions to printer regarding typography and layout. Later owned by William Gostling (d. 1777), a canon at Canterbury Cathedral (bookplate), and by Sacred Harmonic Society of London (1832-82). Library of latter purchased for newly founded Royal College of Music in 1883.

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Binding

Original covers of brown leather over pasteboard, each decorated with voice designation, date 'AUGUST XXII. / M.DC.XXV,' and initials 'I.B.' [= John Barnard]

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Notation

not indicated

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Foliation

Several systems of original ink foliation and new pencil foliation, with many errors and inconsistencies

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Decoration

No initials or decoration.

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Index

Original indices (some incomplete) list pieces by genres (Full Anthems, Verse Anthems, Preces, etc.), with attributions. Indices of verse anthems at back of each book; indices of other genres at front.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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32 Services or Service sections (including some preces, psalms, and sets of responses), 145 anthems* = 177

*14 more anthems apparently included in bassus decani book. This book missing, but its original index, now bound in with "Batten Organ Book" (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Tenbury 791), lists 14 anthems not identifiable with works in LonRC 1045-51.

Barnard-2, A. Batten-33, (A. Batten/Juxon)-1, Bennet-1, Bevin-2, R. Browne I-5, (R. Browne I/J. Gibbs)-1, Bull-2, Byrd-9, Byrd/N. Giles-1, Cobbold-1, Cranford-1, Cranford/(Lamb)-1, H. Davies-1, Deering/(T. Wilkinson)-1, Fido-1, Gibbons-8, Gibbons/(N. Giles)-1, N. Giles-7, Heath II-2, J. Holmes-1, Hooper-8, Hooper/(J. or W.? Mundy)-1, T. Hunt-1, M. Jeffries-1, R. Jones II? [Jones]-1, Juxon-1, J. Mace-1, G. Marson-4, G. or J.? Marson-3, Morley-6, J. Mundy-1, J. Mundy/(Byrd)-1, (J. Mundy/Edward Smith)-1, W. Mundy-3, W. Mundy/R. Parsons I/(J. Mundy)-1, W. Mundy/(Shepherd/R. White)-1, W. Mundy/(Wood)-1, Okeover-3, R. Parsons I-3, Portman-1, Pysing-1, Shepherd-1, Stonard-1, Tallis-7, Tallis/(Byrd)-1, Tallis/(Weelkes)-1, J. Tomkins-2, Tomkins-7, Tozar-1, E. Tucker-1, Tye-1, Ward-4, Weelkes-12, West-3, M. White-1, (M. White/R. White)-1, R. White-2, L. Woodson I-1, L. Woodson I/(Gibbons)-1, anon-3

7 paper partbooks of an original 8 (Medius Decani-i + 163 + i folios, Contratenor Decani-i + 174 + i, Tenor Decani-i + 162 + i, Medius Cantoris-i + 146 + i, Contratenor Cantoris-i + 170 + i, Tenor Cantoris-i + 143 + i, Bassus Cantoris-i + 179 + i), 285 x 189. Several systems of original ink foliation and new pencil foliation, with many errors and inconsistencies. Original covers of brown leather over pasteboard, each decorated with voice designation, date "AUGUST XXII. / M.DC.XXV," and initials "I.B." [= John Barnard]. Original indices (some incomplete) list pieces by genres (Full Anthems, Verse Anthems, Preces, etc.), with attributions. Indices of verse anthems at back of each book; indices of other genres at front. The main scribe has been assumed to be John Barnard, a minor canon at St. Paul's Cathedral, and editor of the print RISM 1641/5. MorehS argues that the main scribe was more likely John Ward. Three other scribal hands: one may be that of Adrian Batten (ClarkAB); another may be that of John Tomkins or William Cranford (MorehS). No initials or decoration.

Ca. 1625-38 (MorehS). Copied in London. Books apparently used as printer's copy for John Barnard's The First Book of Selected Church Musick ( = RISM 1641/5); they contain instructions to printer regarding typography and layout. Later owned by William Gostling (d. 1777), a canon at Canterbury Cathedral (bookplate), and by Sacred Harmonic Society of London (1832-82). Library of latter purchased for newly founded Royal College of Music in 1883.

Vol 4

Contents: In footnote, change "(Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Tenbury 791)" to "(Tenbury, St. Michael's College Library, MS 791)."

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Known composers

Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages	Item title	Attribution in Source
Works by Barnard, John (ca. 1591–ca. 1641)	[-]	-	-
Works by Batten, Adrian (1591–1637)	[-]	-	-
Works by Juxon, George (?) Batten, Adrian (1591–1637) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Bennett, John (fl. 1599-1614)	[-]	-	-
Works by Bevin, Elway	[-]	-	-
Works by Browne (I), Richard	[-]	-	-
Works by Gibbs, John (?) Browne (I), Richard (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Bull, John (ca. 1562–1628)	[-]	-	-
Works by Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623)	[-]	-	-
Works by Giles, Nathaniel (ca. 1558–1634) (?) Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Cobbold, William (ca. 1560–1639)	[-]	-	-
Works by Cranford, William (–ca. 1645)	[-]	-	-
Works by Lambe, Walter (?) Cranford, William (–ca. 1645) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Davies, Hugh	[-]	-	-
Works by Dering, Richard (?) Wylkynson, Robert (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Fido, John	[-]	-	-
Works by Gibbons, Orlando (ca. 1583–1625)	[-]	-	-
Works by Giles, Nathaniel (ca. 1558–1634) (?) Gibbons, Orlando (ca. 1583–1625) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Giles, Nathaniel (ca. 1558–1634)	[-]	-	-
Works by Heath (II), John (ca. 1589–ca. 1672)	[-]	-	-
Works by Holmes, John	[-]	-	-
Works by Hooper, Edmund	[-]	-	-
Works by Mundy, William (ca. 1528–ca. 1591) (?) Mundy, John (ca. 1555–1630) (?) Hooper, Edmund (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Hunt, Thomas	[-]	-	-
Works by Jeffries (Jeffreys), Matthew	[-]	-	-
Works by Jones, Robert	[-]	-	-
Works by Juxon, George	[-]	-	-
Works by Mace, J.	[-]	-	-
Works by Marson, George	[-]	-	-
Works by Marson, J. (?) Marson, George (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Morley, Thomas (ca. 1557–1602)	[-]	-	-
Works by Mundy, John (ca. 1555–1630)	[-]	-	-
Works by Mundy, John (ca. 1555–1630) (?) Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Mundy, John (ca. 1555–1630)	[-]	-	-
Works by Mundy, William (ca. 1528–ca. 1591)	[-]	-	-
Works by Mundy, John (ca. 1555–1630) (?) Parsons (I), Robert (ca. 1535–ca. 1572) (?) Mundy, William (ca. 1528–ca. 1591) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by White, Robert (ca. 1538–1574) (?) Sheppard, John (ca. 1515–1558) (?) Mundy, William (ca. 1528–ca. 1591) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Wood, John (?) Mundy, William (ca. 1528–ca. 1591) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Okeover, John (–ca. 1663)	[-]	-	-
Works by Parsons (I), Robert (ca. 1535–ca. 1572)	[-]	-	-
Works by Portman, Richard	[-]	-	-
Works by Pysing, William	[-]	-	-
Works by Sheppard, John (ca. 1515–1558)	[-]	-	-
Works by Stonard, William	[-]	-	-
Works by Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585) (?) Byrd, William (ca. 1540–1623) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Weelkes, Thomas (ca. 1576–1623) (?) Tallis, Thomas (ca. 1505–1585) (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tomkins, John (1586–1638)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tomkins, Thomas (1572–1656)	[-]	-	-
Works by Tozer, Solomon	[-]	-	-
Works by Tucker, Edmund	[-]	-	-
Works by Tye, Christopher (ca. 1505–ca. 1573)	[-]	-	-
Works by Ward, John (ca. 1589–ca. 1638)	[-]	-	-
Works by Weelkes, Thomas (ca. 1576–1623)	[-]	-	-
Works by West, William	[-]	-	-
Works by White, Matthew	[-]	-	-
Works by White, Robert (ca. 1538–1574) (?) White, Matthew (?)	[-]	-	-
Works by White, Robert (ca. 1538–1574)	[-]	-	-
Works by Woodson, Leonard (ca. 1565–ca. 1641)	[-]	-	-
Works by Gibbons, Orlando (ca. 1583–1625) (?) Woodson, Leonard (ca. 1565–ca. 1641) (?)	[-]	-	-

Set: MSS 1045-1051

Type: Partbooks

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‡ denotes primary source study

Morris, Christopher (compiler). 1978. The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems. London. Pages: 14, 21, 209, 231-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Monson, Craig. 1977. Thomas Myriell's Manuscript Collection: One View of Musical Taste in Jacobean London. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 419-65. Pages: 438. Notes: mention of MS.

Daniel, Ralph T, and Peter Le Huray. 1972. The Sources of English Church Music 1549-1660. Early English Church Music. London. Notes: contents list; concordances.

Fellowes, Edmund H. 1969. English Cathedral Music. London. Pages: 57, 107, 113. Notes: mention of MS.

Morehen, John. 1969. The Sources of English Cathedral Music, c. 1617-c. 1644. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 244-81, Ex. 61-5. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Clark, J Bunker. 1968. Adrian Batten and John Barnard: Colleagues and Collaborators. Musica Disciplina, 207-29. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: III, 212, 215-9; IX, 164-5, 168; XIII, 206-9; XIX, 331; XXI, 88-93, 198-9, 202; XXIII, 146, 149, 155-9. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Lamont, Herbert Harry. 1963. John Shepherd: His Life and Music. University of Southern California, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 114-5, 165ff, 219; II, 137-73. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

King, William Joseph. 1962. The English Anthem from the Early Tudor Period through the Restoration Era. Boston University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 183-99, 351; II, 70-192. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Le Huray, Peter. 1960. Towards A Definitive Study of Pre-Restoration Anglican Service Music. Musica Disciplina, 167-95. Pages: 171, 177-8. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Noble, Jeremy. 1955. La Répertoire Instrumental Anglais: 1550-1585. La Musique Instrumentale de la Renaissance, 91-114. Paris. Pages: 101, 105-6. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: XXIII, 126-33. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Fellowes, Edmund H. 1948. William Byrd. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: l31, 142-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Squire, W Barclay. 1930c. Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Music. Notes: physical description.

Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music. London, Oxford et al. Pages: I, xii; II, xxiv, xxxi-xxxvii; IV, xxix-xxxvi, 267-9; V, xxi, xxv, xxviii. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Husk, W H. 1872. Catalogue of the Library of The Sacred Harmonic Society. London. Pages: 188-90. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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