| Archive | Yale University, School of Music Library, New Haven, United States (US-NH) |
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| Shelfmark | Miscellaneous MS 170, Filmer 1/d |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 168 x 215 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 163 compositions, 150 from 29 composers, 13 are anonymous. |
A Bassus partbook from a set of five volumes. Compositions grouped in several sections by voice number: I (32 pieces a2 (A-Q books) & a3 (C-T-B books), with 3 pieces a5); II (28 pieces a4); III (36 pieces a5); IV (46 pieces a5); V (17 pieces mostly a6); VI (21 pieces a6).
Copied by one main scribe, with additions by several later hands. Copied in England. Owned by Filmer family, of Kent; purchased by Yale University in 1945.
Original covers of dark brown leather over boards, tooled in gold with voice designations and ornamental oval-shaped design.
not indicated
Staff height 15
New pencil foliation 1-143; original ink foliation in several series, with errors and omissions
No initials or decoration.
paper
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2 Lamentations, 43 motets, 3 anthems, 61 Italian secular pieces, 5 French secular pieces, 4 English secular pieces, 1 Latin secular piece, 6 textless pieces, 14 instrumental pieces = 139 + 1 duplicate = 140
(Bianco)-2, Byrd-1, (Clemens non Papa)-1, (Daman)-3, (A. Ferrabosco I)-47, (A. Ferrabosco I/Verdelot)-1, Flecknall-1, (A. Gabrieli) -1, Hilton the Elder-1, T. Holmes-1, (Ingegneri)-1, (Lassus)-25, (Marenzio)-16, (Philippe de Monte)-2, Nau [Mr: Noe]-1, (Palestrina)-1, Portman-1, (Quintiani)-3, (G. Renaldi)-4, (Rore)-3, (Sandrin)-1, (Striggio)-1, (Wert)-1, W. White-2, J. Wilson-2, J. Wilson/(Grandi)-1, L. Woodson I-1, anon-14
5 paper partbooks (D-142 + ii folios, AT-142 + i folios each, B-143, Q-142), 168 x 215. New pencil foliation (DQ: 1-142; ATB: 1-143); original ink foliation in several series, with errors and omissions. Original covers of dark brown leather over boards, tooled in gold with voice designations and ornamental oval-shaped design. Incomplete original index on rear flyleaf of A book groups pieces by genre and number of voices ("mottet of 5 pts," "madrigali 5 pts," "mottet of 6 pts," etc.), with subgrouping under each section by order of appearance (pieces listed by folio number only). Copied by one main scribe, with additions by several later hands. Staff height 15. No initials or decoration.
Ca. 1588-1603 (ForF). Copied in England. Owned by Filmer family, of Kent; purchased by Yale University in 1945.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "Nau" to "E. Nau."
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Partbooks · 5 sources
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Hamessley, Lydia. 1989. The reception of the Italian madrigal in England: A repertorial study of manuscript anthologies, ca. 1580—1620. University of Minnesota, Ph.D. Notes: description of ms; inventory; discussion.
Charteris, Richard. 1984. Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (1543-1588): A Thematic Catalogue of his Music with a Biographical Calendar. New York. Pages: 57ff,194. 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: I,xv-xviii; II.xii-xiii, 16-9; III.xiv-xv. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Ford, Robert. 1977-78. The Filmer Manuscripts: A Handlist. Notes, 34: 814-25. Notes: physical description.
Daniel, Ralph T, and Peter Le Huray. 1972. The Sources of English Church Music 1549-1660. Early English Church Music, vol. Supplementary Volume 1. London. Pages: We thank Mr. Robert Ford for his assistance in the preparation of this entry. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Slim, H Colin. 1972. A Gift of Madrigals and Motets. Chicago and London. Pages: I, 227. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Persons, Jerry C. 1969. The Sambrooke Book: Drexel 4302. Unpublished Master's thesis, Wichita State University. Pages: 121-3, 131, 135, 139, 141. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
de Ricci, Seymour, and W. J. Wilson. 1935-40. Supplement, 1962. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York. Pages: Supplement, 63. Notes: physical description.
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description