A Bassus partbook from a set originally of six volumes (5 of which survive). Copied by a single scribe. Copied in England. Later owned by Sir Frederick Ouseley (1825-89), founder of St. Michael's College (near Tenbury, Worcester). Bequeathed to St. Michael's College; deposited in Bodleian Library in 1979.
| Archive | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob) |
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| Shelfmark | MS. Tenbury 811 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 288 x 204 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 39 compositions, 35 from 17 composers, 4 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
New covers of blue leather on cardboard; edges tooled in gold with ornamental motifs.
Watermark
No watermarks visible.
Notation
not indicated
Ruling
Staff height 15
Foliation
New pencil foliation in each book numbers all original folios.
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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3 Magnificats, 17 motets, 9 anthems, 1 Italian secular piece = 30 + 1 duplicate = 31
Bull-1, Byrd-8, M. Jeffries-3, R. Johnson-1, Kirbye-1, Paradiso-1, R. Parsons-1, W. Parsons-1, Shepherd-1, Tallis-2, Taverner-1, Tye-1, Weelkes-4, R. White-1, R. White/(W. White)-1, anon-2
5 paper partbooks of an original 6 (Medius-ii + 30 + i folios, Contratenor I-ii + 31 + i, Contratenor Il-ii + 30 + i, T-ii + 30 + i, B-ii + 28 + i), 288 x 204. New pencil foliation in each book numbers all original folios (in T, "21" and "23" applied to two consecutive folios). New covers of blue leather on cardboard; edges tooled in gold with ornamental motifs. No index. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 15. No initials or decoration. No watermarks visible.
Ca. 1610 (FelCT). Copied in England. Later owned by Sir Frederick Ouseley (1825-89), founder of St. Michael's College (near Tenbury, Worcester). Bequeathed to St. Michael's College; deposited in Bodleian Library in 1979.
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MSS Tenbury 807-811
Partbooks · 5 sources
TUDOR PARTBOOKS
Project Collection · 170 sources
GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 811
Current source
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Morris, Christopher (compiler). 1978. The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems. London. Pages: 72-83, 121, 351. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
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. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 166 [does not list all Magnificats in this source]. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: XXVIII, 125,133-4; XXX, 1-21,177,182. 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, 119-20, 224. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Fellowes, Edmund H. 1934. The Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of St. Michael's College Tenbury. Paris. Pages: 168-9. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music. London, Oxford et al. Pages: I, lx; III, xv; V, xx, xxiii; VI, xxvii-xxviii. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description