A partbook from a set of four volumes; a square of parchment with the designation 'Medius' bound at the front of the book appears to be a remnant of a limp vellum binding. Copied by a single scribe. Repertory organised (with some exceptions and inconsistencies) in liturgical categories (Masses, Kyries, Alleluias, etc.); within each category, pieces are arranged in descending order of seniority of composers. Probably copied in London, for use at St. Paul's Cathedral (BaillieS). Inscriptions indicate ownership by a certain Philip Gyffard. Purchased by British Museum at a Puttick's sale in 1849.
GB-Lbl Add. MS 17804 (Gyffard Partbooks)
British Library, London, England
partbook: c.1570-c.1585 (Mateer)
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 17804 (Gyffard Partbooks) |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 204-10 x 138 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 150 compositions, 130 from 27 composers, 20 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Modern (1934) covers of maroon leather and cloth on cardboard.
Watermark
At least three: (1) grapes with stalk; at bottom a fleur-de-lis with initials 'BG'; (2) grapes with stalk, with inset initials 'DB'; (3) grapes with stalk subscribed by a motif incorporating characters '4,' 'M,' and a cross.
Notation
black void, except for some folios in 'strene' notation (discussed in BentN). - whole set put together by a team of two scribes, possibly supervised by a well-connected musical patron (Mateer - see McCarthy, 'Evidence', 406).
Foliation
Other numberings: Original numbering of pieces, 1-10; 19-40 (= #1-10 and #24-45 in BrayBM inventory).
Foliation
Modern foliation 1-231 (excludes blank pages)
Surface
paper
DIAMM Note
Inventory taken from Bray, Roger W: 'British Museum Add. Mss. 17802-5 (the Gyffard Part-Books): An Index and Commentary' Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle 7 (1969), pp 31-50. on pp 34-41.
Digitized with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) for the Tudor Partbooks project at the Universities of Oxford and Newcastle.
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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12 Masses, 7 Kyries, 1 Mass Proper cycle, 13 Mass Proper sections, 5 Magnificats, 1 Te Deum, 2 psalms, 4 processional hymns, 1 Passion, 48 motets = 94
P. Alcock-1, Appleby-1, Barber-1, Blitheman-3, Bramston-1, T.? Byrd [Mr. birde]-W. Mundy-Shepherd-1, R. Cooper-1, Ensdale-1, Hake-1, Hoskins-1, Hyett-1, R. Johnson I-2, T. Knight-3, J. Mundy-1, W. Mundy-7, Okeland-1, Redford-1, Shepherd-19, Stenings-1, Tallis-7, Taverner-10, Tye-6, R. White-1, Whytbroke-1, Wilder-2, Wright-1, anon-18
4 paper partbooks (Triplex-iv + 244 + ii + iii folios, Contratenor-v + 250 + iii, Medius-iv + 242 + iii, B-iii + 227 + ii), 204-10 x 138. Some original foliation in Triplex; modern foliation (Triplex: 1-243; Contratenor: 1-243; Medius: 1-231; B: 1-222). All books contain blank folios not included in new foliation. Original numbering of pieces, 1-10; 19-40 (= #1-10 and #24-45 in BrayBM inventory). Modern (1934) covers of maroon leather and cloth on cardboard. No index.
Black void mensural notation, except for some folios in "strene" notation (discussed in BentN). Copied by a single scribe. At least three watermarks: (1) grapes with stalk; at bottom a fleur-de-lis with initials "BG"; (2) grapes with stalk, with inset initials "DB"; (3) grapes with stalk subscribed by a motif incorporating characters "4," "M," and a cross. Repertory organized (with some exceptions and inconsistencies) in liturgical categories (Masses, Kyries, Alleluias, etc.); within each category, pieces are arranged in descending order of seniority of composers.
Ca. 1540-80; most copying probably done 1553-8, during reign of Queen Mary (BrayBM); ca. 1553-80 (JosephT). Probably copied in London, for use at St. Paul's Cathedral (BaillieS). Inscriptions indicate ownership by a certain Philip Gyffard. Purchased by British Museum at a Puttick's sale in 1849.
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McCarthy, Kerry. 2010. 'Evidence of Things Past' [Review of The Gyffard Partbooks, 2 vols, Early English Church Music, 48, by David Mateer]. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 135, no. 2: 405-11.
Mateer, David G (editor). 2007-9. The Gyffard Partbooks [edition]. Early English Church Music, vol. 48 & 51. London: Stainer & Bell for the British Academy. Notes: edition, dating.
Mateer, David G. 1995. The "Gyffard" Partbooks: Composers, Owners, Date and Provenance. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 28: 21-50. Notes: discussion.
Aplin, John. 1980. The Fourth Kind of Faburden': The Identity of an English Four-Part Style. Music and Letters, 61: 245ff. Pages: 256ff. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Trowell, Brian. 1980. Faburden-New Sources, New Evidence: A Preliminary Survey. Modern Musical Scholarship, 28-78. Stocksfield, Boston, Henley, and London. Pages: 61, 68-70, 75, 77. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (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. Pages: 2. Notes: mention of MS.
Doe, Paul. 1971-2. Another View of Musica Ficta in Tudor Music. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 98: 113-22. Pages: 120-1. Notes: transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bray, Roger W. 1969. The Interpretation of Musica Ficta in English Music, C. 1490-C. 1580 [dissertation]. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 49-93; II, 2-27. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bray, Roger W. 1969. British Museum Add. Mss. 17802-5 (the Gyffard Part-Books): An Index and Commentary. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 7: 31-50. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; mention of MS; discussion.
Doe, Paul. 1968-9. Latin Polyphony under Henry VIII. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 95: 81-96. Pages: 89-92. Notes: transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 143. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: XVII, 1-15, 28-38, 126-8, 155-9; XVIII, passim; XXIV,x-xi, 1-46,159; XXX.40-52,91-108,119-26,136-9,146-8,150-1,176,184,188-95. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lamont, Herbert Harry. 1963. John Shepherd: His Life and Music. University of Southern California, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 81-2, 91-5, 221-6, passim; II, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1962. Faburden in Practice. Musica Disciplina, 16: 11-34. Pages: 15ff, 26, 34. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bergsagel, John D. 1960. An Introduction to Ludford (c. 1485-c. 1557). Musica Disciplina, 14: 105-30. Pages: 120-2, 126. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn. 1958, second ed. 1963. Music in Medieval Britain. London: Routledge. Pages: 288ff, passim, Plate XVI. Notes: transcription (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Westrup, Jack A (editor). 1954-. New Oxford History of Music. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: III, 344-5; IV, 473ff. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, 142, 213-4, 271-3, 387, 460. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: VII, 1270; VIII, 1177. Notes: mention of MS; facsimile (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1929-. Das Chorwerk. Berlin/Wolfenbüttel. Pages: LXXXIV. Notes: transcription (partial).
Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music. London, Oxford et al. Pages: I, lviii, lxi, passim; III, xv-xvi, passim; V, xxii; VI, xxv-xxvii, passim; IX, xiv, 298-300. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Davey, Henry. 1921. History of English Music. London. Pages: 91, 97-8, 100, 122-3, 129, 132-40. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).
Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1848-53], 55. Notes: physical description (partial).
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