A Bassus partbook from a set originally of five volumes. Copied by a single scribe. Many pieces have text incipits or titles only; probably copied for instrumental performance. Of English provenance; probably originated in the household of Edward Paston (1550-1630) of Norfolk, a country gentleman and collector of music. Not copied by one of Paston's usual scribes; perhaps compiled for younger member of Paston family, or copied by a visiting musician for his own use, from sources owned by Paston (BrettEP). Owned in 1670 by Stephen Aldhouse of Matlask, Norfolk, a witness to Paston's will. Purchased by British Museum at a Quaritch sale in 1852.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 18939 |
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| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 147-52 x 293-302 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 214 compositions, 191 from 32 composers, 23 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
New covers of red cloth on cardboard
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
New pencil foliation in each book includes original parchment flyleaves.
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Surface
iii paper + ii parchment + 67 paper + i paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Mass, 80 Mass Ordinary sections or fragments, 18 Requiem Mass sections or fragments, 2 Mass Proper sections, 4 Magnificat sections, 1 hymn, 1 Lamentation, 32 motets, 9 anthems, 49 English secular pieces, 8 Italian secular pieces, 3 Latin secular pieces, 3 French secular pieces, 4 textless pieces (including 1 In nomine, 1 Fantasia, and 1 piece with title "Miserere") = 215
Bateson-1, Bianciardi-1, Byrd-18, Byrd/(A. Ferrabosco I)1, Cobbold-13, Crecquillon-1, Deering-1, A. Ferrabosco I [Alfonso; Alphonso]-7, A. Ferrabosco I/(Byrd)-2, A. Ferrabosco I/(Philippe de Monte)-1, (Kirbye)-1, Lange [Gregorio Languio]-1, Lassus [Orlando]-1, Philippe de Monte-2, Morley-1, J. Mundy-1, W. Mundy-1, (J. or W.? Mundy)-1, Pallavicino-1, R. Parsons I-1, Patrick-1, P. Philips-2, Shepherd-2, Stevenson-1, Tallis-4, Tallis/(Byrd)-1, Taverner-8, Tomkins-1, Orazio Vecchi-1, Victoria-65 + 31?, Weelkes-11, R. White-4, Wilbye-1, T. Wilkinson-1, anon-34
4 partbooks of an original 5 (D-ii paper + ii parchment + 69 paper + i paper folios, A-iii paper + ii parchment + 67 paper + ii paper, T-ii paper + ii parchment + 55 paper + i paper, B-iii paper + ii parchment + 67 paper + i paper), 147-52 x 293-302. New pencil foliation in each book includes original parchment flyleaves. New covers of red cloth on cardboard. No index. Copied by a single scribe. No initials or decoration. Many pieces have text incipits or titles only; probably copied for instrumental performance.
Ca. 1615 (JosephT). Of English provenance; probably originated in the household of Edward Paston (1550-1630) of Norfolk, a country gentleman and collector of music. Not copied by one of Paston's usual scribes; perhaps compiled for younger member of Paston family, or copied by a visiting musician for his own use, from sources owned by Paston (BrettEP). Owned in 1670 by Stephen Aldhouse of Matlask, Norfolk, a witness to Paston's will. Purchased by British Museum at a Quaritch sale in 1852.
Vol 4
Contents: 1 Mass, 2 Kyries, 3 Glorias, 3 Credos, 8 Agnus, 9 Requiem Mass sections, 48 Mass Ordinary sections, 4 Magnificat sections, 1 Lamentation, 28 motets, 10 motet sections, 9 anthems, 49 English secular pieces, 7 Italian secular pieces, 5 French secular pieces, 1 Latin secular piece, 9 instrumental pieces (Fantasias, In nomines, Misereres, etc.) = 197 + 1 duplicate = 198
Composers: Bateson-1, Bianciardi-1, Byrd-18, Byrd/(A. Ferrabosco I)-1, Cob-bold-13, Crecquillon-1, Deering-1, A. Ferrabosco I [Alfonso; Alphonso]-4, A. Ferrabosco I/(Byrd)-2, A. Ferrabosco I/(Philippe de Monte)-1, A. Ferrabosco I/ (Mosto)-1, A. Ferrabosco I/(Striggio)-1, A. Ferrabosco I/(Tye)-1, (Kirbye)-1, Lange-1, Lassus [Orlando]-1, Philippe de Monte-2, Morley-1, J. Mundy-1, W. Mundy-1, (J. or W.? Mundy)-1, Pallavicino-1, R. Parsons I-1, Patrick-1, P. Philips-2, Shepherd-2, Stevenson-1, Tallis-4, Tallis/(Byrd)-1, Taverner-9, Tomkins-1, Orazio Vecchi-1, Victoria-79, Weelkes-11, R. White-4, Wilbye-1, T. Wilkinson-1, anon-22
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MSS Additional 18936-18939
Partbooks · 4 sources
Paston Manuscripts
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GB-Lbl Add. MS 18939
Current source
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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: IV,xviii-xix,150-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Charteris, Richard. 1984. Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (1543-1588): A Thematic Catalogue of his Music with a Biographical Calendar. New York. Pages: 123ff,187. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Charteris, Richard. 1983. The English Songs of Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder. Studies in Music [Nedlands, Australia], 17: 79-86. Pages: 83-5. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Charteris, Richard. 1982. Newly Identified Italian Madrigals Englished. Music & Letters, 63/3: 276-280. Pages: 278. Notes: 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: 60. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Danner, Peter Kolb. 1967. The Miserere Mihi and the English Reformation: A Study of the Evolution of a Cantus Firmus Genre in Tudor Music. Stanford University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 47, 192-3, 248. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
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).
Brett, Philip. 1965. The Songs of William Byrd. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 109-11, 116-22, 247-50, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Brett, Philip. 1964-68. Edward Paston (1550-1630): A Norfolk Gentleman and His Musical Collection. Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 4: 51-69. Pages: 60. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: XXIV.159; XXV,171; XXVIII,124,128,133-4; XXX,140-l,177, 182,193,196-7. 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, 95-6, 221. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).
Kerman, Joseph. 1961. Byrd's Motets: Chronology and Canon. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 14: 359-82. Pages: 374, 381-2. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, 8, 206, 215-6, 279-80, 391-2; II, 148-9, 195; III, 225. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: XXII, 1-2, 25-9, 48-50, 102-13, 158-71, 174ff; XLIV, 3, 183. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1937-50, 1962. The Collected Works of William Byrd. Pages: XI, vi; XV, ix, 5-10, 14-6, 73-5, 81-3, 155-7, 164-5, 167ff; XVII, 108-9, 163. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music. London, Oxford et al. Pages: I, lviii; III, xv-xviii, xxi, 56-9; V, xx, xxiv; VI, xxvi, xxviii, xxxiii; IX, xii-xv, 305, 309. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1848-53], 169. Notes: physical description (partial).
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