A Bassus partbook from a set originally of 6 volumes. Music copied by a single scribe, employed by Edward Paston (see BrettEP for list of other books in the same hand and for discussion of related manuscripts from Paston's circle). Of English provenance; originated in the household of Edward Paston (1550-1630) of Norfolk, a country gentleman and collector of music. Purchased by British Museum at a Puttick's sale in 1873.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 29390 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 135 x 204-11 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 48 compositions, 36 from 13 composers, 12 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown leather on cardboard, stamped with ornamental fleur-de-lis; green tie strings remain.
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Original ink foliation in each book, 1-40.
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 Lamentations, 29 motets, 1 Latin secular piece = 32
(Buissons)-1, (Crecquillon)-2, (A. Ferrabosco I)-8, (Gombert)-1, (Lassus)-4, (Mahu)-1, (Palestrina)-1, (Pevernage)-1, (Regnart)-2, (Vaet)-1, anon-10
5 paper partbooks of an original 6 (A-ii + 40 + ii folios, T-iii + 40 + iii, B-ii + 40 + iii, Q-iii + 40 + ii, S-iii + 40 + ii), 135 x 204-11. Original ink foliation in each book, 1-40. Original covers of brown leather on cardboard, stamped with ornamental fleur-de-lis; green tie strings remain. No index. Music copied by a single scribe, employed by Edward Paston (see BrettEP for list of other books in the same hand and for discussion of related manuscripts from Paston's circle). No initials or decoration.
Early 17th century. Of English provenance; originated in the household of Edward Paston (1550-1630) of Norfolk, a country gentleman and collector of music. Purchased by British Museum at a Puttick's sale in 1873.
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GB-Lbl Add. MS 29390
Current source
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Charteris, Richard. 1984. Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (1543-1588): A Thematic Catalogue of his Music with a Biographical Calendar. New York. Pages: 59ff,187. 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,xiv,xvi-xvii; II,xii-xiii, 179-80. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
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: 59, 61, 68. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Brett, Philip, and Thurston Dart. 1960. Songs by William Byrd in Manuscripts at Harvard. Harvard Library Bulletin, 14: 343-65. Pages: 365. Notes: mention of MS.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, 197, 275-6; II, 194. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Schmidt-Görg, Joseph. 1938. Nicolas Gombert, Kapellmeister Kaiser Karls V.: Leben und Werk. Bonn. Pages: 366. Notes: contents list (partial).
Arkwright, G E P. 1911-13. Notes on the Ferrabosco Family. The Musical Antiquary, 3 & 4: 220ff(III)42ff(IV). Pages: IV, 46-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1861-75], 632-3. Notes: physical description (partial).
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note
Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description