A Quintus partbook of a set of 5 volumes. Music copied by a single scribe, employed by 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 29405 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 122 x 203 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 59 compositions from 6 composers. |
General Description
Binding
New covers of red leather and cloth on boards.
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Original ink foliation in each book, 1-55; original foliation crossed out and replaced with new pencil foliation 1-56 (begins with last modern front flyleaf)
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Index
See end of Discantus partbook
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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14 anthems, 1 English sacred piece, 1 carol, 34 English secular pieces, 1 Latin secular piece, 4 In nomines = 55
Bull-1, Byrd-38 + 12?, (A. Ferrabosco I)-1, R. Parsons I-1, (Tallis)-1, R. White-1
5 paper partbooks (D-iv + 55 + i + iv folios, A-ii + 55 + ii, T-iv + 55 + ii, B-v + 55 + iii, Q-v + 55 + iii), 122 x 203. Original ink foliation in each book, 1-55 (f. 55 erroneously numbered "56" in A). Original foliation crossed out and replaced with new pencil foliation - D: 1-58 (from last modern front flyleaf through first modern back flyleaf); A: 1-55 (begins with last modern front flyleaf; last original folio not numbered); TBQ: 1-56 (begins with last modern front flyleaf). New covers of red leather and cloth on boards. Original alphabetical index on flyleaf at end of D book. 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.
Ca. 1613. 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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MSS Additional 29401-29405
Partbooks · 5 sources
Paston Manuscripts
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GB-Lbl Add. MS 29405
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: 106,187. 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: II.xiv-xv,35-40. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Charteris, Richard. 1983. The English Songs of Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder. Studies in Music [Nedlands, Australia], 17: 79-86. Pages: 81-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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).
Brett, Philip. 1965. The Songs of William Byrd. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 28-30, 110, 143-83, 245-7. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (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: 59, 62-6, 69. Notes: contents list (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Brett, Philip. 1961-62. The English Consort Song, 1570-1625. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 88: 73-88. Pages: 78, 84-5. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Brett, Philip, and Thurston Dart. 1960. Songs by William Byrd in Manuscripts at Harvard. Harvard Library Bulletin, 14: 343-65. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: I, 8, 143; II, 149-50, 195; III, 225, 389. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1937-50, 1962. The Collected Works of William Byrd. Pages: XV, 11-3, 66-72, 124-30, 144-5, 149-51, 166ff; XVII, 162. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Madden, F. 1843-. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. Pages: [1861-75], 633. Notes: physical description (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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