An Altus partbook from a set of five volumes. Originally vocal pieces, most are copied for instrumental perfromance without title or text. Copied by several scribes. Copied in England. The original owner (and compiler?) was James Pearson, whose name appears at end of D1 book (MB). Names of Thomas and Elizabeth Babington (other owners?) also appear on back flyleaf of T book. Purchased by British Museum from W. Metcalfe in 1906.
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Add. MS 37404 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 139 x 185-94 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 125 compositions, 120 from 50 composers, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Some missing folios in A, affecting last 11 pieces, and beginning of D2, affecting 2 pieces.
Binding
New covers of red leather and cloth on card-board; portions of original brown leather covers glued inside modern covers. Original covers of all books except A have gold-tooled design (crown over Tudor rose)
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Other numberings: Original numbering of Italian pieces in each book, 1-75 (two pieces omitted). First 20 pieces copied from RISM 1601/16 also have original numbering, i-xx.
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-96 (includes original fly-leaves front and back)
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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6 motets (1 without text), 1 Service, 8 anthems, 77 Italian secular pieces, 34 English secular pieces,* 1 French secular piece, 12 text-less pieces (Fantasias, dances, etc.) = 139
*25 copied from print The Triumphes of Oriana (RISM 1601/16).
(F. Anerio)-1, Bennet-1, Byrd-5, Carlton-2, Cavendish-1, Cobbold-1, (Croce)-2 + 1?, (Dowland-anon)-1, M. East-1, (M. East/ Simmes)-1, (Eremita)-1, Farmer-1, A. Ferrabosco I-8 + 6?, (A. Ferrabosco II)-1, Gibbons-2, Ellis Gibbons-1, Ellis Gibbons/(Gibbons)-1, (Giovanelli)-1, Hilton the Elder-1, J. Holmes-1, T. Hunt-1, E. Johnson-1, R. Jones II-1, Kirbye-1, (Lassus)-1, Lesley [John Lisley]-1, T. Lupo-3 + 1?, (Luzzaschi?)-1, Mando-1, (Marenzio)-8, G. Marson-1, (Masnelli)-5, Milton-1, (Monteverdi)-10, Morley-4, (Mosto?)-1, J. Mundy-1, W. Mundy-1, Nicholson-1, Norcome-1, P.-1, P./(Byrd)-1, (Pallavicino)-8, R. Parsons I-1, (Peerson)-1, (Quintiani)-2 + 4?, Tallis-1, Tomkins-1, Tye-1, (Orazio Vecchi)-7, (Venturi?)-3, Weelkes-2, Wilbye-1, T. Wilkinson/(T. Hunt)-1, anon-17
5 paper partbooks (D-iii + 98 + ii folios, A-iii + 93 + i, T-ii + i + 94 + i + i, B-ii + 87 + i, Q-iii + 90 + i), 139 x 185-94. New pencil foliation — D: 1-98; A: 1-91 (last two folios not numbered); T: 1-96 (includes original fly-leaves front and back); B: 1-86 (last folio not numbered); Q: 1-89 (last folio not numbered). Original numbering of Italian pieces in each book, 1-75 (two pieces omitted). First 20 pieces copied from RISM 1601/16 (see above) also have original numbering, i-xx. New covers of red leather and cloth on card-board; portions of original brown leather covers glued inside modern covers. Original covers of all books except D have gold-tooled design (crown over Tudor rose). No index. Copied by several scribes. No initials or decoration.
Early 17th Century. Copied in England. The original owner (and compiler?) was James Pearson, whose name appears at end of D book (MB). Names of Thomas and Elizabeth Babington (other owners?) also appear on back flyleaf of T book. Purchased by British Museum from W. Metcalfe in 1906.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "(A. Ferrabosco II)-1" to "(A. Ferrabosco I/A. Ferrabosco II)-1."
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MSS Additional 37402-37406
Partbooks · 5 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Charteris, Richard. 1984. Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (1543-1588): A Thematic Catalogue of his Music with a Biographical Calendar. New York. Pages: 75ff, 189. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Fenlon, Iain, and John Milsom. 1984. 'Ruled Paper Imprinted': Music Paper and Patents in Sixteenth-Century England. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 37: 139-63. Pages: 155,162. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Monson, Craig. 1982. Voices and Viols in England, 1600-1650: The Sources and the Music. Ann Arbor. Pages: 225-6. Notes: contents list.
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: 222. 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: 365, 376. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Cambridge. Pages: III, 222-4, 232, 387, 399-400, 405. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: XXII, 24, 50-2, 64-5, 102-13, 174, 179, 181-5; XLIV,52-5,186. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1937-50, 1962. The Collected Works of William Byrd. Pages: XVII, 73-4, 150, 158-9. 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: [1906-10], 33. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).
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