| Archive | Evesham Almonry, Evesham, England (GB-EVa) |
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| Shelfmark | 1537 Matthew Bible |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
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| Contents | Contains 3 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 2 are anonymous. |
There is no mention of dimensions, etc in Knowles - the Bible is listed no. 2066 in the Short Catalogue of books printed...1475-1642, by A. W. Pollard and G. R. Redgrave (1926). Dart states that the music was copied by John Alcetur (= Alcester), sexton of the Abbey at its dissolution. There are 3 pages of music:
reverse of the title page: 'O bone Jesu' for 3 male voices. On the same page is given the tuning for the 6 course lute.
page before 'The Prophetes in Englysh': untexted polyphonic piece with the annotation by Alcester 'For the Regallus the Virginallus and the Dulcemers'.
page before St Matthew's Gospel: (a) entitled 'Non exspecto' with an inscription that apparently reads 'For the Virginallus'. (b) The Trowmpettes'.
Dart tentatively dates the music as being early Elizabethan.
not indicated
three folios with music copied by John Alcester
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| Folio / Pages | Composition / Item title | Number of voices | Source attribution | Composers (? Uncertain) |
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| [-] | O bone Jesu (frag.) | 3 | - | |
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Genres:
Motet
Number of voices:
3
Voice:
[no designation]
Languages:
Latin
Voice Text:
O bone Jesu
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| [-] | [untexted keyboard piece] | - | - | - |
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Genres:
Keyboard, textless
Voice:
[no designation]
Languages:
none
Voice Text:
[textless]
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| [-] | Non exspecto | - | - | Anonymous |
Non exspectoAnonymous
Appears on:
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Genres:
Motet
Voice:
[no designation]
Languages:
Latin
Voice Text:
Non exspecto
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| Anonymous |
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| Fayrfax, Robert (1464-1521) |
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| [untexted keyboard piece] | - | [-] |
| Non exspecto | Anonymous | [-] |
| O bone Jesu (frag.) | [-] |
‡ denotes primary source study
Dart, Thurston. 1964. A note on the music. The English Historical Review, 79: 775-778.
Knowles, M D. 1964. Notes on a Bible of Evesham Abbey. The English Historical Review, 79, No. 313: 775-778.
Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music. London. Pages: 66.
Pollard, A W, and G R Redgrave. 1926. Short Catalogue of books printed...1475-1642. Pages: no. 2066.
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Angus Williams pointed out that the 'O bone Jesu' antiphon in this partbook and in Onc MS 368/1 (both previously listed as 'anonymous' on DIAMM) is a fragment of Fayrfax's setting - attributed to the composer in Curtis and Wathey's inventory and confirmed to be the same setting in Bray's edition.
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