GB-Lbl [pr. bk.] Music Library K. 1. e. 1

British Library, London, England

partbook: 16th century: 1530-47, prob. shortly after 1530

Archive British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl)
Shelfmark [pr. bk.] Music Library K. 1. e. 1
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Format landscape
Measurements 142 x 190 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: LonBLM K.1.e.1
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Provenance
  • England
Contents Contains 4 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 3 are anonymous.
General Description

A Bassus partbook consisting of the print RISM 1530/6, but with manuscript additions of an Altus part at the end (ff. [46'-53']). Paper in manuscript addition different from paper of print. Each piece in manuscript section copied by a different scribe. Probably copied in London. Second piece in manuscript section apparently refers to King Henry VIII.

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Binding

Original covers of black tooled leather on cardboard; modern spine.

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Watermark

Fragmentary watermark on manuscript folios (hand and cuff with five-pointed star) generally resembles Briquet # 11364.

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Notation

not indicated

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Foliation

46v-48; 49-52v

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Foliation

Original foliation in printed section numbers first folio with music (= f. [3]) as Ai, fifth folio as Bi, ninth folio as Ci, etc.; ff. Aii-Aiv, Bii-Biv, etc. not numbered, but counted in enumeration, which ends with L[iv] (= f. [46]). Manuscript section has no foliation or pagination.

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Decoration

No initials or decoration.

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Index

Original title page and index for bassus book of print on ff. [2-2']; original title page and index for discantus book of print (labelled 'Triplex') on ff. [54-54']. (Only this single leaf from discantus book preserved).

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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2 English secular pieces

Stretton [Samoht Notterts]-1, anon-1

1 paper partbook (B-54 + i folios), 142 x 190, consisting of the print RISM 1530/6 with manuscript additions at end. Although printed portion contains bassus parts, manuscript additions are altus parts. Original foliation in printed section numbers first folio with music (= f. [3]) as Ai, fifth folio as Bi, ninth folio as Ci, etc.; ff. Aii-Aiv, Bii-Biv, etc. not numbered, but counted in enumeration, which ends with L[iv] (= f. [46]). Manuscript section (= ff. [46'-53']) has no foliation or pagination. Two manuscript pieces on ff. [46'-48] and [49-52']; ff. [48'], [53-53'] blank. Original covers of black tooled leather on cardboard; modern spine. Original title page and index for bassus book of print on ff. [2-2']; original title page and index for discantus book of print (labelled "Triplex") on ff. [54-54']. (Only this single leaf from discantus book preserved). Each piece in manuscript section copied by a different scribe. No initials or decoration. Paper in manuscript addition different from paper of print. Fragmentary watermark on manuscript folios (hand and cuff with five-pointed star) generally resembles Briquet # 11364. Second piece in manuscript section apparently refers to King Henry VIII.

1530-47, probably shortly after 1530. Probably copied in London.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

49v

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
46v–48 Behold & see how birds doth fly - -
Stretton, Thomas

Behold & see how birds doth fly

Stretton, Thomas
Appears on: 46v–48
Genres: Song
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Behold & see how byrds dothe fly
49–50 By a banke as I ley - - Anonymous

By a banke as I ley

Anonymous
Appears on: 49–50
Genres: Chanson
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: By a banke as I ley
50–52 The mighty lady - 1a pars (of 2): The mighty lady, the mistress of all music - - Anonymous

The mighty lady - 1a pars (of 2): The mighty lady, the mistress of all music

Anonymous
Appears on: 50–52
Genres: Song
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: The myghty … lady the mestres of all musyk
52–52v The mighty lady - 2a pars (of 2): None may with she compare - - Anonymous

The mighty lady - 2a pars (of 2): None may with she compare

Anonymous
Appears on: 52–52v
Genres: Song
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: [2a pars?] None ma with shy compare
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Stretton, Thomas
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Behold & see how birds doth fly
Stretton, Thomas
46v–48
By a banke as I ley Anonymous 49–50
The mighty lady - 1a pars (of 2): The mighty lady, the mistress of all music Anonymous 50–52
The mighty lady - 2a pars (of 2): None may with she compare Anonymous 52–52v

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Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

Baillie, Hugh. 1962. Some Biographical notes on English Church Musicians, chiefly working in London (1485-1560). Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 2: 53.

Hughes, Dom Anselm. 1953. Catalogue of the Musical Manuscripts at Peterhouse, Cambridge.  Cambridge. Pages: II,122. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

Greene, Richard Leighton (editor). 1935, 2nd 1977. The Early English Carols.  Oxford. Pages: 338. Notes: physical description; additional bibliography.

Imelmann, Rudolf. 1903. Zur Kenntnis der vorshakespearischen Lyrik: I. Wynkyn de Wordes 'Song Booke', 1530. Jahrbuch der Deutschen Shakespeare-Gesellschaft, 39: 121-78. Pages: 123-40. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; texts; mention of MS; discussion.

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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