A single Bassus partbook. Main scribe presumably John Okeover, organist at Gloucester Cathedral 1638-63 (MorehG); one or two other scribes made later additions on ff. 35, 66-67'. Blank staves only on ff. 6-8', 24', 36-39', 68-71'. Copied in Gloucester, for use by cathedral choir.
| Archive | Cathedral Library, Gloucester, England (GB-GL) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 101 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 293 x 185 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 70 compositions, 68 from 26 composers, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
First original folio now missing; many remaining folios frayed around edges or torn.
Binding
Original parchment covers only partially preserved.
Watermark
vase with flowers.
Notation
not indicated
Date
Ca. 1640-1, with a few additions in third quarter of 17th century (MorehG)
Ruling
Staff height 13.
Decoration
Small inked initials
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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11 Services or Service sections (1 incomplete), 47 anthems = 58
Amner-1, A. Batten-2, A. Batten/(N. Giles)-1, Belmayne-1, R. Browne 1-3, (Byrd)-4, (Byrd/T. Mudd II)-1, (Byrd/Tallis)-1, H. Davies-6, (M. East)-1, Fido-2, Gibbons-1, N. Giles-2, Hall-3, Heath II-2, Hooper-2, Inglott-1, Morley-1, (J. Mundy)-1, (J. Mundy/W. Mundy/R. Parsons I)-1, (J. Mundy/W. Mundy/Tallis) -1, J. Parsons-1, (P. Philips/Wilder)-1, (Tallis)-2, (Tallis/Weelkes) -1, Tomkins-11, Ward-1, (Weelkes)-1, anon-2
1 paper partbook (B-71 folios), 293 x 185. First original folio now missing; many remaining folios frayed around edges or torn. New pencil foliation, 1-71. Blank staves only on ff. 6-8', 24', 36-39', 68-71'. Original parchment covers only partially preserved. No index. Main scribe presumably John Okeover, organist at Gloucester Cathedral 1638-63 (MorehG); one or two other scribes made later additions on ff. 35, 66-67'. Staff height 13. Small inked initials. Watermark: vase with flowers.
Ca. 1640-1, with a few additions in third quarter of 17th century (MorehG). Copied in Gloucester, for use by cathedral choir.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Morehen, John. 1981. The Gloucester Cathedral Bassus Part-Book MS 93. Music and Letters, 62: 189-96.
Bernstein, Jane Agar. 1979. Philip van Wilder and the Netherlandish Chanson in England. Musica Disciplina, 33: 55-75. Pages: 74.
Monson, Craig. 1979. The Preces, Psalms and Litanies of Byrd and Tallis: Another 'Virtuous Contention in Love'. The Music Review, 40: 257-71. Pages: 265.
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.
Morehen, John. 1969. The Sources of English Cathedral Music, c. 1617-c. 1644. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 334-46, Ex. 96.
Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music. London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: XXIII,153.
Le Huray, Peter. 1960. Towards A Definitive Study of Pre-Restoration Anglican Service Music. Musica Disciplina, 14: 167-95. Pages: 171,185.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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