A collection of anonymous non-liturgical motets, mass-movements, and hymns [manuscript], ca. 1605.
Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.; Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599.; Erbach, Christian, -1635.; Vento, Ivo de, approximately 1540-1575.; Regnart, Jacob, approximately 1540-1599.; Deiss, Michael, approximately 1552-; Chaynée, Jean de, approximately 1540-1577.; Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594.; Hollander, Christian, approximately 1510-1568 or 1569.; Clemens non Papa, Jacobus, approximately 1510-approximately 1555.; Vecchi, Orazio, 1550-1605.; Aichinger, Gregor, 1564-1628.; Guerrero, Francisco, 1528-1599.; Victoria, Tomás Luis de, approximately 1548-1611.; Paston, Edward, 1550-1630, former owner.; Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915, former owner.
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Title
A collection of anonymous non-liturgical motets, mass-movements, and hymns [manuscript], ca. 1605.
Description
3 ms. part books ; 12 x 20 cm (obl. 8vo)
Associated name
Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599.
Erbach, Christian, -1635.
Vento, Ivo de, approximately 1540-1575.
Regnart, Jacob, approximately 1540-1599.
Deiss, Michael, approximately 1552-
Chaynée, Jean de, approximately 1540-1577.
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594.
Hollander, Christian, approximately 1510-1568 or 1569.
Clemens non Papa, Jacobus, approximately 1510-approximately 1555.
Vecchi, Orazio, 1550-1605.
Aichinger, Gregor, 1564-1628.
Guerrero, Francisco, 1528-1599.
Victoria, Tomás Luis de, approximately 1548-1611.
Paston, Edward, 1550-1630, former owner.
Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915, former owner.
Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599.
Erbach, Christian, -1635.
Vento, Ivo de, approximately 1540-1575.
Regnart, Jacob, approximately 1540-1599.
Deiss, Michael, approximately 1552-
Chaynée, Jean de, approximately 1540-1577.
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594.
Hollander, Christian, approximately 1510-1568 or 1569.
Clemens non Papa, Jacobus, approximately 1510-approximately 1555.
Vecchi, Orazio, 1550-1605.
Aichinger, Gregor, 1564-1628.
Guerrero, Francisco, 1528-1599.
Victoria, Tomás Luis de, approximately 1548-1611.
Paston, Edward, 1550-1630, former owner.
Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915, former owner.
Scope and content
Collection of motets and fantasias by British and Continental composers; copied in the early 17th century. Most works are unattributed; the only attributed pieces are Two fantasias, numbers 40-41 by "Mr. Bird" (originally attributed to William Byrd, but thought not to be by Charteris, although number 23 appears to be by Byrd), and number 46 by Luca Marenzio. Unattributed composers include: Christian Erbach, Ivo de Vento, Jacob Regnart, Michael Deiss, Jean de Chaynée, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Christian Hollander, Clemens non Papa, Orazio Vecchi, Gregor Aichinger, Francisco Guerrero and Thomás Luis de Victoria.
Note
Altus (iii, 48, i leaves), tenor (iv, 48, ii leaves), bassus (iv, 48, ii)
Cantus part is lacking. All but one of the motets includes text underlay.
Two music copyists; first hand leaves 1r-44r, second hand leaves 44v to end. Verbal text probably added later by two different scribes.
Songs listed in the Folger index of first lines of poems.
Incomplete table of contents.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Cantus part is lacking. All but one of the motets includes text underlay.
Two music copyists; first hand leaves 1r-44r, second hand leaves 44v to end. Verbal text probably added later by two different scribes.
Songs listed in the Folger index of first lines of poems.
Incomplete table of contents.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Publications about material
For an analysis of various extant collections of this kind, see the article by T. Dart and P. Brett in Harvard Library Bulletin, XIV (1960) 343-365.
Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music: http://www.diamm.ac.uk/jsp/ArchiveList.jsp?alCountryKey=19&alCityKey=350
McWilliams, Elizabeth L. The music manuscripts in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.: a description and thematic catalogue. Washington, D.C.: Folger Shakespeare Library, [ca. 1973], no. 5.
McWilliams, Elizabeth L. The music manuscripts to 1800 at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.: a description and thematic catalogue. University of Maryland: M.Mus. Thesis, 1974, no. 3.
Schmitt, Samuel Armstrong, "The Paston manuscripts in context: a study of Folger Shakespeare Library MSS V.a.405-407." Ph.D. diss., Catholic University of A merica, 2004.
Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music: http://www.diamm.ac.uk/jsp/ArchiveList.jsp?alCountryKey=19&alCityKey=350
McWilliams, Elizabeth L. The music manuscripts in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.: a description and thematic catalogue. Washington, D.C.: Folger Shakespeare Library, [ca. 1973], no. 5.
McWilliams, Elizabeth L. The music manuscripts to 1800 at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.: a description and thematic catalogue. University of Maryland: M.Mus. Thesis, 1974, no. 3.
Schmitt, Samuel Armstrong, "The Paston manuscripts in context: a study of Folger Shakespeare Library MSS V.a.405-407." Ph.D. diss., Catholic University of A merica, 2004.
Binding information
In original vellum binding.
Provenance
Edward Paston -- William Hayman Cummings (bookplate)
Formerly Folger MS 460328.
Formerly Folger MS 460328.
Source of acquisition
Purchased from William H. Schab, N.Y. book dealer, 1946.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006. "Noyses, sounds, and sweet aires" (catalog entry 95)
Cited/described in
Charteris, R. Annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger, 91
Item Details
Call number
V.a.405-407
Folger accession
460328