Lawes, William, composer

Hide Profile

Epithet: composer

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x000210

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf MS Mus. 249. Lyra-viol music; third quarter of the seventeenth century. Written in tablature by a single hand throughout on printed staves. There are eight staves of six lines each, the first seven printed by woodblock and the bottom stave made fr... British Library
creatorOf NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. CXIV. 'Studies in Vocal Counterpoint'; 1845-1849. Some numbers are present in more than one setting. ff. iii+46. Overall size 310 x 244mm. Vincent Novello's binding of 1849, numbered 127b. 1. f. 1. Samuel Webbe the elder: 'St..., 1845-1849 British Library
referencedIn MADRIGALS, catches, canons, etc., by the following Composers:-Thomas Morley, [1593], 1594, ff. 3, 30, 39 b, 48 b. John Bartlet; 1606, f. 6. Francis Pilkington; 1605, ff. 6 b, 7 b, 31 b. Thomas Ford. 1607, 1611, ff. 8 b, 23 b. William Child:-"A catch ..., 17th century British Library
referencedIn THE BASS part of airs and fantasies, by William Lawes, probably in the handwriting of the composer. Paper; XVIIth cent. Quarto. [Add. 17,798.], 17th century British Library
referencedIn COMPOSITIONS for two, three, four, five and six viols, in parts, in the hand of William Lawes (d. 1645), by composers of the 16th and 17th centuries, including, in addition to Lawes himself, Thomas Lupo, [Robert ?] Chetwoode, Thomas Holmes, John Coop... British Library
referencedIn CONSORTS of three parts with a basso continuo, sonatas, fancies, and airs; in parts (the two trebles only). The writers are :-William Iawes, f. 2. John Jenkins, f. 45 b. Dr. [Christopher] Gibbons, f. 57 b. Matthew Locke, ft. 29 b, 62 b, 88. Mauritio ..., 17th century British Library
referencedIn PAVANS, galliards, airs, corantos, etc., in 3 and 4 parts, for viols, by Richard Deering, Maurice Webster, C. Hely, Charles Coleman, Thomas Mudde, William Lawes, John Bannister [Senior], William Childe, Christopher Simpson, John Jenkins, and Simon Iv..., 17th century British Library
referencedIn Sloane 1677Paper, in folio, ff. 107, XVII Century.1. Extracts from the register of the church of Nuthurst, Sussex, containing Christenings and Burials for the year 1636. f. 1.2. Account of the composition for tithes between the Rectors and tithes pay... British Library
referencedIn FANTASIA etc., for the organ by John Jenkins, William Lawes, and [? Richard] Mico. Paper.; xviith cent. Formerly belonging to Prof. Edward Taylor and Joseph Warren. Folio., 17th century British Library
referencedIn COI,LECTION Of glees, catches, rounds, etc. by Samuel Webbe, sen., John Wall Callcott, John Stafford Smith, Henry Purcell, Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne, William Lawes, and other English composers of the 18th cent. Paper; ff. 53. xixth cent. Oblong Quart..., 19th century British Library
referencedIn ORIGINAL PIECES and arrangements for violin or flute, by John Channing; 1694-1697. Included are a few songs with words and numerous fragments of incidental music by Henry Purcell and others, whose names are given in the index. Most of the latter, how..., 1694-1697 British Library
referencedIn "WILL[IAM] Lawes Fantazies and aires to the, Organn," Vol. VI.William Lawes, composer: Organ music: 17th cent. British Library
referencedIn "WILL[IAM] Lawes Fantazies and aires to the, Organn,". Vol. I.William Lawes, composer: Organ music: 17th cent. British Library
referencedIn MUSIC-BOOK Of William Lawes. Autograph. lt contains:-1. Airs for the lute in tablature. ff. 2, 2 b. 2. Canon "Tis joy to see." f. 2 b. 3. Drinking and other songs, some with chorus. If. 7 b-48. At f. 2 b is inserted " An Elegiack on the Bad losse of..., 17th century British Library
referencedIn ENGLISH songs, seventy, in number; set to music by various composers of the xviith century, among whom are Nicholas Lanneire, William Lawes, Henry Lawes, Richard Deering, John Hilton, Simon Ives, Dr. John Wilson, and John Lenton. At the beginning is ..., 17th century British Library
referencedIn Royal Music Collection. Coperario (Giovanni). Instrumental Fantasias; early 17th century. A book of 23 numbered sets of instrumental pieces, each consisting of a fantasia, almaine and galliard. Nos. 1-15 are for a keyboard instrument, either organ or... British Library
creatorOf TREBLE PART-BOOK containing twenty-one services by twelve English composers, and, reversing the volume, fifty-four anthems by twenty-three of the same (words only of that on ff. 136b-136 rev.,); 16th-18th cent. Copies, early 18th cent. Indexes of ser..., 16th century-18th century British Library
referencedIn A COLLECTION of solos for the viola da gamba transcribed into modern staff notation from the original (17th cent.) tablature of a MS. belonging to the Corporation of Manchester, under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Lea Southgate, who has written a pre..., 1913 British Library
referencedIn CHANSONS, madrigals, motets, etc., in score, said to be " from Dr. Burney's collections." Many of them are taken from Gardane's and Pylman Susato's collections (1537-1550). There are other later madrigals by Ruggiero Giovanelli, Rinaldo del Mel, and ..., 19th century British Library
creatorOf NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. CXIII. 'Studies in Vocal Counterpoint'; 1845. With two printed press cuttings relating to the publication of Volume 1 and a letter of 1846 from T. P. [Thomas Pickering?] (ff. vi-vii verso). ff. viii+26. 290 x 234mm. 1. f. 1v...., 1845 British Library
referencedIn ENGLISH songs set to music by Henry Lawes, Dr. John Wilson, Edmund Chilmead, Michael Wise, Pelham Humphrey, Matthew Locke, and others; partly in the handwriting of Edward Lowe, chorister of Salisbury, afterwards organist of Christ Church and Professo..., 17th century British Library
referencedIn ENGLISH songs, set to music by John Blow, Henry Purcell, Captain Pack, Henry Aldrich, Matthew Locke, and others, Paper; late xviith cent. Oblate Duodecimo. British Library
referencedIn SIXTY-Two airs and dances, by William Lawes; the theorbo and dividing-bass parts only. Paper; ff. 35, 35. xviith cent. Oblong Octavo.William Lawes, composer: Music: 17th-19th centt., 17th century British Library
creatorOf KEYBOARD AND LYRA VIOL MUSIC, ETC.: volume containing pieces for keyboard and, in tablature, for lyra viol, together with a number of songs, some added at a slightly later date; mid-late 17th century. Copies. Mostly anonymous but the following compos..., 1630-1699 British Library
referencedIn CHAMBER-MUSIC by masters of the early part of the seventeenth century, in the autograph of John Jenkins; in parts :-1. Consorts and sets of dances, for three viols. The names of Alfonzo Ferrabosco, junior, Thomas Brewer, J--Withy, William Child, and..., 17th century British Library
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
Place Name Admin Code Country
Nuthurst, Sussex
Slinfold, Sussex
Subject
Occupation
Activity

Person

Active 1501

Active 1913

Related Descriptions
Information

Permalink: http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c92v47

Ark ID: w6c92v47

SNAC ID: 71028233