Cantus part book of works by British and Continental composers, ca. 1590-ca. 1600.

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Cantus part book of works by British and Continental composers, ca. 1590-ca. 1600.

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Contains incomplete part book of motets, chansons, madrigals, anthems and instrumental works. Motets, madrigals and chansons lack text underlay. Most anthems include text underlay, identifying them as five-part compositions with only cantus parts, lacking altus, tenor, bassus and quintus. Composers include William Byrd, Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder, Orlande de Lassus, Edward Blankes, Claudio Merulo, Christopher Tye and Matthew Jeffries. Also, original vellum wrapper consists of non-music medieval manuscript fragments.

1 ms. part book ; 16 x 21 cm. (Obl. 4to.)

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Ferrabosco, Alfonso, 1543-1588

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Epithet: composer; of Add MS 36484 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001088.0x00002f ...

Merulo, Claudio

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000391.0x000064 ...

Taphouse, T. W. (Thomas William), 1838-1905

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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623

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Both originally composed for keyboard (harpsichord or virginal). The Pavane composed ca. 1612 and published as no. 6 in the collection Parthenia. The Gigg published as A Giff F. Tr[egian], no. 180 in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book compiled probably after 1621. For Leslie Russell's transcription of the Earle of Salisbury's Pavane for string orchestra see FLC callno.: 2370s.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of The Earle of Salisbury's pavane ; A gigg / William Byrd ; arr. ...

Arkwright, G. E. P. (Godfrey Edward Pellew), 1864-1944

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Author of a variety of books and catalogues on music. From the description of ALS, 1897 June 25, Newbury, to Sir John Stainer. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936198 ...

Jeffries, Matthew, active approximately 1590

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Monson, Thomas, 1564-1641

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Tye, Christopher, 1497?-1572

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Blankes, Edward, approximately 1550-1633

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Lasso, Orlando ˜diœ 1532-1594

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Composed as a motet for 12 voices ca. 1580, published posthumously in Munich, 1604, as no. 516 of Magnum Opus Musicum.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Laudate Dominum : motet pour 12 voix : magnum opus musicum no. 516 / Roland de Lassus ; instrumenté par René Leibowitz. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52639747 ...