GB-Och Mus. 58

Christ Church, Oxford, England

partbook: c. 1615-20

Archive Christ Church, Oxford, England (GB-Och)
Shelfmark Mus. 58
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Pagination
Measurements c. 333 x 220 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: OxfC 56-60
Copyists
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Contents 33 pieces from 15 composers
General Description

A Sextus partbook from a set originally of six volumes. Compiled by an undetermined number of copyists, none of whom has yet been identified. Probably copied in London or Ware Park, Hertfordshire, for use in household of Sir Henry Fanshawe or Sir Thomas Fanshawe; then owned by the heirs of Sir Henry Fanshawe; then possibly part of the Hatton collection (on the grounds of the connections that exist between Mus. 56-60 and Mus. 61-6, q.v.). Acquired by Christ Church as part of the Aldrich bequest; listed in Archives 1717, position B5, as 'A Set of Anthems', qualified in Dowding (main hand) as being 'By Bull & Hooper M.S.'. A fuller description is given by Burney (f. 8r): 'Anthems & Hymns by Hooper, Wilkinson, Amner, Tho' Mattocks, Robt. Jones, Weelkes, T. Lupo, Warde, W. Symmes, Ravenscroft, Forde, Bennet, &c, a large Collection. MS. 5 Books.' One or more partbooks from this set may formerly have been shelved at position A5, giving rise to the following entry in Dowding (main hand): 'Anthems / By Bull & Hooper M.S.' (This is the only entry in Dowding that does not match an equivalent entry in Archives 1717.)

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Binding

Mid 17th-century binding of limp vellum, inscribed 'Sextus' on the outside upper cover.

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Notation

not indicated

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Foliation

paginated in 17th-century ink to 41, and thereafter intermittently in modern pencil

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Decoration

No initials or decoration

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Index

Modern index taped in at beginning of each book lists pieces in order of appearance

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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58 anthems, 17 English secular pieces = 75

Amner-2, Bennet-1, Bull-2, (Byrd/Coste)-1, (Byrd/J. Mundy)-1, (Byrd/R. Parsons I/Strogers/R. White)-1, Corkine-1, Cranford-3, Daman-1, Deering-2, M. East-1, A. Ferrabosco I-1, Ford-6, Gibbons-1, Hooper-2, M. Jeffries-5, R. Jones III, T. Lupo-4, W. Mundy/(J. Mundy/Tallis)-1, Peerson-1, P. Philips-1, Ravenscroft-4, Simmes-1, Simmes/(M. East)-1, Stubbs-1, Tye-3, Ward-11, Warwick [Thomas Warrocke]-2, Weelkes-6, R. White-1, T.? Wilkinson-2, T.? Wilkinson/(T. Hunt)-1, anon-3

5 paper partbooks of an original 6 (D-iii + 114 + iii folios, A-iii + 108 + iii, T-iii + 117 + iii, Q-iii + 111 + iii, S-iii + 59 + iii), 325 x 208. Original ink pagination, in two series: 1-53 + 1-41 (omits many pages with music and all blank pages); modern pagination extends first series of original page numbers to end of each book (numbers only on recto side of each opening, but all pages included in enumeration; several errors and inconsistencies). Each book has several large sections of blank pages or pages with blank staves only. Original covers of white parchment, inscribed with voice designations. Modern index taped in at beginning of each book lists pieces in order of appearance. Copied by one main scribe (John Ward?) and one or two additional scribes. No initials or decoration.

Ca. 1615-20 (AplinHF). Probably copied in London or Ware Park, Hertfordshire, for use in household of Sir Henry Fanshawe or Sir Thomas Fanshawe. Possibly compiled by the composer John Ward, employed by Fanshawe family.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
p. 1–1 Ay me, can love and beauty so conspire Thomas Lupo
Appears on: p. 1–1
Genres: Song
Source Attribution: Thomas Lupo
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Ay me, can love and beauty so conspire
p. 2–2 Well-sounding pipes John Warde
Appears on: p. 2–2
Genres: Song
Source Attribution: John Warde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Well-sounding pipes
p. 3–3 As sharps and flats John Warde
Appears on: p. 3–3
Genres: Song
Source Attribution: John Warde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: As sharps and flats
pp. 4–5 No object dearer John Warde
Appears on: pp. 4–5
Genres: Song
Source Attribution: John Warde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: No object dearer
pp. 6–7 'Tis now dead night Thomas ffoorde
Appears on: pp. 6–7
Genres: Song
Source Attribution: Thomas ffoorde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: 'Tis now dead night
pp. 8–9 Weep, Britons, weep William Cranforth
Appears on: pp. 8–9
Genres: Secular
Source Attribution: William Cranforth
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Weep, Britons, weep
pp. 10–11 If sorrow might so fully be expressed Richard Deering
Appears on: pp. 10–11
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Richard Deering
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: If sorrow might so fully be expressed
pp. 12–13 This is a joyful happy holy day John Warde
Appears on: pp. 12–13
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: John Warde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: This is a joyful happy holy day
pp. 14–15 Woods, rocks and mountains William Cranforth
Appears on: pp. 14–15
Genres: Secular
Source Attribution: William Cranforth
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Woods, rocks and mountains
pp. 16–18 My sinful soul, arraigned of woeful guilt William Cranforth
Appears on: pp. 16–18
Genres: Sacred Song
Source Attribution: William Cranforth
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: My sinful soul, arraigned of woeful guilt
p. 19–19 O remember not our old sins Alfonso fferrabosco senior
Appears on: p. 19–19
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Alfonso fferrabosco senior
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: O remember not our old sins
pp. 20–21 Lord, remember David Mathew Jeffrey
Appears on: pp. 20–21
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Mathew Jeffrey
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Lord, remember David
pp. 22–23 Sing we merrily unto God our strength Mathew Jeffrey
Appears on: pp. 22–23
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Mathew Jeffrey
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Sing we merrily unto God our strength
pp. 24–25 Out of the deep Mathew Jeffrey
Appears on: pp. 24–25
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Mathew Jeffrey
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Out of the deep
pp. 26–27 If the Lord himself had not been on our side Mathew Jeffrey
Appears on: pp. 26–27
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Mathew Jeffrey
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: If the Lord himself
p. 28–28 When David heard - 1a pars (of 2): When David heard that Absalom Thomas Weelkes
Appears on: p. 28–28
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Thomas Weelkes
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: When David heard
p. 29–29 When David heard - 2a pars (of 2): O my son Absalom Thomas Weelkes
Appears on: p. 29–29
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Thomas Weelkes
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: O my son Absolon
p. 30–30 O Jonathan, woe is me for thee Thomas Weelkes
Appears on: p. 30–30
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Thomas Weelkes
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: O Jonathan, woe is me for thee
p. 31–31 Miserere my maker Thomas ffoorde
Appears on: p. 31–31
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Thomas ffoorde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Miserere my maker
pp. 32–33 Music divine Thomas fforde
Appears on: pp. 32–33
Genres: Sacred Song
Source Attribution: Thomas fforde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Music divine
pp. 34–35 I heaven's just wrath John Warde
Appears on: pp. 34–35
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: John Warde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: I heaven's just wrath
pp. 36–37 Et in terra pax [Gloria] Thomas Weelkes
Appears on: pp. 36–37
Genres: Anglican Service Music, Gloria (et in terra pax)
Source Attribution: Thomas Weelkes
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gloria in excelsis Deo
pp. 38–40 Away, fond thoughts William Symmes
Appears on: pp. 38–40
Genres: Song
Source Attribution: William Symmes
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Away, fond thoughts
pp. 98–99 Sing we merrily (2p. Take the psalm; 3p. Blow up the trumpet) Michael Este
Appears on: pp. 98–99
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Michael Este
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Sing we merrily
pp. 100–102 Hearken ye nations Edmund Hooper
Appears on: pp. 100–102
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Edmund Hooper
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Hearken, ye nations
p. 103–103 Hosanna to the Son of David Thomas Weelkes
Appears on: p. 103–103
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Thomas Weelkes
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Hosanna to the Son of David
pp. 104–105 Still shall my hopes expect the morrow Thomas ffoorde
Appears on: pp. 104–105
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Thomas ffoorde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Still shall my hopes expect the morrow
pp. 106–107 Bow down thine ear (= Cantai mentre) Peeter Phillips
Appears on: pp. 106–107
Genres: Anthem, Contrafactum
Source Attribution: Peeter Phillips
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Bow down thine ear [= 'Cantai mentre']
pp. 108–111 Praise, the Lord, O my soul John Warde
Appears on: pp. 108–111
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: John Warde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Praise, the Lord, O my soul
pp. 112–113 O stay awhile, mine eye retire Thomas Foord
Appears on: pp. 112–113
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Thomas Foord
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: O stay awhile, mine eye retire
p. 114–114 Christ is risen again Dr [Christopher] Tye
Appears on: p. 114–114
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Dr [Christopher] Tye
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Christ rising again
p. 115–115 Christ is risen again Dr [Christopher] Tye
Appears on: p. 115–115
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Dr [Christopher] Tye
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Christ is risen again
pp. 116–117 Let us with loud and cheerful voice Thomas ffoorde
Appears on: pp. 116–117
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Thomas ffoorde
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Voice Text: Let us with loud and cheerful voice
Composer Compositions
Cranford, William (–ca. 1645)
Dering, Richard
East, Michael
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (the elder) (1543–1588)
Ford, Thomas
Hooper, Edmund
Jeffries (Jeffreys), Matthew
Lupo, Thomas (ca. 1571–1627)
Philips, Peter (ca. 1560–1628)
Simmes, William
Smith (I), William (1603–1645)
Smith, Edward (1587–1612)
Tye, Christopher (ca. 1505–ca. 1573)
Ward, John (ca. 1589–ca. 1638)
Weelkes, Thomas (ca. 1576–1623)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
'Tis now dead night pp. 6–7
As sharps and flats p. 3–3
Away, fond thoughts pp. 38–40
Ay me, can love and beauty so conspire p. 1–1
Bow down thine ear (= Cantai mentre) pp. 106–107
Christ is risen again p. 114–114
Christ is risen again p. 115–115
Et in terra pax [Gloria] pp. 36–37
Hearken ye nations pp. 100–102
Hosanna to the Son of David p. 103–103
I heaven's just wrath pp. 34–35
If sorrow might so fully be expressed pp. 10–11
If the Lord himself had not been on our side pp. 26–27
Let us with loud and cheerful voice pp. 116–117
Lord, remember David pp. 20–21
Miserere my maker p. 31–31
Music divine pp. 32–33
My sinful soul, arraigned of woeful guilt pp. 16–18
No object dearer pp. 4–5
O Jonathan, woe is me for thee p. 30–30
O remember not our old sins p. 19–19
O stay awhile, mine eye retire pp. 112–113
Out of the deep pp. 24–25
Praise, the Lord, O my soul pp. 108–111
Sing we merrily (2p. Take the psalm; 3p. Blow up the trumpet) pp. 98–99
Sing we merrily unto God our strength pp. 22–23
Still shall my hopes expect the morrow pp. 104–105
This is a joyful happy holy day pp. 12–13
Weep, Britons, weep pp. 8–9
Well-sounding pipes p. 2–2
When David heard - 1a pars (of 2): When David heard that Absalom p. 28–28
When David heard - 2a pars (of 2): O my son Absalom p. 29–29
Woods, rocks and mountains pp. 14–15
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Boydell, Barra. 1999. Music at Christ Church before 1800: documents and selected anthems.  Four Courts Press.

Monson, Craig. 1982. Voices and Viols in England, 1600-1650: The Sources and the Music.  Ann Arbor. Pages: 59-69.

Morris, Christopher (compiler). 1978. The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems.  London. Pages: 14, 72-83, 113-21, 351. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Monson, Craig. 1977. Thomas Myriell's Manuscript Collection: One View of Musical Taste in Jacobean London. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 419-65. Pages: 419, 424. Notes: mention of MS.

Aplin, John. 1976. Sir Henry Fanshawe and Two Sets of Early Seventeenth-Century Part-Books at Christ Church, Oxford. Music and Letters, 11ff. Notes: contents list; discussion.

Daniel, Ralph T, and Peter Le Huray. 1972. The Sources of English Church Music 1549-1660. Early English Church Music.  London. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Persons, Jerry C. 1969. The Sambrooke Book: Drexel 4302. Unpublished Master's thesis, Wichita State University. Pages: 93, 96-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: III, 211, 221; XII, 118; XIX, 324, 327, 337; XXVIII, 124,133-4. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Le Huray, Peter. 1960. Towards A Definitive Study of Pre-Restoration Anglican Service Music. Musica Disciplina, 167-95. Pages: 193. Notes: mention of MS.

Noble, Jeremy. 1955. La Répertoire Instrumental Anglais: 1550-1585. La Musique Instrumentale de la Renaissance, 91-114. Paris. Pages: 106. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Lewis, Anthony (editor). 1951-. Musica Britannica: A National Collection of Music.  London. Pages: XXII, 174, 186; XXIII, 126-9. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Fellowes, Edmund H. 1948. William Byrd.  London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 142. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Fellowes, Edmund H (editor). 1923-48. Tudor Church Music.  London, Oxford et al. Pages: II, xxii, xxxvi; V, xxiii, xxviii. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Arkwright, G E P. 1915-23. Catalogue of Music in the Library of Christ Church Oxford.  Oxford University Press. Pages: I, passim; II, 23-4. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

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