GB-SHR LB/15/1/225

Shropshire Record Office, Shrewsbury, England

fragment partbook: c. 1570

Archive Shropshire Record Office, Shrewsbury, England (GB-SHR)
Shelfmark LB/15/1/225
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Format landscape
Measurements 152 x 205 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ShrewR 1
  • olim (Former shelfmark): SRO 356 Mus. MS 1
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Provenance
  • England
Contents 14 pieces from 6 composers
General Description

A Bassus partbook from a set originally of four or five volumes. Copied by a single scribe, who also wrote ff. 1-5 of ShrewR 2. Copied in Ludlow, for use at Church of St Lawrence. Deposited at present location in Shrewsbury in 1950.

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Physical Description

Folios in very poor condition, but restored and gauzed. Ink faded on most folios; some headings and music now illegible.

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Binding

Original covers of tan limp vellum, with modern string tie.

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Watermark

extended hand with five-pointed star (fragment)

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Notation

not indicated

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-18, on upper left versos.

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials decorated with grotesque faces.

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Surface

paper

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DIAMM Note

Collection LUDLOW BOROUGH (PRE-1835)

Section PARISH ADMINISTRATION

Series Churchwardens' accounts and papers

Former reference: 519/1and 356/Ms/1

Used by the singing men in St Lawrence's; contains 6 anthems (Psalm and prayer books texts) and a five-part service.

Digitized with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) for the Tudor Partbooks project at the Universities of Oxford and Newcastle.

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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2 Services (1 incomplete), 6 anthems (3 incomplete) = 8

W. Parsons-3, (Shepherd)-2, Tallis-anon-1, Tye-1, anon-1

1 paper partbook of an original 4 or 5 (B-18 folios), 152 x 205. Folios in very poor condition, but restored and gauzed. Ink faded on most folios; some headings and music now illegible. New pencil foliation, 1-18, on upper left versos. Original covers of tan parchment, with modern string tie. No index. Copied by a single scribe, who also wrote ff. 1-5 of ShrewR 2. Inked calligraphic initials decorated with grotesque faces. Watermark: extended hand with five-pointed star (only fragment visible).

Ca. 1570 (DanS). Copied in Ludlow, for use at Church of St. Lawrence. Deposited at present location in Shrewsbury in 1950.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1r–2r Save me, O God, for thy name's sake Doct Tye
Appears on: 1r–2r
Genres: Anthem
Source Attribution: Doct Tye
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Clef: f4
Voice Text: few strangers are Risen vp agaynst me
2v–3r Let my complaint -
Appears on: 2v–3r
Genres: Anthem
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Let my complaint
3r–6r Service: Te Deum Mr Talis
Appears on: 3r–6r
Genres: Anglican Service Music, Te Deum
Source Attribution: Mr Talis
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Clef: f4
Voice Text: powres therin TO the thus cryethe cherubin & seraphin
6v–8r Service: Benedictus (canticle) -
Appears on: 6v–8r
Genres: Anglican Service Music, Benedictus [Anglican = 2nd canticle at Morning Prayer]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Mensuration: cut-c
Clef: f4
Voice Text: And hath raysed up a mightien saluac[i]on ffor vs
8v–10v Service: Creed -
Appears on: 8v–10v
Genres: Anglican Service Music, Credo (patrem omnipotentem)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Mensuration: cut-c
Clef: f4
Voice Text: And in one Lorde Jhesus christ
10v–11r Service: Sanctus -
Appears on: 10v–11r
Genres: Anglican Service Music, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Mensuration: cut-c
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Holie holie holie Lorde god of Hosts
11r–12v Service: Gloria -
Appears on: 11r–12v
Genres: Anglican Service Music, Gloria (et in terra pax)
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Mensuration: cut-c
Clef: f4
Voice Text: We geue thancks to the for yi great glori
13r–13v Service: Magnificat -
Appears on: 13r–13v
Genres: Anglican Service Music, Canticle, Magnificat
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Mensuration: cut-c
Clef: f4
Voice Text: My soule doth magnifie ye lord
14r Service: Nunc dimittis -
Appears on: 14r
Genres: Anglican Service Music, Canticle, Nunc Dimittis
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Clef: f4
Voice Text: yi saluci[o]n, which yu hast p[re]parede
14v scribbles of names (most prominently 'George / pingle') - -

scribbles of names (most prominently 'George / pingle')

Appears on: 14v
15r–16r to the rightous Abraham - Anonymous
Appears on: 15r–16r
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Clef: f5
Voice Text: to ye righteouse abraha[m]
16v–17r Lord, save us w. p[ar]sons
Appears on: 16v–17r
Source Attribution: w. p[ar]sons
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Clef: f5
Voice Text: Lorde saue ve w[e] are vnworthie
17r–18r Lay not up for yourselves mr / p[ar]so[n]
Appears on: 17r–18r
Source Attribution: mr / p[ar]so[n]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Mensuration: cut-c
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Lay not vp for vo[ur]selves
18r–18v Christ, our paschal Lamb -
Appears on: 18r–18v
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: English
Clef: f4
Voice Text: Christ ou[r] paskal Lambe

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Set: TUDOR PARTBOOKS

Type: Project Collection

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GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 41

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GB-Lcm [pr. bk.] B187

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GB-Lcm [pr. bk.] B190 [Altus]

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GB-Lcm [pr. bk.] B190 [Bassus]

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GB-Lcm [pr. bk.] B190 [Discantus]

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GB-Lcm [pr. bk.] B190 [Tenor]

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 807

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 808

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 809

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 810

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GB-Ob MS. Tenbury 811

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GB-Och Mus. 45

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IRL-Dm [pr. bk.] Z4. 3. 1-5

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US-NYp Mus. Res. Drexel 4182

denotes primary source study

Daniel, Ralph T, and Peter Le Huray. 1972. The Sources of English Church Music 1549-1660. Early English Church Music.  London.

Morehen, John. 1969. The Sources of English Cathedral Music, c. 1617-c. 1644. Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 496-8.

Smith, Alan. 1968. Elizabethan Church Music at Ludlow. Music and Letters, 108-21. Pages: 114-7.

Le Huray, Peter. 1967. Music and the Reformation in England 1549-1660.  London. Pages: 91.

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn (editor). 1963-. Early English Church Music.  London: Stainer & Bell. Pages: XIX,336,347.

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

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