A set of three part-books (Cantus, Altus and Bassus), containing Latin motets and a few anthems and songs with English words (Harmsworth Manuscript)
MSS. Tenbury 1469-1471
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Title
A set of three part-books (Cantus, Altus and Bassus), containing Latin motets and a few anthems and songs with English words (Harmsworth Manuscript)
Shelfmark
MSS. Tenbury 1469-1471
Summary
Contents:
(fol. 1) Et exultavit. [R. Fayrfax]
(fol. 1v) Salutari. [R. Fayrfax]
(fol. 2) O gloriossissima. [R. Fayrfax]
(fol. 2v) Ave dei patris. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 3) Ave Jesu. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 3) Ave plena gratia. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 3v) Ave... [T. Tallis]
(fol. 3v) Virgo foeta ut sol. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 4) Estis nobis. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 4v) O gloriosissima. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 5) Sospitati dedit. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 5v) O quam probatum. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 6) Vas in mari. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 6) Ergo laudes. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 6v) Sospes. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 6v) Anima Christ. [Parsons] (same as MS. Tenbury 1474, fol. 20)
(fol. 7v) Et exultavit. [Parsons]
(fol. 7v) In deo. [Parsons]
(fol. 7v) Et exultavit. [White]
(fol. 8) In deo. [White]
(fol. 8v) Quia fecit. ?White [R. Parsons]
(fol. 9) Fecit potentia. [R. Parsons]
(fol. 9v) Et in terra. (Gloria tibi Trinitas Mass)
(fol. 9v) Qui tollis. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 10) Qui tollis. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 10v) Et in unum. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 10v) Gloria tua. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 11) Quoniam tu solus. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 11v) Tu solus Dominus. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 11v) Tu solus altissimus. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 11v) Ave dei patris. [R. Johnson]
(fol. 12) Ave domini filia. [R. Johnson]
(fol. 12v) Ave plena gratia. [R. Johnaon]
(fol. 13v) Thi filia. [R. Johnson]
(fol. 14) Gaude pluriraum. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 14v) Gaude Maria, [J. Taverner]
(fol. 15) Gaude sacratissima. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 15v) Gaude Maria Jesu. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 16v) Gaudemus itaque. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 17v) Eundem igitur. [J. Taverner]
(fol. 18v) Salve intemerata. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 19) Ave mulieris. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 19v) Et dum eum. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 20) Tu nimirum. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 21v) Per haec nos. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 22) Te precamur. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 23) Secundum humanitatem. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 23) Atque apud spiritum. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 23v) UC peccatorem. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 24v) Precamur sancte. [R. White]
(fol. 24v) Oculi somnum capiant. [R. White]
(fol. 25) Memento nostri Domine. [R. White]
(fol. 25) O Salutaris hostia
(fol. 26) In resurrexione. [W. Byrd]
(fol. 26v) De lametatione
(fol. 26v) Dalet
(fol. 26v) Viae Sion
(fol. 27) Omnes portae
(fol. 27v) Jerusalem convertere
(fol. 28) De lamentatione. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 28v) Omnes persecutores [T. Tallis]
(fol. 29v) Facti sunt hostes. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 31) Heth. [R. White]
(fol. 31v) Peccatum peccavit. [R. White]
(fol. 32v) Sordes eius. [R. White]
(fol. 33) Jerusalem convertere. [R. White]
(fol. 33v) Omnis populus eius. [R. White]
(fol. 34v) O vos omnes. [R. White]
(fol. 35) Jerusalem convertere. [R. White]
(fol. 35v) Help us, O God of our salvation
(fol. 36) Memento homo quod cinis es. [W. Byrd]
(fol. 36v) Tristis est anima mea. [O. di Lasso/Lassus]
(fol. 37) Ave Regina coelorum. [O. di Lasso/Lassus]
(fol. 37v) The man is blest. [W. Byrd]
(fol. 38) Blessed is he that fears. [W. Byrd]
(fol. 38v) O Lord, who in thy sacred tent. [W. Byrd]
(fol. 39) O Lord, how long wilt thou forget. [W. Byrd]
(fol. 40) Help, Lord, for wasted. [W. Byrd]
(fol. 40v) Rejoice
(fol. 40v) The mercy
(fol. 41v) Blessed are those that keep. [T. Tallis]
(fol. 42v) Lord, in thy wrath. [W. Byrd]
(fol. 43) If that is a sinner's sighs. [W. Byrd]
(fol. 43v) Care for thy soul. [W. Byrd]
(fol. 44) Lullaby. [W. Byrd]
(fol. 44v) Why do I use? [W Byrd]
Copied by a single scribe, employed by Edward Paston, the same hand as MSS. Tenbury 354-358 and 369-373.
Date
late 16th cent.
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 box (3 part-books)
Custodial history
Sold at Sotheby's Rooms on 27 July 1926 for £45 to Sir Leicester Harmsworth, and bought after his death in 1937 for St Michael's College for £20.
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Collection contents
Music manuscripts from the Library of St Michael's College, Tenbury Wells
A set of three part-books (Cantus, Altus and Bassus), containing Latin motets and a few anthems and songs with English words (Harmsworth Manuscript)
