Autograph organ and harp parts for instrumental music by William Lawes

Title

Autograph organ and harp parts for instrumental music by William Lawes

Shelfmark

MS. Mus. Sch. d. 229

Summary

Copies of organ and (for nos. 17-18) harp parts of instrumental music, working from both ends of the volume. Nos. 1-21 belong to MSS. Mus. Sch. d. 238-240, no. 1-21; nos. 22-33 were added later and belong to MS. Mus. Sch. b. 2-3. This manuscript appears on the 1682 list of the Music School collection with MSS. Mus. d. 238-240.

1-8: [Consort suites] in 3 parts, violin, bass viol, organ. Fantazias and 2 Airs [Alman and Galliard] separately numbered 25-48. ('Violin sonatas', 3 parts, L1-8).

9-16: [Consort suites] in 4 parts, 2 violins, bass viol, organ. Fantazias and 2 Airs [Alman and Galliard] separately numbered 25-48. ('Violin sonatas' 4 parts, L1-8).

17-18: [Harpe consorts] for harp, bass viol, violin and theorbo. Airs separately numbered 1-8. (L1-2). Incomplete.

19-21: [Suites] for 2 bass viols and organi. (L1-3). Incomplete.

22-24: [Consort suites], 6 parts.

25-29: [Consort suites], 5 parts. (L1-5).

30-33: [Consort suites], 6 parts.

(fols. 3v-4v) G minor. Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 12;

(fols. 4v-6) G major;

(fols. 6v-8) A minor;

(fols. 8v-10) C major;

(fols. 10v-12.) D minor. Ed. C. Arnold, published by Stainer & Bell, [1958];

(fols. 12v-14) D major;

(fols. 14v-16) D minor. Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 13;

(fols. 16v-18) D major. Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 14;

(fols. 18v-20) G minor. Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 15;

(fols. 20v-22) G major;

(fols. 22v-24) A minor;

(fols. 24v-26) C major. Published by the Viola da Gamba Society, ed. G. Dodd, no. 42, 1967;

(fols. 26v-28.) D minor. Ed. C. Arnold, published by Stainer & Bell, [1958];

(fols. 28v-30) D major. Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 16;

(fols. 30v-32.) D minor. Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 17;

(fols. 32v-34) D major;

(fols. 34v-35) Alman, 2 Corants and Saraband in G minor. Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 8;

(fols. 35v-36 rev.) Air, 2 Corants, and Saraband in G minor;

(fol. 79 rev.) Pavan and 2 Airs in G minor;

(fol. 78 rev.) Pavan and Alman of Alfonso in C major. Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 6;

(fol. 78 rev.) 2 unfinished Airs in C major;

(fol. 70 rev.) Fantazia in C minor. (From L1). Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 4a;

(fol. 69v rev.) Fantazia in C minor. (From L1). Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 4b;

(fols. 68v-67 rev.) Fantazia, In nomine (Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 5); and Air in B major. (L3);

(fols. 66v-65 rev. ) Fantazia, Plainsong and Air in G minor. Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 1;

(fols. 65-63v rev.) 2 Fantazias (the first printed, Musica Britannica, no. 2) and Air in A minor;

(fols. 63-61v rev.) Fantazia (printed, Musica Britannica, no. 3), Air, Pavan and Air in C minor;

(fols. 61-60 rev.) Fantazia, Pavan, and Air, in F major. Published by the Viola da Gamba Society, ed. L. Ring; no. 10

(fols. 60-59 rev.) Fantazia, Pavan, and Air in C major;

(fols. 58 rev., 55v rev.) In nomine and Air in C minor. (From L1). Printed, Musica Britannica, 4c-d;

(fols. 58-56 rev.) Pavan, Fantazia and Air in G minor. (L4);

(fols. 55-3v rev.) Fantazia, Air and Fantazia in C major. (L2);

(fols. 53v-1v rev.) Air, Fantazia, Air and Fantazia in F major. (L5).

Date

1st half of the 17th cent.

Language

English

Physical extent

82 Leaves