Transcriptions, by E. H. Fellowes, of music from the Willmott, Petre and Potter part-books

Title

Transcriptions, by E. H. Fellowes, of music from the Willmott, Petre and Potter part-books

Shelfmark

MS. Tenbury 1474

Summary

A transcription made by E. H. Fellowes from two important manuscript part-books, the Willmott manuscript (Altus part-book) and the Petre manuscript (Bassus part-book), together with extracts from a manuscript that formerly belonged to Mrs Bettina Potter and contained alto and tenor parts.

The compositions of Byrd in the Petre manuscript that were printed in his books of Cantiones Sacrae are not transcribed here.

No. 1. The Willmott manuscript (fols. 1-24, first sequence):

(fol. 1) Salve intemerata. Tallis

(fol. 3) Laudate dominum. Tallis

(fol. 3v) Ave dei patris. R. Johnson

(fol. 3v) Ne irascaris. Byrd

(fol. 3v) Tribulationes civitatum. Byrd

(fol. 5v) Miserere mei. Whyte [White]

(fol. 7v) Gaude plurimum. Taverner

(fol. 9) Ave dei patris. Tallis

(fol. 10v) Ave regina coelorum. Taverner

(fol. 10v) Infelix ego. Byrd

(fol. 10v) Deus, venerunt gentes. Byrd

(fol. 11v) Petrus beatus. Byrd

(fol. 10v) Cunctis diebus. Byrd

(fol. 12v) Retribue servo. [R. Parsons]

(fol. 13) Domine, quis habitabit? Tallis

(fol. 13) O quam gloriosum. Byrd

(fol. 14v) Ave rosa sine spinis. Tallis

(fol. 15v) O salutaris hostia. Anon.

(fol. 15v) Vox patris celestis. [W. Mundy]

(fol. 18v) Miserere mei. [W. Mundy]

(fol. 20) Anima Christ. [Parsons]

(fol. 21) Domine, quando veneris. [Bonus]

(fol. 22) Absterge, Domine. [Tallis]

(fol. 22v) Quare tristis es? Anon.

(fol. 23) Domine, quis habitabit? Anon. [Attrib. to White in MS. Tenbury 1486]

(fol. 23) In resurrexione tua. Byrd

No. 2. The Petre manuscript, book 1 (fols. 1-56, second sequence):

(fol. 1) O bone Jesu. Fairfax [Fayrfax]

(fol. 2) Ave dei patris. Fairfax [Fayrfax]

(fol. 3v) Ave dei patris. Tallis

(fol. 5) Ave rosa sine spinis. Tallis

(fol. 6) Ave dei patris. R. Johnson

(fol. 7v) Conserva me Domine. Persley [Parsley]

(fol. 9) Sospitati dedit. Taverner

(fol. 10) The Meane Mass. Taverner

(fol. 12v) Gaude plurimum. Taverner

(fol. 14) Salve intemerata. Tallis

(fol. 16) Miserere mei. Whyte [White]

(fol. 18v) Lamentations (5 vol). Whyte [White]

(fol. 18v) Exsurge Domine. Byrd

(fol. 18v) Levemus corda nostra. Byrd

(fol. 21) Ad punctum in modico. Byrd

(fol. 21) Circumdederunt me. Byrd

(fol. 21) Aspice, Domine, de sede. Byrd

(fol. 22v) Domine, prestolamur. Byrd

(fol. 22v) Audivi vocem. Byrd

(fol. 22) In nomine. Strogers

(fol. 22) Vide, Domine, afflictionem. Byrd

(fol. 22) Haec dicit Dominus. Byrd

(fol. 22) Tristitia et anxietas. Byrd

(fol. 22) Deus, venerunt gentes. Byrd

(fol. 22) In resurrexione tua. Byrd

(fol. 22) Domine, tu iurasti. Byrd

(fol. 22) O quam gloriosum. Byrd

(fol. 23v) Laudate dominum. Tallis

(fol. 23v) Tribulationes civitatum. Byrd

(fol. 23v) Ne irascaris. Byrd

(fol. 24) Mater Christi. Taverner

(fol. 25) Dum transisset Sabbatum. Anon.

(fol. 25v) Inclina, Domine aurem. Shepherd [Sheppard]

(fol. 26v) Domine, quis habitabit? Anon.

(fol. 27v) Lamentations (I and II). Tallis

(fol. 30) Sub tuum presiduum. Cricquillon [Crequillon]

(fol. 30v) Domine quis habitabit. Gumbert [Gombert]

(fol. 32) O splendor gloriae. Taverner

(fol. 34) Exsurge, Domine. T. Woode

(fol. 36v) O salutaris hostia. Tallis

(fol. 37) Jo son feri to. Pallastina [Palestrina]

(fol. 37v) Dolor non fune fia. Pallastina [Palestrina]

(fol. 38) Musies leta sum. Ferrabosco

(fol. 38v) Nigra sum sed formosa. Cricquillon [Crequillon]

(fol. 39v) Beati qui habitant. P. de Monte

(fol. 40) Fantasia. Tye

(fol. 40v) Domine, in virtuce. Johnson

(fol. 42) Deus, miseriatur. Cricquillon [Crequillon]

(fol. 43v) Fantasia. Anon.

(fol. 44) Blessed are those that keep. Tallis

(fol. 44v) Beati omnes. Phillips

(fol. 45) Pater noster. Shepherd [Sheppard]

(fol. 45v) Amavit eum Dominus. Anon.

(fol. 46) O mater mundi. W. Mundy

(fol. 46v) In nomine. Whyte [White]

(fol. 47) In nomine. Strogers

(fol. 47v) Aspice, Domine. Vaet

(fol. 48) Benedixisti, Domine. Meilandus [Meiland]

(fol. 49) Ave regina coelorum. O. di Lasso [Lassus]

(fol. 49) Infelix ego. Byrd

(fol. 49v) Domine, da nobis. Cricquillon [Crequillon]

(fol. 50) Fuit homo missus a deo. J. de Bachi [Bachius]

(fol. 51) Vias tvas, Domine. F. de Rivulo

(fol. 51v) Miserere mei. Foemellis [[Foemelius?]

(fol. 52) Deus, deus mens, respice. P. de Monte

(fol. 52v) Ego sum panis vivus. F. de Rivulo

(fol. 53v) Hue me sidereo. Vaet

(fol. 54v) Ante venis virides. Vaet

(fol. 55) Quemadmodum. Taverner

No. 3. From the Petre manuscript, book 2 (fol. 56v-60), continuation of second sequence: Mass Sponsus amat sponsam. Robert Fairfax [Fayrfax]

No. 4. The Potter manuscript (fols. 61-63v, continuation of second sequence):

Gaude. Anon.

Statuit. Anon.

Vox. Anon.

Mihi. Anon.

In medio. Anon.

Edredermini. Anon.

Dilexisti. Anon.

Sabbatum. Taverner

Amavit. Anon.

In te Domine. Harlando [Lassus]

Salva me. Shepherd [Sheppard]

Salva me. Parsons

Date

1940

Language

Latin

Physical extent

1 box (4 part-books)

Custodial history

The original Willmott manuscript (No. 1 above) is now owned by the Berkeley Family of Spetchley Park, Worcestershire, having previously belonged to Miss Willmott of Great Warley, Essex. See DIAMM. It is in the hand of John Sadler of Norwich and dated 1591. It comes from the same set as MS. Tenbury 1486.

The two original Petre manuscripts (Nos. 2 and 3 above) belonged to Sir John Petre (1st Baron Petre, of Ingatestone, Essex) c 1590 and bears his name on the cover. In 1938, they were deposited in the Essex County Record Office in Chelmsford. They are both Bassus part-books, the first (GB-CF D/DP Z6/1, No. 2 above, DIAMM) is in the hand of a scribe employed by Edward Paston and was probably a gift from Paston to Petre; the second (GB-CF D/DP Z6/2, no. 3 above, DIAMM) was probably commissioned by Petre himself. Only one work from the second book was copied here by Fellowes.

The original Potter manuscript (No. 4 above), dated c 1581, belonged formerly to Mrs Bettina Potter and, since 1953, has been in the British Library (GB-Lbl Add. MS 47844, see DIAMM).