Anthems by Aldrich, Blake, Blow, Bowman, Boyce, Byrd, Child, Clarke, Croft, Gates, Gibbons, Goldwin, Greene, Handel, Hawkins, Humfrey, Kent, King, Marcello, Mason, Mundy, Nares, Purcell, Richardson, Stroud, Tallis, Tudway, Turner, Tye, Webbe, Weldon, Wise, and Woodward.
The manuscript was possibly begun as early as the 1730s, but the majority of the anthems were likely to have been copied later. This is part of the same set as the alto cantoris partbook at Add. MS a. 665/6.
There were numerous copyists. The original index is now pasted inside the front cover and bound in.
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p. 4: [Purcell], 'Blessed be the Lord my strength'
p. 5: Mr Crofts, 'I will sing unto the Lord'
p. 6: Mr Hawkins, 'O sing unto the Lord'
p. 7: [Clarke. 'Praise the Lord O Jerusalem']
p. 8: John Bowman, 'O be joyful in the Lord'
p. 9: John Bowman, 'O sing unto the Lord'
p. 10: Mr Crofts, 'Out of the deep'
p. 11: Dr Aldritch, 'I am well pleased'
p. 12: Dr Turner, 'The Lord is righteous'
p. 13: [Croft, 'The earth is the Lord's']
p. 14: Turner, ['Lord thou hast been our refuge'] (Not in MS a/665/6)
p. 15: [Tudway], 'Thou O Lord hast heard our desires'
p. 16: Dr Croft, 'O be joyful in God all ye lands'
p. 17: [Croft], 'Sing unto God O ye kingdoms'
p. 19: [Croft], 'Lord, what love have I unto thy laws'
p. 19bis: John Bowman, 'The Lord is my light'
p. 20: [Greene], 'Rejoyce in the Lord'
p. 21: Welldon, 'O Lord rebuke me not' (no music copied)
p. 21bis: Weelldon, 'Have mercy upon me'
p. 22: [Weldon], 'O Lord rebuke me not' (see p. 21)
p. 23: Dr Tudway, 'Man that is born of a woman'
p. 25: [Weldon], 'I will lift up mine eyes'
p. 27: Dr Tudway, 'I heard a voice from heaven'
p. 28: Mr Humphreys, 'Have mercy upon me'
p. 29: Mr Gibbons, 'Behold, thou hast made my days'
p. 30: [Croft], 'Praise the Lord O my soul'
p. 31: Dr Croft, 'I will give thanks'
p. 32: [Weldon], 'Thou art my portion'
p. 33: [Weldon], 'Blessed be the Lord' (only a final cadence)
p. 34: [Weldon], 'O praise the Lord' (only a final cadence)
p. 35: Mr Green, 'My soul truly waiteth still upon God'
p. 36: Mr Green, 'O God thou art my God'
p. 38: Dr Green, 'Hear O Lord'
p. 43: [Kent], 'Sing O heavens'
p. 49: Dr Green, 'Acquaint thyself with God'
p. 50: J. K., 'Hear my prayer'
p. 51: J. K., 'O Lord our governor'
p. 52: Dr Green, 'Sing unto the Lord'
p. 55: Dr Blow, 'O Lord, thou hast searched me out'
p. 57: Dr Croft, 'O Lord, thou hast searched me out'
p. 60: Dr Croft. 'Hear my prayer' (Not in MS a/665/6)
p. 62: Dr Greene, 'Like as the hart'
p. 63: Dr Blow, 'O sing unto God'
p. 64: [Blow, Humfrey, and Turner], 'I will always give thanks'
p. 65: Dr Crofts, 'We wait for thy loving kindness'
p. 68: Dr Blow, 'Turn thee unto me'
p. 70: Dr Crofts, 'I cryed unto the Lord' (no music copied)
p. 72: Dr Croft, 'Blessed is the people'
p. 73: Dr Croft, 'The Lord is my strength'
p. 78: [Croft], 'The Lord is my light'
p. 79: [Mundy], 'O Lord the maker' (wrongly attributed to Henry VIII)
p. 81: Dr Croft, 'O Lord grant the King a long life' (Not in MS a/665/6)
p. 84: Dr Croft, 'O Lord rebuke me not'
p. 86: Dr Aldrich, 'We have heard with our ears'
p. 88: Dr Aldrich, 'O God the king of glory'
p. 89: Dr Aldrich, 'Give ear O Lord'
p. 90: Dr Aldrich, 'Behold now praise the Lord'
p. 91: Dr Aldrich, 'God is our hope and strength'
p. 92: Dr Aldrich, 'O give thanks'
p. 93: Dr Croft, 'Sanctus' and 'Gloria'
p. 97: Dr Croft, 'Sing unto the Lord'
p. 99: Dr Croft, 'Praise God in his sanctuary'
p. 100: Mr Tallis, 'I call and I cry'
p. 102: Dr Croft, 'I waited patiently for the Lord'
p. 104: Mr Gibbons, 'Hosanna to the son of David'
p. 106: Mr Stroud, 'Hear my prayer'
p. 109: Dr Aldrich, 'O praise the Lord all ye heathen'
p. 110: Mr Golding, 'I have set God'
p. 112: Mr Weldon, 'Hear my crying'
p. 114: ——, Psalm 119/'Blessed are they' (metrical psalm)
p. 116: Dr Nares, 'Call to remembrance'
p. 119: Mr Bird, 'Bow thine ear'
p. 121: Dr Aldrich, 'By the waters of Babylon'
p. 123: Dr Tye, 'I will exalt thee'
p. 130: Mr Kent, 'The Lord is my shepherd'
p. 137: Mr Kent, 'In the beginning'
p. 143: Mr Kent, 'It is a good thing'
p. 144: Dr Boyce, 'The Lord is my light'
p. 146: Mr Kent, 'My song shall be of mercy'
p. 148: Mr Kent, 'Who is this that cometh'
p. 154: Mr Kent, 'All thy works praise thee O God'
p. 160: Dr Blake, 'I have set God'
p. 164: Webbe, 'Praise the Lord O my soul'
p. 167: Kent, 'Why do the heathen'
p. 170: Kent, 'Lord how are they increased'
p. 172: Humphreys, 'O Lord my God' (not in MS a/665/6)
p. 177: Dr Boyce, 'If we believe that Jesus died'
p. 179: Mr W. Mason, 'Lord of all power'
p. 180: Wise, 'Thou O God art praised in Sion'
p. 185: Mr Henry Purcell, 'They that go down to the sea in ships' (not in MS a/665/6)
p. 191: Mr Wm. Tucker, 'O give thanks'
p. 193: Child, 'O Lord grant the King a long life'
p. 195: Dr Woodward of Dublin, 'Sing O ye heavens'
p. 196: Mr Cha: King, 'Rejoice in the Lord'
p. 197: [Croft], 'O praise the Lord all ye heathen'
p. 200: Mr Gatts, 'Rejoice in the Lord'
p. 201: Child, 'Praise the Lord O my soul'
p. 203: [Richardson], 'O how amiable'
p. 204: Dr Croft, 'The earth is the Lord's' (no music copied; not in MS a/665/6)
p. 206: [Aldrich], 'Not unto us'
p. 209: Mr King, 'Hear O Lord'
p. 211: ——, 'All people that on earth do dwell' (incorrect attribution to Tallis)
p. 212: [Purcell], 'Anthem for the Commemoration Day' [O give thanks]
p. 217: [Handel], Hallelujah Chorus [Messiah]
p. 221: [Reynolds], 'My God my God'
p. 223: [Handel], 'His yoke is easy' [Messiah]
p. 225: Marcello, 'O Lord our governor'
p. 228: Dr Clarke, 'Blessed are all they'
p. 231: G. F. Handel, 'And the glory of the Lord' [Messiah] (incomplete)