Anthems by Aldrich, Batten, Blow, Croft, Hall, Hawkins, Humfrey, Norris, Purcell, Tudway, Turner, and Wise: Service music by Blow, Farrant, Gibbons, Loosemore, Purcell, Quarles, Tallis, and Tucker. The manuscript includes very ornamented versions of… read more
Anthems by Aldrich, Batten, Blow, Croft, Hall, Hawkins, Humfrey, Norris, Purcell, Tudway, Turner, and Wise: Service music by Blow, Farrant, Gibbons, Loosemore, Purcell, Quarles, Tallis, and Tucker. The manuscript includes very ornamented versions of Tallis' Dorian service and Gibbons' Short service, transposed up a tone.
With anthems at the front, and services from the back. The paper is uniform, with 12 six-line staves to a page. The original indexes are now pasted on inside of the front and back covers.
Anthems
p. 1: ——, [Fragment in e]
p. 2: Mr Henry Purcell, 'Thy world is a lantern' (opening only)
p. 7: [Purcell, 'Be merciful unto me'] (end only, also p. 79)
p. 10: Mr Humphres, 'Lord teach us to number our dayes'
pp. 14, 15, 18: [Humfrey], 'O Lord my God'
pp. 16, 17: [Tudway], 'Let us now praise worthy men'
p. 19: Mr Wise, 'The Lord is my shepherd'
p. 20: [Hawkins], 'Lord remember David'
p. 22: [Wise], 'The ways of Sion do mourn' (incomplete, also p. 95)
p. 23: ——, [line of a piece in c]
p. 24: Mr Tudway, 'Sing we merrily unto God'
p. 26: Mr Norris, 'Blessed are those that are undefiled'
p. 29: [Aldrich], 'The Lord is king'
p. 33: [Croft], 'The Lord is king' (incomplete)
p. 41: [Purcell, 'O give thanks'] (beginning is missing)
p. 44: Dr Blow, 'My God my God'
p. 46: Dr Blow, 'O Sing unto God'
p. 50: [Blow], 'We will rejoice in thy salvation'
p. 54: Mr H. Purcell, 'Blessed is the man'
p. 57: Mr Purcell, 'They that go down to the sea'
p. 60: Dr Blow, 'Bring unto the Lord'
p. 64: Dr Blow, 'I waited patiently'
p. 69: Dr Blow, 'O Lord I have sinned'
p. 72: Mr Hall, 'By the waters of Babylon'
p. 76: Mr Humphrys, 'O Lord my God'
p. 79: Mr Purcell, 'Be mercifull unto me O God' (also p. 7)
p. 83: Mr Purcell, 'I was glad'
p. 87: Mr Purcell, 'Behold I bring you glad tydings'
p. 91: Mr Humphrys, 'Like as the hart'
p. 95: Mr Wise, 'The ways of Sion do mourn' (also p. 22)
p. 99: Mr Norris, 'In Jury is God known'
p. 103: Mr Wise, 'I will sing a new song'
p. 107: Mr Purcell, 'My song shall be always'
p. 115: Dr Blow, 'And I heard a great voice'
p. 120: Mr Batten, 'Hear my prayer O God'
p. 122: Mr H. Purcell, ['Thou knowest Lord']
p. 125: Mr Purcell, 'Blessed be the Lord my strength'
p. 128: Dr Blow, 'The Lord is king'
p. 133: Dr Turner, 'Lord who shall dwell'
Services
p. 1: [various jottings]
p. 2: ——, 'Magnificat in F' (incomplete)
p. 3: Mr Farrant, 'Magnificat', 'Nunc dimittis' in g
p. 6: [Tucker, 'I will magnify thee']
p. 10: Dr Blow, 'Cantate Domino', 'Deus misereatur' in e (transposed to D)
p. 16: Mr Henry Loesemore, Responses after the Commandments, Creed
p. 18: Mr Purcell, 'Magnificat', 'Nunc dimittis' in g (transposed to C)
p. 24: ——, [Fragment in C]
p. 27: Dr Blow, [Anthem fragment in A]
p. 30: C. Quarles, 'Magnificat', 'Nunc dimittis'
p. 34: Mr Tallis, 'Te Deum' [Dorian service, transposed up a tone]
p. 39: Mr Tallis, 'Magnificat', 'Nunc dimittis'
p. 44: Mr Gibbons, 'Te Deum'
p. 50: [Gibbons], 'Magnificat', 'Nunc dimittis'
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