Item 9 - Organ partbook no. 1: anthems and services

1 vol., 40 x 26 cm

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'

In a modern binding. The cover has the original paper label 'Organ Part/ No. 1/ Consisting of/ Anthems', in the front, and 'Organ Part/ No. 1/ Consisting of/ Services', in the back.