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Title

A collection of songs and madrigals by English composers of the close of the fifteenth century / prepared for the members of The Plainsong and Mediæval Music Society.

Imprint

London : published by Bernard Quaritch, 1891.

Physical description

[6], xviii, [6], 10, [4], 31, [1] p. : music ; 38 cm

Note

At foot of half-title: "300 copies printed, of which this is no. 1."

Note

"The accompaniments to the songs have been written specially for this work by Dr. C. W. Pearce."--Preface.

Note

Title page printed in black and red.

Note

Essay, "Songs and madrigals of the fifteenth century" signed C. W. P.

Note

Essay, "The notation" signed by H. B. B.

Note

Music transcribed from British Library mss. Add. 5465, Add. 31922, Roy. App^x. 58; see: "Index to the three mss." signed by A. H.-H.

Note

Five of the seven "madrigals" for 3 voices, that by Wm. Newark for 2 voices; each of these "madrigals" is also supplied with a piano reduction described as a "compressed score". The "madrigal" by Henry VIII is for keyboard instrument, without words.

Note

The "Songs" arranged for solo voice with pianoforte accompaniment.

Formatted contents note

Contents: Songs. Kitt hath lost her kye / anon. ; Alone I live / Dr. Cooper ; To live alone / John Cole ; In May that lusty season / Thos. Farthing ; The little pretty nightingale ; Though that she cannot redress / anon. ; Ah the sighs / W. Cornish, junior.

Formatted contents note

Contents: Madrigals. Jolly Rutterkin / Wm. Cornish, junior ; Margaret meek / Browne ; This day day dawns / anon. ; The farther I go / Wm. Newark ; I love, loved, and loved would I be / Rob. Fairfax ; I love, I love, and whom love ye / Sir Thos. Phillips ; If love now reigned (instrumental [keyboard instrument]) / King Henry VIII.

Language

Sung English words; the original Middle English texts printed before the scores (pages xvii-xviii).

Provenance

On upper endleaf: ink stamp (20th century) “Ex libris Iohannis Wordsworth, S.T.P. A.S. 1885-1911 Saresbiriensis Episcopi Deo gratias”.

Provenance

Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

Copy-specific note

Imperfect; originally accompanied by 8 sheets of music (ancient notation), now lost.

Subject

Songs, English, Arranged.

Subject

Part songs, English, Arranged.

Subject

Vocal music England 15th century.

Subject

Keyboard instrument music, Arranged.

Added entry--name

Pearce, Charles William, 1856-1928 arranger.

Added entry--name

Pearce, Charles William, 1856-1928 Songs and madrigals of the fifteenth century.

Added entry--name

Briggs, H. B. (Henry Bremridge), -1901 Notation.

Added entry--name

Hughes-Hughes, Augustus, 1857-1942

Added entry--name

Quaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899 publisher.

Added entry--name

Wordsworth, John, 1843-1911 former owner.

Added entry--name

Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (Great Britain)

Added entry--name

British Library Additional manuscript 5465. Selections; arr.

Added entry--name

British Library Additional manuscript 31922. Selections; arr.

Added entry--name

British Library Royal Appendix 58. Selections; arr.

Added entry--place

England London.

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24502$aA collection of songs and madrigals by English composers of the close of the fifteenth century /$cprepared for the members of The Plainsong and Mediæval Music Society.

260##$aLondon :$bpublished by Bernard Quaritch,$c1891.

300##$a[6], xviii, [6], 10, [4], 31, [1] p. :$bmusic ;$c38 cm

500##$aAt foot of half-title: "300 copies printed, of which this is no. 1."

500##$a"The accompaniments to the songs have been written specially for this work by Dr. C. W. Pearce."--Preface.

500##$aTitle page printed in black and red.

500##$aEssay, "Songs and madrigals of the fifteenth century" signed C. W. P.

500##$aEssay, "The notation" signed by H. B. B.

500##$aMusic transcribed from British Library mss. Add. 5465, Add. 31922, Roy. App<sup>x</sup>. 58; see: "Index to the three mss." signed by A. H.-H.

500##$aFive of the seven "madrigals" for 3 voices, that by Wm. Newark for 2 voices; each of these "madrigals" is also supplied with a piano reduction described as a "compressed score". The "madrigal" by Henry VIII is for keyboard instrument, without words.

500##$aThe "Songs" arranged for solo voice with pianoforte accompaniment.

5050#$aSongs. Kitt hath lost her kye / anon. ; Alone I live / Dr. Cooper ; To live alone / John Cole ; In May that lusty season / Thos. Farthing ; The little pretty nightingale ; Though that she cannot redress / anon. ; Ah the sighs / W. Cornish, junior.

5050#$aMadrigals. Jolly Rutterkin / Wm. Cornish, junior ; Margaret meek / Browne ; This day day dawns / anon. ; The farther I go / Wm. Newark ; I love, loved, and loved would I be / Rob. Fairfax ; I love, I love, and whom love ye / Sir Thos. Phillips ; If love now reigned (instrumental [keyboard instrument]) / King Henry VIII.

546##$aSung English words; the original Middle English texts printed before the scores (pages xvii-xviii).

561##$aOn upper endleaf: ink stamp (20th century) “Ex libris Iohannis Wordsworth, S.T.P. A.S. 1885-1911 Saresbiriensis Episcopi Deo gratias”.

561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

590##$aImperfect; originally accompanied by 8 sheets of music (ancient notation), now lost.

650#0$aSongs, English, Arranged.

650#0$aPart songs, English, Arranged.

650#0$aVocal music$zEngland$y15th century.

650#0$aKeyboard instrument music, Arranged.

7001#$aPearce, Charles William,$d1856-1928$earranger.

7001#$aPearce, Charles William,$d1856-1928$tSongs and madrigals of the fifteenth century.

7001#$aBriggs, H. B.$q(Henry Bremridge),$d-1901$tNotation.

7001#$aHughes-Hughes, Augustus,$d1857-1942

7001#$aQuaritch, Bernard,$d1819-1899$epublisher.

7001#$aWordsworth, John,$d1843-1911$eformer owner.

7102#$aPlainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (Great Britain).

7102#$aBritish Library.$tAdditional manuscript 5465.$kSelections;$oarr.

7102#$aBritish Library.$tAdditional manuscript 31922.$kSelections;$oarr.

7102#$aBritish Library.$tRoyal Appendix 58.$kSelections;$oarr.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.