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Autograph scores of instrumental and vocal music by William Lawes, [1633-1640]

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Scores of instrumental and vocal works, not in chronological order, some unfinished. Much of the vocal music was crossed or torn out. These manuscripts appear on the 1682 list of the Music School Collection.

Contents of MS. Mus. Sch. b. 2:

1-3: Movements from consort suites. 6 parts; organ parts in MS. Mus. Sch. d. 229.

7-8: [Consort suites]. 4 parts (L1-2).

9-11: [Madrigals].

15-19: [Consort suites]. 5 parts, organ parts in MS. Mus. d. 229 (nos. 26-29).

21-24: From [Suites] for 2 bass viols and organ. Parts in MS. Mus. d. 229 (nos. 19-21) and MSS. Mus. d. 238 and 240 (nos. 28-30).

29-36: Canons and catches.

Contents of MS. Mus. Sch. b. 3:

37-39: [Consort suites]. 6 parts; organ parts in MS. Mus. d. 229 (nos. 32, 31, 33).

40-44: [Harpe consorts] for violin, harp, bass viol and theorbo. Parts in MS. Mus. d. 238-240 (nos. 23, 27, 24-26).

45-50: [The 'Royal' Consort' Suites]. New version for 2 violins, 2 bass viols and through bass for 2 theorbos (L1-6). The theorbo parts are written out separately only in the Fantazias: elsewhere a single line is given marked 'Thro Base.'
  1. MS. Mus. Sch. b. 2: (pp. 1-3) Fantazia in C minor. Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 4a. (From L1);
  2. (pp. 3-6) Fantazia in C minor. Printed, op. cit. no. 46. Incomplete. (From L1);
  3. (pp. 7-14) Fantazia, In nomine (printed, op. cit. no. 5), Air, in B flat. (L3);
  4. (p. 15) Alman in D, 5 parts 'For the Violins of 2 Trebles.' A different version of the Alman in the 'Royall Consort' (L6), nos. 45 and 51 below;
  5. (pp. 16-18) 'Part of the Kings Masque' [Britannia Triumphaus, 1638];
  6. (pp. 19-25, 52)[Consort suite], 5 parts. Fantazia, 'On the Playnsong', and Air, in G minor. (L1). Printed, Musica Britannica no. 1. Organ part in D229, no. 25;
  7. (pp. 26-30) Fantazia and 2 Airs, in C minor;
  8. (pp. 31-35) Air [Fantazia] and 2 Airs, in C;
  9. (pp. 35-36) 'Cease warring thoughts', 3 parts [from The Triumph of Beauty], crossed out;
  10. (p. 36) 'O bleeding heart', 3 parts. Incomplete, crossed out;
  11. (p. 37) 'Fear not dear love', 5 parts. Incomplete, crossed out;
  12. (pp. 38-41) 'The Inns of Court Masque' [The Triumph of Peace, 1634]. Lacking some leaves; the end crossed out;
  13. (pp. 41-44) 'Part of the Prince d'Amour his Masque at the Middle Temple' [1636];
  14. (p. 44) [Part-song] 'Deere leave thy home', 3 parts and bass. Incomplete, crossed out;
  15. (pp. 45-48) [Fantazia] in A minor. (From L2). Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 2;
  16. (pp. 48-51, 53) Fantazia and Air, in A minor. (From L2). (For p. 52 see no. 6 above);
  17. (pp. 54-61) Fantazia, (printed, Musica Britannica, no. 3) Pavan and 2 Airs, in C minor. (L3);
  18. (pp. 62-69) Fantazia, Pavan and Air, in F major. (L4). Published by the Viola da Gamba Society, ed. L. Ring, no. 10;
  19. (pp. 69, 72-74, 70-71, 74-75) Fantazia, Pavan and [Air], in C major. (L5). Printed, Consortium series, ed. Mönkemeyer, 1966;
  20. (pp. 76-81.) Fantazia for organ, bass viol and violin, in D major. (L8). Parts in D major. 229, 238, 240 (no. 8). Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 14;
  21. (pp. 81-85, 87-91) Pavan and 2 Airs, in G minor. (L1);
  22. (pp. 91-92) Air in C major. (L3);
  23. (pp. 93-99) 'Paven and Almane [on bass theme] of Alfonso' in C major. (L2). Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 6;
  24. (p. 100) [Air] in C major. (From L3). Unfinished. See D. Buch, 'On the authorship of William Lawes's Suite for two lutes', Journal of the Lute Society of America, xvi (1983), 12-14;
  25. (p. 86) For 2 Lutes. Alman and 2 Corants. In tablature. Printed, Suite for two lutes, ed. Lynda Sayce ([Oxford]: Sul Tasto, 1990). Edited for 2 guitars by Julian Bream (London: Faber Music, 1967). See: D. Buch, 'On the authorship of William Lawes's Suite for two lutes', Journal of the Lute Society of America xvi (1983), 12-14;
  26. (p. 101) 'In the Memory of my Friend, John Tomkins', 3 parts, beg. Musique the Master. Crossed out. Printed, Choice Psalmes, 1648;
  27. (pp. 102-105) In nomine [from Consort suite], 6 parts. C minor. (L1). Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 40;
  28. (p. 106) Sandys's Psalm 71, beg. I to thy Wing, 3 parts. Incomplete, crossed out;
  29. (p. 107) 2 canons for 4, 'Regi, Regis, Regum.' Printed, Choice Psalmes;
  30. (p. 107) 2 catches for 3, 'Some drink, boy' and 'Hark jolly lads';
  31. (p. 108.) 2 canons for 3, 'Lord thou hast been' and 'Happy sons'. Printed, Choice Psalmes;
  32. (p. 108) Canon for 4, 'She weepeth'. Printed, Choice Psalmes;
  33. (pp. 108-109) Catches, for 4, 'Call for the ale', and for 3, 'Lets cast away care', 'Stand still', 'If we shall drink', 'I do confess' and 'Whither go ye';
  34. (p. 109) Canon for 3, 'Re me re ut';
  35. (p. 109) Canon for, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, 'Come my lads';
  36. (p. 110) 4 catches for 3, 'Tom Ned and Jack', 'Never let a man', 'Though I am not', 'Brisk claret and sherry'; and for 6, 'War's our delight';
  37. MS. Mus. Sch. b. 3: (pp. 1-9) 2 Fantazias and Air, in C major. (L2) Printed, Consortium series, ed. Mönkemeyer, 1966;
  38. (pp. 10-18) Fantazia, Pavan and Air, in G minor. (L4). Fantazia and Air published, ed. Dolmetsch (Schirmer);
  39. (pp. 19-29) 2 Airs and Fantazias, in F major. (L5). Published by the Viola da Gamba Society, ed. L. Ring, no. 52, 1967;
  40. (p. 30) Air in G major. (L7);
  41. (pp. 31-34) Fantazia in D minor. (L11);
  42. (pp. 35-38) Pavan and Division in G major. (L8). Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 9;
  43. (pp. 39-43) Pavan and Division in D major. [Bass theme by Cormacke]. (L9). Printed, op. cit. no. 10;
  44. (pp. 44-7) Pavan and Division in G minor. [Bass theme by Coperario]. (L10). Printed, op. cit. no. ll;
  45. (pp. 48-49) Air and Corant in D major. (From L6: see also nos. 46 and 51 below);
  46. (pp. 50-62) Fantazia, Air, Alman, 2 Corants, Saraband and Ecco in D minor. (L1); and Ecco in D major (from l6);
  47. (pp. 65-71, 99) Pavan, 3 Airs, Corant and 2 Sarabands in D minor. (L2). Printed, Musica Britannica, no. 18;
  48. (pp. 71-75, 78, 76-77, 79) 2 Airs, 2 Corants, Alman, Corant, and Saraband in D minor. (L3);
  49. (pp. 80-87) Pavan, 3 Airs, Corant, and Saraband in D major. (L4);
  50. (pp. 88-95) 2 Airs, Alman, Air Corant, Air and Saraband in D major. (L5);
  51. (pp. 95-100) Alman, Fantazia and Air in D major. (From L6). The Alman is a different version of no. 4 above. [For p. 99 see also no. 47 above].

Dates

  • Creation: [1633-1640]

Extent

2 Volumes

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Mus. Sch. b. 2-3

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

Robert Hake, [Catalogue of the Music School Collection], c 1850-1855. No. XXX.

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, nos. 26415-26416.

RISM 800273400, 800273385

Physical Facet

2 volumes, viii + 114 and iv + 102 pages, respectively. Probably originally quired in twelves: at least one whole quire and parts of others were removed from the front and back of each volume, and other leaves are missing throughout. Leaves removed after copying were in MS. Mus. b. 2 after pp. 6, 36, 58, 42, 44, 100, 106. Watermark: Grapes, Heawood 2174; watermark of unruled quires, originally of 4, at beginning of each volume: Coat of arms, resembling Heawood 481. Uniformly ruled throughout, 12 staves to a page, divided into 7 bars. Calf binding with royal arms in gold, front and back, and blind filets enclosing gold filet. Initials 'W. L.' on MS. Mus. Sch. b. 2, 'H. L.' on MS. Mus. Sch. b. 3.

Dimensions

Large upright folio

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