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Tudor anthems copied professionally and worked on by Maurice Greene

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MS. Don. c. 20
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Tudor anthems copied professionally and worked on by Maurice Greene, adding to all a figured bass, corrected errors in both words and music, made notes on the sources of the words and in some cases given variant readings, with (fols. iii-viii) printed account by Ralph Griffin, 1929, of the collection of which this manuscript originally formed vol. II, pp. 211-314; see H. D. Johnstone, 'The genesis of Boyce's Cathedral Music', Music and Letters, 56 (1975), 26-40. Verse in Crum.

  1. Fols. 1-2. Tanis, All people that on earth, printed by Arnold, Cathe-ral Music, 1790, I. pp. 224-227, with an added figured bass
  2. Fols. 2v-6. Byrd, Bow thine ear, printed in Boyce's Cathedral Music I, 1748, pp. 29-33, with some differences
  3. Fols. 6v-9v. White, I will magnify thee O God my King
  4. Fols. 10-12) Byrd, O Lord make thy servant [Elizabeth], taken from a copy reading 'Charles' and corrected by Boyce to 'George'
  5. Fols. 12v-15v. Giles, O give thanks
  6. Fols.16 -18. Byrd, Prevent us O Lord
  7. Fols. 18v-26v. Muriday, O Lord I bow the knees of my heart and O give thanks unto the Lord
  8. Fols. 27-31. Lock, Turn thy face from my sins
  9. Fols. 31v-35. Byrd, Save me O God
  10. Fols. 35v-40v. Bull, O Lord my God I will exalt thee, printed in Boyce's Cathedral Music, III, 1773, pp. 165-172, and O Lord God, O God of our salvation
  11. Fols. 44-50. Tye, I will exalt thee, in Cathedral Music, II, 1768, pp. 10-18
  12. Fols. 50v-52. Farrant, Call to remembrance, ib. pp. 19-21

Dates

  • Creation: 18th century

Extent

54 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

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Shelfmark:

MS. Don. c. 20

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16539

Abstract

Tudor anthems copied professionally and worked on by Maurice Greene

Biographical / Historical

Maurice Greene, 1696-1755, was an English organist and composer.

Custodial History

On foll. iii-viii is an account by Ralph Griffin of a collection bound together in two volumes, of the second of which this manuscript was formerly pp. 211-314. Its history is the same as that of MS.Don.c.19. Owned by Samuel Arnold, 23 June 1796; Joseph Corfe; William Alexander Barrett, 1876; F. Joyce Barrett, 1891; Hodgson's, 26 June 1925 (Barrett sale), lot 416.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given by Ralph Griffin through the Friends of the Bodleian, 1929. See F.O.B. Annual Report VIII, 1932-3, p.14.

Physical Facet

Bound by Maltby of Oxford in half brown morocco

Title
Tudor anthems copied professionally and worked on by Maurice Greene
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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