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.

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
Fols. 2v-6. Byrd, Bow thine ear, printed in Boyce's Cathedral Music I, 1748, pp. 29-33, with some differences
Fols. 6v-9v. White, I will magnify thee O God my King
Fols. 10-12) Byrd, O Lord make thy servant [Elizabeth], taken from a copy reading 'Charles' and corrected by Boyce to 'George'
Fols. 12v-15v. Giles, O give thanks
Fols.16 -18. Byrd, Prevent us O Lord
Fols. 18v-26v. Muriday, O Lord I bow the knees of my heart and O give thanks unto the Lord
Fols. 27-31. Lock, Turn thy face from my sins
Fols. 31v-35. Byrd, Save me O God
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
Fols. 44-50. Tye, I will exalt thee, in Cathedral Music, II, 1768, pp. 10-18
Fols. 50v-52. Farrant, Call to remembrance, ib. pp. 19-21

Dates

Creation: 18th century

Extent

54 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Don. c. 20, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Don. c. 20

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16539

Additional Description

Abstract

Tudor anthems copied professionally and worked on by Maurice Greene

Biographical / Historical

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

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991). Vol. 1, no. 38793

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.