Mus. 1006-9

Manuscript. Four partbooks from a set of five, containing instrumental works with accompaniments for theorbo, lyra viol or keyboard by Charles Coleman, John Carwarden, George Hudson, James Hinton, John Jenkins and Christopher Gibbons. Copied in or for use in Oxford, principally by two unidentified scribes copying before 1664 (on grounds of references to Christopher Gibbons as 'Mr'; Gibbons's Oxford D. Mus. was conferred in 1664); later additions by Richard Goodson Sr and Richard Goodson Jr.

The surviving partbooks bear the following designations: Mus. 1007: '1 Treble' / Mus. 1009: '2d Treble' / Mus. 1008: 'Bassus' / Mus. 1006: parts for unfigured bass; also keyboard parts for items 15-16 in the inventory below. A fifth partbook containing parts for lyra viol and keyboard is now missing, but is referred to in the surviving volumes; see for example Mus. 1006, p. 58: 'There is a full Harpsecord part to these Ayres in the lyra booke'.

Copyists as follows:

• Items 1-9; 10-14 (in Mus. 1006 only) and 15-18: unidentified Copyist A. Small variations in the hand may imply that more than one scribe was responsible for these copies.
• Items 10-14 (in Mus. 1007-9 only): unidentified copyist B.
• Item 19 is a later addition by Richard Goodson Sr. (This is one of the many music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Richard Goodson Sr.)
• Item 20 is a later addition by Richard Goodson Jr.

• Item 6: the identity of James Hinton is uncertain, but a musician of this name joined the Waits of London in 1640 (replacing John Adson).
• Items 17-18: according to Holman (in Bibliography below), these two suites were assembled by selecting the almans and corants from fantasia-suites by Christopher Gibbons, and were 'apparently re-ordered for use in Oxford'. Some of the same movements, copied as fantasia-suites, occur in the partbooks Mus. 414-6 (copied by Henry Bowman, with organ parts copied by Henry Aldrich in Mus. 1180), in score copied by Francis Withy (Mus. 8, layer 2), and in score copied by Richard Goodson Sr (Mus. 620 (pp. 102-133)).

Oblong format, 225 x 185 mm.

• Mus. 1006: 94 leaves, of which the first 50 have been paginated '1-100' variously in ink or pencil by the copyists; the remaining leaves are neither paginated nor foliated. Collation: A8 (pp. 1-16), B8 (of which B8 has been excised; pp. 17-30), C8 (pp. 31-46), D8 (pp. 47-62), E8 (pp. 63-78), F8 (of which F3 has been excised; pp. 79-92), G8 (pp. 93-[107]); the collation of the remaining (unused) leaves has not been researched. There is a pastedown cancel on p. 80, stave 2. Unused ruled staves on pp. 6-8, 17-31, 50-7, 92, and all pages after p. 100.
• Mus. 1007: 93 leaves, of which the first 52 have been paginated '1-104' variously in ink or pencil by the copyists, with a few later additions; the remaining leaves are neither paginated nor foliated. Collation: A8 (pp. 1-16), B8 (pp. 17-32), C8 (pp. 33-48), D8 (pp. 49-64), E8 (pp. 65-80), F8 (pp. 81-96), G8 (pp. 97-[112]); the collation of the remaining (unused) leaves has not been researched. Unused ruled staves on pp. 7-8, 16-31, 50-7, 101, and all pages from p. 104 onwards.
• Mus. 1008: 94 leaves, of which the first 46 have been paginated '1-92' variously in ink or pencil by the copyists; the remaining leaves are neither paginated nor foliated. Collation: A8 (pp. 1-16), B8 (pp. 17-32), C8 (pp. 33-48), D8 (pp. 49-64), E8 (pp. 65-80), F8 (of which F3 has been excised; pp. 81-[94]); the collation of the remaining (unused) leaves has not been researched. Unused ruled staves on pp. 6-8, 16, 25, 28-31, 50-7, and all pages from p. 92 onwards.
• Mus. 1009: 69 leaves, of which the first 40 have been paginated '[0], 1-79' variously in ink or pencil by the copyists; the remaining leaves are neither paginated nor foliated. Collation: A8 (pp. [0]-15), B8 (pp. 16-31), C8 (pp. 32-47), D8 (pp. 48-63), E8 (pp. 64-79); the collation of the remaining (unused) leaves has not been researched. Unused ruled staves on pp. [0], 19-28, 72, and all pages from p. 75 onwards.

Provenance: from the Goodson bequest (on grounds of the additions by Goodson Sr and Goodson Jr); not listed in any of the 18th-century catalogues of the music collections at Christ Church.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 35.

Bibliography:

• Peter Holman, 'Thomas Baltzar (?1631-1663), the "Incomperable Luciber on the Violin"', Chelys, 13 (1984), pp. 3-38 (at p. 22 and note 53).