Mus. 1246
Manuscript. Second tenor partbook from a set of probably eight
or ten partbooks. Principal layer: presumably copied in Oxford
for use at Christ Church Cathedral, c. 1670-77. Subsequent additions
were made by members of Christ Church Cathedral choir during
the later 17th and early 18th centuries, partly on pages left
blank during previous stages of copying, and otherwise at the
end of the volume. Many of the copyists who contributed to Mus.
1246 also wrote music into Mus. 1220-4. (For a full list of
surviving music-books from Christ Church Cathedral from the Restoration
to the early 19th century, follow this link.)
Copyists as follows:
- Main hand (unidentified): items 1-2, 7-23, 25-32, 35-40, 54-6.
This scribe was also responsible for copying Mus. 1012.
- Edward Lowe: items 3 (probably), 24, 33-4, 41-52, 57-8, 61-2,
64-5, 69, 73. (This is one of the many music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Edward Lowe.)
- Sampson Estwick: items 4, 68. (For a list of other items at Christ
Church associated with Sampson Estwick, see the entry for Mus. 1142b (f. 51).)
- Charles Husbands Jr: item 5. (For a list of other music manuscripts
at Christ Church copied or partially copied by Charles Husbands
Jr, see the entry for Mus. 11.)
- William Husbands: items 53, 59. (For a list of other manuscripts
at Christ Church copied or partially copied by William Husbands,
see the entry for Mus. 10.)
- Henry Aldrich: items 60, 63. (This is one of the many music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Henry Aldrich.)
- Francis Withy: item 66. (For a list of other items at Christ
Church copied by Francis Withy, see the entry for Mus. 337.)
- Edward Hull: items 70-71. (For a list of other items at Christ
Church copied by Edward Hull, see the entry for Mus. 39.)
- Francis Smith: probably item 72. (For a list of other music manuscripts
at Christ Church copied or partially copied by Smith, see the
entry for Mus. 53.)
- Richard Goodson Jr: item 6.
- Hewis Kelway: item 74. Kelway also copied music into Mus. 1220-4.
- Unidentified copyists: items 67, 75.
Table of titles and composers in modern form. Display form found in manuscript.
1 |
William Randall (i) |
Service in G: T(inc.)/J/C/K/C/M/N |
pp. 3-8 |
2 |
William Randall (i) |
Service in d: T/J/C/K/C/M/N |
pp. 8-15 |
3 |
Benjamin Rogers |
Service in G: M/N |
pp. 16-17 |
4 |
Sampson Estwick |
Service in G: M/N |
pp. 18-19 |
5 |
John Blow |
Service in e: T |
pp. 20-20c |
6 |
Henry Purcell |
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets [Z 58C.] |
p. 20d |
7 |
William Child |
Sharp Service in e: T/J/K/C/M/N |
pp. 21-27 |
8 |
William Child |
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem |
pp. 27-28 |
9 |
Adrian Batten |
Short Service in d sol re; T/J/K/C/M/N |
pp. 29-38 |
10 |
William Byrd |
Prevent us, O Lord |
pp. 38-39 |
11 |
Benjamin Rogers |
Whole Service in D sol re: T/J/K/C/M/N (see also no. 74 below) |
pp. 39-49 |
12 |
Benjamin Rogers |
Behold now, praise the Lord |
p. 49 |
13 |
John Mundy |
O give thanks unto the Lord |
pp. 50-51 |
14 |
William Child |
Whole Service in F: T/J/K/C/Ca/D |
pp. 52-61 |
15 |
Orlando Gibbons |
Almighty and everlasting God |
pp. 61-62 |
16 |
Orlando Gibbons |
Hosanna to the Son of David |
pp. 62-63 |
17 |
Orlando Gibbons |
Lift up your heads |
pp. 63-65 |
18 |
Orlando Gibbons |
Deliver us, O Lord our God |
pp. 65-66 |
19 |
William Byrd |
Save me, O God |
pp. 66-68 |
20 |
Thomas Weelkes |
O Lord, grant the king a long life |
pp. 68-69 |
21 |
Thomas Tallis |
With all our hearts (= Salvator mundi I) |
pp. 69-70 |
22 |
Benjamin Rogers |
Service in e la mi for verses: T/J/K/C |
pp. 70-76 |
23 |
Matthew Jeffreys |
Te deum in F |
pp. 76-78 |
24 |
Benjamin Rogers |
Service in e la mi for verses: M/N |
pp. 79-80 |
25 |
William White |
O praise God in his holiness [II] |
pp. 81-82 |
26 |
Richard Farrant |
Hide not thou thy face from us |
pp. 82-83 |
27 |
Richard Farrant |
Call to remembrance |
p. 83 |
28 |
Adrian Batten |
O praise the Lord, all ye heathen [I] |
p. 84 |
29 |
Adrian Batten |
Haste thee, O God, to deliver me [I] |
pp. 84-85 |
30 |
William Child |
Praise the Lord, O my soul [I] |
pp. 86-87 |
31 |
Benjamin Rogers |
Behold, how good and joyful |
p. 87 |
32 |
Benjamin Rogers |
I will magnify thee |
p. 88 |
33 |
Michael Wise |
The Lord is my shepherd |
p. 89 |
34 |
Adrian Batten |
Hear my prayer, O God, and hide not [II] |
pp. 90-91 |
35 |
Benjamin Rogers |
O that the salvation |
pp. 91-92 |
36 |
William Child |
O Lord, grant the king a long life [II] |
pp. 92-93 |
37 |
John Blow |
Turn thee unto me, O Lord |
pp. 93-94 |
38 |
Benjamin Rogers |
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem |
pp. 94-95 |
39 |
Benjamin Rogers |
How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord |
p. 96 |
40 |
Michael Wise |
Awake up, my glory |
p. 97 |
41 |
Michael Wise |
O praise God in his holiness |
p. 98 |
42 |
William Tucker |
I will magnify thee |
p. 98 |
43 |
Henry Hall (i) |
Wherewithal shall a youg man |
p. 99 |
44 |
Michael Wise |
How are the mighty fallen |
pp. 100-102 |
45 |
William Child |
O sing unto the Lord |
p. 103 |
46 |
William Child |
If the Lord himself |
p. 104 |
47 |
William Child |
O clap your hands |
p. 105 |
48 |
William Tucker |
This is the day that the Lord hath made |
pp. 106-107 |
49 |
William Child |
Let God arise |
p. 108 |
50 |
William Child |
Give the King thy judgements |
p. 109 |
51 |
Michael Wise |
Have pity upon me |
p. 110 |
52 |
Richard Portman |
Rejoice in the Lord |
p. 111 |
53 |
Henry Aldrich |
O Lord our governor |
p. 112 |
54 |
William Child |
Evening Service in a re: M/N |
pp. 113-114 |
55 |
William Child |
Behold how good and joyful |
p. 115 |
56 |
William Child |
Evening Service for verses in B mi flat, the First Service: M/N |
pp. 117-118 |
57 |
William Child |
Short Service in a: T/J/K/C/M/N |
pp. 119-123 |
58 |
Henry Aldrich |
Give the king thy judgements |
p. 124 |
59 |
William Husbands |
The earth is the Lord's |
p. 125 |
60 |
Henry Aldrich |
If the Lord himself (two copies, the first incomplete) |
pp. 143-144 |
61 |
Henry Aldrich |
Service in G: T/J/K/C/M/N; see also no. 67 below for alternative N |
pp. 145-151 |
62 |
Pelham Humfrey |
Like as the hart |
pp. 152-153 |
63 |
Henry Aldrich |
O praise the Lord, all ye heathen |
p. 154 |
64 |
John Blow |
O Lord, thou hast searched me out |
p. 155 |
65 |
Henry Aldrich |
Service in e: Be/J |
pp. 156-158 |
66 |
Henry Cooke |
Turn thou us, O good Lord |
pp. 158-159 |
67 |
Henry Aldrich |
Service in G: N |
p. 160 |
68 |
John Blow |
Service in A: T/J |
p. 161 |
69 |
|
Hide not thy face from me, O Lord (deleted) |
pp. 162-163 |
70 |
Henry Aldrich |
Have mercy upon me, O Lord |
pp. 164-168 |
71 |
Michael Wise |
Awake, put on thy strength |
p. 169 |
72 |
John Blow |
Christ being raised from the dead |
p. 170 |
73 |
Henry Aldrich (after Carissimi?) |
God is our refuge |
pp. 175-177a |
74 |
Benjamin Rogers |
Whole Service in D sol re: S; see also no. 11 above |
p. 178 |
75 |
Robert Creighton |
Service in E flat: T/N/M/J |
pp. 179-184 |
Upright format, 305 x 200 mm. 84 surviving folios. Breaks in
and additions to the pagination system suggest that the volume
was dismantled and physically altered at least once; and at least
two leaves have been excised from the front of the volume. Item
75 (Creighton's Service in E flat) is copied on different paper,
and is clearly a later insertion. Collation unclear on account
of the tightness of the binding. Pagination (various hands) follows
the following sequence: [1-2 excised,] 3-20, 20a-d, 21-126, [127-42
absent,] 143-70, [171-3 absent,] 174-7, 177a, 178-86. Pages of
unused ruled staves on pp. 116, 174, 182, 185-6. The music pages
are preceded by three leaves used for indexes, paginated 'a-c'
on their rectos. The first index (p. 'a') is of services, and
is in the hand of Hewis Kelway (who also copied item 74). The
other two indexes ('b' and 'c') are of full and verse anthems
respectively, and were begun by the unidentified main copyist,
with additions by later copyists. Early 18th-century binding
of rough brown calf over boards, blind-tooled, with scraps of
calf pasted to the spine and edges as strengthenings. Outside
upper cover stamped '2' in gold. Outside lower cover annotated
'2. T. 1748' in black ink. No early bookplate.
Provenance: transferred from the library of Christ Church Cathedral
Choir, Oxford, probably in the early 20th century.
Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 45.
Bibliography:
Robert Shay and Robert Thompson, Purcell Manuscripts: The
Principal Musical Sources (Cambridge, 2000), pp. 226, 309. 
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