Christ Church Library music catalogue: Mus. 525

Mus. 525

Manuscript. Organ accompaniments to service music and anthems, copied jointly by Henry Aldrich (item 1) and Edward Lowe (items 2-19); English, before 1677 (on account of references to John Blow as 'Mr', not 'Dr'). For a partner volume, see Mus. 526.

Table of titles and composers in modern form. Display form found in manuscript.

1	Orlando Gibbons	Short Service [T/B/K/C/M/N]	ff. 1^r-11^r
2	Thomas Tallis	Dorian Service [T/B/K/C/M/N]	ff. 11^v-24^r
3	William Byrd	Short Service [T/B/K/C/M/N]	ff. 24^v-36^v
4	Richard Farrant	High Service [T/B/M/N]	ff. 37^r-46^r
5	William Child	Whole Service in D [T/J/K/C/M/N]	ff. 46^v-58^r
6	William Child	Sharp Service in E [T/J/K/C/M/N]	ff. 58^v-68^r
7	William Child	O pray for the peace of Jerusalem	ff. 68^r-69^r
8	William Child	Whole Service in F [Ca/D only]	ff. 69^v-72^r
9	Thomas Tallis	I call and cry (= O sacrum convivium)	ff. 78^v-80^v
10	Edmund Hooper	Behold it is Christ	ff. 81^r-82^v
11	Thomas Tallis	With all our hearts and mouths	ff. 83^r-84^v
12	William Byrd	O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth	ff. 85^r-86^v
13	Orlando Gibbons	Hosanna to the Son of David	ff. 87^r-89^v
14	Orlando Gibbons	Lift up your heads	ff. 89^v-92^r
15	John Mundy	O give thanks	ff. 92^v-96^r
16	William Tucker	O give thanks unto the Lord	ff. 96^v-98^r
17	William Byrd	Sing joyfully	ff. 98^v-101^r
18	John Blow	Lord, how are they increased	ff. 101^v-106^r
19	John Blow	And I heard a great voice	ff. 106^v-119^v

Upright format, 180 x 117 mm. 121 folios, foliated in modern pencil. Unused staves on ff. 72v-78r and 120r-121v. 17th-century binding of brown leather over boards, of the 'Aldrich binding' Type 1. Bookplate 2. 19th-century shelfmark: I.7.27.

Provenance: presumably from the Aldrich bequest. The earliest catalogue entry for this item is by Hind (in Dowding), where it is listed at position M.4.6 as 'Orlando Gibbons's Service in Ffaut &c.' In Mus. 525 itself, the shelfmark 'M.4.6' is written in ink of the first flyleaf.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 22.

This is one of the many music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Henry Aldrich.

This is one of the many music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Edward Lowe.