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Mus. 544-53

*** N.B. This is an INTERIM ENTRY ***

Printed, with extensive manuscript additions; 10 volumes; English, 1640-early C18th. The Hereford Cathedral set of John Barnard's The first book of selected church musick (London, 1641), purchased by Christ Church from Hereford Cathedral in December 1917.

Mus. 544-53
The first book of selected church musick, consisting of services and anthems, such as are now used in the cathedrall, and collegiat churches of this kingdome. Never before printed. ... Collected out of divers approved authors, by John Barnard[,] one of the minor canons of the cathedrall church of Saint Paul, London.
London: Printed by Edward Griffin, 1641
RISM B/I 1641⁵
Mus. 544: Medius decani; Mus. 545: Medius cantoris; Mus. 546: Primus contratenor decani; Mus. 547: Secundus contratenor decani; Mus. 548: Primus contratenor cantoris; Mus. 549: Secundus contratenor cantoris; Mus. 550: Tenor decani; Mus. 551: Tenor cantoris; Mus. 552: Bassus decani; Mus. 553: Bassus cantoris.
Many partbooks defective with pages supplied in manuscript. See the full description for details.

As printed by Barnard, each partbook originally comprised five preliminary folios (1. titlepage; 2. dedication; 3. preface; 4-5: contents), followed by folios of music numbered sequentially, the last page of which is marked 'finis'. (The sheets were printed without signatures.) Each partbook was subsequently bound with sheets of rastrated staves, on which MS music was added during the later C17th and early c18th. The following summary descriptions of the ten volumes provides outline information only, and makes no attempt to identify copyists, not to report the many annotations to the printed pages made by generations of singers. An inventory of the musical works added in MS follows the summary descriptions.

Mus. 544: MEDIUS DECANI.

PRINTED CONTENTS. All five preliminary folios are missing, and are not supplied in MS. Also missing, but supplied in modern MS, are music ff. 1-10. The following music folios are fragmentary, but restored and partially replaced in modern MS: ff. 18, 22-35, 42, 97, 99, 102, 104, 106, 109, 111, 120, 123-4. Last printed folio = 131.
MANUSCRIPT CONTENTS (following printed contents): 39 folios, foliated '132-69' in modern pencil (including f. '141a' between ff. 141-2).
Upright format, 327 x 227 mm. Early C20th binding of rough brown leather over boards, incorporating on the upper and lower covers the original mid-C17th covers of blind-tooled brown leather. Lower cover inscribed 'Treble Decani' (twice). A fragment of an annotated pastedown leaf from the original inside covers had been preserved in the modern inside upper cover.

Mus. 545: MEDIUS CANTORIS.

CONTENTS. The printed partbook is missing. It is replaced here by a manuscript copy made by John Bishop c. 1863. According to a letter from Bishop (unbound within the volume), his examplar was the copy belonging at that time to the Sacred Harmonic Society (now in London, Royal College of Music). Titlepage: supplied in MS in pseudo-facsimile on vellum-like paper, presumably by the Hereford Chapter Clerks' Office in 1863; a letter from that office to 'The Rev. Rev. F. J. Havergal' (unbound within the volume) refers to the return of this volume and the 'Bassus Decani' (= Mus. 552 below), both of which have this style of titlepage.
Upright format, 343 x 240 mm. Upper and lower boards of marbled paper over boards, half-bound in brown and black leather; insets of red leather on upper cover and spine, gold-tooled with details of the volume.

Mus. 546: PRIMUS CONTRATENOR DECANI.

PRINTED CONTENTS. The following music folios are missing, and supplied in modern MS: ff. 3-4, 6, 23, 27-8. Music f. 109 is completely missing, and not supplied in MS. Last printed folio = 133.
MANUSCRIPT CONTENTS (following printed contents): 34 folios, the first eleven of which are foliated '1-11' in contemporary MS, the remainder '12-34' in modern pencil. Refoliated '134-67' in December 1989, to bring this partbook into line with the remainder of the set.
Upright format, 330 x 225 mm. Early C20th binding (c. 1920) of rough brown leather over boards, incorporating on the upper and lower covers the original mid-C17th covers of blind-tooled brown leather. Upper cover instribed 'Contratenor Decani' and 'Treble Decani 1682'. Fragments of annotated pastedown leaves from the original inside upper and lower covers have been preserved in the modern inside covers.

Mus. 547: SECUNDUS CONTRATENOR DECANI.

PRINTED CONTENTS. Titlepage missing (not supplied in MS). The following music folios are missing, and supplied in modern MS: ff. 6, 34, 117. The last four folios (now 123-6) were incorrectly printed as '121-4'; the last printed folio is therefore 126 (printed as '124').
MANUSCRIPT CONTENTS (following printed contents): 37 folios, foliated '127-63' in modern pencil.
Upright format, 330 x 225 mm. Early C20th binding (c. 1920) of rough brown leather over boards, incorporating on the upper cover the original mid-C17th covers of blind-tooled brown leather. Upper cover inscribed 'Medius'. Fragments of annotated pastedown leaves from the original inside upper and lower covers have been preserved in the modern inside covers.

Mus. 548: PRIMUS CONTRATENOR CANTORIS.

PRINTED CONTENTS. Titlepage, dedication and preface missing (not supplied in MS). Music f. 6 missing, but supplied in C17th MS. The following music folios are missing, but supplied in modern MS: ff. 3-4, 26, 88. The following music folios are fragmentary, but restored and partially replaced in modern MS: ff. 29, 51. Last printed folio = 131.
MANUSCRIPT CONTENTS (following printed contents): 41 folios, foliated '132-73' in modern pencil (there is no f. 149).
Upright format, 327 x 225 mm. Early C20th binding (c. 1920) of rough brown leather over boards, incorporating on the upper and lower covers the original mid-C17th covers of blind-tooled brown leather. Fragments of annotated pastedown leaves from the original inside upper and lower covers have been preserved in the modern inside covers.

Mus. 549: SECUNDUS CONTRATENOR CANTORIS.

PRINTED CONTENTS. Dedication page and music f. 4 missing (not supplied in MS). The following music folios are missing, but supplied in modern MS: ff. 2-3, 5-6, 15-16, 23-4, 116. The following music folios are fragmentary, but restored and partially replaced in modern MS: ff. 25, 28, 34, 103. Last printed folio = 125.
MANUSCRIPT CONTENTS (following printed contents): 27 folios, foliated ' 126-52' in modern pencil.
Upright format, 327 x 225 mm. Early C20th binding (c. 1920) of rough brown leather over boards, incorporating on the upper and lower covers the original mid-C17th covers of blind-tooled brown leather. Fragments of annotated pastedown leaves from the original inside upper and lower covers have been preserved in the modern inside covers.

Mus. 550: TENOR DECANI.

PRINTED CONTENTS. The following music folios are missing, but supplied in modern MS: ff. 27-8, 33-4. Music f. 101 is fragmentary, but restored and partially replaced in modern MS. The titlepage and music ff. 23-4 and 26 are slightly defective and unrestored. Last printed folio = 126.
MANUSCRIPT CONTENTS (following printed contents): 33 folios, foliated '127-58' (including f. '151a' between ff. 151-2) in modern pencil.
Upright format, 327 x 227 mm. Early C20th binding (c. 1920) of rough brown leather over boards, incorporating on the upper and lower covers the original mid-C17th covers of blind-tooled brown leather. Upper cover inscribed 'Tenor Decani'. Fragments of annotated pastedown leaves from the original inside upper and lower covers have been preserved in the modern inside covers.

Mus. 551: TENOR CANTORIS.

PRINTED CONTENTS. The following music folios are missing, but supplied in modern MS: ff. 27, 85-90. The titlepage is defective. Last printed folio = 124.
MANUSCRIPT CONTENTS (following printed contents): 44 folios, foliated '125-67' (including f. '155a' between ff. 155-6) in modern pencil.
Upright format, 327 x 225 mm. Early C20th binding (c. 1920) of rough brown leather over boards, incorporating on the upper and lower covers the original mid-C17th covers of blind-tooled brown leather. Upper cover inscribed 'Tenor' (twice) and 'Tenor Cantoris'. Fragments of annotated pastedown leaves from the original inside upper and lower covers have been preserved in the modern inside covers.

Mus. 552: BASSUS DECANI.

PRINTED CONTENTS. Titlepage supplied in pseudo-facsimile MS, as in Mus. 545 above. Preface, contents pages, and music ff. 43-9, are all missing (not supplied in MS). The following music folios are also missing, but supplied in modern MS: ff. 5, 105-6. Music f. 17 is fragmentary, but restored and partially replaced in modern MS. Last printed folio = 126.
MANUSCRIPT CONTENTS (following printed contents): none.
Upright format, 345 x 227 mm. Early C20th binding (c. 1920) of rough brown leather over boards, blind-tooled.

Mus. 553: BASSUS CANTORIS.

PRINTED CONTENTS. Music folios 78-9 missing (not supplied in MS). Music f. 6 supplied in copy 'transcribed by Mr Joseph Warren 1846 from a copy of the Bassus Cantoris in his possession'; Warren's sheet is now bound into the volume as f. 6a. The following music folios are also missing, but supplied in modern MS: ff. 83-4, 88, 91. Music f. 89 is fragmentary, but restored and partially replaced in modern MS. The titlepage is defective. Last printed folio = 126.
MANUSCRIPT CONTENTS (following printed contents): 31 folios, foliated '127-57' in modern pencil.
Upright format, 327 x 225 mm. Early C20th binding (c. 1920) of rough brown leather over boards, incorporating on the upper and lower covers the original mid-C17th covers of blind-tooled brown leather. Fragments of annotated pastedown leaves from the original inside upper and lower covers have been preserved in the modern inside covers.

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

			Mus. 544	Mus. 546	Mus. 547	Mus. 548	Mus. 549	Mus. 550	Mus. 551	Mus. 553
1	Thomas(?) Wilkinson	Hear my prayer, O Lord	ff. 132^r-v	ff. 134^r-v	ff. 127^r-v	ff. 132^r-v		ff. 127^r-v	ff. 125^r-v	f. 127^r
2	Thomas Tomkins	Above the stars	ff. 132^v-133^r	f. 134^v	f. 128^r	ff. 132^v-133^r	ff. 126^r-v	ff. 127^v-128^r	ff. 125^v-126^r	ff. 127^v-128^r
3	Thomas Tomkins	My beloved spake	ff. 133^v-135^r	ff. 135^v-136^r	ff. 127^v-128^r	ff. 133^r-v	f. 127^r	ff. 128^v-129^r	ff. 127^r-v	ff. 128^v-129^v
4	Thomas Tomkins	O Lord, let me know mine end	f. 143^v	ff. 135^r-v	ff. 129^v-130^r	ff. 133^v-135^r	ff. 127^v-128^r	ff. 129^v-130^r	ff. 127^v-128^r	f. 130^r
5	John Hilton (ii)	Teach me, O Lord	ff. 135^v-136^r	ff. 136^r-v	f. 128^v	ff. 141^v-142^r	ff. 128^v-129^r	ff. 130^r-v	ff. 128^r-v	ff. 130^v-131^r
6	Nathaniel Giles	O hear my prayer, Lord	ff. 136^r-v	ff. 136^v-137^r	f. 129^r	ff. 135^v-136^r	f. 129^r	ff. 130^v-131^r	ff. 128^v-129^r	f. 131^r
7	Michael East	When Israel came out of Egypt	ff. 136^v-138^r			ff. 143^r-v	ff. 130^r-v	ff. 134^v-135^v	ff. 130^r-131^r	ff. 138^r-v
8	Richard Brown	By the waters of Babylon	ff. 138^r-v	f. 137^v	f. 130^r	ff. 136^r-v	f. 129^v	f. 131^v	f. 129^v	f. 131^v
9	Richard Brown	Unto him that hath loved us	ff. 139^r-v	ff. 138^r-v	ff. 130^v-131^r	ff. 136^v-141^r	ff. 132^r-v	ff. 132^r-133^r	ff. 131^v-132^v	ff. 132^r-v
10	Richard Brown	If the Lord himself	f. 140^r	ff. 139^r-v	ff. 131^r-v	ff. 137^v-138^r	ff. 133^r-v	ff. 133^v-134^r	f. 133^r	ff. 133^r-v
11		Wherewithall shall a young man						f. 134^r
12	Thomas Tallis	Preces and Psalm 110	ff. 140^v-141^r		ff. 132^r-v	ff. 138^v-139^r	ff. 133^v-134^r		ff. 133^v-134^r	ff. 134^r-v
13	Thomas Tomkins	Hear my prayer [Ps. 39:13]				ff. 139^v-140^r			ff. 134^v-135^r	ff. 136^r-137^r
14	John Badham	O Lord, thou hast searched me out	ff. 141^v-141A^v	f. 139^v	f. 133^r	f. 140^v	f. 134^v	f. 129^r	f. 135^v	f. 135^r
15		Let God arise								f. 138^v
16		If the Lord himself						f. 136^r
17	Edward Lowe	O clap your hands together	f. 142^v	f. 140^r		f. 144^r	f. 135^v	ff. 136^r-v	f. 136^v	ff. 139^r-v
18	William Cranford	O Lord, make thy servant Charles	f. 144^r	ff. 140^v-142^r	ff. 134^v-138^v	ff. 144^v-145^r	f. 136^r	ff. 136^v-137^r	ff. 137^v-138^v	ff. 139^v-140^v
19	John Badham	Defend us, Lord	f. 144^v	f. 141^v	f. 134^r		f. 137^r	f. 138^r	f. 138^v	f. 142^v
20		O sing unto the Lord						f. 138^r
21	John Badham	How doth the city sit solitary	f. 145^r	f. 141^v	f. 133^v	ff. 145^v-146^r	f. 136^v	f. 137^v	f. 139^r	ff. 141^v-142^r
22	William King	Praise ye the Lord	f. 145^v	f. 142^v	f. 135^v	f. 146^v	f. 137^v	f. 138^v	f. 139^v	f. 143^r
23	William King	O sing unto the Lord	f. 146^r	f. 143^r	f. 136^r	f. 147^r	f. 138^r	f. 139^r	f. 140^r	ff. 144^r-145^r
24	Hugh Davies	Have mercy upon me, O God	ff. 146^v-147^r	f. 144^v	f. 140^r	f. 148^r	ff. 135^r-139^v	ff. 142^r-v	ff. 141^r-v	f. 146^v
25	Richard Davies	Thou, O God, art praised		f. 145^r	f. 140^v	f. 149^r	f. 140^r	ff. 143^v-144^r	f. 142^r	ff. 147^r-146^v
26	Orlando Gibbons	Glorious and powerful God	f. 147^r		ff. 136^v-137^r		f. 131^r	ff. 126^r-131^v
27	Benjamin Rogers	Behold now, praise the Lord	f. 147^v	f. 144^r	f. 139^r
28	Thomas Tomkins	Thou art my king, O God			f. 137^r	f. 142^r	f. 130^v		ff. 130^v-131^v	ff. 135^v-137^v
29	Daniel Henstridge	Behold how good and joyful	f. 148^r	f. 143^v	f. 138^v	f. 147^v	f. 138^v	f. 139^v	f. 140^v	f. 145^v
30	William Lawes	The Lord is my light	f. 148^v	f. 146^r	f. 141^r	f. 151^v	ff. 140^v-141^r	ff. 144^v-45^r	f. 144^r	ff. 147^v-148^r
31	James Read	Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms		f. 145^v	f. 141^v		ff. 141^v-142^r	f. 145^v	ff. 143^r-v	ff. 148^v-149^r
32	Richard Davies	Let my complaint	f. 149^r	f. 146^v	f. 143^r	f. 150^v		f. 146^r	f. 145^v	f. 150^v
33	Richard Davies	Behold now, praise the Lord	f. 149^r	f. 147^r	f. 142^v			ff. 147^r-v		f. 150^r
34	Benjamin Rogers	Who shall ascend into the hill	ff. 149^v-150^r	f. 147^v	f. 142^r	f. 151^r	f. 143^v	f. 146^v	f. 144^v	ff. 149^v-150^r
35	William Tucker	O give thanks unto the Lord	ff. 150^r-v	f. 148^r	f. 139^v	ff. 150^r-v	ff. 142^v-143^r	f. 140^r	ff. 142^v-143^r	f. 146^r
36	Hugh Davies	Defend us, Lord	f. 167^v					f. 140^v	f. 155A
37	Hugh Davies	Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous	ff. 167^r-166^r					ff. 141^r-v
38	William Byrd	Save me, O God	ff. 150^v-151^r						ff. 147^r-146^r
39	Daniel Henstridge	Consider and hear me	f. 151^v	f. 148^v			f. 143^r	f. 147^v	f. 145^r	ff. 151^r-v
40		Behold now, praise the Lord		f. 149^v	f. 144^v
41	Broad	Benedicite		ff. 167^v-r	ff. 163^v-r
42	Nathaniel Patrick	Short or Whole Service: T/M/N		f. 166^v	ff. 162^v-160^r	ff. 173^v-171^v			f. 167^v
43	?Batten/Child etc; see LeHD	Praise the Lord, O my soul			f. 159^v
44	Hugh Davies	Te Deum		ff. 165^r-163^v	ff. 158^r-157^r	ff. 170^r-168^v			ff. 166^r-165^r
45	John Badham	Magnificat	ff. 169^v-168^v		ff. 156^v-r	ff. 168^r-167^v			ff. 164^v-r
46	William Child	Sharp Service: T/J/K/C/M/N	ff. 165^r-160^v	ff. 163^r-158^r		ff. 167^r-162^v			ff. 163^r-160^r	ff. 157^r-153^v
47	Benjamin Rogers	Whole Service in D: M/N	ff. 160^r-158^r	ff. 158^r-157^r	ff. 155^v-154^r			ff. 158^v-157^v
48	John or Thomas Mudd	Service in G: T/J	ff. 158^r-156^v	ff. 156^v-155^r	ff. 154^r-152^r	ff. 162^r-160^v	ff. 152^v-151^v	ff. 157^r-155^r	ff. 159^v-158^r
49	John or Thomas Mudd	Service in G: S/K/C			ff. 152^r-150^v	ff. 160^v-159^v	ff. 151^r-150^r	ff. 155^r-153^v	ff. 158^r-156^v
50	John or Thomas Mudd	Service in G: M/N]	ff. 156^r-154^r		ff. 150^r-149^v		ff. 149^v-r	ff. 153^r-152^r	ff. 156^v-155A^v	ff. 153^r-152^v
51	William King	Service in B flat: T/J	ff. 154^v-153^r	ff. 154^v-153^r		ff. 158^v-157^r	ff. 148^v-146^v	ff. 151A^v-151^r	ff. 155^v-154^v
52	William King	Service in B flat: Litany/S	ff. 153^r-152^v			ff. 156^v-r
53	William King	Service in B flat: K/C	ff. 152^r-151^v			ff. 156^r-155^r	ff. 146^v-144^r
54	William King	Service in B flat: M/N		ff. 152^v-151^v		ff. 154^r-153^v	ff. 145^r-144^r	ff. 150^v-149^v	ff. 154^r-153^r
55	William King	The Lord is king, be the people		f. 151^r	ff. 153^v-r		ff. 149^v-r
56	William King	O be joyful in God		f. 150^v		f. 153^r		ff. 149^r-148^v
57	William King	O Lord our governor		f. 150^r		f. 152^v		ff. 148^v-r	f. 152^v	f. 152^r
58	Michael Wise	Awake up, my glory						f. 148^r
59		[Ps 33: search database when full.]						f. 148^r
60	Henry Hall (i)	Service in D: M/N							ff. 152^r-150^v
61	James? Read	Service in ?C: M/N							ff. 150^v-149^r
62	William Child	?Second Sharp Service: T/J/M/N		ff. 148^r-146^v					ff. 149^r-146^v

Provenance: purchased in December 1917 from Hereford Cathedral. For correspondence and newspaper cuttings from the period November 1917 to May 1918 relating to the purchase of these books, see Mus. 1294.

Microfilms: The music collection of Christ Church, Oxford, reels 23-5.
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See Cheverton pp. 408-12 (full ref in Spink p. 266)