Mus. 768-70
Manuscript. Complete set of three partbooks, containing metrical
psalm settings by William Lawes, copied by Edward Lowe. English,
3rd quarter of 17th century.
Table of titles and composers as shown in the manuscript. Display in modern form.
| | Mus. 768 | Mus. 769 | Mus. 770 |
| 1 |
Mr Will[iam] Lawes |
O Lord in thee is all my trust ('The Lamentation') |
ff. 1r-v | | ff. 1r-v |
| 2 |
[William Lawes] |
Have mercy on us Lord ('Psal: 67') |
| ff. 3r-v | f. 2r |
| 3 |
Will[iam] Lawes |
All people that on earth doe dwell ('Psalme 100') |
ff. 2v-3r | | ff. 2v-3r |
| 4 |
[William Lawes] |
Lord in thy wrath reprove mee not ('Psal: 6') |
ff. 3v-4r | ff. 1r-v | ff. 3v-4r |
| 5 |
[William Lawes] |
O Lord consider my distresse ('first part of 51 Psalme') |
ff. 4v-5r | | f. 4v |
| 6 |
[William Lawes] |
Cast mee not Lord ('2d part of the 51 psalme') |
ff. 5v-6r | ff. 2r-v | f. 5r |
| 7 |
[William Lawes] |
O God my strength and fortitude ('Psal: 18') |
ff. 6v-7v | ff. 4r-5r | ff. 5v-6r |
| 8 |
[William Lawes] |
O Lord of whom I doe depend ('The Humble Suite of a Sinner') |
ff. 7v-8v | ff. 5r-6r | ff. 6v-7r |
| 9 |
[William Lawes] |
O Lord turne not away thy face ('The Lamentation of a Sinner') |
ff. 8v-9r | ff. 6v-7r | ff. 7v-8r |
| 10 |
[William Lawes] |
O God my God ('1st part of the 22th psal:') |
ff. 9r-v | ff. 7v-8r | ff. 8r-v |
| 11 |
[William Lawes] |
O Lord depart not now ('2d part of 22th psal:') |
ff. 10r-v | ff. 8v-9r | ff. 8v-9r |
| 12 |
Mr Will[iam] Lawes |
All yee that feare him ('3d part 22th psal:') |
ff. 11r-v | ff. 9v-10r | ff. 9v-10r |
Upright format, 325 x 205 mm. Collation details:
- Mus. 768: 14 folios, foliated in modern pencil. Collation: A8,
B2, C2, D2. Enclosed in 17th-century wrappers of grey paper.
Outside upper wrapper annotated by Lowe: '3 Bookes. Countertenor.
Mr Will: Lawes his Psalmes, for 1. 2. & 3. partes, to the
common tunes. E.L.'. Bookplate 2.
- Mus. 769: 12 folios, foliated in modern pencil. Collation: A8,
B2, C2. Enclosed in 17th-century wrappers of grey paper. Outside
upper wrapper annotated by Lowe: '3 Bookes. Tenor. Mr Will: Lawes
his Psalmes for 1. 2. & 3. voces to the Common tunes. E.L.'.
Bookplate 2.
- Mus. 770: 14 folios, foliated in modern pencil. Collation: A8,
B2, C2, D2. Enclosed in 17th-century wrappers of grey paper.
Outside upper wrapper annotated by Lowe: '3 Bookes. Base. Mr
Will: Lawes his Psalmes for 1. 2. & 3. partes to the Common
tunes. E.L.'. Bookplate 2.
Each partbook is now stitched into a folder of modern card, and
mounted impermanently on a cord within an early 20th-century
folder of stiff card and vellum. 19th-century shelfmarks: K.3.73-5.
Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest, listed in Archives 1717,
item H45, as 'Laws's Psalms for one, two & three parts'.
Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 29.
This is one of the many music manuscripts at Christ Church copied by Edward Lowe.
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