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Mus. 599

Manuscript. Treble partbook from a set of two (the bass partbook is lost), containing two-part airs by John Jenkins, and two-part adaptations of harp consorts by William Lawes; copyist unidentified, English, mid 17th century. For autograph scores of many of the same airs by Jenkins, see Mus. 1005. For a copy of the harp parts for Lawes's harp consorts, see Mus. 5. Some of the contents of Mus. 599 have indications of dynamics: 'lo[ud]' and 'so[ft]'.

Table of titles and composers as shown in the manuscript. Display in modern form.
The first column gives the modern numbering of the pieces; the second shows numbering used by the copyist(s).

1	1	[John Jenkins]	Alman [VdGS 2-part airs no. 32]	f. 1^r
2	2	[John Jenkins]	Corant [VdGS 2-part airs no. 31]	f. 1^v
3	3	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 34]	f. 2^r
4	4	[John Jenkins]	[Saraband; VdGS 2-part airs no. 128]	f. 2^r
5	5	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 36]	f. 2^v
6	6	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 37]	f. 3^r
7	7	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 40]	f. 3^v
8	8	[John Jenkins]	[Saraband; VdGS 2-part airs no. 42]	f. 3^v
9	9	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 41]	f. 4^r
10	10	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 43]	f. 4^v
11	11	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 46]	f. 5^r
12	12	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 70]	f. 5^v
13	13	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 141]	f. 6^r
14	14	[John Jenkins]	[Alman; VdGS 2-part airs no. 142]	f. 6^v
15	15	[John Jenkins]	[Saraband; VdGS 2-part airs no. 71]	f. 7^r
16	16	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 68]	f. 7^v
17	17	[John Jenkins]	[Saraband; VdGS 2-part airs no. 69]	f. 8^r
18		[John Jenkins]	[Saraband; VdGS 2-part airs no. 143]	f. 8^r
19	18	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 113]	f. 8^v
20	19	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 114]	f. 9^r
21	20	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 115]	f. 9^v
22	21	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 116]	f. 10^r
23	22	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 80]	f. 10^v
24	23	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 81]	f. 11^r
25	24	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 86]	f. 11^v
26	25	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 96]	f. 11^v
27	26	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 88]	f. 12^r
28	27	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 89]	f. 12^r
29	28	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 78]	f. 12^v
30	29	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 83]	f. 13^r
31	30	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 54]	f. 13^v
32	31	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 57]	f. 14^r
33	32	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 56]	f. 14^v
34	33	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 55]	f. 15^r
35	34	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 1]	f. 15^v
36	35	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 15]	ff. 15^v-16^r
37	36	[John Jenkins]	[Saraband; VdGS 2-part airs no. 125]	f. 16^r
38	37	[John Jenkins]	[Alman; VdGS 2-part airs no. 123]	f. 16^v
39	38	[John Jenkins]	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 25]	ff. 16^v-17^r
40	39	[John Jenkins]	[Saraband; VdGS 2-part airs no. 5]	f. 17^r
41	40	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 101]	ff. 17^v-18^r
42	41	[John Jenkins]	[Air; VdGS 2-part airs no. 104]	f. 18^v
43	42	John Jenkins	[Courant; VdGS 2-part airs no. 105]	f. 19^r
44	43-6	[William Lawes]	[Adapted from Harp Consort no. 1 in g minor (VdGS 162-5)]	ff. 19^v-21^r
45	47-50	[William Lawes]	[Adapted from Harp Consort no. 2 in g minor (VdGS 166-9)]	ff. 21^v-23^r
46	51-4	[William Lawes]	[Adapted from Harp Consort no. 3 in G major (VdGS 170-3)]	ff. 23^v-25^r
47	55-8	[William Lawes]	[Adapted from Harp Consort no. 5 in D major (VdGS 178-81)]	ff. 25^v-27^r
48	59-63	Mr William Laws	[Adapted from Harp Consort no. 6 in D major (VdGS 182-6)]	ff. 27^v-29^r

Oblong format, 190 x 145 mm. 85 leaves, of which the first 30 are foliated in modern pencil. Collation not entirely clear, but probably A8 (ff. 1-8), B8 (of which B7 is excised; ff. 9-15), C6 (ff. 16-21), D2 (ff. 22-3), E6 (ff. 24-29); subsequent collation not researched (unused ruled staves from f. 29v to end). Mid 17th-century binding of brown leather over boards, gold-tooled with an ornamental panel and fillets on the upper and lower covers. No early bookplate. 19th-century shelfmark: I.7.101.

Provenance: presumably from either the Aldrich or the Goodson bequest; more likely from the latter because of the absence of an early shelfmark or bookplate. Not included in any of the 18th-century catalogues of the Christ Church music collections.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 25.