Mus. 361
Manuscript. Treble partbook (violin?) apparently from a set of
three, containing suites and other instrumental music, some of
which may ultimately derive from the repertory of the royal violin
band (or 'Twenty-four Violins') of Charles II. Various copyists;
English, last quarter of the 17th century. Closely linked with
Mus. 362 (q.v.).
Mus. 361 and Mus. 362 were apparently compiled by Oxfordshire
musicians, including a violinist named George Stone 'of Yarnton'.
Yarnton Manor, located about 8 km NW of central Oxford, was built
c.1611 by Sir Thomas Spencer, and was inhabited by his descendants
during the remainder of the 17th century. In Mus. 361-2, the
following annotations relate to Stone, Yarnton and the Spencers:
- 'George Stone of yarnton' (Mus. 362, f. 37v, inverted); 'Stone
his ffidling' and 'George ?Stone' (Mus. 362, inside upper cover);
'George ?Stone' (Mus. 362, annotation at top of f. 22r); 'George
stone is a' (Mus. 362, annotation on f. 24r).
- 'Mr Spencer / of yarnton' (Mus. 361, rear flyleaf, recto, partly
deleted); 'Wm Spencer Esquir' (Mus. 361, front flyleaf, recto,
partly concealed under modern contents list); 'Sir thomas spencear'
(Mus. 362, annotation at end of item 32); 'Spencer of marthe'
(Mus. 361, rear flyleaf, recto).
Various titles of pieces or annotations in the partbooks hint
at the circle of musicians that compiled them, and/or at their
audience. They include the following, which are arranged alphabetically
by last name:
- 'Maddam Bartons delight' and 'Madames Bartiones delight of Musike'
(Mus. 362, title/annotation at end of item 34).
- 'Mr John Browne' (Mus. 361, annotation on inside lower cover).
- 'John Cox' (Mus. 361, annotation on rear flyleaf, recto).
- 'Mr Overberryes Hampsheire Hony' (Mus. 361, title/annotation
at end of item 56).
- 'M[istr]is Martha Rogers' (Mus. 362, annotation on f. 28v, twice).
- 'Edward Smith' (Mus. 362, annotation on inside lower cover).
- 'Robert Win [or 'Min'?] his boock' (Mus. 362, annotation on f.
24r).
The copyist who was principally responsible for copying Mus.
361 also contributed to the first layer of Mus. 90-1. The two
collections seem also to be linked repertorially, and the following
composers' names are present in both: 'Mr Dowden', 'Mr Hall'
and 'Mr Smith'.
Comments on individual pieces:
- items 1-48 are copied at what is now designated as the front
of the volume, items 49-56 at the rear with the volume inverted.
- item 12: incomplete at the start owing to the loss of a leaf
between ff. 6 and 7.
Table of titles and composers in modern form. Display form found in manuscript.
| 1 |
|
Movement in d minor; possibly a draft |
(i)v |
| 2 |
?John Banister (ii) |
Movement in d minor |
f. 1r |
| 3 |
?John Banister (ii) |
Movement in g minor |
f. 1v |
| 4 |
'Mr Douden' |
Two movements in d minor |
f. 2r |
| 5 |
'Mr Douden' |
Three movements in d minor |
ff. 2v-3v |
| 6 |
'Mr Smith' |
Movement in g minor |
f. 3v |
| 7 |
?John Banister (ii) |
Two movements in d minor |
f. 4r |
| 8 |
'Mr Douden' |
Four movements in G major |
ff. 4v-5r |
| 9 |
'Mr Bouden' |
Movement in g minor |
ff. 4v-5r |
| 10 |
|
Two movements in d minor |
ff. 6v-r |
| 11 |
?John Banister (ii) |
Movement in d minor |
f. 6v |
| 12 |
?John Banister (ii) |
Two movements in g minor, the first lacking its opening |
f. 7r |
| 13 |
Nicholas Staggins |
Movement in C major |
f. 7v |
| 14 |
Nicholas Staggins |
Two movements in C major |
f. 8r |
| 15 |
?John Banister (ii) |
Four-movement suite in g minor |
ff. 8v-9r |
| 16 |
'Mr Douden' |
Two movements in D major |
ff. 9v-10r |
| 17 |
Thomas Farmer |
Movement in g minor |
f. 10r |
| 18 |
?John Banister (ii) |
Four-movement suite in a minor |
ff. 10v-11r |
| 19 |
'Mr Smyth' |
Three-movement suite in C major |
ff. 11v-12r |
| 20 |
'Mr Douden' |
Two movements in d minor |
f. 12v |
| 21 |
'Mr Douden' |
Two movements in C major |
f. 13r |
| 22 |
'Mr Douden' |
Four-movement suite in F major |
ff. 13v-14r |
| 23 |
'Mr Smyth' |
Captain Digby's farewell |
f. 14v |
| 24 |
'Mr Douden' |
Scotch tune in A major |
f. 14v |
| 25 |
'Mr Smyth' |
Two movements in C major |
f. 14v |
| 26 |
?John Banister (ii) |
Five-movement suite in a minor |
ff. 15v-16r |
| 27 |
?John Banister (ii) |
Three-movement suite in A major |
ff. 16v-17r |
| 28 |
'Mr Dowdon' |
Movement in A major |
f. 17r |
| 29 |
'Mr Douden' |
Four airs in D major |
ff. 17v-18r |
| 30 |
'Mr Hall' |
Three-movement suite in g minor |
ff. 18v-19r |
| 31 |
'Mr Douden' |
Two movements in D major |
ff. 19v-20r |
| 32 |
Robert Smith |
Movement in G major |
f. 20r |
| 33 |
'Mr Dowden' |
Movement in g minor |
f. 20v |
| 34 |
Thomas Farmer |
Movement in g minor |
f. 21r |
| 35 |
'Mr Hall' |
Seven-movement suite in B flat major |
ff. 21v-23v |
| 36 |
'Mr Smyth' |
Scotch tune in G major |
f. 24r |
| 37 |
'Mr Smyth' |
Movement in A major |
f. 24r |
| 38 |
'Mr Dowdon' |
Four-movement suite in a minor |
ff. 24v-25r |
| 39 |
'Mr Smyth' |
Four-movement suite in C major |
ff. 25v-26r |
| 40 |
'Mr Smyth' |
Two movements in G major |
f. 26v |
| 41 |
Robert Smith |
Two movements in g minor, the first copied twice |
ff. 27r-28r |
| 42 |
?John Banister (ii) |
Three-movement suite in g minor |
ff. 28v-29r |
| 43 |
'Mr Dowdon' |
Five-movement suite in d minor |
ff. 29v-30v |
| 44 |
'Mr Dowdon' |
Five-movement suite in d minor |
ff. 31v-32v |
| 45 |
'Mr Smyth' |
Two movements in a minor |
ff. 32v-33r |
| 46 |
'Mr Dowdon' |
Four-movement suite in G major |
ff. 33v-34r |
| 47 |
?John Banister (ii) |
Three-movement suite in a minor |
ff. 34v-35r |
| 48 |
'Mr Dowdon' |
Three movements in C major |
ff. 35v-36r |
| 49 |
|
Movement in g minor |
f. 48r |
| 50 |
'Mr Douden' |
Two movements in B flat major |
f. 47v |
| 51 |
'Mr Douden' |
Two movements in d minor |
f. 47r |
| 52 |
'Mr Douden' |
Movements in g minor |
f. 46v |
| 53 |
'Mr Douden' |
Three-movement suite in G major |
ff. 46r-45v |
| 54 |
'Mr Douden' |
Three-movement suite in F major |
ff. 45r-44v |
| 55 |
'Mr Douden' |
Movement in e minor |
f. 44r |
| 56 |
|
Mr Overbury's Hampshire honey |
f. 43v |
Oblong format, 197 x 100 mm. 47 surviving leaves, foliated '1-47'
in modern pencil; the front flyleaf is foliated as 'i', and the
rear flyleaf as '48'. Collation: 8 gatherings each of three nested
bifolios (= A-H8), of which leaf B1 is excised (i.e. one leaf
is missing between ff. 6 and 7). Unused ruled staves on ff. 31r
and 36v-43r. Late 17th-century binding of brown leather over
boards, blind-tooled with fillets; the edges are also blind-tooled
with rolls. Inside covers and flyleaves heavily annotated with
pen-trials; for the most significant of these jottings, see the
comments at the top of this page. No early bookplate. 19th-century
shelfmark concealed under a modern bookplate, but probably I.4.73.
Provenance: presumably from the Goodson bequest, on account
of the links with Mus. 90-1, which is more securely of Goodson
provenance. Not recorded in any of the 18th-century catalogues
of the Christ Church music collections.
Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 11
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