Collection of music for lute

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Add.3056
  • Dates of Creation
      1600 (Circa)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 volume(s) 1 volume paper paper

Scope and Content

On 6-line stave. Named pieces include: Anthony Holborne, 'Cradle of Conceits'; John Dowland, 'Piper's Pavan and Galliard', 'Lachrymae', 'Pavan', 'A fancy'; W. Hollis, 'John Blundevill's last farewell'; M. Cavendish, 'Galliard'; K. C., 'An answer to cuckoo', 'Lachrymae', 'A fancy'; John Daniell, 'Monsieur's Almayne', 'Rosa'; Thomas Robinson, 'Spanish pavan'; 'Fantasia Laurincini'; several preludes and exercises; 'Robin Galliard'; S. T., 'Pavan' and 'Galliard'; 'Fantasia Newsadlers'; 'Frog galliard'; 'Moll-Symms'; 'Monsieur's almayne'; Thomas Smyth, 'Galliard'; T. Vauter, 'Almaine'; D. Batcheler, 'Pavan' and 'Galliard' fo. 185v: financial calculation (18th-cent. hand). fos 83-191: blank. inside front cover: bookplate of F. W. Cosens, and '7730' (19th-cent. hand).

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Presented by Francis Jenkinson, Librarian, 31 Dec. 1891.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Alternative Form Available

Microfilm available

Bibliography

For an account of the MS see R. Newton, 'English lute music', in Musical Assoc. Proc. 1938-9, pp. 63 fol.

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