Shelfmark
Ibb5.5.06(02)
Author
Uniform title
[Cantiones sacrae, liber 1]
Title
Book 1 of Cantiones sacrae, for five voices / composed by William Byrd, originally published A.D. 1589; and now first printed in score. Edited by W. Horsley, Mus. Bac. Oxon. Member of the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm & Organist of the Anglican & Charter House Chapels..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for the members of the Musical Antiquarian Society, by Chappell, music seller to Her Majesty, 50, New Bond Street., [1842]
Physical description
1 score (5, [4], 130 p.) : facsims. ; 38 cm.
Series statement
([Publication of the Musical Antiquarian Society] ; [v. 6])
Language
Latin words, with introduction in English.
Language
Staff notation
Note
For mixed chorus (superius, medius, contra tenor, tenor, bassus), unaccompanied.
Note
Errata slip tipped in after title page.
Note
Introduction dated "Kensington Gravel Pits, July 1842.".
Note
Includes facsimiles of original title page: "Liber primus Sacrarum cantionum quinque vocum", dedication, and index.
Note
Includes a list of the Musical Antiquarian Society council members between 1841 and 1842 (second year).
Provenance
Black ink stamp of Rackley Library on the front flyleaf.
Provenance
Ms. annotation in black ink on the front pastedown reading "Vol. No. 26", and "A4" in pencil on the front flyleaf.
Provenance
Clipping titled "A Lost Mass by Byrd" by W. Barclay Squire, affixed to the back flyleaf with adhesive tape.
Binding
19th century vellum binding; gilt title "Byrd. Mass & Cantiones Sacrae" with gilt bands on spine within a brownish-red label; red edges; blank endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Bound with William Bird's "A mass for five voices" (Musical Antiquarian Society, 1841).
Subject
Subject
Motets.
Subject
Part songs, Sacred.
Subject
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 5 parts), Unaccompanied.
Genre/Form
Songs.
Genre/Form
Scores.
Added entry--name
Horsley, William, 1774 - 1858 editor.
Added entry--name
Chappell, W., 1809 - 1888 pulisher.
Added entry--name
Rackley Library former owner.
Added entry--name
Musical Antiquarian Society issuing body.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat eng
Identifier
B54087