Shelfmark
CS.1341.01 - CS.1341.03 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
CS.1341.04 - CS.1341.06 (copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
CS.1341.07 (copy 3)
Title
Cathedral music: : being a collection in score of the most valuable and useful compositions for that service, / by the several English masters of the last two hundred years. ; The whole selected and carefully revis'd by Dr. William Boyce, organist and composer to the royal chapels, and master of His Majesty's Band of Musicians. Volume the first [-third].
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for the editor., M.DCC.LX.-M.DCC.LXXIII. [1760-1773]
Physical description
1 score (3 v.) ; 42 cm. (fol.)
Language
English words.
Language
Staff notation.
Note
Each vol. has separate title page and pagination.
Note
Pagination: vol. 1: xii, 290 p.; vol. 2: xii, 306 p.; vol. 3: xii, 300 p.
Note
Publication dates: vol. 1: 1760; vol. 2: [1768]; vol. 3: 1773.
Note
List of subscribers begins: "The Rev. the Dean and Chapter of St. Asaph".
Note
For 4-6 voices and organ accompaniment, with unrealized figured bass.
Note
Music engraved.
Note
Vol. 2: reads "Engraved by Phillips" on colophon.
Note
Vols. 2 and 3: include a dedication to King George III by William Boyce, following the title page; signed by Chinnery SCR, John Ryland sculp.
Note
Vol. 3: reads "T. Bennett Sculp" on p. 298.
Note
Includes prefaces, lists of subscribers, and "the account of the selected authors"; vol. 2 does not include a preface.
Note
Contains works by Thomas Tallis, Thomas Morley, Richard Farrant, Elway Bevin, Orlando Gibbons, William Child, Benjamin Rogers, John Blow, Henry Aldrich, Christopher Tye, William Byrd, William Lawes, Adrian Batten, Matthew Locke, Pelham Humfrey, Michael Wise, Robert Creighton, Henry Purcell, John Goldwin, Jeremiah Clarke, William Croft, John Weldon, John Bull, and William Turner.
Citation/references note
RISM B/II, p. 123
Citation/references note
ESTC, T164552
Provenance
All vols. contain occasional ms. annotations and corrections in pencil throughout the scores.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in pencil on title pages or preliminary leaves of most of vols., reading: "12" followed by the vol. number.
Provenance
Copy 1: on vol. 2 ms. inscription in pencil on title page verso, reading: "Devor [Decaune?]"; on vol. 3 music score loosely inserted of Samuel Sebastian Wesley's anthem "Let us lift up our heart", published by Novello, Ewer & Co. between [1876 and 1886] (plate no.: 4331); p. 38-63; 36 cm.
Provenance
Copy 2: ms. annotation in pencil on title page, reading: "Eton College. Bass Cantoris" on vol. 1.
Provenance
Copy 3: ms. inscription in pencil on front flyleaf, reading: "The property of Eton College-Windsor"on vol. 3.
Binding
19th century full brown reverse calf binding; black-stamped armorial centrepiece of Eton College on upper boards; four raised bands on spine, decorated with blind-tooled fillets; gilt titling within brown leather spine labels, one reading "No. 12" and the other indicating vol. number; cream marbled endpapers, except for copy 2, vol. 1 with blue marbled endpapers, and copy 3, vol. 3 with pink endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: title page with repaired large lacuna at lower right corner, obscuring part of the title and imprint on vol. 2.
Copy-specific note
Some vols. have vol. numbers written in Roman numerals in black ink on the fore edge; others have faded, illegible annotations on the fore edge.
Copy-specific note
Several copies show evidence of repairs to lacunae, joints, and torn pages using cloth bands, paper, and tape.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Imperfect, vol. 2 wanting title page.
Copy-specific note
Copy 3: Incomplete, vol. 3 only.
Subject
Anthems English Early works to 1800.
Subject
Church music England Early works to 1800.
Subject
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ Early works to 1800.
Subject
Composers England Biography.
Genre/Form
Scores.
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Genre/Form
Anthems.
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Boyce, William, 1711 - 1779 editor publisher.
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Aldrich, Henry, 1647 - 1710 composer.
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Batten, Adrian composer.
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Bevin, Elway, approximately 1554 - 1638 composer.
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Blow, John, ? - d. 1708 composer.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540 - 1623 composer.
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Child, William, 1606? - 1697 composer.
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Clarke, Jeremiah, 1669? - 1707 composer.
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Croft, William, 1678 - 1727 composer.
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Farrant, Richard, ? - 1580 composer.
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Gibbons, Orlando, 1583 - 1625 composer.
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Henry, 1491 - 1547 composer.
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Humfrey, Pelham, 1647 - 1674 composer.
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Lawes, William, 1602 - 1645 composer.
Added entry--name
Locke, Matthew, 1621 or 1622 - 1677 composer.
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Morley, Thomas, 1557 - 1603? composer.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659 - 1695 composer.
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Rogers, Benjamin, 1614 - 1698 composer.
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Tye, Christopher, 1497? - 1752 composer.
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Weldon, John, 1676 - 1736 composer.
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Wise, Michael, 1646? - 1687 composer.
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George, 1738 - 1820 dedicatee.
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Turner, William, 1651 - 1740 composer.
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Bull, John, ? - 1628 composer.
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Wesley, Samuel Sebastian, 1810 - 1876 Let us lift up our heart.
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Novello, Ewer & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng eng
Identifier
B54261