Gyffard partbooks

The 'Gyffard' Partbooks (British Library [GB-Lbl] Add. MS 17802–5; also spelled Giffard) are an important set of English Renaissance choral partbooks, containing pieces by composers such as Thomas Tallis and John Sheppard, as well as additional unnamed composers, which are not found in other sources.

This set of four partbooks were probably mostly copied during the reign of Mary I for use at St. Paul's Cathedral, but copying continued to ca. 1580.[1] They are named after one of their early owners, Philip Gyffard.[2]

Contents

The collection consists of mostly four-voice sacred a cappella choral music (though there are some 3- and 5-voice pieces). The music is arranged liturgically, and groups of similar pieces are also arranged by the seniority of the composer.[2] It contains the following pieces:[2][3]

No. Composer Title
1 Anonymous Te Deum
2 Anonymous Asperges me Domine (I)
3 Anonymous Asperges me Domine (II)
4 Anonymous Asperges me Domine (III)
5 Anonymous Asperges me Domine (IV)
6 Philip van Wilder Pater noster/Lord's Prayer
7 John Taverner Kyrie Leroy
8 Hyett Kyrie eleison
9 John Taverner Alleluia (Salve virgo)
10 John Taverner Alleluia (Veni electa mea)
11 Christopher Tye Kyrie eleison
12 Christopher Tye Alleluia
13 William Mundy Kyrie eleison
14 William Mundy Alleluia
15 John Hake Kyrie eleison
16 William Mundy Alleluia
17 Robert Okeland Kyrie eleison
18 Thomas Knyght Alleluia (Obtine sacris)
19 Thomas Tallis Alleluia (Ora pro nobis)
20 John Sheppard Alleluia (Ora pro nobis)
21 John Sheppard Alleluia (Veni electa me)
22 John Sheppard Alleluia (Virtutes caeli)
23 John Sheppard Alleluia (Per te Dei genitrix)
24 John Taverner Western Wind Mass
25 Christopher Tye Western Wind Mass
26 John Sheppard Western Wind Mass
27 John Sheppard French Mass
28 John Sheppard Mass 'Be not afraid'
29 Thomas Tallis Mass for Four Voices / Plainsong Mass
30 John Taverner Plainsong Mass
31 John Sheppard Plainsong Mass for a Mean
32 Thomas Appleby Mass for a Mean
33 John Taverner Audivi vocem de caelo
34 Thomas Tallis Audivi vocem de caelo
35 John Sheppard Audivi vocem de caelo
36 Robert Cooper Hodie nobis caelorum rex
37 John Taverner Hodie nobis caelorum rex
38 Thomas Tallis Hodie nobis caelorum rex
39 John Sheppard Hodie nobis caelorum rex
40 John Taverner In pace in idipsum
41 Thomas Tallis In pace in idipsum
42 John Sheppard In pace in idipsum
43 John Blitheman In pace in idipsum
44 Christopher Tye In pace in idipsum
45 John Sheppard In manus tuas / Domine (I)
46 John Sheppard In manus tuas / Domine (II)
47 John Sheppard In manus tuas / Domine (III)
48 William Mundy Exsurge Christe
49 Anonymous Nos alium deum nescimus
50 Anonymous O salutaris hostia
51 Robert White Libera me domine de morte aeterna
52 Christopher Tye Gloria laus et honor tibi
53 Anonymous The Passion (according to St Matthew)
54 John Blitheman Gloria laus et honor tibi (I)
55 John Blitheman Gloria laus et honor tibi (II)
56 John Sheppard Victimae paschali laudes [Alleluia (Confitemini domino)]
57 Thomas Knyght In die pasce: Christus resurgens
58 John Redford In die pasce: Christus resurgens
59 Robert Barber Dum transisset sabbatum
60 Robert Johnson (I) In die pasce: Dum transisset sabbatum
61 John Taverner Dum transisset sabbatum
62 Anonymous Vidi aquam egredientem
63 John Sheppard Salve festa dies
64 Anonymous Sedit angelus ad sepulchrum domini
65 Anonymous In die ascensionis: Viri Galilaei quid admiramini
66 Anonymous In die pentecostes: Spiritus sanctus procedens
67 Anonymous Alma chorus Domini: Messias, Soter, Emanuel, Sabaoth
68 John Mundy Kyrie Paschali
69 John Ensdale In die pasce: Haec dies quam fecit dominus
70 John Sheppard Laudate pueri: Sit nomen Domini
71 John Sheppard, William Byrd, John Mundy In exitu Israel: Facta est Judaea sanctificatio eius
72 Anonymous Proper for Jesus Mass: In nomine Jesu omne genuflectatur
Anonymous Proper for Jesus Mass: Gradual: Constituit Deus pater
Anonymous Proper for Jesus Mass: Alleluia: Deulce nomen
Anonymous Proper for Jesus Mass: Dulcis Jesus Nazarenus
73 William Whytbroke Mass Upon the Square
74 William Mundy Mass Upon the Square (I)
75 William Mundy Mass Upon the Square (II)
76 William Mundy Magnificat
77 Thomas Tallis Magnificat
78 John Sheppard Magnificat
79 John Taverner Magnificat
80 Henry Stoning Magnificat
81 Philippe van Wilder Sancte Deus sancte fortis
82 Thomas Tallis Sancte Deus sancte fortis
83 Richard Bramston Recordare Domine testamenti tui
84 Christopher Tye Sub tuam protectionem
85 Robert Johnson (I) Gaude Maria virgo
86 Philip Alcoke Salve regina
87 Anonymous Sancta Maria virgo et mater
88 John Sheppard Gaudete celicole omnes
89 Anonymous Et portae inferi
90 Thomas Knyght Sancta Maria virgo intercede
91 Christopher Hasjuns / Hoskins Speciosa facta es
92 Thomas Wright Nesciens mater virgo virum
93 Anonymous Ave Maria gratia plena (I)
94 Anonymous O bone Jesu

See also

References
  1. "Source Description for GB-Lbl Add. MS 17805". Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  2. Bray, Roger W. (1969). "British Museum Add. MSS. 17802-5 (The Gyffard Part-Books): An Index and Commentary". R.M.A. Research Chronicle (7): 31–50 (at p.46). JSTOR 25093673.
  3. "Tudor Partbooks Project". www.tudorpartbooks.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

Sources
  • The Gyffard Partbooks I and II edited by David Mateer. EARLY ENGLISH CHURCH MUSIC Volumes 48 and 51 (London: Stainer & Bell, 2007 and 2009)
  • Roger Bray, 'British Museum Add. MSS. 17802-5 (The Gyffard Part-Books): An Index and Commentary', Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle 7 (1969), 31-50
  • David Mateer, 'The "Gyffard" Partbooks: Composers, Owners, Date and Provenance', Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle 28 (1995), 21-50
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