Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 979

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Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
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Oxford. Christ Church, Library
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  • Christ Church Mus 979
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Date
  • 1575–1581
Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Tudor church music and Elizabethan motets - Superius
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Description
  • Five partbooks from a set originally of six (the Tenor partbook is missing), copied and formerly owned by John Baldwin, a singing-man at St George's Chapel, Windsor. This set is one of the most important surviving sources of Tudor church music and Elizabethan motets. It is also famous for Baldwin's fine penmanship, executed on sheets with printed staves. The set appears to have been conceived from the start as a mixed volume of manuscript and printed music, since Baldwin avoided making manuscript copies of the pieces available in the printed section.
    For other parts, see Mus 980-983.
    For detailed descriptions, please see www.chch.ox.ac.uk/library-and-archives/digital-library.
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  • Photo: © The Governing Body of Christ Church, Oxford. Terms of use: All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce images must be obtained from the Keeper of Special Collections at Christ Church, but is not normally withheld.
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