writing his work on English Music, in which volume it is frequently referred to. The following is a list of its contents:—
Number. | Name. | Folio. | Composer. |
1 | My Ladye Novel's grownde | 1 | Mr. W. Birde. |
2 | Qui passe: for my Ladye Nevel | 8 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ |
3 | The Marche before the battell.[1] | 13b | |
4 | The Souldiers Sommons: the Marche of Footemen. | 19 | |
The Marche of Horsmen | 20 | ||
Now foloweth the Trumpetts: the Trumpetts. | 21 | ||
The Irishe Marche | 22b | ||
The Bagpipe | 21 | ||
And the Drone | 24 | ||
The Flute and the Droome | 25 | ||
The Marche to the Fighte | 28 | ||
The Retreat. Now foloweth a Galliarde for the Victorie. | |||
5 | The Galliarde | 32 | Mr. W. Birde. |
6 | The Barelye Breake | 34 | Mr. W. Birde Gentleman of Her Maiestie's Chappel. |
7 | A Galliards Gygge | 43 | Mr. W. Birde organiste of Her Maiestie's Chappell. |
8 | The Huntes Upp | 46 | Mr. W. Birde. Laus sit Deo.[2] |
9 | Ut re mi fa so la | 46b | Finis Mr. W. Birde. |
10 | The First Pauian | 58b | |
11 | The Galllard foloweth | 61b | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ |
12 | The II Pauian | 63 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ |
13 | The Galliarde | 65 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ |
14 | The III Pauian | 67 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ |
15 | The Galiarde to the same | 69b | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ |
16 | The IIII Pauian | 71b | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ |
17 | The Galliard heer followeth | 73b | Mr. W. Birde. Homo memorabilis. |
18 | The V Pauian | 75b | Mr. W. Birde. Laudes Deo. |
19 | The Galliarde | 78b | |
20 | Pauana the VI. Kinbrugh. Goodd. | 80b | Mr. W. Birde. |
21 | The Galliarde folows | 84 | Laus sit Deo. Mr. W. Birde. |
22 | The Seventh Pauian | 86 | Mr. W. Birde Gentleman of the Chappell. |
23 | The Eighte Pauian | 89 | Mr. W. Birde of the Chappell.[3] |
24 | The passinge mesures Pauian of Mr. W. Birdes. | 92 | Mr. W. Birde. |
25 | The Galliarde foloweth. The Galliarde. | 99b | Mr. W. Birde of the Chappell. |
26 | A Voluntarie for my Ladye Nevell. | 105b | Finis Mr. W. Birde.[4] |
27 | Will you walke the woods so wylde. | 109 | Finis Mr. W. Birde. Anno 1590. |
28 | The Maidens songe | 113 | Mr. W. Birde.[5] |
29 | A Lesson of Voluntarie | 119b | Finis. Mr. W. Birde. |
30 | The Seconde Grownde | 126 | Mr. W. Bird. |
31 | Haue with you to Walsinghame. | 135 | Finis Maister W. Birde.[6] |
32 | All in a garden grine | 142b | Mr. W. Bird.[7] |
33 | Lord Willobies welcome home | 146b | Finis Maister Willm. Birde.[8] |
34 | The Carman's Whistle | 149 | Finis Maister Willm. Birde.[9] |
35 | Hugh Astons Grownde | 153b | Mr. W. Birde.[10] |
36 | A fancie | 161 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ |
37 | Sellinger's Rownde | 166b | Finis. Mr. W. Birde.[11] |
38 | Munser's Almaine | 173b | Finis. Mr. W. Birde.[12] |
39 | The Tennthe Pauian: Mr. W. Peter. | 180b | Finis. The Galliarde followeth. |
40 | The Galllard | 184b | Finis Mr. W. Birde. |
41 | A Fancie | 186b | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ |
42 | A Voluntarie | 191 | Finis Mr. W. Birde, Gentleman of the Queen's Chappell. |
At the end of the volume is 'The Table for this booke,' after which is the following colophon: 'Ffinished and ended the leventh of September in the yeare of our Lorde God 1591 and in the 33 yeare of the raigne of our sofferaine ladie Elizabeth by the grace of God queene of Englande, etc. By me Jo. Baldwine of Windsore. Laudes Deo.'
3. Will. Forster's Virginal Book. This volume, which belongs to Her Majesty the Queen, is preserved at Buckingham Palace, and consists of 238 octavo folios ruled in 6-line staves. The water-marks are a shield surmounted by a coronet, bearing a fleur-de-lis on the escutcheon, and a pot with the initials 'E. O. R.' The book probably belonged to Sir John Hawkins, and has been bound in modern times in half red morocco and paper boards. At the beginning is a 'Table of the Lessons,' written in the same hand as the rest of the book, and signed '31 Januarie 1624. Will. Forster.' The following is a list of the contents of the volume:—
Number. | Name. | Folio. | Composer. |
1 | A Grounde of Mr. Bird's | 2 | Byrd. |
2 | I. The French Coranto | 14 | {{{1}}}„ |
3 | The Second French Coranto | 16 | {{{1}}}„ |
4 | The 3rd French Coranto | 18 | {{{1}}}„ |
5 | A Levolto[13] | 20 | {{{1}}}„ |
6 | Lo. Willobies wellcome home | 22 | {{{1}}}„ |
7 | Felix Nunquam[14] | 24 | {{{1}}}„ |
8 | A Horne pipe | 50 | Byrd. |
9 | Kapasse | 63 | {{{1}}}„ |
10 | Wilson's Wilde[15] | 70 | |
11 | An Almaine | 72 | |
12 | As I went to Walsingham[16] | 74 | Byrd |
13 | Galliardo | 88 | Thomas Morley |
14 | Quadro Pavine | 96 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ |
15 | Almayne | 110 | |
16 | Pavin | 114 | Byrd |
17 | The Wood soe wylde[17] | 118 | |
18 | Pavin | 127 | Byrd |
19 | … | 130 | {{{1}}}„[18] |
20 | Parludam | 136 | |
21 | A Galliard | 137 | |
22 | The New Medley | 143 | |
23 | 3 voc. Praise the Lord. Psalme 103. | 150 | John Ward. |
24 | The Lord, executeth righteousness, à 3 voc. | 152 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ |
25 | For looke howe highe. à 3 voc. | 154 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ |
26 | The Dales of Man. à 3 voc. | 156 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ |
27 | The Lord. à 3 voc. | 158 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„[19] |
28 | Have Mercie. à 3 voc. | 160 | {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„[20] |
- ↑ A copy of numbers 3, 4, and 5 is in the Christ Church Library. Oxford. This curious piece was known as 'Mr. Byrd's Battle.' At fol. 29b occur the words: 'Tantara tantara, the battels be joyned.' See [[Page:A Dictionary of Music and Musicians vol 4.djvu/Musical Libraries#422|vol. ii. p. 422a; vol. iii. pp. 35b and 644a. Hawkins, vol. iv. 386.
- ↑ Queen Elizabeth's Virginal Book, no. 59.
- ↑ Forster's Virginal Book, p. 217. Queen Elizabeth's Book, no. 56.
- ↑ Queen Elizabeth's Book. no. 67.
- ↑ A copy of this is in Add. MSS. 31,403.
- ↑ Queen Elizabeth's Book, no. 68. Forster's Book, p. 74. Add. MSS. 30, 485.
- ↑ On fol. 145b is written: 'Here is a falte, a pointe left out wch ye shall finde prickte, after the end of the nexte songe, upon the 148 leafe.' Queen Elizabeth's Book, p. 194.
- ↑ Forster's Book, p. 22.
- ↑ Queen Elizabeth's Book, no. 58. Forster's Book p. 130. Add. MSS. 31,403, and 30,485.
- ↑ Queen Elizabeth's Book, no. 66.
- ↑ Queen Elizabeth's Virginal Book, p. 120.
- ↑ Forster's Book, p. 366. A different setting in Queen Elizabeth's Book, p. 114.
- ↑ i.e. a Lavolta.
- ↑ This composition is attributed in Queen Elizabeth's Book to Tallis, and dated 1564: the name should be 'Felix Namque.'
- ↑ The first note only has been written in. In the Table of Lessons, this composition is attributed to Byrd.
- ↑ In the 'Table' called 'Walsingham' only.
- ↑ A mistake is made in the pagination here. Pages 118 and 119 are the same.
- ↑ 1n the Table this is called 'Ground.' It is the well-known 'Carman's Whistle.'
- ↑ 'The 5th and last of the 103 Psalme.'
- ↑ 'The 1 of the 51 Psalme.'