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DATE: c1585-1600

Page measurements: approx. 184 x 256 mm

Professional book in oblong quarto format. The binding dates from the early 18th century. Dd.3.18 is part of Holmes's set of consort books, but also containsa large repertory of lute duet music. Holmes appears to have divided his music to the extent that he tried not to include duet parts with the solo music, even though the solosources do contain music for other instrument of the plucked or fretted string family. Dd.9.33 is the only solo book to contain any significant number of consort and duet music. Dd.3.18 was begun as a duet book c1585 and was still being added to by about 1605, by which time Holmes had extended its original purpose to become a consort book. Between them, Harwood and Nordstrom have been able to reconstruct a great deal of Holmes's life and particularly his copying practices. It is advisable to ignore Lumsden's inventory for the MS, as he was unable todistinguish between consort, duet or solo music. He also seems to have been unaware of the other consort books in theset. Nordstrom 1972 has provided most of the information known about the consort book.

Many of the pieces in the book are difficult to categorise as either consort parts or duet parts, particularly when thesecond (or other) parts are missing. Nordstrom defines the difference between the consort-lesson division and a duet-treble division in simple terms as a duet treble being more often an ornamentation of the tune, while the consort part is an ornamentation of the lute melody which is usually the alto line in the texture. In broken consort music the melody is almost always carried by the treble viol.

Because the book contains the earliest and latest styles of Holmes's handwriting, Nordstrom believed that its copying was probably contemporary with the compilation of all the solo book except, possibly, Nn.6.36, and its compilation therefore spanned a considerable period. At the time he was writing, Nordstrom believed thatMarsh, which shares seven concordances, dated from 1580, whereas it was certainly copied later than that, and most probably c1595. This suggests that, in fact, Dd.3.18 was begun later than Nordstrom believed (1580), and is morelikely to have been directly connected with the compilation of the solo books. Dd.2.11 was begun c1585, and it would seem unlikely that Holmes began copying duet trebles five years before he started collecting solo music, even though the handwriting in Dd.3.18 appears clearer than in Dd.2.11. The disparity may relate to the quality of the papers in the two books, or the speed at which Holmes was copying at the time. Dd.3.18 was certainly begun before 1592 when Richard Reade, a fellow singingman of Holmes's at Christ Church Oxford, was admitted to his BMus, and was probably completed by 1600, when Holmes began copying duet music among his solo music, in Dd.9.33.

Bibliography: Lumsden 1957A

Harwood 1963

Nordstrom 1972

Nordstrom 1992

folio	original ascription	title	composer	cons. & cogs.
1	Rogero Jo: Johnson [index:] Rogero.	Ruggiero, duet treble	John Johnson	408/2 91/1 Dallis 20/1, 21 (dvns), 92/2 (dt) & 223/2 (band.) Marsh 38, 39 (dt) and 305 Mynshall 3v/2 (dt) Thysius 383/1 Trumbull 25v/1 & 25v/2 (dt) cf: Trumbull 25v/2 Mynshall 3v/2 Board 2/1 Sampson 3v/1
1v-2	Passemeasures Pauen [index:] Passemeaz paueno	Passamezzo Pavan, duet treble	John Johnson	Marsh 142-144/1 Mynshall 2v-3/1
2v	Galliard to the Passemeasures [index:] and the galliarde	Passamezzo Galliard, duet treble		Dd.3.18 41v-42
3	Callinoe [index:] Callinoe ./	Callinoe, duet treble
3v/1	A Dump [index:] J: Johnsons i Dump ./	First Dump, duet ground	John Johnson	Marsh 144-5
3v/2	A dum[p] [index:] J: Johnsons 2. Dump ./	First Dump, duet treble	John Johnson
4-3v/3		The Queen's Dump, duet treble [Bergamasca gr.]	John Johnson	Schele 138-139 Pickeringe 8v/2-9/1 Folger 6v-7/1 Vilnius 61v-62/1
4v	The new Hunt is vp [index:] The new Hunt isup./	The New Hunt's Up, duet treble	John Johnson	Board 2v/2-3/1 Folger 3v-4/1 Trumbull 1v-2/1
5	Sellenger's Rounde [index:] Sellengers rounde.	Sellenger's Round, duet treble		Marsh 182 Thysius 442/3 cf: Schele 59/2 Montbuysson 30/2 & 94/2 ML 16/3 Trinity 128/2 Dd.3.18 5 (dt) Board 25/1 and 12/2 Andrea 2/4 Vilnius 58/3 and 68/3 Folger 87v/4 and 87v/5 Brahe 10v/1 Vallet 1615 70 Marsh 42-43 408/2 103/1 Valerius 1626 164-5 Vallet 1616 34/1-35/2 (cnst pts) Hove 1612 61v/1 cf: FWVB no.148 Vallet 1615 63-64/1 & 70/2
5v-6/1	[index:] Quadro pauen	Quadran Pavan, duet treble
6v-7/1, 6/2, 7/2	[index:] and the galliard	Quadran Galliard, duet treble		Trumbull 11v-12 Pickeringe 12v-13/1
7v-8/1	Chi passa Jo Johnson. [index:] Chi passa.	Chi Passa, duet treble	John Johnson
8/2	french Volta [index:] The french volta.	French Volt, consort part		Euing 23v/2
8v-9	Green Sleeues. [index:] Green sleeues.	Greensleeves, duet treble
9v-10/1	Jo. Johnson	Short Almain 1, duet treble	John Johnson	Pickeringe 13v-14 Dd.3.18 10v and 59 cf: Board 21v/2-22 (solo) Dd.2.11 59v (solo) Dd.9.33 52v-53/3 (solo) Dd.4.23 20v-21 (citt.)
10/2		[frgmt]	John Johnson
10v	Short Allmain [index:] short Allmain	Short Almain 2, duet treble	John Johnson	Pickeringe 13v-14 Dd.3.18 9v-10/1 and 59 Board 21v/2-22 (solo) Dd.2.11 59v (solo) Dd.9.33 52v-53/3 (solo) Dd.4.23 20v-21 (citt.)
11	Robin is to the Greenwood gone [index:] Robin is the greenwood.	Robin is to the Greenwood Gone/ Bonny Sweet Robin/Robin Hood (duet treble)	?John Dowland [70]	Mynshall 8/4 Dd.2.11 53/2 and 66/3 Folger 16v Dd.3.18 11 and 18 31392 25 Montbuysson 3v cf: 408/2 104/2 Dd.2.11 80/2 Ballet 27 408/2 113/2 Euing 46v-47 Robinson 160318v/1 2764(2) 12/3 Nn.6.36 19v-20/1 (l.v.) Lodge 5 JD: Board 12v/2 Cosens 32v Euing 31/2 Pickeringe 22v and 35/2 Vilnius 6v/1 Dd.9.33 29v-30 and 81v/4 (band.) Fuhrmann 1615 114-115/1
11v-12/1	Jo: Johnson Wakefilde on a green [index:] Wakefeld on a green./	Wakefield on a Green, duet treble	John Johnson	Marsh 146-148/1
12/2	Mr Doctor Jame[s] Deane of Chris[t] churchs pauen made by mr. R. Reade [index:] Doctor James Deane of Chr. pauen.	Dr James, Dean of Christ Church's Pavan/SeventhPavan, consort part	Richard Reade	Dd.3.18 28v-29/1
12v-13	Trenchmoore Jo: Johnson [index:] Trenchmoore.	Trenchmore, duet treble	John Johnson	Lodge 10/2-10v/1 (dt) and 12/1 Marsh 139/1 (dt) and 139/2-141 (dt) Nn.6.36 33v-34 (dt) Pickeringe 51v/3 <88v> [inv.] Welde 11v/1 and 11v/2-12 (dt)
13v-14	TheNew Hunt is upp Jo Johnson [index:] The New Hunt is up./	The New Hunt's Up, duet treble	John Johnson	Marsh 183-186/1 Trumbull 15v-16 Dd.3.18 13v-14 Welde 13/2-14
14v-15/1	The spannish Pauen [index:] The spannish pauen./	Spanish Pavan, duet treble	Alfonso Ferrabosco	3139225v Sampson 3v/2 Welde 1 Dallis 162 Dd.4.22 3 Dd.9.33 82v-83 Dd.2.11 66v/2 Nn.6.36 23v Dallis 162 Robinson 1603 22v-23 408/2 112/1 Mynshall 5/2-5v/1 Wemyss 23/3-24/1 Wickhambrook 14v-15/1 Cosens 20v-21 Folger 1v-2 (frgmt) Pickeringe 11/2 & 11v-12 (dt pts) cf: Thysius 142/2 Stobaeus 22v/2 Dolmetsch 23v-25 and 25v-26 Valerius1626 258-260 Vallet1615 57 Vallet1616 6/2 Vilnius 27
15/2	Reades 2 Jigge. [index:] Reads 2. Jigge.	Second Jig, consort part	Richard Reade
15v-16	Jo: Johnson [index:] goodnight./	Good Night, duettreble	John Johnson	408/2 85/3-86/1 (dt) Brogyntyn 7/5 (dt) Dallis 16/1 (dt) Dd.2.11 8v-9/1 and 86/2 (dt) Marsh 26-27, 158-160, 362-363 (dt) and 397/2 Willoughby 3v-5 and 5v (dt)
16v-17/1	Lachrimae [index:] Lachrimae./	Lachrimae, consortpart	John Dowland [15]	see separate list
17/2	Duncombs galliarde [index:] Duncombs galliarde./	Duncome'sGalliard, consort pt		cf: Sampson 12/1
17v	The Nutts be Browne [index:] Nuttes be browne.	The Leaves be Green the Nuts be Brown, duet treble	John Johnson	Dd.9.33 63v-64
18	Holburns farwell [index:] Holburns farewell./	Farewell, consort part	Anthony Holborne	cf: Dd.2.11 63v/3 (solo)
18v-19/1	Phillips Pauen / Ph[ilip]s Pauen [index:] Phillips Pauen.	Pavan, consort part	Peter Phillips
19/2	Reads Allmaine [index:] Reads Allmaine.	Reade's Almain, first pt of dt & cnst	Anthony Holborne/ Richard Reade	Dd.2.11 70/3
19v-20/1	Alysons Pauen / Alisons Pauen [index:] Alisons Pauen.	Allison's Pavan, consort part	Richard Allison
20/2	The March/ The Erle of Oxforde[s] Marche [index:] E of Oxf. March.	The Earl of Oxford's March, consort part		solo: 2764(2) 7v/2-8/1 408/2 95/3 Mynshall 7/3 Thysius 373v
20v-21	Johnsons Delight [index:] Johnsons Delight.	Delight Pavan, consort part	John Johnson	408/2 92-94/1 Marsh 164-165/1 Dallis 84-85/1 Mynshall 7v/1 Wickhambrook [9v]- 10/1 Welde 3v-4/1 Waissel 1591 L4/1 Thysius 147v Willoughby 25v-27v Folger 14v-15 (dt) Board 6v-7/1 and 14v-15 (dt) Brogyntyn 13/1 (dt) Dallis 84-85/1 (gr) Dd.3.18 59v-60 (cnst) Trumbull 4v-5 (cnst) Vilnius 62v-63/1 (cnst)
21v	The flatt Pauen [index:] flatt pauen	Flat Pavan, duet treble	John Johnson	Ballet 18 Board 2v/1 Dallis 92/1, 264 (s.n.) Dd.2.11 87/1 Dd.3.18 60v-61 (cnst) Dd.9.33 90v-91 Euing 8v Folger 10 (cnst) Lodge 6v/2-7/1 Mynshall 4v Pickeringe 4v/2-5/1 and 5/2 (dt pts) Trumbull 10 (cnst), 15/1 and 17v-19/1 (dt pts) Vilnius 55/3
22	Galliard to the flatt Pauen [index:] and galliard	Flat Galliard, duet treble	John Johnson	Ballet 19 Dd.9.33 92v/2 Mynshall 5/1 Dd.2.11 1v/2 Pickeringe 5v/1 and 5v/2-6/1 (dt pts)
22v/1	Reads Galliarde [index:] Reads Galliard	Reade's Galliard, consortpart	Richard Reade
22v/2	Nighingale [index:] Nightingale.	Nightingale, first part of duet	Gaultier	cf: Pickeringe 48-47v/2 <85-85v> [inv] Trinity 130 Richard 63 and 54/2
23/1	The Marygolde Ellis Lawrey [index:] The Marigolde	The Marigold, duet treble	Ellis Lawrey
23/2	The ground to the same.	The Marigold, duet ground	Ellis Lawrey
23v-24/1	Greene Garters [index:] Green Garters.	Green Garters, duet treble
24/2	A Jigge R: Reade ye firste [index:] Reads i Jigge	First Jig, consort part	Richard Reade
24v-25	Passemeaz Pauen. Mr Jo: Johnson [index:]Passemeaz Pauen	Passamezzo Pavan	John Johnson	Wickhambrook 16v-17/1
25v-26/1	Passemeaz Galliard [index:] and gall	Passamezzo Galliard
26/2	Quadro Galliarde./	Quadran Galliard	?John Johnson	Mynshall 4 31392 21v/2-22
26v-27/1	The Quadro Pauen Mr Jo: Johnson.	Quadran Pavan	John Johnson	2764(2) 11-11v/1
27/2	Reads Galliard to the 6 Pauen [index:] Galliard to the 6 paven.	Galliard to the Sixth Pavan, consort part	Richard Reade
27v	R: Reade. .5./paven [index:] Reads 5 pauen	Fifth Pavan, consort part	Richard Reade
28	Reades. 6.pauen./ [index:] Reades 6 pauen.	Sixth Pavan, consort part	RichardReade
28v-29/1	Reades 7 Paven [index:] Reades7 paven	Dr James Dean of Christ Church's Pavan/SeventhPavan, consort part	Richard Reade	Dd.3.18 12/2
29/2	When Phebus first. Ri Reade./	When Phoebus First Dame Nature Sought, consort part	Richard Reade
29v	Reades 8 Paven [index:] Reades 8 paven	Eighth Pavan, consort part	Richard Reade
30	Galliard to the same [index:] and galliard	Eighth Galliard, consort part	Richard Reade
30v	Reades 9 Paven [index:] Reads 9 paven	Ninth Pavan, consort part	Richard Reade
31/1	Battell. R Reade [index:] Reads Battell.	Battle, consort part	Richard Reade
31/2	A Jigg R Read/ [index:] A Jigg. R Read.	Jig, duetpart	Richard Reade
31v-32/1	Allisons Knell [index:] Allisons Knell.	Allison's Knell, consort part	Richard Reade/ ?Richard Allison
32/2	Sweet Bryer. A Northern Jigge. R:R [index:] Sweet Bryer.	Sweet Briar: A Northern Jig, consort part	Richard Reade
32v-33/1	Primiero [index:] Primiero	Primero, consort part
33/2	Nuttmigs and Ginger. [index:] Nuttmigs and Ginger.	Nutmegs and Ginger, consort part
33/3		reprise of last section of Nutmegs and Ginger f.33/2
33v-34/1	Reades fancy [index:] Reades fancy.	Fancy, consort part	Richard Reade
34/2	A Jigg <Wostock> Eglantine. [index:] <Woodstock a> [?] Eglantine. Jigg.	Eglantine Jig, consort part	Richard Reade
34/3	James Galliarde. [index:] James. Galliard.	Dr James's Galliard consort part	Richard Reade	Dd.3.18 58v Dd.5.78.3 25/2 and 45/2
34v-35	Go from my Window. Ri: Alison	Go From My Window, consort part	Richard Allison	Board 10/3 Euing 48v-49/1 Montbuysson 1/1 2764(2) 9v (dt/cnst) Collard: Dd.9.33 31v-32 Pilkington: 31392 26v-27 JD: Euing 17v-18/1 Barley1596 66-69 (orph.) Dd.5.78.3 39v-40 Pickeringe 29v Thysius 395/2 Robinson: Dd.2.11 3 Dd.5.78.3 40v Folger 17 Robinson 1603 29
35v		Mounsieur's Almain, first part of duet	John Dowland	Wickhambrook 17/2 Folger 13 Dd.4.22 12 Dd.9.33 38v-40, 47 and 53v Genoa 139v-140 Dowland 1610B 27-28v Marsh 18 Thysius 484 Valerius 1626 286-287 Dd.3.18 35v (dt) Euing 19v (dt) Mynshall 10/2 (dt) Welde 14v/2-15 (dt) 2764(2) 12v/2 (dt/cnst) Schele 147/2-148/1 (cnst) Vilnius 1/3 (cnst band.) cf: Cosens 15v-17 and 44v-46 Dd.2.11 33v-34/1 Hove 1601 99v and 108v Dd.5.78.3 70v/2-71/1 GB-Lbl Add.Ms.30342 31v
36v	[index:] Alfonsoes pauen	Alfonso'sPavan, consort part	Augustine Bassano
37-36v	Reades i Pauen [index:] Reads first pauen	First Pavan, consort part	Richard Reade
37v-38/1	Reads 2 pauen / Reads 2. Pauen [index:] Reads 2 pauen	Second Pavan, consort part	Richard Reade
38/2	Reads La volta. / [index:] Reads volta.	La Volta, consort part	Richard Reade
38v/1	Reads Galliard [index:] Reads Galliard	Reade's Galliard, second part of duet or consort part	Richard Reade
39-38v/2	Reads flatt Pauen / Reads flatt Pauen [index:]Reads 3,or flat pauen.	Third, or Flat Pavan, consort part	Richard Reade
39v	Reades. 4 Pauen [index:] Reads 4 Pauen	Fourth Pavan, consort part	RichardReade
40	De la Tromba. Pauen [index:] De la tromba pauen.	De La Tromba Pavan, consort part	Thomas Morley
40v-41/1	Go merely wheele [index:] Go merely wheele.	Go Merrily Wheele, duet treble or consort part
41/2	La Bergera Galliard. [index:] La bergera Galliarde.	Prince of Portugal's Galliard/La Bergera Galliard, first part of dt orconsort pt	Philip Rosseter	Board 23/1 Valerius 1626 86
41v-42	Galliard to the Passemeaz [index:] Passemez Galliard	Passamezzo Galliard, duet treble		Dd.3.18 2v
42v-43v/1	The Passemeazures Pauen [index:] Passemeaz pauen	Passamezzo Pavan, duet treble
43v/2-44/1	The Galliard [index:] and gall	Passamezzo Galliard, duet treble
44/2-44v/1	The Bodkin	The Bodkin, duet treble
44v/2-45	Bachelers Delight Ri: Alison [index:] Bachelers Delight	Bacheler's Delight, consort part	Richard Allison
45v-46	De La Tromba . 2. treble [index:] 2 p[ar]t	De la Tromba Pavan, consort part		Pickeringe 7v-8/1
46v-47	Dolorosa Pauen. Ri Allison [index:] Dolorosa pauen.	Dolorosa Pavan, consort part	Richard Allison	Dd.2.11 4v-5/1 Dd.3.18 53v (cnst pt) Dd.5.78.3 32v/1
47v-48/1	DelaCourt 1 p[ar]te [index:] De la Court j p[ar]te	De La Court, consort part, first section
48/2	The Jewes Dawnce. R Nicolson [index:] Jewes Dawnce.	The Jew's Dance, consort part	Richard Nicholson
48v-49/1		Porter's Pavan, consort part	?Walter Porter
49/2	Porters galliard	Porter's Galliard, consort part	?Walter Porter
52v/1	Emeraulde Galliarde [index:] Emerald gall.	Emerald Galliard, consort part
52v/2	My La. Harecourts Galliarde./ [index:] La. Harcourts gall.	Lady Harcourt's Galliard, consort part
53/1	La Dolce Nenne [index:] La dolce Nenne	La Dolce Nenne Galliard, consort part
53/2	Tarlton Jigg [index:] Tarletons Jigge	Tarleton's Jig, consort part	?John Dowland [81]	cf: Dd.2.11 56/3 (solo)
53/3	All night in V Courte [index:] All night in Ven[us] Court	All Night in Venus' Court, consort part
53v	Pauen Doleres./ [index:] paven Dolores.	Dolorosa Pavan, consort part		Dd.2.11 4v-5/1 Dd.3.18 46v-47 (cnst pt) Dd.5.78.3 32v/1

The Orpharion music is for a consort of (probably) 3 orpharions and 3 viols

54/1	Pauan orphar./R Reade.	Pavan	Richard Reade	Dd.3.18 54/2, 54v/3-55/1
54/2	<cadene> The Same	Pavan	Richard Reade	Dd.3.18 54/1, 54v/3-55/1
54v/1	Ri Reade	Pavan, second part of duet	Richard Reade
54v/2	RReade	Pavan, second part of duet	Richard Reade
54v/3-55/1		Pavan	Richard Reade	Dd.3.18 54/1 and 54/2
55/2		Pavan, first part of duet	Richard Reade
55/3	W Q V R Reade	W & V Pavan, first part of duet	Richard Reade
55v-56/1	Reades 10 pauen [index:] Reads 10 pauen	Tenth Pavan, consort part	Richard Reade
56/2		Pavan, consort pt
56v-57/1	Reades 11 Paven [index:]Reads 11 pauen.	Eleventh Pavan, consort part	Richard Reade
57/2	3 Jigge Mr Reade	Third Jig, first part of duet	Richard Reade
57v-58	Mrs Millicents Paven Ri Alison	Mrs Millicent's Pavan, consort part	Richard Allison
58v	James his Galliard	James's Galliard, consort part	James Harding	Dd.3.18 34/3 Dd.5.78.3 25/2 and 45/2
59	fr Cutting	Short Almain 3, duet treble	John Johnson	Pickeringe 13v-14 Dd.3.18 9v-10/1 and 10v cf: Board 21v/2-22 (solo) Dd.2.11 59v (solo) Dd.9.33 52v-53/3 (solo) Dd.4.23 20v-21 (citt.)
59v-60	Delight Pauen	Delight Pavan, consort part	John Johnson (?)	408/2 92-94/1 Marsh 164-165/1 Dallis 84-85/1 Mynshall 7v/1 Wickhambrook [9v]- 10/1 Welde 3v-4/1 Waissel 1591 L4/1 Thysius 147v Willoughby 25v-27v Folger 14v-15 (dt) Board 6v-7/1 and 14v-15 (dt) Brogyntyn 13/1 (dt) Dallis 84-85/1 (gr) Dd.3.18 20v-21 (cnst) Trumbull 4v-5 (cnst) Vilnius 62v-63/1 (cnst)
60v-61	flatt Pauen.	Flat Pavan, consort part	John Johnson	Ballet 18 Board 2v/1 Dallis 92/1, 264 (s.n.) Dd.2.11 87/1 Dd.3.18 21v (dt) Dd.9.33 90v-91 Euing 8v Folger 10 (cnst) Lodge 6v/2-7/1 Mynshall 4v Pickeringe 4v/2-5/1 and 5/2 (dt pts) Trumbull 10 (cnst), 15/1 and 17v-19/1 (dt pts) Vilnius 55/3
61v	Laveccio	Lavecchia Pavan, Mrs Lee, consort part		cf: ML 7 (solo) Mynshall 12 (solo) Sampson 9v (solo) Weld 2v/1 (solo) Dallis 85/2 (solo) Vilnius 7 and 40/1 (solo) Wickhambrook 15v/1 (dt) John Johnson Ballet 45 [inv] (dt) Brogyntyn 28/2-29/1 (dt) Pickeringe 4/1 (dt) Wickhambrook 15v/2 [inv] (dt) Dd.2.11 36v-37/1 (band.) Wickhambrook 14/2 Folger 12 Schele 143-144/1
62-63/1	Jo Daniell	Passamezzo Galliard, dt treble	John Danyel
63/2	The ground	Passamezzo Galliard, duet ground	John Danyel
71v-72		Dump, duet treble		Dd.3.18 71v-72 Schele 16/3 Marsh 150-151/1 Thistlethwaite 2-3/1
72v	De la Courte j p[ar]te	[s.n.] De La Court, consort part, first section

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