Hirsch

DATE: c1620

Page measurements: 341x 217 mm

Professional book in large upright folio format. The initials H.O. on the cover have not been traced and the end-papers are spectacularly lacking in marginalia or pen-trials. All other books with initials stamped on the covers have at least the first name of the writer written inside, but none of these other MSS are professional books. Although the date of this book is controversial, its purposeis not. Most of the repertory dates from c1595, and the book was previously given this date. The fantasia by William Byrd on f.21v is known to have existed as early as 1590, but the version intabulated here is that published in 1611 with some errors. Lumsden believed the arrangements of 'If my complaints' and 'Can she excuse' came from Dowland's first book of songs (1597) and Poulton remarked that the three French courants were slightly surprising in a volume of this date. If the book were written out in 1595 it would not be unreasonable to expect to see more passamezzo and ground bass settings which are conspicuously absent from thevolume. Robert Johnson, popular in the 1620s is, however, also conspicuously absent, but if the repertory being copiedis much older than the copying date this would note be surprising. The whole collection has the appearance that an old repertory was being sorted through and copied out neatly, and music that had gone out of fashion may easily have been deliberately excluded. Spencer's dating is discussed with the physical description of the MS in Spencer 1982, and the dating of c1620 given above is dealt with in Chapter 7.

Bibliography: Spencer 1982
Poulton 1982
Fenlon/Milsom 1984
Craig 1990

folio	orig.ascription	title	composer	cons. & cogs.
1v-2/1 [f.1 missing]		Pavan [end only]	John? Johnson	Pickeringe 23 cf: Ruden 1600 II 85 Paduana
2/2		Galliard	William Byrd arr.	Dd.2.11 101v/2 Welde 8/1 Dd.9.33 59v-60/1
2v		In Nomine Pavan, first part of duet	Nicholas Strogers	Trumbull 16v-17/1 cf: Bautzen 72/2
3/1		In Nomine Galliard, first part of duet	Nicholas Strogers	Dallis 93 Trumbull 6/2 Dd.9.33 60v Pickeringe 17/2 cf: Dd.2.11 95v/2
3/2		Lady Laiton's Pavan /Dream	?John Dowland [75]	Dd.2.11 48/2 cf: Dd.14.24 (cnst citt.)
3v-4/1		Pavan	Richard Allison	31392 30v-31 Dd.2.11 71 Dd.5.78.3 33/1
4/2		Galliard
4v-5/1		Sharp Pavan	Richard Allison	Fuhrmann 1615 59 Hirsch 63v 31392 32v-33 cf:Pickeringe 11v-12 (dt) Folger 17-18 (dt) ML 5v-6 (dt) Trumbull 17 (dt) Herhold 35v-37/1 [corrupt]
5/2		Hasselwood's Galliard	Anthony Holborne arr. JD	Dd.9.33 17/2
5v-6/1		Pavan	Ambrose Lupo/John Ambrose	Marsh 247-246/2
6/2		Galliard
6v/1		Fantasia, duet pt	Marchant
6v/2-7/1		Galliard	Francis Cutting	Dd.5.78.3 15v and 29v-30/1 Euing 39
7/2		Galliard	John Dowland [104]	Dd.2.11 41/3 & 44/1 (band.)
7v/1		Clark's Galliard/ Quadran Galliard/ Jest	Anthony Holborne	408/2 89 Ballet 10-11/1 Dd.2.11 60v/2 and 72v/1 Wickhambrook 11/2 Trumbull 4/2 Nn.6.36 14v/1
7v/2-8		Last Will and Testament Pavan	Anthony Holborne	Dd.2.11 57v-58/1 Euing 32/2 ML 13v-14/1 cf: Dd.2.11 32 (band.)
8v-9/1		Fantasia	Alfonso Ferrabosco	Herbert 44v Dowland 1610B 13/2-13v Dd.2.11 21v cf: Besard 1603 32
9/2	a galiarde Richard Aleson	Galliard	Richard Allison
9v		Pavan	Francis Cutting	Barley 1596 29/1-32 Dd.2.11 57/1-56v/3 Dd.5.78.3 10v-10a
10		Pavan	Francis Cutting	Dd.5.78.3 14v-15 31392 29v-30 Barley 26-29/1
10v/1		Ground
10v/2		Three French Courants
11/1		Galliard	Edward Pierce	Dd.5.78.3 69/1
11/2		Galliard
11/3		Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard	John Dowland [19]	Euing 28v Dd.2.11 53/1 Dd.5.78.3 9av [21v]-10/1 31392 28v-29/1 Board 21v/1 Cosens 3v-4 Dd.9.33 73v Dolmetsch 92v-93 Besard 1603 107v/2 cf: Montbuysson 70v-71/1
11v/1		Earl of Essex's Galliard/Can She Excuse	John Dowland [42]	Barley 1596 62 (orph.) Montbuysson 2/1 and 56v/2-57/1 Dowland 1610B 24 Dd.2.11 40v/1 and 62v/1 Euing 24/1 Folger 16 Herbert 55/2 Nn.6.36 37 Cosens 48 Fuhrmann 1615 121/2-122 Bautzen 31/1 Thysius 22v/1 Vallet 1615 36-40 Vilnius 58v/2
11v/2		Captain Candish's Galliard	John Dowland [21]	Dd.2.11 56/1 Mynshall 1/3 2764(2) 6v/1
11v/3		Lachrimae Pavan	John Dowland [15]	see separate list
12		Groninge's Pavan	Francis Cutting	Dd.9.33 34v-35
12v-13/1		Pavan	Francis Cutting	Dd.2.11 72
13/2		Fantasia		Dd.2.11 37v/1 Mertel 1615 146/2-147/1 Herhold 13v-14 GB-Lbl Add.Ms.40032 203 cf: Hove 1601 3v
13v-14/1		Fantasia	Alfonso Ferrabosco	Dd.2.11 16v-17/1 Welde 12v-13/1
14/2		Fantasia	Alfonso Ferrabosco
14v-15/1		Fantasia
15/2		Prelude
15v		Fantasia
16		Fantasia
16v-17		Fantasia		Dd.2.11 40
17v		Fantasia	Renaldo Paradiso	Dd.2.11 50v/2-51
18		Fantasia		Dd.9.33 86v-87/1
18v-19		Ultimi Miei Sospiri	PhilippeVerdelot arr. Alfonso Ferrabosco	Schele 52-55/1
19v-20/1		Fantasia
20/2		Fantasia 5	Emmanuel Adriansen	Adriansen 1584 5 Dd.2.11 22/1 cf: Dd.2.11 52v (band.)
21v		Fantasia	William Byrd arr.
63v	pauana Sr R A	Sharp Pavan	Richard Allison	Fuhrmann 1615 59 Hirsch 4v-5/1 31392 32v-33 cf:Pickeringe 11v-12 (dt) Folger 17-18 (dt) ML 5v-6 (dt) Trumbull 17 (dt) Herhold 35v-37/1 [corrupt]
64	fantasia An holborne	Fantasia	Anthony Holborne	Mertel 1615 223/2-224/1 Dd.9.33 84v-85/1 cf: Dd.2.11 65/1 (band.)
64v/1	vt re mi fa sol	Fantasia Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La	Alfonso Ferrabosco	Dd.2.11 54v/1
64v/2		Fantasia	Francesco da Milano
65		Fantasia	Anthony Holborne [3]	Mertel 1615 191 Trumbull 1 cf: Dd.2.11 28/2 (band.)
65v/1		Fantasia	Francesco da Milano	Dd.2.11 16/1 and 18/2 Mertel 1615 222/2-223/1
65v/2-66		Fantasia
66v-67		Fantasia
67v/1		Fantasia
67v/2-68		Fantasia		cf: Mertel 1615148/2-149 [same subject]
68v/1		Fantasia
68v/2-69		Fantasia

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