DATE: 1600-1603
Page measurements: unverifiable at thetime of writing, approx. 185 x 240 mm
Foreign source written by an English scribe, in oblong quarto format. No other details are available about this recently re-discovered source, but it includes the inscription Modus tendendi neruos testudinis D Richardi Angliis natione (f.20). The language of the ascriptions and many jottings throughout the book suggests that it was compiled in the Netherlands or Germany. There are various dates throughout the MS, ranging from 1600 to 1603 (new style), but the hand responsible for these notes does not appear to be concordant with the tablature hand. However, since this scribe employs various types of script, including a round-hand engrossing script for some titles, they may have been written by the scribe of the lute music. The first part of the book contains keyboard music in mensural notation. It is written on printed paper that does not match any of those found in the English books but this would not be surprising if the book was written abroad as the repertory, the language of the titles and other marginalia implies. Most of the concordances are with Besard 1603 and various other continental prints and MSS, and compilation may have continued after 1603, though it would seem likely that the scribe would have noted later dates if this was the case.
Bibliography:
folio
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original
ascription
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title
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composer
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cons.
& cogs.
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| 20
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Principlum.
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Principlum
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| 20v
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Passamezo
[Haubois?]
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Passamezzo
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| 21
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Alm.
de son Alteze
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Altezze/Prince
of Parma's Almain
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Adriansen
1592 81 Thysius 475
cf: Thysius 475v/2
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| 21v
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24.
Augusti Brand od: vonde[m] Bel.
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Branle
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cf:
Besard 161746
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| 22
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29.
Aug Alm. Fortune
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Fortune
Alas Almain
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Eijsertt
33 and 37 cf: Adriansen 87 Thysius 477/1 and 477v-478/1 Vallet 1615 49-50
Richard 62
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| 22v-23
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A.
M. Rich. Ang. Passem: / passo.
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Passamezzo
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D
Richard
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Thysius
77
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| 23v
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commance
Le: 12 de Octobre 1600. / gaillarde De M. Besard. gallus a [obscure]
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Galliard
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Johan
Baptiste Besard
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| 24
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Roland
/ Vel sic variatus. Quo furor et rabies; vana est sine viribus ire.
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Lord
Willoughby's Welcome Home/ Roland
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Thomas
Robinson/John Dowland [66]
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Hove1601
107v/3 Robinson1603 40-41 Thysius 389/1 Valerius1626 83 Vallet1615 47-48 Vilnius 14v/1 Dlugoraj 372 Cologne 24 Fabritius no.9 Hainhofer IV 36 Besard1603 134v/2 cf: Dd.5.78.3 28v Euing 38/2 Mynshall 1/2 Pickeringe 25/3 and 33v/1 Vilnius 57/3 Wickhambrook 12/2 Folger 9v/1 (dt) Dd.2.11 58v/2 Sampson 11v/2 (dt/cnst)
Dd.2.11 14v/1 (band.)
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| 24v
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cui
mira gli occhi tuoj.
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Qui
mira gli occhi
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| 25
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Vne
jeune fillette
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Une
Jeune Fillette/ Nonette
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Daniel
Bacheler/ John Dowland [93]
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cf:
Adriaenssen 1584 88/2 Bautzen 18/2 Besard 1603 131v-132 Besard 1617 4/1-6/3 Herbert 23v-25 Hove 1612 55v-56v/1-57 Montbuysson 11v-12 Phalèse 1563 88/1 Pickeringe 30v-31/1 Richard 35v-37v/1 Schele 25-28/1 Thysius 380 and 509 Valerius 1626 180-181 Vallet 1615 43-44 Vilnius 2v/1
Richard 35
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| 25v
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2
entree de. Lhuttmascarade
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Masque
entrée
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| 26
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1
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[n.t.]
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| 26v
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la
fille d'un bon Shom[m]e
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La
fille d'un bon Somme
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| 27-28
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Decembr.
Passionata.
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Galliard
Passionata
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Robert
Ballard
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Aegidius
12v-14 (It. tabl.) Dolmetsch 201v-203
Besard 1603 113v-114/1
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| 28v-29/1
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Ao
1601. 11 January Passameze
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Passamezzo
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| 29/2
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1.
a gaillarde
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Galliard
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| 29v
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Volte
/ Quant la bergere va aux chams
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Volt,
Quand la Bergere
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| 30
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Preamb[ulum]
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Prelude
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Cosens
28/2 Hainhofer III no.1
Fuhrmann 1615 10/1
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| 30v
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A * 1601 29 Januarij Allem.oldan mein reii |
Almain
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| 31
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Ult
Janu. Alm de son [obscure]
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Almain
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| 31v-32
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gaillarde
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Galliard
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| 32v
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14
Febr u. Mentre io campai contents
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Mentr'io
Campai Contento
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Aegidius
11v-112 Dolmetsch 160v-161
Besard 1603 42/2
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| 33
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gaillarde
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Galliard
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Elias
Mertel
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Besard
1603 120/1
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| 33v-34/1
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Fugaequitis
Romanj
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Fantasia
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Laurencini
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| 34/2-34v
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[...]
Mertij gauotte
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Gavotte
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| 35
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16
Mertij 1601 Courr. sur la voix de la jeune fitte
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Courant
on Une Jeune Fillette
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cf:
Adriaenssen 1584 88/2 Bautzen 18/2 Besard 1603 131v-132 Besard 1617 4/1-6/3 Herbert 23v-25 Hove 1612 55v-56v/1-57 Montbuysson 11v-12 Phalèse 1563 88/1 Pickeringe 30v-31/1 Richard 35v-37v/1 Schele 25-28/1 Thysius 380 and 509 Valerius 1626 180-181 Vallet 1615 43-44
Vilnius 2v/1
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| 35v-37v/1
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VneJeune
Fillette
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Une
Jeune Fillette/ Nonette
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DanielBacheler/
John Dowland [93]
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cf:
Adriaenssen 1584 88/2 Bautzen 18/2 Besard 1603 131v-132 Besard 1617 4/1-6/3 Herbert 23v-25 Hove 1612 55v-56v/1-57 Montbuysson 11v-12 Phalèse 1563 88/1 Pickeringe 25 Richard 35v-37v/1 Schele 25-28/1 Thysius 380 and 509 Valerius 1626 180-181 Vallet 1615 43-44 Vilnius 2v/1
Richard 35
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| 37v/2-38v/1
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Prelude
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Prelude
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| 38v/2-39/1
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Allemande
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Almain
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Besard
1603 133/2
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| 39/2
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Eijn
mution [?]
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| 39v-40v/1
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Fantasia
equitis Romani excellentissima
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Prelude/Fantasia
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Laurencini
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Besard
1603 3v-4/1
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| 40v/2-41
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Courante
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Courant
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| 41v-42
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Fantasia
excellens DommiBocgueti galli
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Fantasia
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Charles
Bocquet
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Besard
1603 24
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| 42v
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[Cou]rante
[cropped]
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Courant
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| 43
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Auetie
Allemande
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Almain
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| 43v
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Volta
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Volt
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| 44
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Augtie
Vo Cte
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Volt
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Charles
Bocquet
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Besard
1603 166/3
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| 44v
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Passemeze
excellente du socg... Bocguet
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Passamezzo
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Charles
Bocquet
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Besard
1603 100-101
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| 45-45v/1
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secunda
pars.
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[second
part]
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Charles
Bocquet
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| 45v/2-46
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Troisiesme
Partie
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[third
part]
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Charles
Bocquet
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| 46v-47
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Quarte
Partie
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[fourth
part]
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Charles
Bocquet
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| 47v-48/1
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Allemande
du Mesme autheur
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Almain
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Charles
Bocquet
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Besard
1603 136/2
Dolmetsch 198v-199
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| 48/2
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Prelude
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Prelude
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JohanBaptiste
Besard
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Besard1603
5/3
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| 48v-49
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Coarante
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Courant
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| 49v-50/1
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Volte
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Volt
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| 50/2
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Courante.
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Courant
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| 50v
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Courante
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Courant
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| 51
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1601
14 Febra. Passa meso
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Passamezzo
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| 51v-52/1
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A * 1601 26 Augusti Psalmus 24 Compositione J. B. Besardi / Antidotum vitæ Patientia. |
Psalm
24
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Johan
Baptiste Besard
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| 52/2-53/1
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les
dix commandemens De Dieu. compositione Bezardi
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[Psalms]
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| 53/2
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Gaillarde
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Galliard
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| 53v-54/1
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[Psalm]
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| 54/2
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Die
NachtegaleIntwilde
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The
Nightingale
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Gaultier
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cf:
Dd.3.18 22v/2 (dt) Pickeringe 48-47v/2 <85-85v> [inv] Trinity 130
Richard 63
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| 54v-56v
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[Psalms]
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| 57
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A * 1601 ult. Decemb. Guillemette |
Guillemette
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cf:
Besard 168/2 and 168v/2 Vallet 1615 58 Thysius 510v Aegidius 158v-159
Dolmetsch 284-284v/1
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| 57v-58
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A * 1601 4 Novemb. Den Lüstigen Mey |
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| 58v-59/1
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Dolorata
Bezardica compositione.
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Dolorosa
Pavan
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Pomponi
Buononcini
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Besard
1603 109v/1
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| 59/2
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1602
19 Janü. Volte
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Volt
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| 59v/1
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1602
20 Janu. Baüren Dantz.
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Boars
Dance
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| 59v/2-60
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1602
21 Martij Allemande Inglese
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Lady
Laiton's Almain
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John
Dowland [No.48]
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Schele
145/2-146/1 2764(2) 10v Dd.2.11 48/3 Welde 5/3 Mynshall 10/1 Besard 1603 139v Thysius 492/1 Folger 11v Wickhambrook 17/3 Fuhrmann 1615 80/2 Hove 1612 59/2 cf: Vilnius 66v/2 Dlugoraj 367 Eijsertt 27
Cologne 59v-60
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| 60v/1
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Chanson
Inglese.
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Mrs
Nichols' Almain
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John
Dowland [No.52]
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Dd.2.11
100v/2
Euing 24/2
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| 60v/2-61
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A * 1602 qbris Ballet |
Ballet
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Besard1603
149/3
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| 61v
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1603
A di 7 Decemb. Loffang Mariæ
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| 62
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Allemande
fortuna
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Fortune
Alas Almain [dt/cnst?]
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?John
Dowland
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Adriansen
1584 87 Thysius 477/1 and 477v-478/1 Vallet 1615 49-50 Richard 22
cf: Eijsertt 33 and 37
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| 62v
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A * 1603 A di 23 Decembr. Allem: |
Almain
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| 63
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A * 1603 23 Decembr. De Nachtegael IntWilde |
The
Nightingale
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cf:
Dd.3.18 (dt) Pickeringe 48-47v/2 <85-85v> [inv] Trinity 130
Richard 54/2
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| 63v/1
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A * 1603 In. Decemb. |
Kemp's
Jig/Parliament
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Folger
4v/4 Dd.2.11 99v/2
Thysius 486v
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| 63v/2
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Wy
hebbes In Confeslans de d
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| 63v/3-64/1
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La
Gauotte
|
Gavotte
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| 64/2
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Allemande
Braüns megd:
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Almain
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| 64v-65
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[Psalm]
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| 65v
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Il
et vray de le confesse.
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Vrai
Dieu Disoit
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Lassus
arr.
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Denss1594
93v-94/1 LeRoy 1574 46-46v/1 and 46v/2-47v
Thysius 197v-198
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