- Dow Partbooks
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The Dow Partbooks (Christ Church, Mus. MSS 984–8) are a collection of five partbooks compiled by Robert Dow in Oxford around 1581–88. The collection includes mostly choral but also some instrumental pieces. At the end is an instrumental La gamba and a canon, both a 3 and apparently copied from Vincenzo Ruffo's book printed in Milan in 1564. Robert Dow was a trained calligrapher and the books are unusually easy to read among manuscripts of the Tudor period.
Contents
No. Title Composer Comments 1. Lamentations a 5 Robert White (Heth, Teth, Iod, Caph, Lamed, Mem) 2. Miserere mei Deus Robert White 3. Christe qui lux es et dies I Robert White 4. Christe qui lux es et dies II Robert White 5. Christe qui lux es et dies III Robert White 6. Manus tuae fecerunt me Robert White 7. Portio mea, Domine Robert White 8. Justus es Domine Robert White 9. Ne irascaris Domine
- Civitas sancti tuiWilliam Byrd 10. O Domine adjuva me William Byrd 11. Tribulationes civitatum
- Timor et hebetudo
- Nos enim pro peccatisWilliam Byrd 12. Domine exaudi orationem William Byrd 13. Domine praestolamur William Byrd 14. Ad te clamamus Christopher Tye 15. Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus Christopher Tye 16. Esurientes implevit bonis John Sheppard 17. Angelus ad pastores ait Orlando di Lasso 18. Veni in hortum meum Orlando di Lasso 19. O salutaris hostia Thomas Tallis 20. Salvator mundi I Thomas Tallis 21. Candidi facti sunt Thomas Tallis 22. Dum transisset Sabbatum a 5 Robert Johnson 23. Exaudiat te Dominus Robert White 24. Tribulationem et dolorem inveni Alfonso Ferrabosco 25. Non me vincat, Deus meus Nicholas Strogers 26. Dum transisset Sabbatum I John Taverner 27. Tribulatio proxima est
- Contumelias et terroresWilliam Byrd 28. Appropinquet deprecatio mea Robert White 29. Christus resurgens John Tailer 30. O quam gloriosum est regnum
- Benedictio et claritasWilliam Byrd 31. Tristitia et anxietas
- Sed tu, DomineWilliam Byrd 32. Apparebit in finem William Byrd 33. Audivi vocem William Byrd 34. In resurrectione tua William Byrd 35. Retribue servo tuo Robert Parsons 36. Fac cum servo tuo William Byrd 37. Sive vigilem William Mundy 38. Christe qui lux es et dies IV Robert White 39. Deus venerunt gentes
- Posuerunt morticiniaWilliam Byrd 40. Domine tu jurasti William Byrd 41. Exsurge, quare obdormis William Byrd 42. O sacrum convivium Thomas Tallis 43. Salvator mundi II Thomas Tallis 44. Effuderunt sanguinem William Byrd Part 3 of Deus venerunt gentes (no.39) 45. Christe qui lux es et dies William Byrd 46. Laetentur coeli William Byrd 47. Facti sumus opprobrium William Byrd Part 4 of Deus venerunt gentes (no.39) 48. Ave Maria Robert Parsons 49. Dum transisset Sabbatum Roose 50. Decantabat populus Anonymous 51. Mirabile mysterium Alfonso Ferrabosco 52. Miserere mei Deus William Byrd 53. O bone Jesu Robert Parsons 54. Vestigia mea dirige Nathaniel Giles 55. Lord, who shall dwell Robert White 56. The Lord bless us and keep us Robert White 57. O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth William Byrd 58. Prevent us, O Lord William Byrd 59. How long shall mine enemies William Byrd 60. O that most rare breast William Byrd 61. Come to me grief for ever William Byrd 62. In fields abroad William Byrd 63. Where fancy fond William Byrd 64. Susanna fair (1588) William Byrd 65. While Phoebus used to dwell William Byrd 66. Why do I use my paper, ink and pen? William Byrd 67. La Verginella William Byrd 68. I joy not in no earthly bliss William Byrd 69. Ah golden hairs William Byrd 70. Lord in thy wrath reprove me not William Byrd 71. Care for thy soul William Byrd 72. Browning William Byrd (instrumental) 73. Browning Clement Woodcock (instrumental) 74. Miserere Mallorie (instrumental) 75. Ascendo ad Patrem Jean Maillard attrib. Tye in MS 76. Rubem quem Christopher Tye (instrumental) 77. Susanne un jour Orlando di Lasso 78. Madonna somm'accorto Giacomo Fogliano attrib. Tye in MS 79. Pour vous aymer Philippe van Wilder 80. De la court Robert Parsons (instrumental) 81. De la court (Part 2) Robert Parsons (instrumental) 82. Je fille quand Dieu Philippe van Wilder 83. In nomine Robert Parsons (instrumental) 84. In nomine no.5 William Byrd (instrumental) 85. In nomine no.1 Nicholas Strogers (instrumental) 86. In nomine no.1 Nicholas Strogers (instrumental) 87. In nomine no.2 Nicholas Strogers (instrumental) 88. In nomine John Bull (instrumental) 89. In nomine Robert White (instrumental) 90. In nomine "Follow me" Christopher Tye (instrumental) 91. In nomine no.1 Clement Woodcock (instrumental) 92. If that a sinner's sighs William Byrd 93. If women could be fair William Byrd 94. Prostrate O Lord I lie William Byrd 95. Even from the depth William Byrd 96. When I was otherwise William Byrd 97. In nomine no.1 Brewster (instrumental) 98. O God, wherefore art thou absent Anonymous 99. When I look back Robert Parsons in Tenor partbook only 100. Come Holy Ghost Anonymous 101. O Lord of whom I do depend Anonymous 102. O Lord, turn not away Anonymous 103. When May is in his prime (Part 1) Anonymous 104. May makes the cheerful hive (Part 2) Anonymous 105. All ye that live on earth (Part 3) Anonymous 106. Ah, alas, you salt sea gods (Part 1) Richard Farrant 107. You gods that guide (Part 2) Richard Farrant 108. A doleful deadly pang Nicholas Strogers 109. Ah, silly poor Joas Anonymous 110. In terrors trapped Anonymous 111. The saint I serve Anonymous 112. How can the tree but waste Anonymous 113. Alas, alack, my heart is woe Anonymous 114. Lulla, lullaby (refrain) William Byrd 115. Be still my blessed babe (verse) William Byrd 116. O Lord how vain William Byrd 117. My mind to me a kingdom is William Byrd 118. Who likes to love William Byrd 119. Enforced by love Robert Parsons 120. Mistrust not truth Anonymous 121. The day delayed Anonymous 122. Come tread the paths (Part 1) Anonymous 123. Farewell my lords (Part 2) Anonymous 124. Triumph with pleasant melody (Part 1) William Byrd 125. What unacquainted cheerful voice (Part 2) William Byrd 126. My faults, O Christ (Part 3) William Byrd 127. Blessed is he that fears the Lord William Byrd 128. Blame I confess William Byrd 129. O Lord within thy tabernacle William Byrd 130. How shall a young man William Byrd 131. Though Amaryllis dance in green William Byrd 132. La gamba Vincenzo Ruffo (instrumental) attrib. "Francesco Mocheni" in MS. 133. Trinitas in unitate Vincenzo Ruffo in Baritone partbook only 134. Hey down, sing ye now after me Anonymous in Bass partbook only - N.B. pieces are numbered sequentially in the table above, rather than following the numbering of the MS, which contains some errors and is inconsistent between the partbooks.
Bibliography
- D. Mateer: Oxford, Christ Church Music MSS 984–8; an Index and Commentary, RMARC, no.20 (1986–7), 1–18
External links
- View images of the Dow Partbooks at The Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
- Free scores by Dow Partbooks in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
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- Renaissance music manuscript sources
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