Organ

SKU: ST.EC66

Composed by Various. Edited by John Caldwell. This edition: Collected Editions. Library Volumes. Early Tudor Organ Music. Collection. Stainer and Bell Ltd. #EC66. Published by Stainer and Bell Ltd. (ST.EC66).

ISBN 9780852499726.

EECM65 and EECM66 revisit the repertoire of the ground-breaking volumes 6 and 10 in the series, Early Tudor Organ Music, in the light of 60 years of continuing research and deeper understanding of the surviving corpus. Some 109 works are brought together here, in the order in which they appear in each manuscript â?? British Library Additional MS 29996 accounting for three-quarters of the content, plus 22 works from other sources. There are settings for the Office (antiphons, hymns, the Te Deum and Magnificat) and Mass ordinary and propers (particularly the Offertory).

The format is of the same dimensions as other EECM volumes, although presented in landscape for more practical use. EECM66 contains Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Lenten hymns from Add. MS 29996, and 22 pieces from other sources. Three appendices include intabulated pieces, plainchant melodies, and hymns and faburdens.

In addition to numerous anonymous titles, composers found in these volumes include Avery Burnett, Robert Coxsun, William Kyrton, Thomas Preston, John Redford, Philip ap Rhys, Edmund Strowger, Thomas Tallis, John Thorne, Robert White and Richard Wynslate.

SKU: ST.EC6

Composed by Various. Edited by John Caldwell. Library Volumes. Edited by John Caldwell. First published in 1966. Pages: 198. Format: A4 spiral-bound. Choral Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #EC6. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.EC6).

ISBN 9780852495346.

The history of liturgical organ music in England begins with the first recorded source, dating from 1500, and ends abruptly with the Act of Uniformity of 1559. In addition to the written sources, it is likely that there existed a strong tradition of improvised polyphony, though little direct evidence for this has survived. The 65 pieces in this collection were intended for performance at Matins, Lauds, Vespers and Compline.

Choir

SKU: ST.EC34

Edited by Gareth Curtis. Library Volumes. Edited by Gareth Curtis. First published in 1989. Pages: 220. Format: Paperback. Dimensions (mm): 254 x 177 x 14. Choral Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #EC34. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.EC34).

ISBN 9790220206467.

In a composite manuscript ascribed to the Burgundian court, a mass each by Richard Cox and John Plummer, with three such works by Walter Frye, survive alongside a pair of Dufay masses and all but one of the surviving motets of Busnois. The strong political and cultural association between England and Burgundy at the time explains their presence, as does the varied and masterful style - held in high regard by continental contemporaries.