SKU: ST.K49
ISBN 9790220224461.
All eighteen pieces in this collection are reliably dated to the reign of James I, and whether by named composers or anonymous ones, appear in sources other than the notable virginal books preserved in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The contents demonstrate the variety of forms in the keyboard repertoire of this period, from plainsong-based compositions to dances by Orlando Gibbons. The 'Pretty ways for young beginners to look on', possibly by Thomas Tomkins, are a fascinating example of music contemporary to the time, written with the didactic purpose of instructing musicians in the techniques of counterpoint. CONTENTS Prelude in d: Edward Gibbons Gaudent in caelis: Anon. Miserere: Anon. Upon a plainsong: Attrib. Orlando Gibbons Verse in G: Anon. Fantasia in a: John (or Thomas) Holmes Fantasia in G: Attrib. Orlando Gibbons Fantasia in G: Anon. Pavan in e: Anon. Galliard in C: Anon. Galliard in F: Anon. Fortune my foe: Anon. Alman in F: Thomas Tomkins Ballet in G: James Harding, arr. Anon. Coranto in C: Anon. Jig in G: Anon. Tomboy: Anon. Pretty ways for young beginners to look on: Anon. (Thomas Tomkins?).
SKU: BT.MUSAM65749
ISBN 9780711911253. English.
Teaches you 16 popular songs including 'Uptown Girl', 'Feelings', 'What I Did For Love' and 'Hey There'.
SKU: ST.MB102
ISBN 9790220225123.
Complementary to MB96, the 85 items in MB102 complete the coverage of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book in Musica Britannica. With the exception of four pieces by Sweelinck available elsewhere, MB102 contains all the Fitzwilliam content not otherwise already published in individual MB virginalist-composer collections or in the three anthology volumes, MB1, MB55 and MB66. In addition, there are ten pieces from another important keyboard source in the collection of Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum, the Tisdale Virginal Book. The volume was a long-time project of the late Christopher Hogwood, and has been brought to completion by his co-editor Alan Brown.
