Keyboard

SKU: ST.MB102

Composed by Various. Edited by Alan Brown and Christopher Hogwood. Library Volumes. Edited by Christopher Hogwood & Alan Brown. First published in 2017. Pages: 248. Format: Hardback. Dimensions (mm): 330 x 254 x 28. Collection. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #MB102. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.MB102).

ISBN 9790220225123.

Comp lementary 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.

Keyboard

SKU: ST.K49

Composed by Various. Edited by Alan Brown. Piano & keyboard music. Selected from Musica Britannica Volume 96. Edited by Alan Brown. Keyboard collection. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #K49. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (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?).

Keyboard

SKU: ST.MB96

Composed by Various. Edited by Alan Brown. Library Volumes. Edited by Alan Brown. First published in 2014.. Pages: 240. Format: Hardback. Dimensions (mm): 330 x 254 x 26. Keyboard collection. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #MB96. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.MB96).

ISBN 9790220223853.

This volume is the first of two intended to extend the coverage of keyboard music in Musica Britannica comprehensively into the first quarter of the 17th century. (The other, MB102, includes material from the two virginal books in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.) The present edition contains music by anonymous and a dozen or so named composers, including the complete keyboard works of Nicholas Carleton, the surviving twenty 'Miserere' canons by Thomas Woodson, and the anonymous 'Pretty ways for young beginners to look on'. The 77 complete pieces are organised by genre, including preludes, plainsong settings, voluntaries, dances and character pieces. Drawing on 22 manuscripts which mostly also transmit music by Byrd and other noted virginalists, this residue of music from these sources shows great diversity and a pleasing level of technical skill and musical interest, sufficient to enhance our wider view of English Renaissance music.

E-Z Play Today (Easy big-note right-hand-only arrangements for piano, organ, and electronic keyboard). Size 9x12 inches. 136 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.