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?).
Edward Holmes
