[In this boke ar co[n]teynyd.xx.so[n]ges.ix.of.iiii.ptes, and xi.of thre ptes.].

Format:

Microformat

Series:

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1084:19.

Standardized Title:

Book of xx songs.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Part songs, English--Early works to 1800.

Part songs, English.

Physical Description:

54 unnumbered leaves

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Place of Publication:

[Impryntyd in Londo[n] : [At the signe of the black Mores], Anno D[omi]ni. M.ccccc.xxx. [1530] Decimo die mensis Octobris]

Notes:

Signatures: pi2 (-pi2) A-L4 M-N4 O2 (-O2).

General title page lacking; title from pi1v.

Place of publication from STC; publication date from pi1v.

Music. For bassus, triplex, simplex, and medius.

The printer is unidentified and probably dealt only in music.--STC.

Composers include Ashwell, Cornysh, Cooper, Fayrfox, Gwynneth, Jones, Pygott, and Taverner.

Uniform title from British Library Quarterly (via NUC Pre-1956).

"The earliest recorded English printed vocal part book."--NUC Pre-1956.

Chainlines in the title pages and colophon are vertical; in the text they are horizontal; a full leaf measures 5 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches.

Imperfect; lacks colophon and title page of triplex.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1966. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 1084:19). s1966 miun a

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 22924.

OCLC:

187593296