The crowned rose : motets for Henry VIII from London, British Library, Royal MS 11 E. XI / edited by Anna Parsons and Nick Sandon.

Format:

Musical score

Contributor:

Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.

Parsons, Anna

Sandon, Nick

Sampson, Richard, -1554

British Library.

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.

Motets--16th century.

Motets.

Genre:

Motets.

Scores.

Physical Description:

1 score (xxiv, 28 pages) : illustrations ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Motets for Henry VIII from London, British Library, Royal MS 11 E. XI

Place of Publication:

Newton Abbot, Devon, England : Antico Edition, [2005]

Language Note:

Latin words, also printed as texts with English translations.

Contents:

Salve radix

Psallite felices / (Richard) Sampson

Sub tuum presidium / Benedictus de Opitiis

Quam pulcra es / (Richard) Sampson

Hec est preclarum vas

Beati omnes.

Notes:

For 3-5 unacc. voices; probably originally intended for male sopranos and altos, tenors and basses. Includes the complete musical contents of the early16th century ms. choirbook, with reproductions of the illuminations.

Title from cover.

The introduction discusses the political and attribution aspects of the ms., including the possibility that a substantial portion of the music was composed by the prominent English lawyer, diplomat, and cleric Richard Sampson; cf. the entry Sampson in the New Grove dict. of music.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

OCLC:

65285034

Publisher Number:

RCM30 Antico Edition