Contra tenor, of Songes, for three, fower, and fiue voyces, composed and made by Thomas Whythorne gent. the which songes be of sundry sortes, that is to say, some long, some short, some hard, some easie to be songe, and some betwene both: also some solemne, and some pleasant or mery: so that according to the skill of the singers (not being musitians) and disposition or delite of the hearers, they may here finde songes for their contentation and liking. Now newly published. An. 1571. In the tenor or fift booke, ye shall haue the preface of the author, wherein he declareth more at large the contentes of these his fiue bookes.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Whythorne, Thomas, approximately 1528-

Series:

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 506:2.

Standardized Title:

Songes, for three, fower, and five voyces

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Part songs, English--Early works to 1800.

Part songs, English.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

[336] pages : music, portrait

Other Title:

Songes, for three, fower, and five voyces

Contra tenor, of Songes, for three, fower, and five voyces

Tenor, of Songes, for three, fower, and fiue voyces

Tenor, of Songes, for three, fower, and five voyces

Medius, of Songes, for three, fower, and fiue voyces

Medius, of Songes, for three, fower, and five voyces

Triplex, of Songes, for three, fower, and fiue voyces

Triplex, of Songes, for three, fower, and five voyces

Bassus, of Songes, for three, fower, and fiue voyces

Bassus, of Songes, for three, fower, and five voyces

Contratenor, of Songes, for three, fower, and five voyces

Place of Publication:

At London : Printed by Iohn Daye dwelling ouer Aldersgate, [1571]

Notes:

Five partbooks, each with separate dated title page and register. The first word of title in the other parts is "Tenor", "Medius", "Triplex", and "Bassus."

Signatures: contratenor, AAa-IIi#24; tenor, AAA-DDD#24; medius, AA-KK#24; triplex, Aa-Ii#24 Kk#22; bassus, A-I#24 K#22.

Includes indexes.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1952. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 506:2).

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.), 25584

Steele, R. Earliest English music printing, 58

OCLC:

222314414