Cosyn, Benjamin. Tenor part book of works by British and Continental composers

Folger bibliographic ID: 228011
Charteris, R. Annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger: 96
Folger call number: V.a.412
Folger holdings ID: 259810
Accession Number: F.10.27.41

Tenor part-book with a collection of English and "englished" Italian madrigals, Latin settings, instrumental fantasias, English sacred works, anthems and motets by British and Continental composers, for four, five and six voices; copied in the early seventeenth century by Benjamin Cosyn (ca. 1580-1653). A few of the songs are anonymous, but many of them are attributed by the copyist to Bateson, Byrd, Croce, Dering, Monteverdi, Lupo, Simes, Marenzio, Morley, Weelkes and Wilbye as well as 5 settings of texts based on 2 Samuel. Most vocal works include text underlay

Bibliographic format

Obl. 8 vo

General notes

72 p. Pages 13-16, 46-52, 60-72 blank. Page 3 folds out. A single leaf from an altus part-book, previously laid-in, has been tipped-in at p. 60 In English, Latin and Italian Benjamin Cosyn, English composer and organist Songs listed in the Folger index of first lines of poems Lacking cantus, altus, bassus, quintus and sectus part books Spine title: Elizabethian songs ms c1609 According to "Noyses, sounds, and sweet aires": "The manuscripts, which probably date from ca. 1620-1630, may have been used at Dulwich College or Charterhouse, where Cosyn served as organist" Slip of paper formerly with manuscript gave the incorrect assertion about the identity of the copyist and date stated: "Tenor part of some Madrigals in the hand-writing of Thomas Weelkes, ca. 1580" Formerly Folger MS 411027 Also available in microfilm and portions available in digital reproduction Purchased in 1941from the Rosenbach Company in Philadelphia and New York, catalogue no. 45, lot 794 This record contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email HamnetHelp@folger.edu for assistance

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006. "Noyses, sounds, and sweet aires" (catalog entry 106)

Extended title: Tenor part book of works by British and Continental composers ca. 1620-1630
Alternate titles: Elizabethian songs ms c1609, Commonplace book of English madrigals and sacred motets, for four, five and six voices, [ca. 1610]

Bible Motets Madrigals Anthems

compiler: Cosyn, Benjamin, approximately 1570-
associated with: Bateson, Thomas
associated with: Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623
associated with: Croce, Giovanni, approximately 1557-1609
associated with: Dering, Richard, approximately 1580-1630
associated with: Lupo, Thomas, -1628
associated with: Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599
associated with: Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643
associated with: Morley, Thomas, 1557-1603?
associated with: Simmes, William, active 1607-1616
associated with: Weelkes, Thomas, approximately 1575-1623
associated with: Wilbye, John, 1574-1638