Gyffard Partbooks

General Information

Title: Gyffard Partbooks

Publication date and place: ca. 1572 –1578. – Manuscript
Description: British Library Add. MSS 17802-5.

View the Wikipedia article on Gyffard Partbooks.

External Links

• Scan from the British Library
• Playlist of available works from the Gyffard partbooks on American Spotify

References

• Mateer, David. 1993. The Compilation of the Gyffard Partbooks. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle 26:19-43.
• Mateer, David. 1995. The 'Gyffard' Partbooks: Composers, Owners, Date and Provenance. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle 28:21-50.

Contents

No.	Title	Composer	Comment
1	Te Deum	Anonymous
2	Asperges me Domine (I)	Anonymous
3	Asperges me Domine (II)	Anonymous
4	Asperges me Domine (III)	Anonymous
5	Asperges me Domine (IV)	Anonymous
6	Pater noster	Philip van Wilder	A 2nda pars, Willaert's Ave Maria, is not included in this source.
7	Kyrie Le Roy	John Taverner
8	Kyrie	Hyett
9	Alleluia.	John Taverner	Cantus firmus unidentified (has similarities with Alleluias 'Salve virgo' and 'Virgo Jesse floruit').
10	Alleluia. Veni electa mea	John Taverner
11	Kyrie [Orbis factor]	Christopher Tye
12	Alleluia. Per te Dei genitrix	Christopher Tye
13	Kyrie [Cunctipotens genitor]	William Mundy
14	Alleluia. Post partum	William Mundy
15	Kyrie	John Hake
16	Alleluia. Per te Dei genetrix	William Mundy
17	Kyrie	Robert Okeland
18	Alleluia. Obtine sacris	Thomas Knyght
19	Alleluia. Ora pro nobis	Thomas Tallis
20	Alleluia. Ora pro nobis	John Sheppard
21	Alleluia. Veni electa mea	John Sheppard
22	Alleluia. Virtutes caeli	John Sheppard
23	Alleluia. Per te Dei genitrix	John Sheppard
24	Western Wind Mass	John Taverner
25	Western Wind Mass	Christopher Tye
26	Western Wind Mass	John Sheppard
27	The Frences Mass	John Sheppard
28	Mass "Be not afraid"	John Sheppard
29	Mass for Four Voices / Plainsong Mass	Thomas Tallis
30	Plainsong Mass	John Taverner
31	Plainsong Mass for a Mean	John Sheppard
32	Mass for a Mean	Thomas Appleby
33	Audivi vocem de caelo	John Taverner
34	Audivi vocem de caelo	Thomas Tallis
35	Audivi vocem de caelo	John Sheppard
36	Hodie nobis caelorum rex	Robert Cooper
37	Hodie nobis caelorum rex	John Taverner
38	Hodie nobis caelorum rex	Thomas Tallis
39	Hodie nobis caelorum rex	John Sheppard
40	In pace in idipsum	John Taverner
41	In pace in idipsum	Thomas Tallis
42	In pace in idipsum	John Sheppard
43	In pace in idipsum	John Blitheman
44	In pace in idipsum	Christopher Tye
45	In manus tuas / Domine (I)	John Sheppard
46	In manus tuas / Domine (II)	John Sheppard
47	In manus tuas / Domine (III)	John Sheppard
48	Exsurge Christe	William Mundy
49	Nos alium deum nescimus (Anonymous)	Anonymous
50	O salutaris hostia	Anonymous
51	Libera me domine de morte aeterna	Robert White
52	Gloria laus et honor tibi	Christopher Tye
53	The Passion (according to St Matthew)	Anonymous
54	Gloria laus et honor tibi (I)	John Blitheman
55	Gloria laus et honor tibi (II)	John Blitheman
56	Alleluia. Confitemini Domino	John Sheppard
57	Christus resurgens	Thomas Knyght	In die pasce
58	Christus resurgens	John Redford	In die pasce
59	Dum transisset sabbatum	Robert Barber
60	Dum transisset sabbatum	Robert Johnson	In die pasce
61	Dum transisset sabbatum	John Taverner
62	Vidi aquam egredientem	Anonymous
63	Salve festa dies	John Sheppard
64	Sedit angelus ad sepulchrum domini	Anonymous
65	Viri Galilaei quid admiramini	Anonymous	In die ascensionis
66	Spiritus Sanctus procedens	Anonymous	In die pentecostes
67	Alma chorus Domini	Anonymous
68	Kyrie	John Mundy	In die pasce
69	Haec dies quam fecit dominus	John Ensdale	In die pasce
70	Laudate pueri: Sit nomen Domini	John Sheppard
71	In exitu Israel	John Sheppard, William Byrd, William Mundy
72a	In nomine Jesu omne genuflectatur	Anonymous	Proper for Jesus Mass: Introit
72b	Constituit Deus Pater	Anonymous	Proper for Jesus Mass: Gradual
72c	Alleluia. Dulce nomen	Anonymous	Proper for Jesus Mass: Alleluia
72d	Dulcis Jesus Nazarenus	Anonymous	Proper for Jesus Mass: Sequence
73	Mass Upon the Square	William Whytbroke
74	Mass Upon the Square (I)	William Mundy
75	Mass Upon the Square (II)	William Mundy
76	Magnificat	William Mundy
77	Magnificat	Thomas Tallis
78	Magnificat	John Sheppard
79	Magnificat	John Taverner
80	Magnificat	Oliver Stoning
81	Sancte Deus sancte fortis	Philip van Wilder
82	Sancte Deus sancte fortis	Thomas Tallis
83	Recordare Domine	Richard Bramston
84	Sub tuam protectionem	Christopher Tye
85	Gaude Maria virgo	Robert Johnson
86	Salve regina	Philip Alcock
87	Sancta Maria virgo et mater	Anonymous
88	Gaudete caelicolae omnes	John Sheppard
89	Tu es Petrus: Et portae inferi	Anonymous
90	Sancta Maria virgo intercede	Thomas Knyght
91	Speciosa facta es	Christopher Hoskins
92	Nesciens mater virgo virum	Thomas Wright (I)
93	Ave Maria gratia plena (I)	Anonymous
94	O bone Jesu	Anonymous

Works at CPDL

Title	Composer	Lyricist	No.	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices	Language
Alleluia. Confitemini Domino	John Sheppard		56	Sacred	Alleluia verses	4	TTBB	Latin
Alleluia. Obtine sacris	Thomas Knyght		18	Sacred	Mass propers	4	SATB	Latin
Alleluia. Ora pro nobis	John Sheppard		20	Sacred	Alleluia verses	4	TTBB	Latin
Alleluia. Per te Dei	John Sheppard		23	Sacred	Alleluia verses	4	TTBB	Latin
Alleluia. Per te Dei	William Mundy		16	Sacred	Alleluia verses	4	SSTT	Latin
Alleluia. Post partum	William Mundy		14	Sacred	Alleluia verses	4	SSST	Latin
Alleluia. Veni electa mea	John Sheppard		21	Sacred	Alleluia verses	4	TTBB	Latin
Alleluia. Virtutes caeli	John Sheppard		22	Sacred	Alleluia verses	4	TTBB	Latin
Alleluia Per te Dei genitrix	Christopher Tye		12	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB	Latin
Alleluya	Thomas Tallis		19	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB	Latin
Alleluyas	John Taverner		9-10	Sacred	Alleluia verses	4	SATB	Latin
Alma chorus Domini	Anonymous		67	Sacred	Hymns	4	SATB	Latin
Asperges me (Gyffard Partbooks, 1st setting)	Anonymous		2	Sacred	Antiphons	4	TTBB	Latin
Asperges me (Gyffard Partbooks, 2nd setting)	Anonymous		3	Sacred	Antiphons	4	TTBB	Latin
Asperges me (Gyffard Partbooks, 3rd setting)	Anonymous		4	Sacred	Antiphons	4	TTBB	Latin
Asperges me (Gyffard Partbooks, 4th setting)	Anonymous		5	Sacred	Antiphons	4	STTB	Latin
Audivi: Media nocte	John Taverner		33	Sacred	Responsories	4	SATB	Latin
Audivi vocem	John Sheppard		35	Sacred	Responsories	4	SSTT	Latin
Audivi vocem	Thomas Tallis		34	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB	Latin
Ave Maria (Gyffard)	Anonymous		93	Sacred	Antiphons	4	ATTB, SATB	Latin
Christus resurgens	John Redford		58	Sacred	Antiphons	4	ATTB	Latin
Christus resurgens	Thomas Knyght		57	Sacred	Antiphons	4	TTTB	Latin
Dum transisset Sabbatum I	John Taverner		61	Sacred	Motets	4-5	SATBB, TTBB	Latin
Dum transisset sabbatum	Robert Barber I		59	Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB, TTTB	Latin
Dum transisset sabbatum a 4	Robert Johnson		60	Sacred	Responsories	4	ATBB	Latin
Exsurge Christe	William Mundy		48	Sacred	Motets	4	ATBB	Latin
Gaude Maria virgo	Robert Johnson		85	Sacred	Antiphons	4	ATTB	Latin
Gaudete caelicolae omnes	John Sheppard		88	Sacred	Antiphons	4	STTB	Latin
Gloria, laus et honor (1st setting)	John Blitheman		54	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB	Latin
Gloria, laus et honor (2nd setting)	John Blitheman		55	Sacred	Liturgical music	4	SSAT	Latin
Gloria laus	Christopher Tye	Theodulf of Orléans	52	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB	Latin
Haec dies	John Ensdale		69	Sacred	Mass propers	4	TTTB	Latin
Hodie nobis caelorum	John Taverner		37	Sacred	Responsories	4	SSAA	Latin
Hodie nobis caelorum	Thomas Tallis		38	Sacred	Responsories	4	TTBB	Latin
Hodie nobis caelorum rex	Robert Cooper		36	Sacred	Responsories	4	SSSA	Latin
Hodie nobis coelorum	John Sheppard		39	Sacred	Responsories	4	SSAA	Latin
In exitu Israel	3		71	Sacred	Vesper Psalms	4	TTBB	Latin
In manus tuas (1st setting)	John Sheppard		45	Sacred	Responsories	4	SATB	Latin
In manus tuas (2nd setting)	John Sheppard		46	Sacred	Responsories	4	TTBB	Latin
In manus tuas (3rd setting)	John Sheppard		47	Sacred	Responsories	4	TTBB	Latin
In pace	Christopher Tye		44	Sacred	Motets	4	ATBB,ATTB,SATB	Latin
In pace	John Blitheman		43	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB, SAAT, ATTB	Latin
In pace	John Sheppard		42	Sacred	Responsories	4	SATB, SAAT, ATTB	Latin
In pace	John Taverner		40	Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB	Latin
In pace in idipsum	Thomas Tallis		41	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB, SAAT, ATTB	Latin
Kyrie	Hyett		8	Sacred	Mass fragments	4	SATB	Latin
Kyrie	John Hake		15	Sacred	Liturgical music	4	SSAT	Latin
Kyrie	John Mundy		68	Sacred	Liturgical music	4	SATB	Greek
Kyrie	Robert Okeland		17	Sacred	Mass fragments	4	SSAT	Latin
Kyrie	William Mundy		13	Sacred	Mass fragments	4	SSST, SAAT	Latin
Kyrie Le Roy	John Taverner		7	Sacred	Mass fragments	4	SATB	Greek
Kyrie Orbis factor	Christopher Tye		11	Sacred	Mass fragments	4	ATTB	Latin
Laudate pueri Dominum	John Sheppard		70	Sacred	Vespers	4	TTBB	Latin
Libera me	Robert White		51	Sacred	Responsories	4	STTB	Latin
Magnificat	John Sheppard		78	Sacred	Vespers	4	TTBB	Latin
Magnificat (Latin)	William Mundy		76	Sacred	Vespers	4	STTB	Latin
Magnificat	Thomas Tallis		77	Sacred	Evening Canticles	4	TTBB	Latin
Magnificat a 4	John Taverner		79	Sacred	Vespers	4	TTBB	Latin
Mass: The Western Wind	John Sheppard		26	Sacred	Masses	4	SATB	Latin
Mass "Be not afraid"	John Sheppard		28	Sacred	Masses	4	TTBB	Latin
Mass The Western Wynde	Christopher Tye		25	Sacred	Masses	4	SATB	Latin
Mass for Four Voices	Thomas Tallis		29	Sacred	Masses	4	TTBB	Latin
Nesciens mater (Thomas Wright (I))	Thomas Wright (I)		92	Sacred	Antiphons	4	TTBB	Latin
Nos alium Deum nescimus	Anonymous		49	Sacred	Responsories	4	ATBB	Latin
O bone Jesu	Anonymous		94	Sacred	Motets	4	TTTB, AATB	Latin
O salutaris Hostia (Gyffard)	Anonymous	Thomas Aquinas	50	Sacred	Motets	3	SATB	Latin
Pater noster	Philip van Wilder		6	Sacred	Motets	4	SSSA,SAAT	Latin
Plainsong Mass	John Taverner		30	Sacred	Masses	4	TTBB	Latin
Plainsong Mass for a Mean	John Sheppard		31	Sacred	Masses	4	ATTB	Latin
Recordare Domine	Richard Bramston		83	Sacred	Responsories	4	TTBB	Latin
Salve festa dies	John Sheppard		63	Sacred	Motets	4	TTBB	Latin
Salve regina	Philip Alcock		86	Sacred	Antiphons	4	TTBB	Latin
Sancta Maria Virgo	Thomas Knyght		90	Sacred	Antiphons	4	SSST	Latin
Sancta Maria virgo et mater	Anonymous		87	Sacred	Antiphons	4	SATB	Latin
Sancte Deus	Philip van Wilder		81	Sacred	Motets	4	SSAT	Latin
Sancte Deus	Thomas Tallis		82	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB,SSAT	Latin
Sedit angelus	Anonymous		64	Sacred	Antiphons	4	STTB	Latin
Speciosa facta es	Christopher Hoskins		91	Sacred	Antiphons	4	STTB	Latin
Spiritus Sanctus procedens	Anonymous		66	Sacred	Responsories	4	STTB	Latin
Sub tuam protectionem	Christopher Tye		84	Sacred	Antiphons	4	SSAA	Latin
Te Deum (Gyffard Partbooks)	Anonymous		1	Sacred	Hymns	4	STTB	Latin
The Frences Mass	John Sheppard		27	Sacred	Masses	4	ATBB	Latin
The Passion according to St Matthew	Anonymous		53	Sacred	Passions	4	TTBB	Latin
The Western Wind Mass	John Taverner		24	Sacred	Masses	4	SATB	Latin
Tu es Petrus (Gyffard Partbooks)	Anonymous		89	Sacred	Mass propers	4	ATBB, SATB	Latin
Vidi aquam (Gyffard Partbooks)	Anonymous		62	Sacred	Liturgical music	4	ATTB	Latin