The Baldwin Partbooks

General information

Title: The Baldwin Partbooks

Compiler – Copyist: John Baldwin (ca. 1560-1615)

Publication date and place: ca. 1575 – 1581, manuscript at Christ Church, Oxford. – Manuscript
Description: These partbooks were copied and originally owned by John Baldwin (1560-1615). Baldwin was a singer in St George’s Chapel Windsor from 1575 to 1600, by which time he had transferred to the Chapel Royal. He was also a composer (including several pieces for viol consort and a song for Elizabeth I’s visit to the Earl of Hertford’s residence at Elvetham in 1591) and the copyist of several other extant music manuscripts from this period including his ‘Commonplace book’ (British Library: R.M.24.d.2) and ‘My Ladye Nevells Booke’ (British Library: MS Mus. 1591), containing much of William Byrd’s keyboard music. Baldwin’s partbooks are a major source for Tudor Church Music from not only the reign of Elizabeth (when Baldwin was copying), but also from earlier periods stretching back before the Reformation. Originally a set of six books each containing a different voice part, the tenor partbook is now missing.

External websites:

• GB-Och Mus. 979 (Baldwin Partbooks) at DIAMM
• Index at Christ Church, Oxford

References

• Mateer, David. 1986. Oxford, Christ Church Music MSS 984-8: An index and commentary. Royal Music Association Research Chronicle 20:1-18.

List of works

Partbook 979 – Superius; 980 – Discantus; 981 – Contratenor; 982 – Sextapars; 983 – Bassus; Tenor is missing

Seq	Ms.	Composer	Work title	Comments
1	1	John Sheppard	Judica me, Deus
2	2	John Sheppard	Beati omnes qui timent Dominum
3	3	John Sheppard	Deus misereatur nostri
4	4	John Sheppard	Confitebor tibi, Domine
5	5	Robert Johnson	Domine in virtute tua
6	6	Philippe van Wilder	Aspice Domine
7	7	John Sheppard	Laudem dicite Deo
8	8	William Byrd	Domine Deus omnipotens
9	9	William Byrd	O quam gloriosum est regnum
10	10	William Byrd	Apparebit in finem
11	11	John Strabridge	Dum transisset sabbatum
12	12	William Byrd	Audivi vocem de caelo
13	13	William Byrd	Levemus corda nostra
14	14	William Byrd	Peccavi super numerum
15	15	William Byrd	Memento Domine
16	16	William Byrd	O Domine adiuva me
17	17	William Byrd	Domine exaudi orationem meam
18	18	William Byrd	Onmi tempore benedic Deum
19	19	William Byrd	Ne perdas cum impiis
20	20	William Byrd	Sacris solemniis
21	21	Thomas Tallis	Dum transisset sabbatum
22	22	John Taverner	Dum transisset Sabbatum I
23	23	John Taverner	Dum transisset sabbatum II
24	24	John Sheppard	Spiritus Sanctus procedens (2nd setting)
25	25	John Sheppard	Laudem dicite Deo nostro
26	26	John Taverner	Te Deum
27	27	Christopher Tye	Miserere mei Deus
28	28	Christian Hollander	Dum transisset
29	29	John Taverner	O splendor gloriae	Composed by John Taverner and Christopher Tye
30	30	John Woode	Exsurge Domine
31	31	William Byrd	Vide Domine afflictionem nostram
32	32	John Mundy	Aedes nostra sancta
33	33	Robert White	Lamentations a5
34	34	William Byrd	De lamentatione Jeremiae
35	35	William Byrd	Exsurge Domine, quare obdormis?
36	36	William Byrd	Benigne fac, Domine
37	37	William Byrd	Circumdederunt me dolores mortis
38	38	William Mundy	Beatus et sanctus
39	39	William Daman	Confitebor tibi Domine
40	40	Thomas Tallis	Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
41	41	Thomas Tallis	De lamentatione Jeremiae
42	42	Thomas Tallis	Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae
43	43	Alfonso Ferrabosco	De lamentatione Jeremiae
44	44	Robert White	Regina caeli laetare
45	45	Patrick Douglas	In convertendo Dominus
46	46	Thomas Tallis	Salve intemerata virgo Maria
47	47	Robert Fayrfax	Ave Dei patris filia
48	48	John Taverner	Gaude plurimum
49	49	John Taverner	Ave Dei patris filia
50	50	John Taverner	Mater Christi sanctissima
51	51	John Taverner	Christe Jesu pastor bone
52	52	Orlande de Lassus	Ubi est Abel?
53	53	John Mundy	In te Domine speravi
54	54	Robert Parsons	O bone Jesu
55	55	Robert White	Portio mea Domine
56	56	Robert Parsons	Retribue servo tuo
57	57	William Mundy	Beati immaculati in via
58	58	William Byrd	Domine praestolamur
59	59	William Byrd	Ne irascaris Domine
60	60	William Byrd	Tribulationes civitatum
61	61	William Byrd	Aspice Domine de sede sancta tua
62	62	Thomas Tallis	Evening Service in Latin	M/N
63	63	Robert White	Manus tuae fecerunt me
64	64	Anonymous	Confitebor tibi Domine
65	65	William Mundy	Adhesit pavimento
66	66	William Mundy	Noli aemulare
67	67	Thomas Tallis	Domine quis habitabit
68	68	William Byrd	Cunctis diebus
69	69	William Byrd	Tristitia et anxietas
70	70	William Byrd	Reges Tharsis et insulae
71	71	Robert White	Miserere mei Deus
72	72	William Mundy	Memor esto verbi tui
73	73	William Mundy	Sive vigilem
74	74	Robert Parsons	Peccantem me quotidie
75	75	William Mundy	Videte miraculum
76	76	Robert White	Christe qui lux es III
77	77	William Mundy	Veni Creator Spiritus
78	78	Robert White	Christe qui lux es II
79	79	John Sheppard	Aeterne rex altissime
80	80	John Sheppard	Jesu salvator saeculi, redemptis
81	81	John Sheppard	Deus tuorum militum (1st setting)
82	82	John Sheppard	Christe redemptor omnium
83	83	John Sheppard	Deus tuorum militum (2nd setting)
84	84	Thomas Tallis	Quod chorus vatum
85	85	Thomas Tallis	Iam Christus astra
86	86	Thomas Tallis	Jesu salvator saeculi, Verbum
87	87	Thomas Tallis	Salvator mundi Domine
88	88	William Mundy	A solis ortus cardine
89	89	Robert Parsons	Libera me Domine de morte
89a		William Byrd	Canon 6 in one
90	90	John Sheppard	Justi in perpetuum vivent
91	91	John Sheppard	Impetum fecerunt unanimes
92	92	John Sheppard	Sancte Dei pretiose
93	93	Thomas Tallis	Homo quidam fecit cenam magnam
94	94	John Sheppard	Non conturbetur (1st setting)
95	95	John Sheppard	Christi virgo dilectissima
96	96	John Sheppard	Non conturbetur (2nd setting)
97	97	John Sheppard	Reges Tharsis
98	98	John Sheppard	Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria
99	99	John Redford	Sint lumbi vesti praecincti
100	100	Robert White	Ad te levavi oculos meos
101	101	Alfonso Ferrabosco	Da pacem Domine
102	102	Anonymous	Ecce nunc benedicite I
103	103	Anonymous	Ecce nunc benedicite II
104	104	William Daman	Praedicabo laudes tuae
105	105	William Daman	Omnis caro gramen sit
106	106	Thomas Tallis	Loquebantur variis linguis
107	107	John Sheppard	Beata nobis gaudia
108	108	John Sheppard	Sacris solemniis juncta
109	109	John Sheppard	A solis ortus cardine
110	110	John Sheppard	Te Deum
111	111	John Sheppard	Dum transisset (1st setting)
112	112	John Sheppard	Iam Christus astra
113	113	John Sheppard	Ave maris stella
114	114	John Sheppard	Adesto sancta Trinitas (1st setting)
115	115	John Sheppard	Hostis Herodes impie
116	116	John Sheppard	Martyr Dei qui unicum
117	117	John Sheppard	Adesto sancta Trinitas II
118	118	John Sheppard	Media vita a 6
119	119	Thomas Tallis	Gaude gloriosa Dei mater
120	120	Christopher Tye	Peccavimus cum patribus nostris
121	121	Christopher Tye	Quaesumus omnipotens
122	122	Christopher Tye	Cantate Domino
123	123	Robert White	Deus misereatur nostri
124	124	Robert White	Domine quis habitabit I
125	125	William Mundy	Adolescentulus sum ego
126	126	Robert White	Tota pulchra es
127	127	Robert Parsons	Domine quis habitabit
128	128	William Mundy	Domine quis habitabit
129	129	Robert White	Domine non est exaltatum
130	130	William Mundy	Domine non est exaltatum
131	131	Robert White	Domine quis habitabit II
132	132	Robert Parsons	Credo quod redemptor meus vivit
133	133	John Taverner	Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas
134	134	Robert White	Domine quis habitabit III
135	135	William Mundy	Eructavit cor meum
135a		William Byrd	Cunctis diebus	Sexta pars of no. 68 below, in Mus. 980 only
136	136	William Mundy	Vox Patris caelestis
137	137	William Mundy	Maria virgo sanctissima
138	138	William Byrd	Infelix ego
139	139	William Byrd	Deus in adjutorium
140	140	William Byrd	Domine ante te
141	141	William Byrd	O salutaris hostia
142	142	William Byrd	Descendit de caelis
143	143	William Byrd	Afflicti pro peccatis
144	144	John Sheppard	Verbum caro
145	145	John Sheppard	Spiritus Sanctus procedens (1st setting)
146	146	John Sheppard	Haec dies
147	147	Thomas Tallis	Videte miraculum
148	148	Derrick Gerarde	Sive vigilem
149	149	John Sheppard	Filiae Hierusalem
150	150	John Sheppard	Dum transisset (2nd setting)
151	151	John Sheppard	Salvator mundi, Domine
152	152	John Sheppard	Jesu salvator saeculi, verbum Patris
153	153	Robert Parsons	Iam Christus astra
154	154	John Sheppard	Libera nos, salva nos I
155	155	John Sheppard	Libera nos, salva nos II
156	156	John Mundy	Dum transisset sabbatum
157	157	William Byrd	Fantasia a6 in F
158	158	Robert Parsons	The song called trumpets
159	159	William Daman	Beati omnes
160	160	John Taverner	Quemadmodum
161	161	John Baldwin	Redime me Domine
162	162	John Baldwin	Pater noster
163	163	Hugh Aston and William Whytbroke	Hugh Aston's Maske
164	164	John Baldwin	Fancy a3
165	165	Elway Bevin	Browning a3
166	166	Robert White	Christe qui lux es I
167a	167	Robert Johnson	Laudes Deo	two voice-parts, in Mus. 982 only
167b	167	John Mundy	De lamentatione Jeremiae	Mus. 979-81, 983 only
168a	168	John Taverner	Ecce carissimi ... Ecce mater nostra	two voice-parts, Mus. 982 only
168b	168	Robert White	Lamentations a6	Mus. 979-81, 983 only
169		John Baldwin	Cuckoo as I me walked	Mus. 980-981 only

Works at CPDL

Title	Composer	No.	Lyricist	Genre	Subgenre	Language	Vo.	Voices
A solis ortus cardine	John Sheppard	109		Sacred	Office hymns	Latin	8	SSAATTBB
A solis ortus cardine	William Mundy	88		Sacred	Office hymns	Latin	5	SATTB
Ad te levavi oculos meos	Robert White	100		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	SSAATB
Adolescentulus sum ego	William Mundy	125		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	SAATBB
Aedes nostra sancta	John Mundy	32		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	SAATB
Apparebit in finem	William Byrd	10		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	SATTB
Ave maris stella	John Sheppard	113		Sacred	Office hymns	Latin	6	SSATTBB
Beata nobis gaudia	John Sheppard	107		Sacred	Office hymns	Latin	7	SATTBBB
Beati immaculati in via	William Mundy	57		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	SAATB,STTBB
Beatus et sanctus	William Mundy	38		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	STTBB
Benigne fac, Domine	William Byrd	36		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	SATTB
Christi virgo dilectissima	John Sheppard	95		Sacred	Responsories	Latin	6	SATTBB
Confitebor tibi, Domine	John Sheppard	4		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	SATBB
Confitebor tibi Domine	William Daman	39		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	SATTB
Credo quod redemptor meus vivit	Robert Parsons	132		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	AATTBB
Cunctis diebus	William Byrd	135a		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	SATTBB
Deus in adjutorium	William Byrd	139		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	SATTBB
Deus tuorum militum (1st setting)	John Sheppard	81		Sacred	Office hymns	Latin	5	AATTB
Deus tuorum militum (2nd setting)	John Sheppard	83		Sacred	Office hymns	Latin	5	ATTBB
Domine, quis habitabit	Thomas Tallis	67		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	SAATB
Domine Deus omnipotens	William Byrd	8		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	ATTTB
Domine ante te	William Byrd	140		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	SSATTB
Domine non est exaltatum	William Mundy	130		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	SATTBB
Domine praestolamur - Veni Domine noli tardare	William Byrd	58		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	ATTBB
Domine quis habitabit	William Mundy	128		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	SSTTBB
Domine quis habitabit III	Robert White	134		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	SSAABB,AATTBB
Domine quis habitabit II	Robert White	131		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	SATTBB
Domine quis habitabit I	Robert White	124		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	SSAATB
Dum transisset (1st setting)	John Sheppard	111		Sacred	Responsories	Latin	6	SATTBB
Dum transisset (2nd setting)	John Sheppard	150		Sacred	Responsories	Latin	6	SATTBB
Dum transisset	Christian Hollander	28		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	SATTB
Dum transisset Sabbatum I	John Taverner	22		Sacred	Motets	Latin	4-5	SATBB, TTBB
Dum transisset sabbatum	John Mundy	156		Sacred	Responsories	Latin	6	SATTBB
Dum transisset sabbatum	John Strabridge	11		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	SATBB
Ecce nunc benedicite II (Baldwin Partbooks)	Anonymous	103		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	AATTBB
Eructavit cor meum	William Mundy	135	Psalm 45	Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	SATTBB
Evening Service in Latin	Thomas Tallis	62		Sacred	Evening Canticles	Latin	5	SATTB
Impetum fecerunt unanimes	John Sheppard	91		Sacred	Responsories	Latin	5	STTBB, SAATB
In te Domine speravi	John Mundy	53		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	SAATB
Jesu salvator saeculi, verbum Patris	John Sheppard	152		Sacred	Office hymns	Latin	6	SATTBB
Justi in perpetuum vivent	John Sheppard	90		Sacred	Responsories	Latin	5	ATTBB,SAATB
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes	Thomas Tallis	40		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	ATTBB
Libera nos, salva nos II	John Sheppard	155		Sacred	Antiphons	Latin	7	AATTBBB
Libera nos, salva nos I	John Sheppard	154		Sacred	Antiphons	Latin	7	SSAATTB
Loquebantur variis linguis	Thomas Tallis	106		Sacred	Motets	Latin	7	SSATTBB
Manus tuae fecerunt me	Robert White	63		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	ATTBB
Maria virgo sanctissima	William Mundy	137		Sacred	Votive antiphons	Latin	6	SATTBB
Martyr Dei qui unicum	John Sheppard	116		Sacred	Office hymns	Latin	6	SATTBB
Media vita a 6	John Sheppard	118		Sacred	Antiphons	Latin	6	SATTBB
Memento Domine	William Byrd	15		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	ATTBB
Miserere mei Deus	Robert White	71		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	ATTBB
Non conturbetur (1st setting)	John Sheppard	94	John 14:1,16,17; 16:22	Sacred	Responsories	Latin	6	SATTBB
Non conturbetur (2nd setting)	John Sheppard	147		Sacred	Responsories	Latin	6	SATTBB
O bone Jesu	Robert Parsons	54		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	AATBBB
O salutaris hostia a 6	William Byrd	141		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	ATTBBB, SAATTB
O splendor gloriae	John Taverner	29		Sacred	Anthems	Latin	5	SSATB, SATTB
O splendor gloriae	Christopher Tye	29		Sacred	Anthems	Latin	5	SSATB, SATTB
Omnis caro gramen sit	William Daman	105		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	ATTTBB
Peccantem me quotidie	Robert Parsons	74		Sacred	Motets	Latin	4	SAATB
Peccavi super numerum	William Byrd	14		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	SATTB
Portio mea Domine	Robert White	55		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	SATTB
Quemadmodum	John Taverner	160		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	SATTBB
Quod chorus vatum	Thomas Tallis	84	Rabanus Maurus	Sacred	Office hymns	Latin	5	SATTB
Reges Tharsis	John Sheppard	97		Sacred	Responsories	Latin	6	SATTBB
Retribue servo tuo	Robert Parsons	56		Sacred	Motets	Latin	7	SSAATBB, AATTBBB
Sacris solemniis	William Byrd	20		Sacred	Office hymns	Latin	5	STTBB
Salvator mundi Domine	Thomas Tallis	87		Sacred	Office hymns	Latin	5	SATTB
Sancte Dei pretiose	John Sheppard	92		Sacred	Office hymns	Latin	5	AATBB
Sive vigilem	William Mundy	73		Sacred	Motets	Latin	5	ATTBB
Spiritus Sanctus procedens (1st setting)	John Sheppard	145		Sacred	Responsories	Latin	5	TTBBB
Spiritus Sanctus procedens (2nd setting)	John Sheppard	24		Sacred	Responsories	Latin	6	SATTBB
Te Deum	John Sheppard	110		Sacred	Hymns	Latin	6	SATTBB
Te Deum	John Taverner	26		Sacred	Hymns	Latin	5	TTTBB
Veni Creator Spiritus	William Mundy	77		Sacred	Hymns	Latin	5	STTBB,SAATB
Verbum caro	John Sheppard	144		Sacred	Responsories	Latin	6	SATTBB
Videte miraculum	Thomas Tallis	147		Sacred	Motets	Latin	6	SSAATB, SATTBB
Videte miraculum	William Mundy	75		Sacred	Responsories	Latin	5	ATTBB