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The Eton Choirbook, one of only three such books (along with the [[Lambeth Choirbook]] and the [[Caius Choirbook]] to survive from pre-Reformation England, is a large manuscript collection of Marian antiphons, Magnificat settings and other motets assembled for, and still held at, Eton College. [[Edward Hygons]]is thought to possibly be responsible for the existence of this book, as well as the [[Lambeth Choirbook]] and the [[Caius Choirbook]]. | The Eton Choirbook, one of only three such books (along with the [[Lambeth Choirbook]] and the [[Caius Choirbook]] to survive from pre-Reformation England, is a large manuscript collection of Marian antiphons, Magnificat settings and other motets assembled for, and still held at, Eton College. [[Edward Hygons]] is thought to possibly be responsible for the existence of this book, as well as the [[Lambeth Choirbook]] and the [[Caius Choirbook]]. | ||
This choirbook appears to have been compiled in two separate stages, the majority of the works being inscribed around 1500 with some later additions possibly from 1510-15. It originally contained 93 works, 29 of which have been completely lost and another 21 of which are incomplete, although a few of these are also found in other sources. (A list of the original contents appears in two substantially identical indexes.) | This choirbook appears to have been compiled in two separate stages, the majority of the works being inscribed around 1500 with some later additions possibly from 1510-15. It originally contained 93 works, 29 of which have been completely lost and another 21 of which are incomplete, although a few of these are also found in other sources. (A list of the original contents appears in two substantially identical indexes.) |
Revision as of 07:08, 17 August 2010
The Eton Choirbook, one of only three such books (along with the Lambeth Choirbook and the Caius Choirbook to survive from pre-Reformation England, is a large manuscript collection of Marian antiphons, Magnificat settings and other motets assembled for, and still held at, Eton College. Edward Hygons is thought to possibly be responsible for the existence of this book, as well as the Lambeth Choirbook and the Caius Choirbook.
This choirbook appears to have been compiled in two separate stages, the majority of the works being inscribed around 1500 with some later additions possibly from 1510-15. It originally contained 93 works, 29 of which have been completely lost and another 21 of which are incomplete, although a few of these are also found in other sources. (A list of the original contents appears in two substantially identical indexes.)
Contents
Contents of the Eton Choirbook sorted initially by the order in which they appear in the collection. The table is sortable, by clicking the icon at the top of each column. Titles which are complete in the Eton Choirbook (or other sources) are shown below as hyperlinks, blue for works available and red for those not yet available at ChoralWiki. Other notes:
- * Lost or fragmentary in Eton Choirbook but complete in one or more other sources.
- ** Fragmentary, but reconstructed in F. Ll. Harrison edition.
External links
- View images of the Eton Choirbook at The Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
- The Eton Choirbook on hoasm.org