Eton Choirbook

The Eton Choirbook (Eton College, MS 178) is one of only three such books (along with the Lambeth and the Caius choirbooks) to survive from pre-Reformation England. It 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 1490-1500 with some later additions possibly from 1510-15. An index at the back lists 61 compositions, about a third of which are now lost or incomplete. Another index at the beginning adds another 30, 4 of them complete and copied in the same hand as the older layer. Robert Wylkynson's Salve regina and Jesus autem transiens are not listed in the indexes and believed to have been added c. 1510-15. Of the 93 works originally contained, 29 have been completely lost and another 21 are incomplete, although a few of these are also found in other sources.

Publication date and place: 1500 – 1520 in Eton, England. – Manuscript
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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.

No.	Folio	Title	Composer	Parts	Status
1	1v–4	O Maria salvatoris Mater	John Browne	8
2	4v–8	Gaude flore virginali	Hugh Kellyk	7
3	8v–9v	O Maria plena gratiae	Walter Lambe	6	Requested; fragmentary
4	10–11	Gaude flore virginali	Richard Davy	6	Fragmentary (opening left page missing)
5	11v–14	Stabat Mater dolorosa	John Browne	6
6	14v	O Regina caelestis gloriae I	Walter Lambe	6	Fragmentary
7	15–17	Stabat virgo mater Christi I	John Browne	6	Fragmentary**
8	17v–19	Stabat iuxta Christi crucem	John Browne	6
9	19v–22	O Regina mundi clara	John Browne	6
10	22v–25	Gaude virgo mater Christi	Edmund Sturton	6
11	25v	O virgo prudentissima	Robert Wylkynson	6	Fragmentary
12		Gaude flore virginali	Robert Wylkynson	6	Missing
13		Salve regina vas mundicie	Fawkyner	6	Missing
14	26	Gaude flore virginali	William Cornysh	6	Fragmentary
15	26v–29	Salve Regina I	Robert Wylkynson	9
16	29v–30	Salve Regina	William Brygeman	5	Fragmentary
17	30v–32	Salve Regina	William Horwud	5
18	32v–34	Salve Regina	Richard Davy	5
19	34v–36	Salve Regina	William Cornysh	5
20	36v–38	Salve Regina I	John Browne	5
21	38v–40	Salve Regina	Walter Lambe	5
22	40v–42	Salve Regina	John Sutton	7
23	42v–44	Salve Regina	Robert Hacomplaynt	5
24	44v–46	Salve Regina	Nicholas Huchyn	5
25	46v–48	Salve Regina II	Robert Wylkynson	5
26	48v–50	Salve Regina	Robert Fayrfax	5
27	50v–52	Salve Regina	Richard Hygons	5
28	52v–54	Salve Regina II	John Browne	5
29	54v–56	Salve Regina	John Hampton	5
30	56v–59	O Domine caeli terraeque	Richard Davy	5
31	59v–62	Salve Jesu Mater vera	Richard Davy	5
32	62v–65	Stabat mater dolorosa	Richard Davy	5
33	65v–68	Virgo templum Trinitas	Richard Davy	5
34	68v–71	In honore summae matris	Richard Davy	5
35	71v–74	O Maria et Elizabeth	Gilbert Banester	5
36	74v–76	Gaude flore virginali	William Horwood	5
37	76v–77v	Gaude virgo Mater Christi	William Horwud	5	Fragmentary (final page is lost)
38		O Regina caelestis gloriae II	Walter Lambe	5	Missing*, requested
39		Gaude flore virginali I	Walter Lambe	5	Missing
40		Virgo gaude gloriosa	Walter Lambe	5	Missing
41		Stabat mater dolorosa	Robert Fayrfax	5	Missing
42		Ave cujus conceptio	Robert Fayrfax	5	Missing
43		Quid cantemus innocentes	Robert Fayrfax	5	Missing
44		Gaude flore virginali	John Dunstaple	5	Missing
45		Ave lux totius mundi	John Browne	5	Missing
46		Gaude flore virginali	John Browne	5	Missing
47		Stabat mater dolorosa I	William Cornysh	5	Missing
48	78–80	Stabat mater dolorosa II	William Cornysh	5	Fragmentary
49	80v–82	Gaude virgo salutata	Fawkyner	5
50	82v–85	Gaude rosa sine spina	Fawkyner	5
51	85v–87	Gaude flore virginali I	Edmund Turges	5
52	87v–88	Nesciens mater	Walter Lambe	5
53	88v	Salve decus castitatis	Robert Wylkynson	5	Fragmentary
54	89	Ascendit Christus	Nicholas Huchyn	5	Fragmentary
55	89v–91v	O Mater venerabilis	John Browne	5	Fragmentary
56		Ad te purissima virgo	William Cornysh	5	Missing
57	92v–93v	Ave lumen gratiae	Robert Fayrfax	4	Fragmentary; final page is lost
58		O virgo virginum praeclara	Walter Lambe	4	Missing
59	94–95	Gaude virgo mater Christi	Robert Wylkynson	4	Fragmentary
60	95v–97	Stabat virgo Mater Christi II	John Browne	4
61	97v–99	Stella caeli	Walter Lambe	4
62	99v–101	Ascendit Christus hodie	Walter Lambe	4
63	101v–103	Gaude flore virginali II	Walter Lambe	4
64	103v–105	Gaude flore virginali II	Edmund Turges	4
65	105v–106	Ave Maria Mater Dei	William Cornysh	4
66	106v–108	Gaude virgo Mater Christi	William Cornysh	4
67	108v–110v	Gaude Virgo salutata	Holyngborne	4	Fragmentary
68		Magnificat I	John Browne	7	Missing
69		Magnificat I	Richard Davy	4	Missing
70	111	Magnificat	John Nesbett	5	Fragmentary*
71	111v–113	Magnificat	William Horwood	5
72	113v–116	Magnificat	Hugh Kellyk	5
73	116v–118	Magnificat octavi toni	Walter Lambe	5	Requested
74	118v	Magnificat II	John Browne	5	Fragmentary
75		Magnificat 'Regale'	Robert Fayrfax	5	Missing*
76		Magnificat	William Brygeman	5	Missing
77		Magnificat I	Robert Wylkynson	5	Missing
78		Magnificat II	Robert Mychelson	5	Missing
79	119–119v	Magnificat II	Robert Wylkynson	6
80		Magnificat	William Cornysh	5	Missing
81		Magnificat III	John Browne	5	Missing
82	120–120v	Magnificat	John Sygar	4	Fragmentary
83		Magnificat IV	John Browne	4	Missing
84		Magnificat I	Edmund Turges	4	Missing
85		Magnificat II	Edmund Turges	4	Missing
86		Magnificat I	John Baldwin	4	Missing
87		Magnificat II	John Sygar	4	Missing
88		Magnificat II	John Baldwin	4	Missing
89		Magnificat III	Edmund Turges	4	Missing
90	121	Magnificat II	Richard Davy	5	Fragmentary
91	121v–123	Magnificat	William of Stratford	4
92	124–126	Passio Domini in ramis palmarum	Richard Davy	4	Fragmentary
93	126v	Jesus autem transiens - Credo in Deum	Robert Wylkynson	13

Works at CPDL

Title	Composer	No.	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
Ascendit Christus	Nicholas Huchyn	54	Sacred	Antiphons	5	SAATB
Ave Maria, Mater Dei	William Cornysh	65	Sacred	Motets	4	AATB, ATTB
Ave lumen gratiae	Robert Fayrfax	57	Sacred	Motets	4	TTBB
Gaude Virgo Mater Christi	Robert Wylkynson	59	Sacred	Antiphons	4	AATB
Gaude Virgo salutata	Holyngborne	67	Sacred	Antiphons	4	ATBB
Gaude flore virginali	Hugh Kellyk	2	Sacred	Motets	7	SATTTBB
Gaude flore virginali	Richard Davy	4	Sacred	Antiphons	6/7	SSSATTB
Gaude flore virginali	William Horwood	36	Sacred	Motets	5	SATTB
Gaude flore virginali a 5	Edmund Turges	51	Sacred	Motets	5	SSATB
Gaude rosa sine spina	Fawkyner	50	Sacred	Antiphons	5	SATTB
Gaude virgo mater Christi	Edmund Sturton	10	Sacred	Motets	6	ATTTBB
In honore summae matris	Richard Davy	34	Sacred	Motets	5	SATTB
Jesus autem transiens - Credo in Deum	Robert Wylkynson	93	Sacred	Canons	13	13 equal voices
Magnificat	Hugh Kellyk	72	Sacred	Evening Canticles	5	SATTB
Magnificat	John Sygar	82	Sacred	Liturgical music	4	SATB
Magnificat	William Horwood	71	Sacred	Evening Canticles	5	SATTB
Magnificat octavi toni	Walter Lambe	73	Sacred	Evening Canticles	5	SATTB
Magnificat regale	Robert Fayrfax	75	Sacred	Evening Canticles	5	SATTB
Nesciens mater	Walter Lambe	52	Sacred	Motets	5	SATTB
O Maria et Elizabeth	Gilbert Banester	35	Sacred	Motets	5	SATTB
O Maria salvatoris Mater	John Browne	1	Sacred	Motets	8	SAATTTBB
Salve Jesu Mater vera	Richard Davy	31	Sacred	Antiphons	5	SSATB
Salve Regina	John Sutton	22	Sacred	Motets	7	SATTTBB, SSATTBB
Salve Regina	Richard Davy	18	Sacred	Votive antiphons	5/6	SSATTB
Salve Regina	Richard Hygons	27	Sacred	Motets	5	SATTB
Salve Regina	Robert Fayrfax	26	Sacred	Motets	5	SATTB
Salve Regina	Walter Lambe	21	Sacred	Motets	5	SATTB
Salve Regina	William Cornysh	19	Sacred	Votive antiphons	5	SATTB
Salve Regina I	John Browne	20	Sacred	Votive antiphons	5	SATTB
Salve decus castitatis	Robert Wylkynson	53	Sacred	Antiphons	5	SSATB
Stabat Mater dolorosa	John Browne	5	Sacred	Motets	6	SATTBB
Stella caeli	Walter Lambe	61	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB

External links

• View images of the Eton Choirbook at The Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
• Complete facsimile at IMSLP
• The Eton Choirbook on hoasm.org
• Catalogue of pieces, recordings, and bibliography can be found at Newcastle University, The Eton Choirbook Project