Recordings of pieces from the fitzwilliam virginal book, mp3 files free download. Fitzwilliam virginal book selected pieces book i british and continental music agencies ltd. Buy fitzwilliam virginal book volume 1 by various isbn. Pavana by anonymous from fitzwilliam virginal book youtube the gift of music, the fitzwilliam virginal book 2cd set. Byrd, bull and farnaby, the three most voluminous con tributors to the collection, are well represented. The fitzwilliam virginal book is the most remarkable, and in many respects the most valuable collection of elizabethan keyboard music, according to groves dictionary of music and musicians. The fitzwilliam virginal book is a collection of elizabethan music, compiled after elizabeths death, by francis tregian, while he was in prison. It is now deposited in the fitzwilliam museum at cambridge. William henry lawrence peter wentworth fitzwilliam, 8th earl fitzwilliam, dso 31 december 1910 may 1948, styled viscount milton before 1943, was a british soldier, nobleman, and peer, with a seat in the house of lords. Priory antiques fitzwilliam virginal book selected. Music from the fitzwilliam virginal book by john bull, william byrd. Fitzwilliam virginal book 1615 largest collection of english keyboard music or of any renaissance keyboard music from any country contains 297 compositions, inluding dances, descriptive pieces, intabulations of italian madrigals and french chansons, and sets of variations on popular tunes and religious melodies. The piece comes from the fitzwilliam virginal book.
Once known as queen elizabeths virginal book, this volume is among the chief treasures in the music collection bequeathed by viscount fitzwilliam, and is the. The old spagnoletta, for keyboard fitzwilliam virginal book, no. Grove music doctor philosophiae this study sets out to examine the ornamentation in the manuscript gbcfm 32. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Our more familiar modern notation uses five line staves. There is a beautiful, handwritten manuscript in the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge known as the fitzwilliam virginal book. Fitzwilliam virginal book edited from the original manuscript.
The fitzwilliam virginal book consists of a small folio volume of 220 leaves of paper, 209 of which are filled with music, which is written on six line staves ruled by hand. The fitzwilliam virginal book is a primary source of keyboard music from the late elizabethan and early jacobean periods in england, i. Recording location dukes hall, royal academy of music, london. The music was composed by englands greatest composers of the early seventeenth century and ranges from erudite fantasias to exquisite arrangements of popular songs and dances. It was founded in 1816 under the will of richard fitzwilliam, 7th viscount fitzwilliam 17451816, and comprises one of the best collections of antiquities and modern art in western europe. Peter wentworthfitzwilliam, 8th earl fitzwilliam wikipedia. The fitzwilliam museum in cambridge houses one of the worlds most important manuscripts of keyboard music.
A cornucopia of early keyboard music a maske, for keyboard, mb no. Barclay edited by fitzwilliam and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The ornamentation in the fitzwilliam virginal book, with an introductory study of contemporary practice by willem diederik viljoen promotor. Virginalist denotes a composer of the socalled virginalist school, and usually refers to the english keyboard composers of the late tudor and early jacobean periods. The fitzwilliam virginal book is the most famous, extensive and important collection of keyboard music from the english elizabethan and jacobean era. It contains the largest collection of elizabethan and jacobean keyboard music a virginal being a small harpsichord numbering nearly three hundred pieces composed during the fifty years before the first published keyboard music in england in 1612.
The manuscript later became the property of richard viscount fitzwilliam and now bears his name. The term does not appear to have been applied earlier than the 19th century. Fitzwilliam virginal book by jovanka marville on spotify. Fitzwilliam virginal book, an album by jovanka marville on spotify. The fitzwilliam museum is the art and antiquities museum of the university of cambridge. Fitzwilliam virginal book, an early 17thcentury english manuscript collection of 297 pieces for keyboard by many of the major composers of the period. Lodged in the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge it contains more than 300 works for the virginal, by composers such as john, bull, william byrd, thomas tomkins and many others. Includes detailed notes on the history of the fitzwilliam virginal book and the 1604 virginal used in the recording, notes on william byrds contribution to the anthology, and an artist biography volume 1 was issued on bc 94303. The beautiful binding is of crimson morocco, with gold tooling. The fitzwilliam virginal book is an important source of early keyboard music from england. The fitzwilliam virginal book 2 volumes by maitland j a. It is located on trumpington street opposite fitzwilliam street in central cambridge.
Pieterjan belder continues his superb survey of the fitzwilliam virginal book, an extraordinary manuscript compiled in the late 16th century and held in the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge. With an introduction and notes translated into german by john bernhoff. By far the largest manuscript collection of english keyboard music surviving from the 16th17th centuries. The book eventually found its way, via the library of pepusch, into the hand of richard, viscount fitzwilliam, and thus to the museum that bears his name in cambridge. Since joseph paines voxbox, there have been other cd selections of this music, but belders is, to the best of my knowledge, the largest now available. Its name comes from viscount fitzwilliam who gave the book to cambridge university in 1816. The old spagnoletta, for keyboard fitzwilliam virginal. Bull was one of the most famous composers of keyboard music of the early 17th century, exceeded only by sweelinck in the netherlands and frescobaldi in italy. This collection of compositions for keyboard instruments is widely regarded as the most important surviving manuscript of 16th and 17th century english music. Fitzwilliam virginal book music collection britannica.
Of unknown origins, the previously scarce collectors item is now available at popular prices for the first time. Contents listing this is a detailed listing of the contents of the fitzwilliam virginal book. The music was not intended specifically for virginals, but for any keyboard available. This page is only for complete editions and multiple selections from the collection here. Of the items listed at renaissance music manuscript sources only one of the article titles is italicized within the article elizabeth rogers virginal book and some are italicized within the article and use italic title fitzwilliam virginal book, my ladye nevells booke, parthenia music, parthenia inviolata.
This seems to me a good selection from the 297 pieces which make up the fitzwilliam virginal book. The fitzwilliam virginal book, volume 6 brilliant classics. Buy fitzwilliam virginal book, volume 5 by pieterjan belder, various, none from amazons classical music store. The fitzwilliam virginal book the fitzwilliam museum. Christopher hogwood the fitzwilliam virginal book 1981. In this, the fifth volume, belder explores the music of some of the book s best known composers, such as thomas tallis, john munday and thomas tomkins. The fitzwilliam virginal book is a primary source of keyboard music from the late elizabethan and early jacobean periods in. Although the virginals was among the most popular keyboard instruments of this period, there is no evidence that the composers wrote exclusively for.
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