Choice psalmes put into musick, for three voices. The most of which may properly enough be sung by any three, with a thorough base. Compos'd by Henry and William Lawes, brothers; and servants to His Majestie. With divers elegies, set in musick by sev'rall friends, upon the death of William Lawes. And at the end of the thorough base are added nine canons of three and foure voices, made by William Lawes.
Lawes, Henry,1596-1662.
Lawes, William,1602-1645.
Sandys, George,1578-1644.
London : printed by James Young, for Humphrey Moseley, at the Prince's Armes in S. Pauls Church-yard, and for Richard Wodenothe, at the Star under S. Peters Church in Corn-hill,
1648.
In four parts: Cantus primus; Cantus secundus; Bassus; Thorough base.
"The version of the psalms here used is that of George Sandys"--Pforzheimer Catalogue.
The words "Henry and William" are bracketed together on title page.
With a portrait of Charles I. The location and presence of this portrait varies in different copies. Cf. Pforzheimer Catalogue.
The preliminaries (A⁴ a²) are the same in each of the four parts, although there are at least four states of the preliminaries not particular to any one part. These states include the presence or absence of the portrait, different locations for the portrait, as well as the presence or absence of music on verso of title page, all in various combinations. Cf. Pforzheimer Catalogue.
Signatures: A⁴ a² B-L⁴ chi¹; A⁴ a² M-X⁴; A⁴ a² Y-2H⁴; A⁴ a² 2I-2O⁴. The signatures and pagination are given for the ideal copy. Most copies lack A1 in all four parts.
There is an extra leaf bound at the end of part 1 (chi¹), necessitated by the fact that "An elegiack dialogue on the sad losse of his much esteemed friend, Mr. William Lawes" has two pages of additional music for the Cantus primus which is not sung by Cantus secundus.
Leaves E4, P4, and 2B4 are blank.
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996)
Pforzheimer
ESTC
Microfilm.
Psalms (Music)
Great Britain England London.