# Gyffard partbooks

The 'Gyffard' Partbooks (British Library [GB-Lbl] Add. MS 17802–5; also spelled Giffard) are an important set of English Renaissance choral partbooks, containing pieces by composers such as Thomas Tallis and John Sheppard, as well as additional unnamed composers, which are not found in other sources.
This set of four partbooks were probably mostly copied during the reign of Mary I for use at St. Paul's Cathedral, but copying continued to ca. 1580. They are named after one of their early owners, Philip Gyffard.

## Contents

The collection consists of mostly four-voice sacred a cappella choral music (though there are some 3- and 5-voice pieces). The music is arranged liturgically, and groups of similar pieces are also arranged by the seniority of the composer. It contains the following pieces:
| No. | Composer | Title |
| 1 | Anonymous | Te Deum |
| 2 | Anonymous | Asperges me Domine (I) |
| 3 | Anonymous | Asperges me Domine (II) |
| 4 | Anonymous | Asperges me Domine (III) |
| 5 | Anonymous | Asperges me Domine (IV) |
| 6 | Philip van Wilder | Pater noster/Lord's Prayer |
| 7 | John Taverner | Kyrie Leroy |
| 8 | Hyett | Kyrie eleison |
| 9 | John Taverner | Alleluia (Salve virgo) |
| 10 | John Taverner | Alleluia (Veni electa mea) |
| 11 | Christopher Tye | Kyrie eleison |
| 12 | Christopher Tye | Alleluia |
| 13 | William Mundy | Kyrie eleison |
| 14 | William Mundy | Alleluia |
| 15 | John Hake | Kyrie eleison |
| 16 | William Mundy | Alleluia |
| 17 | Robert Okeland | Kyrie eleison |
| 18 | Thomas Knyght | Alleluia (Obtine sacris) |
| 19 | Thomas Tallis | Alleluia (Ora pro nobis) |
| 20 | John Sheppard | Alleluia (Ora pro nobis) |
| 21 | John Sheppard | Alleluia (Veni electa me) |
| 22 | John Sheppard | Alleluia (Virtutes caeli) |
| 23 | John Sheppard | Alleluia (Per te Dei genitrix) |
| 24 | John Taverner | Western Wind Mass |
| 25 | Christopher Tye | Western Wind Mass |
| 26 | John Sheppard | Western Wind Mass |
| 27 | John Sheppard | French Mass |
| 28 | John Sheppard | Mass 'Be not afraid' |
| 29 | Thomas Tallis | Mass for Four Voices / Plainsong Mass |
| 30 | John Taverner | Plainsong Mass |
| 31 | John Sheppard | Plainsong Mass for a Mean |
| 32 | Thomas Appleby | Mass for a Mean |
| 33 | John Taverner | Audivi vocem de caelo |
| 34 | Thomas Tallis | Audivi vocem de caelo |
| 35 | John Sheppard | Audivi vocem de caelo |
| 36 | Robert Cooper | Hodie nobis caelorum rex |
| 37 | John Taverner | Hodie nobis caelorum rex |
| 38 | Thomas Tallis | Hodie nobis caelorum rex |
| 39 | John Sheppard | Hodie nobis caelorum rex |
| 40 | John Taverner | In pace in idipsum |
| 41 | Thomas Tallis | In pace in idipsum |
| 42 | John Sheppard | In pace in idipsum |
| 43 | John Blitheman | In pace in idipsum |
| 44 | Christopher Tye | In pace in idipsum |
| 45 | John Sheppard | In manus tuas / Domine (I) |
| 46 | John Sheppard | In manus tuas / Domine (II) |
| 47 | John Sheppard | In manus tuas / Domine (III) |
| 48 | William Mundy | Exsurge Christe |
| 49 | Anonymous | Nos alium deum nescimus |
| 50 | Anonymous | O salutaris hostia |
| 51 | Robert White | Libera me domine de morte aeterna |
| 52 | Christopher Tye | Gloria laus et honor tibi |
| 53 | Anonymous | The Passion (according to St Matthew) |
| 54 | John Blitheman | Gloria laus et honor tibi (I) |
| 55 | John Blitheman | Gloria laus et honor tibi (II) |
| 56 | John Sheppard | Victimae paschali laudes [Alleluia (Confitemini domino)] |
| 57 | Thomas Knyght | In die pasce: Christus resurgens |
| 58 | John Redford | In die pasce: Christus resurgens |
| 59 | Robert Barber | Dum transisset sabbatum |
| 60 | Robert Johnson (I) | In die pasce: Dum transisset sabbatum |
| 61 | John Taverner | Dum transisset sabbatum |
| 62 | Anonymous | Vidi aquam egredientem |
| 63 | John Sheppard | Salve festa dies |
| 64 | Anonymous | Sedit angelus ad sepulchrum domini |
| 65 | Anonymous | In die ascensionis: Viri Galilaei quid admiramini |
| 66 | Anonymous | In die pentecostes: Spiritus sanctus procedens |
| 67 | Anonymous | Alma chorus Domini: Messias, Soter, Emanuel, Sabaoth |
| 68 | John Mundy | Kyrie Paschali |
| 69 | John Ensdale | In die pasce: Haec dies quam fecit dominus |
| 70 | John Sheppard | Laudate pueri: Sit nomen Domini |
| 71 | John Sheppard, William Byrd, John Mundy | In exitu Israel: Facta est Judaea sanctificatio eius |
| 72 | Anonymous | Proper for Jesus Mass: In nomine Jesu omne genuflectatur |
| | Anonymous | Proper for Jesus Mass: Gradual: Constituit Deus pater |
| | Anonymous | Proper for Jesus Mass: Alleluia: Deulce nomen |
| | Anonymous | Proper for Jesus Mass: Dulcis Jesus Nazarenus |
| 73 | William Whytbroke | Mass Upon the Square |
| 74 | William Mundy | Mass Upon the Square (I) |
| 75 | William Mundy | Mass Upon the Square (II) |
| 76 | William Mundy | Magnificat |
| 77 | Thomas Tallis | Magnificat |
| 78 | John Sheppard | Magnificat |
| 79 | John Taverner | Magnificat |
| 80 | Henry Stoning | Magnificat |
| 81 | Philippe van Wilder | Sancte Deus sancte fortis |
| 82 | Thomas Tallis | Sancte Deus sancte fortis |
| 83 | Richard Bramston | Recordare Domine testamenti tui |
| 84 | Christopher Tye | Sub tuam protectionem |
| 85 | Robert Johnson (I) | Gaude Maria virgo |
| 86 | Philip Alcoke | Salve regina |
| 87 | Anonymous | Sancta Maria virgo et mater |
| 88 | John Sheppard | Gaudete celicole omnes |
| 89 | Anonymous | Et portae inferi |
| 90 | Thomas Knyght | Sancta Maria virgo intercede |
| 91 | Christopher Hasjuns / Hoskins | Speciosa facta es |
| 92 | Thomas Wright | Nesciens mater virgo virum |
| 93 | Anonymous | Ave Maria gratia plena (I) |
| 94 | Anonymous | O bone Jesu |