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Detail View: Rylands Collection: Select Ayres to sing to the Theorbo or Basse Violl

Image Number: 
JRL1200223
Reference Number: 
English MS 1408
Image Title: 
Select Ayres to sing to the Theorbo or Basse Violl
Parent Work Title: 
Select musicall ayres and dialogues, in three bookes
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Tabley House Song Book
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Select musicall ayres and dialogues, in three bookes. First book, containes ayres for a voyce alone to the theorbo or basse violl. Second book, containes choice dialogues for two voyces to the theorbo or basse violl. Third book containes, short ayres or songs for three voyces, so composed, as they may either be sung by a voyce alone, to an instrument, or by two or three voyces. Composed by these severall excellent masters in musick, viz., Dr. John Wilson, Dr. Charles Colman, Mr. Henry Lawes, Mr. William Lawes, Mr. William Webb, Mr. Nicholas Lanneare, Mr. William Smegergill, alias Caesar, Mr. Edward Colman, Mr. Jeremy Saville.
Creator: 
Harper, Thomas, -1656
Creator Role: 
Printer
Creator: 
Playford, John, 1623-1686?
Creator: 
Webb, William, active 17th century
Creator Role: 
Composer
Date Created: 
1653
Publication Details: 
London : printed by T[homas]. H[arper]. for John Playford, and are to be sold at his shop, in the Inner Temple, neare the Church doore, 1653
Page/Sheet: 
7
Image Sequence Number: 
091
Description: 
Two untitled vocal scores. First lines: 'Of the kind boy I aske no red & white to make up my delight...' and 'She that loves me for my self...'. Decorated woodcut initials 'O' and 'S'. Further verses follow the vocal scores.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Subject: 
Lute music--17th century
Subject: 
Part songs, English--17th century
Subject: 
Vocal duets with lute
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Music
Technique Used: 
Woodcut (process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Item Height: 
286 mm
Item Width: 
189 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 79 (2), 1997. Barry Cooper, 'Catalogue of pre-1900 music manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester'
Notes: 
Volume contents: 1. Lawes, Henry: Ayres and dialogues, for one, two, and three voyces, 1653; 2. Playford, John: Select musicall ayres and dialogues, 1653; 3. Tabley House Song Book, ca. 1660-1670
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2011-08-08
Multi Page Number: 
455
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2011-09
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands