The first set of English madrigals to 3.4.5. and 6. voices: newly composed by Iohn Wilbye.

The first set of English madrigals to 3.4.5. and 6. voices: newly composed by Iohn Wilbye.

Madrigals, voices (3-6), set 1

At London : Printed by Thomas Este, 1598.

[2], XXX, [2], XXX, [4], VII-XXX, [2], XXX, [2], XIII-XXX, [4], XXIII-XXX p. : music ; (4to)

Six partbooks. At head of title page, part 1: "Cantus"; part 2: "Altus"; part 3: "Tenor"; part 4: "Bassus"; part 5: "Quintus"; Part 6: "Sextus".

In all partbooks song 23 has: "Subdue her hart, who makes mee glad." In the Folger Shakespeare Library copy only tenor and sextus have the dedication to Sir C. Cavendish, with Table on the verso--STC.

Signatures: A-D⁴; ²A-D⁴; ³[A]² B-D⁴; ⁴A-D⁴; ⁵A-B⁴ C²; ⁶[A]² B⁴.

Entered 7 August [1598]

Signatures from DFo.

Copy 3 Altus Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006. "Noyses, sounds, and sweet aires" (catalog entry 38)
Copy 1Quintus Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006. "Noyses, sounds, and sweet aires" (catalog entry 40)

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 25619
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S101316
Brennan, M.G. Sir Charles Somerset's music books (Music and letters 74 (1993): 501-518), no. 23

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 25619 copy 1

HH218/17. The parts are bound in the following order: cantus, quintus, altus, tenor, sextus, bassus. With two different MS. pagination and foliation schemes at the head of each leaf, some partially cropped; with a MS. signature sequence, starting with 'E.e.e.' on ¹A1r (cf., e.g., DFo smk STC 25204 Copy 1). Bound in dark green goatskin, signed by F. Bedford. Provenance: bookplate of Huth library (motto "animus non res"); Huth sale, lot 8038; collated at Quaritch, July 1920; Harmsworth copy

STC 25619 Copy 2 Bd.w. STC 25205 copy 2 Vol. 1

cs1919.4. A fragment: altus only. For a complete description of contents, binding, and provenance, see CPN for smk STC 25205 Copy 2 Vol. 1

STC 25619 Copy 2 Bd.w. STC 25205 copy 2 Vol. 2

cs1919.4. A fragment: "quintus" only. For a complete description of contents, binding, and provenance, see CPN for smk STC 25205 Copy 2 Vol. 2

STC 25619 copy 3

cs1578. A fragment: "altus" only. Bd.w.: Wilbye, John. The second set of madrigales. London, 1609 ["altus" only] (smk STC 25619a Copy 3) -- East, Michael. The third set of bookes: wherein are pastorals. London, 1610 ["altus" only] (smk STC 7462 Copy 3). Bound in contemporary limp vellum binding