Gyffard Partbooks

General Information

Title: Gyffard Partbooks

Publication date and place: ca. 1572 –1578. – Manuscript
Description: British Library Add. MSS 17802-5.

View the Wikipedia article on Gyffard Partbooks.

External Links

• Scan from the British Library
• Playlist of available works from the Gyffard partbooks on American Spotify

References

• Mateer, David. 1993. The Compilation of the Gyffard Partbooks. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle 26:19-43.
• Mateer, David. 1995. The 'Gyffard' Partbooks: Composers, Owners, Date and Provenance. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle 28:21-50.

Contents

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

Works at CPDL

Title	Composer	Lyricist	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices	Language
Alleluia. Ora pro nobis	John Sheppard		Sacred	Alleluia verses	4	TTBB	Latin
Alleluia. Per te Dei	William Mundy		Sacred	Alleluia verses	4	SSTT	Latin
Alleluia. Post partum	William Mundy		Sacred	Alleluia verses	4	SSST	Latin
Alleluia Per te Dei genitrix	Christopher Tye		Sacred	Motets	4	SATB	Latin
Alleluya	Thomas Tallis		Sacred	Motets	4	SATB	Latin
Alleluyas	John Taverner		Sacred	Alleluia verses	4	SATB	Latin
Asperges me (Gyffard Partbooks, 2nd setting)	Anonymous		Sacred	Antiphons	4	TTBB	Latin
Audivi: Media nocte	John Taverner		Sacred	Responsories	4	SATB	Latin
Audivi vocem	Thomas Tallis		Sacred	Motets	4	SATB	Latin
Christus resurgens	John Redford		Sacred	Antiphons	4	ATTB	Latin
Dum transisset Sabbatum I	John Taverner		Sacred	Motets	4-5	SATBB, TTBB	Latin
Dum transisset sabbatum	Robert Barber I		Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB, TTTB	Latin
Dum transisset sabbatum a 4	Robert Johnson		Sacred	Responsories	4	ATBB	Latin
Exsurge Christe	William Mundy		Sacred	Motets	4	ATBB	Latin
Gloria, laus et honor (1st setting)	John Blitheman		Sacred	Motets	4	SATB	Latin
Gloria, laus et honor (2nd setting)	John Blitheman		Sacred	Liturgical music	4	SSAT	Latin
Gloria laus	Christopher Tye	Theodulf of Orléans	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB	Latin
Hodie nobis caelorum	John Taverner		Sacred	Responsories	4	SSAA	Latin
Hodie nobis caelorum	Thomas Tallis		Sacred	Responsories	4	TTBB	Latin
Hodie nobis caelorum rex	Robert Cooper		Sacred	Responsories	4	SSSA	Latin
Hodie nobis coelorum	John Sheppard		Sacred	Responsories	4	SSAA	Latin
In manus tuas (1st setting)	John Sheppard		Sacred	Responsories	4	SATB	Latin
In manus tuas (2nd setting)	John Sheppard		Sacred	Responsories	4	TTBB	Latin
In manus tuas (3rd setting)	John Sheppard		Sacred	Responsories	4	TTBB	Latin
In pace	Christopher Tye		Sacred	Motets	4	ATBB,ATTB,SATB	Latin
In pace	John Blitheman		Sacred	Motets	4	SATB, SAAT, ATTB	Latin
In pace	John Sheppard		Sacred	Responsories	4	SATB, SAAT, ATTB	Latin
In pace	John Taverner		Sacred	Motets	4	ATTB	Latin
Kyrie	John Hake		Sacred	Liturgical music	4	SSAT	Latin
Kyrie	John Mundy		Sacred	Liturgical music	4	SATB	Greek
Kyrie	William Mundy		Sacred	Mass fragments	4	SSST, SAAT	Latin
Kyrie Le Roy	John Taverner		Sacred	Mass fragments	4	SATB	Greek
Kyrie Orbis factor	Christopher Tye		Sacred	Mass fragments	4	ATTB	Latin
Mass The Western Wynde	Christopher Tye		Sacred	Masses	4	SATB	Latin
Mass for Four Voices	Thomas Tallis		Sacred	Masses	4	TTBB	Latin
Nesciens mater (Thomas Wright (I))	Thomas Wright (I)		Sacred	Antiphons	4	TTBB	Latin
O bone Jesu	Anonymous		Sacred	Motets	4	TTTB, AATB	Latin
O salutaris Hostia (Gyffard)	Anonymous	Thomas Aquinas	Sacred	Motets	3	ATB,SAB	Latin
Pater noster – Ave Maria	Philip van Wilder		Sacred	Motets	4	SSSA	Latin
Sancta Maria Virgo	Thomas Knyght		Sacred	Antiphons	4	SSST	Latin
Sancte Deus	Philip van Wilder		Sacred	Motets	4	SSAT	Latin
Sancte Deus	Thomas Tallis		Sacred	Motets	4	SATB,SSAT	Latin
Speciosa facta es	Christopher Hoskins		Sacred	Antiphons	4	STTB	Latin
Sub tuam protectionem	Christopher Tye		Sacred	Antiphons	4	SSAA	Latin
The Western Wind Mass	John Taverner		Sacred	Masses	4	SATB	Latin