The Baldwin Partbooks
General information
Title: The Baldwin Partbooks
Compiler – Copyist: John Baldwin (ca. 1560-1615)
Publication date and place: ca. 1575 – 1581, manuscript at Christ Church, Oxford. – Manuscript
Description: These partbooks were copied and originally owned by John Baldwin (1560-1615). Baldwin was a singer in St George’s Chapel Windsor from 1575 to 1600, by which time he had transferred to the Chapel Royal. He was also a composer (including several pieces for viol consort and a song for Elizabeth I’s visit to the Earl of Hertford’s residence at Elvetham in 1591) and the copyist of several other extant music manuscripts from this period including his ‘Commonplace book’ (British Library: R.M.24.d.2) and ‘My Ladye Nevells Booke’ (British Library: MS Mus. 1591), containing much of William Byrd’s keyboard music. Baldwin’s partbooks are a major source for Tudor Church Music from not only the reign of Elizabeth (when Baldwin was copying), but also from earlier periods stretching back before the Reformation. Originally a set of six books each containing a different voice part, the tenor partbook is now missing.
Shelf numbers: 979 – Superius; 980 – Discantus; 981 – Contratenor; 982 – Sextapars; 983 – Bassus.
External websites:
References
- Mateer, David. 1986. Oxford, Christ Church Music MSS 984-8: An index and commentary. Royal Music Association Research Chronicle 20:1-18.
List of works
Works at CPDL
Title | Composer | No. | Lyricist | Genre | Subgenre | Language | Vo. | Voices |
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A solis ortus cardine | John Sheppard | 109 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 8 | SSAATTBB | |
A solis ortus cardine | William Mundy | 88 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Ad te levavi oculos meos | Robert White | 100 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SSAATB | |
Adesto Sancta Trinitas (1st setting) | John Sheppard | 114 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Adesto Sancta Trinitas (2nd setting) | John Sheppard | 117 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Adhaesit pavimento | William Mundy | 65 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SSATBB | |
Adolescentulus sum ego | William Mundy | 125 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SAATBB | |
Aedes nostra sancta | John Mundy | 32 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SAATB | |
Aeterne rex altissime | John Sheppard | 79 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 5 | STTBB | |
Apparebit in finem | William Byrd | 10 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Aspice Domine | Philip van Wilder | 6 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Aspice Domine de sede - Respice Domine | William Byrd | 61 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Audivi vocem | William Byrd | 12 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Ave Dei Patris Filia | John Taverner | 49 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Ave Dei Patris Filia | Robert Fayrfax | 47 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Ave maris stella | John Sheppard | 113 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 6 | SSATTBB | |
Beata nobis gaudia | John Sheppard | 107 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 7 | SATTBBB | |
Beati immaculati in via | William Mundy | 57 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SAATB,STTBB | |
Beati omnes | John Sheppard | 2 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | STTBB | |
Beati omnes | William Daman | 159 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SSTTBB | |
Beatus et sanctus | William Mundy | 38 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | STTBB | |
Benigne fac, Domine | William Byrd | 36 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Cantate Domino | Christopher Tye | 122 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | STTBBB,SAATBB | |
Christe Jesu, pastor bone | John Taverner | 51 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATBB | |
Christe qui lux es et dies III | Robert White | 76 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SSATB | |
Christe qui lux es et dies II | Robert White | 78 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Christe qui lux es et dies I | Robert White | 166 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SAATB | |
Christe redemptor omnium | John Sheppard | 82 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 5 | STTBB | |
Christi virgo dilectissima | John Sheppard | 95 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Circumdederunt me | William Byrd | 37 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Confitebor tibi, Domine | John Sheppard | 4 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATBB | |
Confitebor tibi Domine (Baldwin PB) | Anonymous | 64 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | STTTB | |
Confitebor tibi Domine | William Daman | 39 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Credo quod redemptor meus vivit | Robert Parsons | 132 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | AATTBB | |
Cunctis diebus | William Byrd | 68 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
De Lamentatione | John Mundy | 167b | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SAATB | |
Descendit de coelis - Et exivit per auream portam | William Byrd | 142 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | ATTBBB | |
Deus, misereatur nostri | Robert White | 123 | Psalm 67 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SSTTBB |
Deus in adjutorium | William Byrd | 139 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | AATTBB | |
Deus misereatur nostri | John Sheppard | 3 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | STTBB | |
Deus tuorum militum (1st setting) | John Sheppard | 81 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 5 | AATTB | |
Deus tuorum militum (2nd setting) | John Sheppard | 83 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Domine, non est exaltatum | Robert White | 129 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Domine, quis habitabit | Robert Parsons | 127 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SSAATB | |
Domine, quis habitabit | Thomas Tallis | 67 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB, SAATB | |
Domine Deus omnipotens | William Byrd | 8 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTTB | |
Domine ante te | William Byrd | 140 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SSATTB | |
Domine exaudi orationem - Et non intres in judicium | William Byrd | 17 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Domine in virtute tua (1st setting) | Robert Johnson | 5 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Domine non est exaltatum | William Mundy | 130 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Domine praestolamur - Veni Domine noli tardare | William Byrd | 58 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Domine quis habitabit | William Mundy | 128 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SSTTBB | |
Domine quis habitabit III | Robert White | 134 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SSAABB,AATTBB | |
Domine quis habitabit II | Robert White | 131 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Domine quis habitabit I | Robert White | 124 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SSAATB | |
Dum transisset (1st setting) | John Sheppard | 111 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Dum transisset (2nd setting) | John Sheppard | 150 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Dum transisset | Christian Hollander | 28 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Dum transisset Sabbatum | Thomas Tallis | 21 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SSATT | |
Dum transisset Sabbatum II | John Taverner | 23 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATBB | |
Dum transisset Sabbatum I | John Taverner | 22 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 4-5 | SATBB, TTBB | |
Dum transisset sabbatum | John Mundy | 156 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Dum transisset sabbatum | John Strabridge | 11 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATBB | |
Ecce Carissimi | John Taverner | 168a | Sacred | Antiphons | Latin | 2 | AB | |
Ecce nunc benedicite | Anonymous | 102 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SSATBB | |
Ecce nunc benedicite II (Baldwin Partbooks) | Anonymous | 103 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | AATTBB | |
Eructavit cor meum | William Mundy | 135 | Psalm 45 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SATTBB |
Evening Service in Latin | Thomas Tallis | 62 | Sacred | Evening Canticles | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Exsurge Domine | John Wood | 30 | Wolfgang Capito | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATBB |
Exsurge Domine | William Byrd | 35 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Filiae Hierusalem | John Sheppard | 149 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 6 | SSTTBB | |
Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria | John Sheppard | 98 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 8 | SSAATTBB | |
Gaude Plurimum | John Taverner | 48 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater | Thomas Tallis | 119 | Sacred | Anthems | Latin | 6vv | SATTBB | |
Homo quidam | Thomas Tallis | 93 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Hostis Herodes impie | John Sheppard | 115 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Iam Christus astra ascenderat | John Sheppard | 112 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Iam Christus astra ascenderat | Robert Parsons | 153 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Iam Christus astra ascenderat | Thomas Tallis | 85 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Impetum fecerunt unanimes | John Sheppard | 91 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 5 | STTBB, SAATB | |
In te Domine speravi | John Mundy | 53 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Infelix ego - Quid igitur faciam? - Ad te igitur | William Byrd | 138 | Girolamo Savonarola | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SATTBB |
Jesu salvator saeculi, redemptis | John Sheppard | 80 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 5 | AATTB | |
Jesu salvator saeculi, verbum Patris | John Sheppard | 152 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Jesu salvator saeculi | Thomas Tallis | 86 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Judica me, Deus | John Sheppard | 1 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | STTBB | |
Justi in perpetuum vivent | John Sheppard | 90 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 5 | ATTBB,SAATB | |
Kyrie & Haec dies | John Sheppard | 146 | Sacred | Vespers | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Lamentations a 5 | Robert White | 33 | Sacred | Lamentations | Latin | 5 | SATBB | |
Lamentations a 6 | Robert White | 168b | Sacred | Lamentations | Latin | 6 | SSAATB | |
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes | Thomas Tallis | 40 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Laudem dicite Deo | John Sheppard | 7 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 5 | TTBBB | |
Laudes Deo | Robert Johnson | 167a | Sacred | Liturgical music | Latin | 2 | AT | |
Levemus corda | William Byrd | 13 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna | Robert Parsons | 89 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SAATB,ATTTB | |
Libera nos, salva nos II | John Sheppard | 155 | Sacred | Antiphons | Latin | 7 | AATTBBB | |
Libera nos, salva nos I | John Sheppard | 154 | Sacred | Antiphons | Latin | 7 | SSAATTB | |
Loquebantur variis linguis | Thomas Tallis | 106 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 7 | SSATTBB | |
Manus tuae fecerunt me | Robert White | 63 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Maria virgo sanctissima | William Mundy | 137 | Sacred | Votive antiphons | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Martyr Dei qui unicum | John Sheppard | 116 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Mater Christi | John Taverner | 50 | Sacred | Latin | 5 | SATTB | ||
Media vita a 6 | John Sheppard | 118 | Sacred | Antiphons | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Memento Domine | William Byrd | 15 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Memor esto | William Mundy | 72 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6-7 | SSAAATBB, SSAATBB | |
Miserere mei Deus | Christopher Tye | 27 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | TTBBB | |
Miserere mei Deus | Robert White | 71 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas | John Taverner | 133 | Sacred | Masses | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Ne irascaris Domine - Civitas sancti tui | William Byrd | 59 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB,SATTB | |
Ne perdas cum impiis | William Byrd | 19 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | STTTB | |
Noli aemulari | William Mundy | 66 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 7 | AATTBBB | |
Non conturbetur (1st setting) | John Sheppard | 94 | John 14:1,16,17; 16:22 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 6 | SATTBB |
Non conturbetur (2nd setting) | John Sheppard | 96 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
O Domine adjuva me | William Byrd | 16 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
O bone Jesu | Robert Parsons | 54 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | AATBBB | |
O quam gloriosum est regnum - Benedictio et claritas | William Byrd | 9 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SSATB | |
O salutaris hostia a 6 | William Byrd | 141 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SAATTB | |
O splendor gloriae | John Taverner | 29 | Sacred | Anthems | Latin | 5 | SSATB, SATTB | |
O splendor gloriae | Christopher Tye | 29 | Sacred | Anthems | Latin | 5 | SSATB, SATTB | |
Omni tempore benedic | William Byrd | 18 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | STTBB | |
Omnis caro gramen sit | William Daman | 105 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | ATTTBB | |
Peccantem me quotidie | Robert Parsons | 74 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 4 | SAATB | |
Peccavi super numerum | William Byrd | 14 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Peccavimus cum patribus | Christopher Tye | 120 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 7 | SATTBBB | |
Portio mea Domine | Robert White | 55 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Predicabo laudes tuas | William Daman | 104 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SSATBB | |
Quaesumus omnipotens | Christopher Tye | 121 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SATTTB | |
Quemadmodum | John Taverner | 160 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Quod chorus vatum | Thomas Tallis | 84 | Rabanus Maurus | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 5 | SATTB |
Reges Tharsis | John Sheppard | 97 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Reges Tharsis a 5 | William Byrd | 70 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 5 | SATBB | |
Regina caeli | Robert White | 44 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | TTBBB, TTTBB | |
Retribue servo tuo | Robert Parsons | 56 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 7 | SSAATBB, AATTBBB | |
Sacris solemniis | William Byrd | 20 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 5 | STTBB | |
Salvator mundi, Domine | John Sheppard | 151 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Salvator mundi Domine | Thomas Tallis | 87 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 5 | SATTB | |
Salve intemerata | Thomas Tallis | 46 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | SATBB | |
Sancte Dei pretiose | John Sheppard | 92 | Sacred | Office hymns | Latin | 5 | AATBB | |
Sint lumbi vestri praecincti | John Redford | 99 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Sive vigilem | William Mundy | 73 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Spiritus Sanctus procedens (1st setting) | John Sheppard | 145 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 5 | TTBBB | |
Spiritus Sanctus procedens (2nd setting) | John Sheppard | 24 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Te Deum | John Sheppard | 110 | Sacred | Hymns | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Te Deum | John Taverner | 26 | Sacred | Hymns | Latin | 5 | TTTBB | |
Tota pulchra es | Robert White | 126 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Tribulationes civitatum - Timor et hebetudo - Nos enim pro peccatis | William Byrd | 60 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB, SATTB | |
Tristitia et anxietas - Sed tu Domine | William Byrd | 69 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Veni Creator Spiritus | William Mundy | 77 | Sacred | Hymns | Latin | 5 | STTBB,SAATB | |
Verbum caro | John Sheppard | 144 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 6 | SATTBB | |
Vide Domine afflictionem - Sed veni Domine | William Byrd | 31 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 5 | ATTBB | |
Videte miraculum | Thomas Tallis | 147 | Sacred | Motets | Latin | 6 | SSAATB, SATTBB | |
Videte miraculum | William Mundy | 75 | Sacred | Responsories | Latin | 5 | STTBB | |
Vox Patris caelestis | William Mundy | 136 | Sacred | Antiphons | Latin | 6 | SATTBB |