Fayrfax Manuscript

The Fayrfax Manuscript (British Museum Add MS 5465) contains works of William Cornishe jr., Davy, Banastir, Newark, Sheringham, Tutor, Turges, Browne, Sir Thomas Philipps, and a number of anonymous composers as well as seven pieces by Robert Fayrfax, whose arms appear on the title page. It seems to have been compiled before Fayrfax received the title of Doctor in 1504, and a prayer for Prince Arthur (d. 1502) likewise dates it to around the turn of the century. A modern edition by John Stevens appears in Musica Britanica vol. 36.

No.	Title	Composer	Parts	Notes
1. (i)	The farther I go		SA
2. (ii)	Ah my heart, I know you well	anon.	SA
3. (iii)	What causeth me woeful thoughtes		SA
4. (iiii)	So far I trow from remedy		SA
5. (v)	My woeful heart		SA
6. (vj)
7. (xiii)
8.
9.
10. (xi)	Now the law is led	Rycardus Davy	Tenor voice only	incomplete
11. (xii)	That was my woe	R. Fayrfax	AT
12. (xiii)	Benedicite! What dreamed I?	(Robert Fayrfax)	ATB	attribution from contents page
13. (xiii)	To complain me, alas	(Robert Fayrfax)	ATB	attribution from contents page
14. (xv)	Alas, it is I	Turges (?)	ATB	attrib. to Faryfax in contents
15.				incomplete
16.				incomplete
17. (xix)
18. (xx)
19. (xxi)
20. (xxii)	Most clear of colour	Roberd Fayrfax	SAT
21. (xxiii)	I love, loved, and loved would I be	Roberd Fayrfax	SAT
22. (xxiiii)	Alas, for lack of her presence	Roberd Fayrfax	SAT
23. (xxv)	That was my joy	anon.	TTB
24. (xxvi)	Somewhat musing	Robert Fayrfax	ATB
25. (xxvii)	Madame, defrain!	anon.	ATB
26. (xxviii)
27. (xxviiii)
28. (xxx)
29. (xxxi)	Alone, alone	anon.	AAT
30. (xxxii)	Ah my dear, ah, my dear son	anon.	AAT
31. (xxxiii)	Jesu, mercy, how may this be	Browne	SATB
32. (xxxiiii)	Afraid, alas and why so suddenly?	Anonymous	SATB
33. (xxxv)	Woefully arrayed	William Cornysh Junior	SATB
34. (xxxvi)	Ah, gentle Jesu	Sheryngham	ATTB
35. (xxxvii)	Woefully arrayed	Browne	SAT
36. (xxxviii)	My fearful dream	Gilbert Banastir	ATB
37. (xxxix)	Ah, blessed Jesu	Richard Dauy	SAT
38. (xl)	Ah mine heart, remember thee well	Richard Dauy	SAT
39. (xli)	Margaret meek	Browne	SAT
40. (xlii)	Joan is sick and ill at ease	Rychard Dauy	SSA
41. (xliii)	Ay, besherew you!	William Cornyssh Junior	SAT
42. (xliiii)	Who shall have my fair lady?		SSA
43. (xlv)	Hoyda, hoyda, jolly rutterkin	William Cornysh Junior	TTB
44. (xlvi)	From stormy windes	Edmund Turges	ATT	dated 1501, a prayer for Henry VII's son Arthur
45. (xlvii)	This day day daws	anon.	SAB
46. (xlviii)	Small pathes to the greenwood	anon.	ATB
47. (xlix)	Enforce yourself as Goddes knight	Edmund Turges	SAT
48. (l)	Be it know to all	anon.	TTB
49. (li)	In a slumber late as I was	Anonymous	SAT	Concordance in Drexel Manuscript NYPL 4180