Wanley Manuscript

General information

Title: Wanley Manuscript

Publication date and place: ca. 1550 (1548-1552), perhaps in London. – Manuscript
Description: A large collection of four- and five-part sacred music in part-book format; the Tenor is missing. Perhaps originally copied in London, later acquired by the antiquarian and librarian Humfrey Wanley. Now in the Bodleian Library, shelf GB-Ob MS. Mus. Sch. e. 420.

External websites:

• Description and Inventory at DIAMM

References

• Wrightson, James, Editor. 1995. The Wanley Manuscripts. Madison, Wisconsin: A-R Editions. Three volumes, 179 + 217 + nn pp.

List of works

No.	Fol.	Title	Larger Work	Composer	Comments
1	1v	Kyrie, Wanley 1		Anonymous
2	2r	Kyrie, Wanley 2	Communion Service	John Heath I
3	2r–3r	Gloria, Wanley 3	Communion Service	John Heath I
4	3r–3v	Creed, Wanley 4	Communion Service	John Heath I
5	4r	Sanctus and Benedictus, Wanley 5	Communion Service	John Heath I
6	4r–4v	Agnus Dei, Wanley 6	Communion Service	John Heath I
7	4v–5v	Magnificat, Wanley 7	Evening Service I	Anonymous
8	5v–6r	Nunc dimittis, Wanley 8	Evening Service I	Anonymous
9	6r–7r	In judgement, Lord, Wanley 9		Anonymous
10	7r–8r	Magnificat, Wanley 10	Evening Service I	Anonymous
11	8v–9r	Nunc dimittis, Wanley 11	Evening Service	Christopher Tye
12	9r–9v	I give you a new commandment, Wanley 12		John Sheppard
13	10r	O praise the Lord, for it is a good thing, Wanley 13		Anonymous
14	10r–10v	Happy are those servants, Wanley 14		Anonymous	Post Communion
15	10v–11r	In no kind of creature, Wanley 15		Anonymous
16	11r–12v	Gloria, Wanley 16	Communion Service I	Anonymous
17	13r–15r	Creed, Wanley 17	Communion Service I	Anonymous
18	15v–16r	Sanctus and Benedictus, Wanley 18	Communion Service I	Anonymous
19	16r–16v	Agnus Dei, Wanley 19	Communion Service I	Anonymous
20	17r	Charge them which are rich in this world, Wanley 20		Anonymous	Offertory
21	17r–17v	The night is passed, Wanley 21		Anonymous	Post Communion
22	17v–19r	First line?, Wanley 22	Burial Service	Anonymous	Parts 1-2: Sentences 1-3 and 4-6
23	19r–19v	I heard a voice from heaven, Wanley 23	Burial Service	Anonymous	Part 3: Sentence 7
24	19v	Make the melody unto the Lord, Wanley 24		Anonymous
25	19r–20r	I am the true vine, Wanley 25		Anonymous
26	20r–20v	Submit yourselves one to another, Wanley 26		John Sheppard
27	20v–21r	Happy is the people whose prince is a sage man, Wanley 27		John Sheppard
28	21r–22r	Christ rising again, Wanley 28		Anonymous	2a pars: Christ is risen again
29	22r–23r	O most merciful Jesu Christ, Wanley 29		Anonymous
30	23r–23v	Lord Jesu Christ, Son of the living God, Wanley 30		Anonymous
31	23v–25v	Benedictus, Wanley 31	Morning Service I	Anonymous	Canticle
32	25v	This is my commandment, Wanley 32		John Mundy ?	Or Robert Johnson (I or II), Thomas Tallis, or William Mundy
33	26r–26v	Blessed art thou that fearest God I, Wanley 33		Anonymous
34	26v–27v	Usquero dominus - How long wilt thou forget me, Wanley 34		Anonymous
35	27r–28v	Deus in adiutorium - Haste thee, O God, Wanley 35		Anonymous
36	28v–29r	Hear the voice and prayer, Wanley 36		Thomas Tallis
37	29r–29v	Praise we the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, Wanley 37		Robert Okeland
38	29v–32r	Te Deum, Wanley 38	Morning Service I	Anonymous
39	32r	I am the voice of a crier, Wanley 39		Anonymous	Post Communion
40	32v
41	33r–34r	Magnificat for Men, Wanley 41	Evening Service	Thomas Knight
42	34r–34v	Nunc dimittis, Wanley 42	Evening Service II	Anonymous
43	34v–36v	Te Deum, Wanley 43	Morning Service II	Anonymous
44	37r–38v	Benedictus, Wanley 44	Morning Service II	Anonymous	Canticle
45	38r–40r	Magnificat, Wanley 45	Evening Service II	Anonymous
46	40r–41r	Nunc dimittis, Wanley 46	Evening Service II	Anonymous
47	41r–43r	Te Deum, Wanley 47	Morning Service II	Anonymous
48	43v–45r	Benedictus, Wanley 48	Morning Service II	Anonymous	Canticle
49	45r–46v	Venite, Wanley 49	Morning Service II	Anonymous
50	46r–48r	Let all the congregation, Wanley 50		Anonymous
51	48r–49r	All people hearken and give ear, Wanley 51		Anonymous
52	49v	Praise be to God, Wanley 52		Anonymous
53	49r–50r	The spirit of the Lord, Wanley 53		Anonymous
54	50r–52r	Benedicite, Wanley 54	Morning Service III	Anonymous
55	52r–53r	O clap your hands together all ye people, Wanley 55		Anonymous
56	53r–54v	O eternal God allmightiest and holy, Wanley 56		Robert Johnson	2a pars Save thy people; 3a pars We shall give thanks
57	54v–55v	Remember not, O Lord God, Wanley 57		Anonymous
58	55v	If ye love me keep my commandments, Wanley 58		Thomas Tallis
59	56r	Praise the Lord, O our souls, Wanley 59		Robert Okeland
60	56r–56v	Verily, I say unto you, Wanley 60		Anonymous
61	56v–57v	Christ rising again, Wanley 61		Anonymous	2a pars Christ is risen again
62	57v–58r	O Lord, the maker of all things, Wanley 62		Anonymous
63	58r–59r	Litany, Wanley 63		Anonymous	Anglican
64	59r–59v	Lord's Prayer - Let all the congregation - Our Father, Wanley 64		Anonymous
65	60r	Lord's Prayer - Our Father, Wanley 65		Robert Stone
66	60v	Kyrie, Wanley 66	Communion Service II	Anonymous
67	60v–61v	Gloria, Wanley 67	Communion Service II	Anonymous
68	61v–63r	Creed, Wanley 68	Communion Service II	Anonymous
69	63r–63v	Sanctus and Benedictus, Wanley 69	Communion Service II	Anonymous
70	63v	Agnus Dei, Wanley 70	Communion Service II	Anonymous
71	63v–64r	Christ our paschal lamb, Wanley 71		Anonymous
72	64r–64v	Kyrie, Wanley 72	Communion Service III	Anonymous
73	64v–65v	Gloria, Wanley 73	Communion Service III	Anonymous
74	65v–66v	Creed, Wanley 74	Communion Service III	Anonymous
75	66v–67r	Sanctus and Benedictus, Wanley 75	Communion Service III	Anonymous
76	67r–68r	Agnus Dei, Wanley 76	Communion Service III	Anonymous
77	68r	Kyrie, Wanley 77	Communion Service IV	Anonymous
78	68r–69r	Gloria, Wanley 78	Communion Service IV	Anonymous
79	69r–69v	Creed, Wanley 79	Communion Service IV	Anonymous
80	70r	Sanctus and Benedictus, Wanley 80	Communion Service IV	Anonymous
81	70r–70v	Agnus Dei, Wanley 81	Communion Service IV	Anonymous
82	70v–71r	Christ, our paschal Lamb, Wanley 82		John Sheppard
83	71r–72r	O God, be merciful unto us, Wanley 83		John Taverner	Mater Christi
84	72v	(untexted), Wanley 84		Anonymous
85	72v	Let your light so shine, Wanley 85		Anonymous	Offertory
86	73r				Counter Tenor / The Third Book
87	73r	Kyrie, Wanley 87	Communion Service V	Anonymous
88	73r–74r	Gloria, Wanley 88	Communion Service V	Anonymous
89	74r–75v	Creed, Wanley 89	Communion Service V	Anonymous
90	75v	Sanctus and Benedictus, Wanley 90	Communion Service V	Anonymous
91	76r	Agnus Dei, Wanley 91	Communion Service V	Anonymous
92	76r–76v	O Lord of hosts, thou God of Israel, Wanley 92		John Sheppard
93	76v–77r	O almighty God, the Father, Wanley 93		Anonymous	Post Communion
94	77v	Praise the Lord, O ye servants, Wanley 94		Anonymous
95	77v–78v	O God, in whose hands, Wanley 95		Anonymous
96	78v–80r	Venite, Wanley 96	Morning Service IV	Anonymous
97	80r–82r	Te Deum, Wanley 97	Morning Service IV	Anonymous
98	82r–83v	Benedictus, Wanley 98	Morning Service IV	Anonymous	Canticle
99	83v–84r	Litany, Wanley 99		Anonymous	For the Procession
100	84v–85r	Lord's Prayer, Wanley 100		Anonymous	Pater noster
101	85r	I have not my hope in any other beside thee, Wanley 101		Anonymous
102	85v	Kyrie, Wanley 102	Communion Service VI	Anonymous
103	85v–86v	Gloria, Wanley 103	Communion Service VI	Anonymous
104	86v–87v	Creed, Wanley 104	Communion Service VI	Anonymous
105	87v	Lay not up for yourselves treasure, Wanley 105	Communion Service VI	Anonymous	Offertory
106	88r	Sanctus and Benedictus, Wanley 106	Communion Service VI	Anonymous
107	88v	Agnus Dei, Wanley 107	Communion Service VI	Anonymous
108	88v–89r	If any man will follow me, Wanley 108		Anonymous	Post Communion
109	89r–90r	Magnificat, Wanley 109	Evening Service	William Whytbroke	In English
110	90r–91r	Christ rising again, Wanley 110		Anonymous	Christus Resurgens. 2a pars Christ is risen again
111	91r–92r	Turn thou us, Wanley 111		Anonymous	For Ash Wednesday
112	92r–93r	Magnificat, Wanley 112	Evening Service	William Whytbroke	English, from John Day
113	93r–93v	Nunc dimittis, Wanley 113	Evening Service	William Whytbroke
114	93v–94r	Walk while ye have light left, Wanley 114		Anonymous
115	94r–94v	Do ye not know, Wanley 115		Anonymous	Offertory
116	94v	If any man will follow me, Wanley 116		Anonymous	Post Communion
117	94v–95r	If a man say I love God, Wanley 117		Anonymous
118	95v	Kyrie, Wanley 118	Communion Service a5	Anonymous	For men and Basses
119	95v–96v	Gloria, Wanley 119	Communion Service a5	Anonymous	For men and Basses
120	96v–98r	Creed, Wanley 120	Communion Service a5	Anonymous	For men and Basses
121	98v–99r	Sanctus, Wanley 121	Communion Service a5	Anonymous	For men and Basses
122	99r–99v	Agnus Dei, Wanley 122	Communion Service a5	Anonymous	For men and Basses
123	99v–100v	Gloria, Wanley 123	Communion Service I	John Taverner
124	100v–102v	Creed, Wanley 124	Communion Service I	John Taverner
125	102v–103r	Sanctus and Benedictus, Wanley 125	Communion Service I	John Taverner
126	103r–103v	Agnus Dei, Wanley 126	Communion Service I	John Taverner
127	103v–104v	Gloria, Wanley 127	Communion Service II	John Taverner	Without Kyrie
128	105r–106v	Creed, Wanley 128	Communion Service II	John Taverner	Without Kyrie
129	106v–107r	Sanctus and Benedictus, Wanley 129	Communion Service II	John Taverner	Without Kyrie
130	107r–107v	Agnus Dei, Wanley 130	Communion Service II	John Taverner	Without Kyrie
131	108r–109r	Venite, Wanley 131	Morning Service V	Anonymous
132	109r–109v	(Kyrie Responses), Wanley 132	Communion Service	Anonymous

Works at CPDL

Title	Composer	No.	Vo.	Voices
If any man will follow me, Wanley 116	Anonymous	116	4	STTB