Old Hall Manuscript

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Title: Old Hall Manuscript
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Publication date and place: 1421 at British Library, Add MS 57950. – Manuscript
Description: The Old Hall Manuscript (British Library, Additional MS 57950) is an important source of early 15c English music, held until 1973 at St Edmund's College, Old Hall Green (Herfordshire) before its acquisition by the British Library. Composers represented include Leonel Power, Pycard, William Typp, Thomas Bytteryng, Oliver, Chirbury, Excetre, John Cooke, Roy Henry (probably Henry V), Queldryk, John Tyes, Aleyn, Fonteyns, Gervays, Lambe, Nicholas Sturgeon, Thomas Damett, Antonio Zachara da Teramo and Mayshuet.

External websites:

• Digital version at BL
• DIAMM inventory (with foliation but w/o sequential numbering)

Works in the manuscript

No.	Fol.	Title	Composer	Vo.	Comment
1	1	Gloria 1	Anonymous	3
2	01v–02	Pax hominibus bone voluntatis	Anonymous	3
3	02–02v	Gloria 2	Anonymous	3
4	3	... nostram qui sedes ad	Anonymous	4
5	03v	Gloria 3	Anonymous	3
6	4	Agnus Dei 1	Anonymous	3
7	04v–05v	Gloria 1	John Cooke	3
8	05v–06	Gloria	Aleyn	3
9	06v–07	Gloria 1	N. Sturgeon	3	Nicholas?
10	07v	Gloria 1	Thomas Damett	3
11	8	Agnus Dei 2	Anonymous	3
12	08v–09	Gloria	John Burell	3
13	09v–10v	Gloria 2	Thomas Damett	3
14	10v–11	Gloria 2	John Cooke	3
15	11v–12	Gloria 2	N. Sturgeon	3
16	12v–13	Gloria	Henry IV (?) or Henry V (?)		(1367–1413) or (1386–1422)
17	13v–14	Gloria 1	Thomas Bytteryng	3	(1410–1420)
18	14v	Gloria 2	Thomas Bytteryng	3
19	15	Gloria	J. Tyes	3	John?
20	15v–16	Gloria	J. Excetre	3
21	16v–17	Gloria 1	Leonel Power	4
22	17v–18	Gloria 2	Leonel Power	3
23	18v–19	Gloria 3	Leonel Power	4
24	19v–20	Gloria 4	Leonel Power	3
25	20v–21	Gloria 5	Leonel Power	3
26	21v–22	Gloria 1	Pycard	3
27	22v–23	Gloria 2	Pycard	4
28	23v–24	Gloria 3	Pycard	6	Tenor Johannes Jesu care
29	24v–25	Gloria	Rowlard	3
30	25v–26	Gloria	Queldryk	4	Tro Spiritus et alme
31	26v–27	Gloria	Claude Gervaise	3	OH 31
32	27v–28	Gloria 4	Anonymous	3
33	28v	Gloria	Antonio Zacara da Teramo	2	(ca. 1350–ca. 1413). Tro Gloria Laus Honor
34	29	Gloria 5	Anonymous	2
35	29v–30	Gloria 4	Pycard	5
36	30v–31	Gloria 3	John Cooke	4
37	31v–32	Gloria 3	Thomas Damett	3
38	32v–33	Gloria 4	John Cooke	3
39	33v–34	Gloria 4	Thomas Damett	3
40	34v–35	Gloria 3	N. Sturgeon	3
41	35v	Maria laude genetrix tibi nuntio	Anonymous	3
42	36	... venie.	Anonymous	3
43	36	Ave regina caelorum:	John Dunstable	3
44	36v	Regina caeli laetare	Anonymous	3
45	37	... et propicia nobis portis	Anonymous	3
46	37v	Pia mater salvatoris te caelestis stella	Anonymous	3
47	37v	Salve mirifica virgo	Anonymous	3
48	38	Nesciens mater Virgo virum	Anonymous	3
49	38	Beata progenies	Leonel Power	3
50	38v	Nesciens mater virgo	Thomas Bytteryng	3
51	38v–39	Regali ex progenie	Pierre Fontaine	3
52	39–39v	Ave regina caelorum	John Cooke	3
53	39v–40	Beata Dei Genitrix	Thomas Damett	3
54	40	Salve porta paradisi	Thomas Damett	3
55	40v	Stella celi extirpavit	John Cooke	3
56	41–42	Credo 1	Anonymous	3
57	42v–43	Credo 2	Anonymous	3
58	44–45	Credo 3	Anonymous	3
59	45v–46v	Credo	Oliver	3
60	47v–48	Credo 4	Anonymous	3
61	48v–50	Credo	R. Chirbury	3
62	50–51v	Credo 1	W. Typp	3
63	52	Credo 5	Anonymous	3
64	52v–53	Credo 1	N. Sturgeon	3
65	54v–55	Credo	John Burell	3
66	55v–56	Veni sancte spiritus	John Dunstable	4
67	56v–57	Qualis est dilectus meus	John Forest (?) or John Plummer (?)	3
68	57v	Ascendit Christus super caelos	John Dunstable	1
69	58	Credo 2	N. Sturgeon	1
70	59	Credo 6	Anonymous	2
71	59v–60	Credo 7	Anonymous	3
72	60v–61	Credo 1	Thomas Damett	3
73	61v	Credo 1	Leonel Power	1
74	62	Credo 8	Anonymous	2
75	62v–63	Credo 9	Anonymous	6
76	63v–64	Credo 1	Pycard	4
77	64v–65	Credo 2	Leonel Power	4
78	65v–66	Credo 2	Pycard	4
79	66v–67	Credo	Thomas Bytteryng	3
80	67v–68	Credo	J. Excetre	3
81	68v–69	Credo 3	Leonel Power	4
82	69v–70	Factorem caeli et terre	Anonymous	4
83	70v–71	Credo 4	Leonel Power	3	OH 83
84	71v–72	Credo 5	Leonel Power	3
85	72v–73	Credo 11	Anonymous	4
86	73v–74	Credo	Swynford	4
87	74v–75	Credo 2	W. Typp	3
88	75v–76	Credo	Queldryk	3
89	76v–77	Gloria	Pennard	5
90	77v	Credo 12	Anonymous	2
91	78	... ante omnia saecula	Anonymous	2
92	78v–79	Patrem ominpotentem	John Cooke	3
93	79v–80	Credo 2	Thomas Damett	3
94	80v	Sanctus	Henry IV (?) or Henry V (?)	3	(1367–1413) or (1386–1422)
95	81	Sanctus 1	W. Typp	3
96	81v	Sanctus 1	Leonel Power	3
97	82–82v	Sanctus	Walter Lambe	3
98	82v–83	Sanctus 2	W. Typp	3
99	83–83v	Sanctus 2	Leonel Power	3
100	84	Sanctus 1	Anonymous	3
101	84v	Sanctus & benedictus	Anonymous	3
102	85–85v	Sanctus 1	R. Chirbury	3
103	85v–86	Sanctus 2	Anonymous	3
104	96	Sanctus 3	Anonymous	3
105	86v	Sanctus 4	Anonymous	3
106	87	Sanctus 3	W. Typp	3
107	87v	Sanctus 5	Anonymous	3
108	88	Sanctus 2	R. Chirbury	3
109	88v	Sanctus 3	Leonel Power	3
110	89	Sanctus 4	W. Typp	3
111	89v–99	Salvatoris mater pia	Thomas Damett	3
112	90v–91	Alma proles regina	John Cooke	3
113	91v–92	Salve mater Domini	N. Sturgeon	3
114	92v	Sanctus	N. Sturgeon	3
115	93v–94	Sanctus 4	Leonel Power	3
116	94v–95	Sanctus 5	Leonel Power	3
117	95v–96	Sanctus 6	Leonel Power	4
118	96v–97	Sanctus 7	Leonel Power	4
119	97v–98	Sanctus, Old Hall 119	Oliver	3
120	98–98v	Sanctus, Old Hall 120	Oliver	3
121	99	Sanctus	J. Excetre	3
122	99v–100	Sanctus	J. Tyes	4	John?
123	100v	Sancuts. Sanctus. Marie filius	Pycard	2
124	101	Agnus Dei 3	Anonymous	3
125	101	Agnus Dei 4	Anonymous	3
126	101v	Agnus Dei 5	Anonymous	3
127	101v	Agnus Dei 6	Anonymous	3
128	102	Agnus Dei 7	Anonymous	3
129	102v–103	Agnus Dei 8	Anonymous	3
130	103–103v	Agnus Dei 9	Anonymous	3
131	103v–104	Agnus Dei 10	Anonymous	3
132	104	Agnus Dei	R. Chirbury	3
133	104	Agnus Dei 1	Leonel Power	3
134	104v–105	Agnus Dei 11	Anonymous	3
135	105	Agnus Dei	W. Typp	3
136	105v	Agnus Dei 12	Anonymous	3
137	105v–106	Agnus Dei 2	Leonel Power	3
138	106	Agnus Dei 3	Leonel Power	3
139	106v	Agnus Dei 13	Anonymous	4
140	107	Agnus Dei 14	Anonymous	2
141	107v–108	Agnus Dei	Leonel Power	4
142	108v–109	Agnus Dei	Oliver	3
143	109v	Carbunculus ignitus lilie	Anonymous	1
144	110	Mater munda pro renatis in unda	Anonymous	2
145	110v–111	En Katherine solennia	Thomas Bytteryng	3
146	111v–112	Are post libamina odas atque carmina	Matheus de Sancto Johanne	2	(–ca. 1391)

Works at CPDL

Title	Composer	No.	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
Veni Sancte Spiritus, Old Hall 66	John Dunstable	66	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Beata progenies, Old Hall 49	Leonel Power	49	Sacred	Motets	3	STB
Gloria, Old Hall 21	Leonel Power	21	Sacred	Masses	5	TTTBB,ATTBB
Credo, Old Hall 77	Leonel Power	77	Sacred	Masses	5	TTTBB
Agnus Dei, Old Hall 139	Anonymous	139	Sacred	Mass fragments	4	SATB
Nesciens mater, Old Hall 50	Thomas Bytteryng	50	Sacred	Votive antiphons	3	ATB
Stella celi extirpavit	John Cooke	55	Sacred	Motets	3	ATB
Agnus Dei	Oliver	142	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATB
Credo, Old Hall 59	Oliver	59	Sacred	Masses	3	ATB
Sanctus, Old Hall 119	Oliver	119	Sacred	Masses	3	ATB
Sanctus, Old Hall 120	Oliver	120	Sacred	Masses	3	ATB
Sanctus	Roy Henry	94	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 26	Pycard	26	Sacred	Mass fragments	4	AATT
Gloria, Old Hall 27	Pycard	27	Sacred	Mass fragments	5	SSATT
Gloria, Old Hall 1	Anonymous	1	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 2	Anonymous	2	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 3	Anonymous	3	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 4a	Anonymous	4.1	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 4b	Anonymous	4.2	Sacred	Mass fragments	1	T
Gloria, Old Hall 8	Aleyn	8	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 5	Anonymous	5	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 6	Anonymous	6	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 7	John Cooke	7	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 9	Nicholas Sturgeon	9	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 10	Thomas Damett	10	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 11	Anonymous	11	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 12	John Burell	12	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 13	Thomas Damett	13	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	TBB
Gloria, Old Hall 14	John Cooke	14	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 15	Nicholas Sturgeon	15	Sacred	Masses	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 16	Roy Henry	16	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	TBB
Gloria, Old Hall 17	Thomas Bytteryng	17	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 18	Thomas Bytteryng	18	Sacred	Mass fragments	4	AATT
Gloria, Old Hall 19	John Tyes	19	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	AAT
Gloria, Old Hall 20	J. Excetre	20	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT