Old Hall Manuscript

General Information

Title: Old Hall Manuscript
Publication date and place: 1421 at British Library, Add MS 57950. – Manuscript
Editor-Compiler: Nicholas Sturgeon

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 Zacara da Teramo and Mayshuet.

Numbering: Numbering follows Curtis and Wathey 1994 as amended by Cook and Wright 2017, except for treating folio 3r as containing two different fragments. Hence from Gloria, Old Hall 5 onwards, the numbering below is one more than the numbering of the works as seen on other inventories.

External websites:

• View the Wikipedia article on Old Hall Manuscript.

• Digital version at BL
• DIAMM inventory (Errors here; with foliation but without sequential numbering)
• Chris Whent: Description of the manuscript, short biographies of its composers
• Curtis and Wathey 1994, rev. Cook and Wright 1997, at DIAMM

References

• Curtis, Gareth, and Andrew Wathey. 1994. Fifteenth-century English liturgical music: A list of the surviving repertory. Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle 27. Revised 2017 by James Cook and Peter Wright, published at DIAMM online. Old Hall Ms., pp. 12-14.
• Whent, Chris. no date. Research Period IIIC. John Dunstable and his time. Online. Accessed 14 June 2022.

Works in the manuscript

No.	Fol.	Title	Composer	Vo.	Comment
1	1	Gloria	Anonymous	3	Fragment. Text starts Qui tollis peccata mundi. Some notation missing.
2	1v–2	Gloria	Anonymous	3	Text starts Pax hominibus. Some notation missing.
3	2r–v	Gloria	Anonymous	3	Fragment. Text ends Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris.
4a	3	Gloria	Anonymous	3	Fragment starting with the words nostram. Qui sedes ad. Some notation missing.
4b	3	Gloria	Anonymous	1	Fragment, untexted (apart from the incipit Et in terra). Only the Contratenor part survives.
5	3v	Gloria	Anonymous	3	Fragment. Text ends at the first Qui tollis invocation.
6	4	Gloria	Anonymous	3
7	4v–5v	Gloria	John Cooke	3
8	5v–6	Gloria	Aleyn	3
9	6v–7	Gloria	Nicholas Sturgeon	3
10	7v	Gloria	Thomas Damett	3
11	8	Gloria	Anonymous	3
12	8v–9	Gloria	John Burell	3
13	9v–10v	Gloria	Thomas Damett	3
14	10v–11v	Gloria	John Cooke	3
15	11v–12	Gloria	Nicholas Sturgeon	3
16	12v–13	Gloria	Roy Henry	3
17	13v–14	Gloria	Thomas Bytteryng	3	(1410–1420)
18	14v	Gloria	Thomas Bytteryng	4
19	15	Gloria	John Tyes	3
20	15v–16	Gloria	J. Excetre	3
21	16v–17	Gloria	Leonel Power	4	Gloria–Credo
22	17v–18	Gloria	Leonel Power	3
23	18v–19	Gloria	Leonel Power	4
24	19v–20	Gloria	Leonel Power	3	Gloria–Credo, ‘’Ad Thome’’
25	20v–21	Gloria	Leonel Power	3
26	21v–22	Gloria	Pycard	3
27	22v–23	Gloria	Pycard	4
28	23v–24	Gloria Spiritus et alme	Pycard	6	‘’Johannes Jesu care’’
29	24v–25	Gloria	Rowlard	3
30	25v–26	Gloria	Queldryk	4	"Spiritus et alme"
31	26v–27	Gloria	Gervays	3
32	27v–28	Gloria	Anonymous	3
33	28v	Gloria	Antonio Zacara da Teramo	2	(ca. 1350–ca. 1413). Tro Gloria Laus Honor
34	29	Gloria	Anonymous	2
35	29v–30	Gloria	Pycard	5
36	30v–31	Gloria	John Cooke	4
37	31v–32	Gloria	Thomas Damett	3
38	32v–33	Gloria	John Cooke	3	Gloria–Credo
39	33v–34	Gloria	Thomas Damett	3	Gloria–Credo
40	34v–35	Gloria	Nicholas Sturgeon	3
41	35v	Maria laude genitrix	Anonymous	3
42	36	… venie	Anonymous	3
43	36	Ave regina celorum	John Dunstable	3	C-W 2017 ascribes to Leonel Power
44	36v	Regina celi letare	Anonymous	3
45	37	… et propicia	Anonymous	3
46	37v	Pia mater	Anonymous	3
47	37v	Salve mirifica	Anonymous	3
48	38	Nesciens mater	Anonymous	3
49	38	Beata progenies	Leonel Power	3
50	38v	Nesciens mater	Thomas Bytteryng	3
51	38v–39	Regali ex progenie	Fonteyns	3
52	39r–v	Ave regina celorum	John Cooke	3
53	39v–40	Beata Dei genetrix	Thomas Damett	3
54	40	Salva porta	Thomas Damett	3
55	40v	Stella celi extirpavit	John Cooke	3
56	41–42	Credo	Anonymous	3
57	42v–43v	Credo	Anonymous	3
58	44–45	Credo	Anonymous	3
59	45v–46v	Credo	Oliver	3
60	47–48	Credo	Anonymous	3
61	48v–50	Credo	R. Chirbury	3
62	50–51v	Credo	William Typp	3
63	52	Credo	Anonymous	3
64	52v–53v	Credo	Nicholas Sturgeon	3
65	54–55	Credo	John Burell	3
66	55v–56	Veni Sancte Spiritus	John Dunstable	4
67	56v–57	Qualis est dilectus	John Forest	3
68	57v	Ascendit Christus/Alma redemptoris mater	John Dunstable	1
69	58v	Credo	Nicholas Sturgeon	1
70	59	Credo	Anonymous	2
71	59v–60	Credo	Anonymous	3
72	60v–61	Credo	Thomas Damett	3
73	61v	Credo	Leonel Power	1
74	62	Credo	Anonymous	2
75	62v–63	Credo	Anonymous	6
76	63v–64	Credo	Pycard	4
77	64v–65	Credo	Leonel Power	4	Gloria–Credo
78	65v–66	Credo	Pycard	4
79	66v–67	Credo	Thomas Bytteryng	3
80	67v–68	Credo	J. Excetre	3
81	68v–69	Credo	Leonel Power	4
82	69v–70	Credo	Anonymous	4
83	70v–71	Credo	Leonel Power	3
84	71v–72	Credo	Leonel Power	3	Gloria–Credo, ’Opem nobis’’
85	72v–73	Credo	Anonymous	4
86	73v–74	Credo	Swynford	4
87	74v–75	Credo	William Typp	3	‘’Benedicam te Domine’’
88	75v–76	Credo	Queldryk	3
89	76v–77	Credo	Pennard	5	‘’Te iure laudant’’
90	77v	Credo	Anonymous	2
91	78	Credo	Anonymous	2
92	78v–79	Credo	John Cooke	3	Gloria–Credo
93	79v–80	Credo	Thomas Damett	3	Gloria–Credo
94	80v	Sanctus	Roy Henry	3	(1367–1413) or (1386–1422)
95	81	Sanctus	William Typp	3
96	81v	Sanctus	Leonel Power	3
97	82r–v	Sanctus	Lambe	3
98	82v–83	Sanctus	William Typp	3
99	83r–v	Sanctus	Leonel Power	3
100	84	Sanctus	Anonymous	3
101	84v	Sanctus	Anonymous	3
102	85r–v	Sanctus	R. Chirbury	3
103	85v–86	Sanctus	Anonymous	3
104	86	Sanctus	Anonymous	3
105	86v	Sanctus	Anonymous	3
106	87	Sanctus	William Typp	3
107	87v	Sanctus	Anonymous	3
108	88	Sanctus	R. Chirbury	3
109	88v	Sanctus	Leonel Power	3
110	89	Sanctus	William Typp	3
111	89v–90	Salvatoris mater/O Georgi/(Sanctus)	Thomas Damett	3
112	90v–91	Alma proles/Christi miles/Ab inimicis nostris	John Cooke	3
113	91v–92	Salve mater/Salve templum/(Sanctus)	Nicholas Sturgeon	3
114	92v	Sanctus	Nicholas Sturgeon	3
115	93v–94	Sanctus	Leonel Power	3
116	94v–95	Sanctus	Leonel Power	3	Sanctus–Agnus
117	95v–96	Sanctus	Leonel Power	4
118	96v–97	Sanctus	Leonel Power	4	Sanctus–Agnus
119	97v–98	Sanctus	Oliver	3
120	98r–v	Sanctus	Oliver	3
121	99	Sanctus	J. Excetre	3
122	99v–100	Sanctus	John Tyes	4
123	100v	Sanctus	Pycard	2
124	101	Agnus Dei	Anonymous	3
125	101	Agnus Dei	Anonymous	3
126	101v	Agnus Dei	Anonymous	3
127	101v–102	Agnus Dei	Anonymous	3
128	102	Agnus Dei	Anonymous	3	Ascribed to W. Aleyn; or William Typp?
129	102v–103	Agnus Dei	Anonymous	3
130	103r–v	Agnus Dei	Anonymous	3
131	103v–104	Agnus Dei	Anonymous	3
132	104	Agnus Dei	R. Chirbury	3
133	104v	Agnus Dei	Leonel Power	3
134	104v–105	Agnus Dei	Anonymous	3
135	105	Agnus Dei	William Typp	3
136	105v	Agnus Dei	Anonymous	3
137	105v–106	Agnus Dei	Leonel Power	3
138	106	Agnus Dei	Leonel Power	3
139	106v	Agnus Dei	Anonymous	4
140	107	Agnus Dei	Leonel Power	2	Sanctus–Agnus. C-W 2017 ascribes to Leonel Power
141	107v–108	Agnus Dei	Leonel Power	4	Sanctus–Agnus
142	108v–109	Agnus Dei	Oliver	3
143	109v	Carbunculus ignitus	Anonymous	1
144	110	Mater sancta Dei/Mater munda	Anonymous	2
145	110v–111	En Katherine solennia/Virginalis concio/Sponsus amat sponsam	Thomas Bytteryng	3
146	111v–112	Are post libamina/Nunc surgunt	Matheus de Sancto Johanne	2	(–ca. 1391)
147	112v	Post missarum solennia/Post misse modulamina	Anonymous

Works at CPDL

Title	Composer	No.	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
Agnus Dei, Old Hall 139	Anonymous	139	Sacred	Mass fragments	4	SATB
Agnus Dei	Oliver	142	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATB
Beata progenies, Old Hall 49	Leonel Power	49	Sacred	Motets	3	STB
Credo, Old Hall 59	Oliver	59	Sacred	Masses	3	ATB
Credo, Old Hall 77	Leonel Power	77	Sacred	Masses	5	TTTBB
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 1	Anonymous	1	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 20	J. Excetre	20	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 21	Leonel Power	21	Sacred	Masses	5	TTTBB,ATTBB
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 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 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 8	Aleyn	8	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Gloria, Old Hall 9	Nicholas Sturgeon	9	Sacred	Mass fragments	3	ATT
Nesciens mater, Old Hall 50	Thomas Bytteryng	50	Sacred	Votive antiphons	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
Stella celi extirpavit	John Cooke	55	Sacred	Motets	3	ATB
Veni Sancte Spiritus, Old Hall 66	John Dunstable	66	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB