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Divers & sundry waies of two parts in one, to the number of fortie, uppon one playnsong: : sometimes placing the ground above, & two parts beneath, and other while the ground beneath and two parts above: or againe otherwise the ground sometimes in the midst betweene both, likewise other conceites, which are plainly set downe, for the profite of those which would attaine unto knowledge

Title: Divers & sundry waies of two parts in one, to the number of fortie, uppon one playnsong: : sometimes placing the ground above, & two parts beneath, and other while the ground beneath and two parts above: or againe otherwise the ground sometimes in the midst betweene both, likewise other conceites, which are plainly set downe, for the profite of those which would attaine unto knowledge / performed and published by John Farmer in favour of such as love musicke, with the ready way to perfect knowledge.
Author: Farmer, John, active 1591-1601
Publication: Imprinted at London : by Thomas Easte, the assigne of William Byrd, and are to be sould in Broadstreet neere the Royall exchange at the authors house, 1591.

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Description

1 score ([45] pages); 15 cm (8̊.)

Alternative Title

Divers and sundry waies of two parts in one, to the number of fortie, uppon one playnsong

Subjects

Genre/Form

Part songs.
Canons (Music)

Note

40 two-part canons, each in combination with the same "playnsong" cantus firmus, with instructions.
No words.
Printed from moveable type throughout; diamond musical notation, initials.
Signatures: [A]-A⁴ B-[D⁸].
"To the right honorable my very good lord & master Edward de Vere Earle of Oxenford..." -- at the start of two dedicatory pages after title page.
Final work in NYPL copy is numbered 39, with the word FINIS at foot of page.

Access (note)

Access by permission; please use *ZB-161.

Indexed In (note)

RISM A/I
STC (2nd ed.)
ESTC
Smith, J.L. Thomas East and music publishing in Renaissance England

Additional Formats (note)

Also available on microfilm

Call Number

Drexel 3825 Locked case

OCLC

863601902

Author

Farmer, John, active 1591-1601, composer.

Title

Divers & sundry waies of two parts in one, to the number of fortie, uppon one playnsong: : sometimes placing the ground above, & two parts beneath, and other while the ground beneath and two parts above: or againe otherwise the ground sometimes in the midst betweene both, likewise other conceites, which are plainly set downe, for the profite of those which would attaine unto knowledge / performed and published by John Farmer in favour of such as love musicke, with the ready way to perfect knowledge.

Publisher

Imprinted at London : by Thomas Easte, the assigne of William Byrd, and are to be sould in Broadstreet neere the Royall exchange at the authors house, 1591.

Type of Content

notated music

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Access

Access by permission; please use *ZB-161.

Additional Formats

Also available on microfilm: *ZB-161 (master negative: *ZZ-748).

Indexed In:

RISM A/I, F 106

STC (2nd ed.), 10698

ESTC, S111790

Smith, J.L. Thomas East and music publishing in Renaissance England, p. 156, no. 11

Language

Staff notation.

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Place of Publication

England London.

Added Author

East, Thomas, 1540?-1608?, printer.

Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623, publisher.

Oxford, Edward De Vere, Earl of, 1550-1604, dedicatee.

Drexel collection.

Research Call Number

Drexel 3825 Locked case

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