APPENDIX 11

MUSIC OF

HENRY & GEORGE LOOSEMORE

ORGANISTS OF KINGS & TRINITY COLLEGES, CAMBRIDGE [1]

Note:            
u = unique source
inc. = incomplete
v= verse anthem                    
f = full anthem                  
vv = voice parts

I.    HENRY LOOSEMORE

Title

vv

full/ verse

selected ms source [2]

(u)nique/inc.

source ref.

Services and Service items

          

First Service (whole) in D min.

4,5,6

f

Peterhouse

u

[3]

Second Service (Bte, Jub only)

  

f

Peterhouse

u

[3]

Litany (Latin version of 1st Service)

4

f

Peterhouse

  

[3]

Litany (Latin) in G min.

5

f

Peterhouse

u

[3]

Litany to 1st Service

  

f

Peterhouse/Ely

  

[3], [4]

           

Anthems

          

Almighty and everlasting God

  

f

NYPL

u, inc.

[5]

Behold it is Christ [Acts 10:42]

  

v

Peterhouse

u, inc.

[3]

Behold now praise the Lord [Ps 134:1]

8

f

Peterhouse

u, inc.

[3]

Do well, O Lord [lost]

        

[6]

Fear not, shepherd [for Christmas Day]

  

v

B.L.

inc.

[7]

Fret not thyself [Ps 137:1]

  

v

Peterhouse

u, inc.

[3]

Give the king thy judgements, O God [Ps 72:1]

  

v

B.L.

inc.

[7]

Glory be to God on high I [Communion Service]

  

v

Tenbury

u, inc.

[8]

Glory be to God on high II [ditto]

  

v

B.L.

inc. as I

[7]

I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord [Ps 9:1]

  

v

B.L.

inc.

[7]

Let all the world [George Herbert]

  

v

NYPL

inc.

[5]

Lord I am not high-minded [Ps 131:1]

  

v

NYPL

u, inc.

[5]

Man that is born of woman [Burial Service]

  

v

NYPL

u, inc.

[5]

O eternal God, King of kings

  

v

Lichfield

u, inc.

[9]

O God, my heart is ready [Ps 108:1]

5

f

Peterhouse, NYPL

inc.

[3]

O Jesu Christ, thou art the light [metrical]

  

v

B.L.

u, inc.

[10]

O Lord increase our faith

4

f

NYPL

  

[5] , [11]

O praise God in his holiness

  

v

Worcester

  

[6]

O Saviour of the world

  

f

NYPL

u, inc.

[5]

O sing unto the Lord a new song [Ps 149:1]

  

v

NYPL

u, inc.

[5]

Praise the Lord, O my soul [Ps 103:1]

1/5

  

Peterhouse, NYPL

  

[3], [5]

Praise the Lord, O my soul [Ps 146:1]

4

f

B.L.

  

[7]

Put me not to rebuke, O Lord [Ps 38:1]

4

f

B.L., NYPL

  

[5] , [12]

Tell the daughter of Zion [Matthew 21:5]

5

f

Peterhouse, NYPL

  

[3], [5]

The Lord hath done great things [Ps 126:4]

  

v

B.L.

inc.

[13]

Thou art worthy, O Lord [Rev 4:11]

  

v

Peterhouse

u, inc.

[3]

To Jesus Christ, the faithful witness I

  

v

Peterhouse, NYPL

inc.

[3], [5]

To Jesus Christ, the faithful witness II

  

f

NYPL

u

[5]

Truly, God is loving unto Israel [Ps 73:1]

  

v

Peterhouse

inc.

[3]

Turn thee again, O Lord

  

v

Peterhouse

u, inc.

[3]

Unto thee I lift up mine eyes [Ps 123:1]

5

f

Peterhouse, NYPL

  

[3], [5]

Why art thou so heavy O my soul [Ps 42:6 or 43:5]

4

f

NYPL

  

[5] , [11]

           
Instrumental
          

A verse for Organ, sagbot, Cornute and Violin, [organ part only]

    

NYPL

u

[5]

For 3 violls to the Organ

    

B.L.

u, inc.

[14]

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II   GEORGE LOOSEMORE

Title

vv

full/ verse

selected ms source

(u)nique/inc.

source ref.
Service items
          

Athanasian Creed

  

v

B.L.

u, inc.

[13]

Gloria in excelsis

4

f

Tenbury

  

[15]

Glory be to God on high

4

f

B.L.

u

[16]

Glory be to God on high

4

f

Tenbury

  

[17]

           
Anthems
          

Almighty and everlasting God [St. Thomas]

  

v

B.L.

u, inc.

  

Behold I send unto you prophets [St. Stephen]

  

v

B.L.

u, inc.

  

Christ rising again [Rom 6:9]

4

f

Tenbury

u, inc.

[18]

Hear my crying, O God

?

?

Ely

u, inc.

  

How doth the city sit solitary [Lament 1:1]

  

v

B.L.

u, inc.

  

Keep we beseech thee [15th after Trinity]

4

f

Tenbury

u, inc.

  

O praise God in His holiness [Ps 150:1]

4

f

Tenbury

u, inc.

  

O that mine eyes would melt I [song]

2

  

B.L.

  

[19]

O that mine eyes would melt II

2/4

v

B.L.

    

Great is our Lord

    

?

inc.

[20]

Rejoice in the Lord [Ps 33:1]

  

v

B.L.

u, inc.

  

The Lord, even the most mighty God [Ps 50:1]

  

v

B.L.

u, inc.

  

Great is our Lord [??]

    

?

inc.

[21]

Sing unto God [??]

    

King’s

inc.

  

The King shall rejoice [??]

    

??

inc.

  

11 settings of Comm. Prayer Collects:

  

f

Trinity

u, inc.

[22]

Almighty God, which hast given us

    

[Christmas day]

    

Almighty God,who madest thy blessed Son

    

[Circumcision]

    

O God, which by the leading of a star

    

[Epiphany]

    

Almighty & everlasting God, we humbly beseech

    

[Purification]

    

Almighty God, which through thine only-begotten

    

[Easter Day]

    

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God

    

[Ascension Day]

    

God, which as upon this day

    

[Whit Sunday]

    

Almighty & everlasting God, who hast given

    

[Trinity Sunday]

    

Almighty God, who hast knit together

    

[All Saints Day]

    

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty

    

[Founders Day]

    

O sapientia

    

[Advent antiphon]

lost

  
           
Instrumental
          
Corant, To the Sharp Sute of Bansteads Ayres
    

Bodleian

u, inc.

[23]

Courant for harpsichord
    

Christchurch

u

[24]

Fancies, unknown number, now lost
    

3rd Lord North

  

[25]

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GENERAL NOTES

For an account of the lives of Henry and George Loosemore see Chapter 7 of the present text.

Name of source

Location

Peterhouse, Trinity, King’s

College Libraries’ MSS, Cambridge

Ely, Lichfield, Worcester

Cathedral Library MSS

NYPL

New York Public Library MSS

B.L.

British Library, London, Add. MSS

Tenbury

St. Michael’s College, Tenbury (now at Bodleian Library)

Bodleian

Bodleian Library MSS, Oxford

Christ Church

College Library MSS, Oxford

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[1] J Morehen, The Sources of English Cathedral Music c1617-1644, unpub. Ph.D thesis, Cantab., 1969, is an important general source for this Appendix.  Also generally valuable are A Hughes-Hughes, Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum, 3 vols., 1906-9, especially vol.2., and E H Fellowes, The Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of St. Michael’s College, Tenbury, 2nd. Edition, with additions, etc, first pub. on microfilm, 1981, Harvester Press Microform Publications, Brighton (the Bodleian Library holds a photocopy, shelf-mark Mus.A.66).

[2] R T Daniel and P le Huray, The Sources of English Church Music 1549-1660, Pts I and II, 1972 gives full details of music by Henry Loosemore, including all known sources.  The Restoration date cut off results in the omission of all music by George Loosemore.  See also P le Huray, Towards a Definitive Study of Pre-Restoration Anglican Service Music, Musica Disciplina, xiv, 1960, 167-195.

[3] “Caroline Part-Books”, see Dom Anselm Hughes, Catalogue of the Music Manuscripts at Peterhouse Cambridge, CUP, 1953; J Jebb, The Ecclesiologist, xx, No.cxxxii, 1859, 163-178; B.L. MS Harl. 7338.

[4] W E Dickson, Catalogue of Ancient Choral Services and Anthems¼in the Cathedral Church of Ely, CUP, 1861; organ part only.

[5] NYPL, MS Drexel 5469, see T Dart, Henry Loosemore’s Organ Book, Cambridge Bibliographical Society Transactions, iii, 1963, 143-151.  See also J Bunker Clark, Transpositions in Seventeenth Century English Organ Accompaniments and the Transposing Organ, Detroit Monographs in Musicology, No.4, 1974.

[6] New Grove, article by J Morehen on Henry Loosemore.

[7] B.L. MSS Adds. 30478,9, A Book of Selected Church-Musick¼used in the Cathedrall Church of Durham, 1664.

[8] Tenbury MSS 1176-82.  All Tenbury MSS are now deposited at the Bodleian Library.

[9] Lichfield Cathedral Library, see refs. 1,3 above; no published catalogue.

[10] B.L. MS Harl. 4142, words only.

[11] Originally attributed to Orlando Gibbons.

[12] B.L. MS Harl. 7337.

[13] B.L. MS Add. 34203 is George Loosemore’s organ book, see Dart, op.cit. (ref.5 above).

[14] B.L. MS Add. 34800A-C; the organ part is lacking.

[15] Tenbury MS 795 (English text), may be by Henry Loosemore; identical with n16,17 (this information kindly supplied by J Cannell, private communication, his letter to me 11th Mar 1996.).

[16] B.L. MS Harl. 7339, may be by Henry Loosemore; identical with n15,17 (information from J Cannell).

[17] Tenbury MSS 1176-82.  Identical with n15,16 (information from J Cannell).

[18] Tenbury MS 1021, in score, no organ part.

[19] B.L. MS Add. 33234 is version I, same as II but omitting all chorus sections, organ part lacking; MS Add. 30932 is version II, 2vv/4vv in score.  May be by Henry Loosemore.

[20] Information from J Cannell, , who says it is ascribed to Purcell.

[21] Information from J Cannell, see his letter, fn15 above; no other details available.

[22] M R James, Catalogue of the Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, 3 vols. CUP, 1900-02; ii, MS 558;. See also New Grove, article by J Morehen on George Loosemore.  Details of Trinity College Collects kindly supplied by J Cannell, priv. commun., his letter to me 11th March 1996.

[23] Bodl. MS North e.3, bass viol part only.  See also J Wilson, Roger North on Music, 1959, Plate I;10 for Bansteads.

[24] G E P Arkwright, Catalogue of Music in the Library of Christ Church, Oxford, OUP, Pt I, 1915; MS 1236, may be by Henry Loosemore.

[25] Letter to Henry Loosemore, quoted in J Wilson, op. cit. page 4; see also present text, Appendix 10.