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Volumes 1 to 30

The Mulliner Book (I) Ref: MB1

NOTE: This volume is temporarily available in a spiral-bound format. A new edition is currently in preparation.

Edited by Denis Stevens
Choosing for their first volume of Musica Britannica a unique collection of 16th-century keyboard music, the original editors established the high standard of scholarship and presentation that have continued as the guiding principles for the entire series. This historic publication contains 120 compositions for organ or virginals.
First published in 1951, revised 1954 and reprinted with corrections 1962. Further reprints 1973, 1983.

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Price: £52.00

Cupid and Death: Matthew LOCKE and Christopher GIBBONS (II) Ref: MB2

Edited by Edward J Dent
Today's revival of interest in 17th-century English music-theatre owes much to pioneering early Musica Britannica volumes which made available for the first time authoritative editions of works such as James Shirley's Cupid and Death, an important example of the Renaissance masque tradition surviving from this period. Performing material is available for rental.
First published in 1951, revised 1965.

Price: £52.00

The Masque of Comus: Thomas ARNE (III) Ref: MB3

Edited by Julian Herbage
John Dalton's stage adaptation of Milton's Comus, with music by Thomas Arne, held the 18th-century stage for half a century in various forms. MB3 presents the complete text and music as first produced at Drury Lane Theatre in March 1738. Performing material is available for rental.
First published in 1951. Reprinted 1965.

Price: £77.00

Mediaeval Carols (IV) Ref: MB4

Edited by John Stevens
The contents of this volume are the extant polyphonic settings of 15th-century carols in English and Latin, here collected for the first time. Though generally religious in content, the carol was essentially a verse form, and apparently the only one extensively cultivated by English musicians.
First published in 1952, revised 1958 and reprinted 1970, 1976.

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Price: £56.00

Keyboard Music: Thomas TOMKINS (V) Ref: MB5

Edited by Stephen Tuttle

Musica Britannica's first single-composer collection gathers together the surviving keyboard oeuvre of this late master of the English Virginal School. Masterly in style, these pieces display a compelling breadth and confidence of technique that recalls the music of William Byrd.
First published in 1955, revised 1964.

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Price: £70.50

Ayres for Four Voices: John DOWLAND (VI) Ref: MB6

Edited by David Greer
This completely new edition of a popular MB volume presents Dowland's 65 ayres for SATB and lute in original note values, and features the lute part both in tablature and staff notation. The volume includes The First Booke of Songes or Ayres (1597), The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres (1600), The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires (1603) and A Pilgrimes Solace (1612).
Published 2000.

Price: £83.50

Anthems I: Coronation & Verse Anthems: John BLOW (VII) Ref: MB7

Edited by Anthony Lewis & H Watkins Shaw
The contents include anthems for the coronation of James II and for the coronation of William and Mary, plus three anthems with strings. Musica Britannica's collections of his work have done much to increase our appreciation of this influential figure in 17th-century English music. String parts for several of the anthems are available for rental.
First published in 1953, revised 1969 and reprinted with corrections in 1986.

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Price: £53.50

Complete Works: John DUNSTABLE (VIII) Ref: MB8

Edited by Manfred Bukofzer
A milestone in 20th-century musicology when first published and the standard edition ever since, this volume presents the surviving sacred and secular output of this renowned medieval English composer whose genius was recognized throughout Europe.
First published in 1953, revised 1970 and reprinted 1983.

In the USA, this volume is available through the American Musicological Society

Price: £77.00

Jacobean Consort Music (IX) Ref: MB9

Edited by William Coates & Thurston Dart
A rich anthology of fantasias and dances for 'whole' consorts of two to six parts, by 34 composers from Adson to Wilbye - and Anon. There is also a substantial section containing music for strings and keyboards, and another of music for division viol and lyra viol.
First published in 1955, revised 1962 and reprinted with corrections 1971. Further reprint 1977.

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Price: £77.00

The Eton Choirbook I (X) Ref: MB10

Edited by Frank Harrison
An epic transcription of this most important document of late 15th-century choral music; Volume I contains polyphonic antiphons by Browne, Cornysh, Davy, Horwood, Kellyk, Lambe, Sturton and Wylkynson.
First published in 1956, revised 1967 and reprinted with corrections 1983.

Price: £70.50

The Eton Choirbook II (XI) Ref: MB11

Edited by Frank Harrison
18 late 15th-century polyphonic antiphons by Banester, Browne, Cornysh, Davy, Fawkyner, Fayrfax, Hampton, Hacomplaynt, Horwood, Huchyn, Hygons, Sutton and Wylkynson. The latest edition more accurately reflects the coloration of the original manuscript.
First published in 1958, revised 1973 and 2002.

Price: £70.50

The Eton Choirbook III (XII) Ref: MB12

Edited by Frank Harrison
Introduces four composers not featured in the two previous volumes - Holyngborne, Nesbett, Stratford and Turges - and includes Magnificats, Davy's St Matthew Passion and Wylkynson's Apostles' Creed.
First published in 1961, revised 1973.

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Price: £70.50

Overtures for Orchestra: William BOYCE (XIII) Ref: MB13

Edited by Gerald Finzi
A collection that includes some of the liveliest and most attractive orchestral music by any 18th-century English composer - edited by a 20th-century composer who pioneered a reappraisal of Boyce's achievement. Most of the pieces are drawn from New Year and Royal Birthday Odes. Performing material for rental is available for eight of the Overtures.
First published in 1957.

Price: £70.50

Keyboard Music I: John BULL (XIV) Ref: MB14

Edited by John Steele & Francis Cameron and revised Alan Brown.
Bull's skill as a composer and performer was acknowledged throughout Europe. This volume, the first of two, contains fantasias, ostinati and plainsong settings, keyboard canons, preludes and a group of 'Dorian' pieces by this intriguing and ingenious master of the virginals.
First published in 1960, revised 1967 and 2001.

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Price: £71.00

Music of Scotland 1500-1700 (XV) Ref: MB15

Edited by Kenneth Elliott
Containing a wide-ranging anthology of Latin church music, music of the reformed church, songs and instrumental music - music of court, cathedral and castle, kirk, burgh and countryside. This has remained one of the most popular Musica Britannica volumes amongst both scholars and performers.
First published in 1957, revised 1964, 1975.

Price: £77.00

No Song, No Supper: Stephen STORACE (XVI) Ref: MB16

Edited by Roger Fiske
A delightful late 18th-century stage-piece by a gifted composer who befriended the young Mozart. Regularly revived in amateur or professional productions, it makes an important contribution to our understanding more of a little-known and neglected area of English operatic history. Performing material is available for rental.
First published in 1959 and reprinted with corrections 1975.

Price: £66.50

Concertos for Piano and Orchestra Nos. 1-3: John FIELD (XVII) Ref: MB17

Edited by Frank Merrick
This is neglected repertoire by an important figure of the early Romantic movement who was a significant influence on Chopin. The contents include Piano Concertos in E flat, A flat and E flat, scored for strings, timps and double woodwind, horns and trumpets.
First published in 1961.

Price: £77.00

Music at the Court of Henry VIII (XVIII) Ref: MB18

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Edited by John Stevens
A popular volume of secular pieces, transcribed from the collection known as Henry VIII's Book, that captures the diverse musical life to be sampled at the court of England's most fascinating monarch. To mark the quincentenary of Henry VIII's accession in 1509, MB18 is currently available at the special price of £39.50.
First published in 1962, revised 1969, and reprinted 1973, 1978.

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Price: £39.50

Keyboard Music II: John BULL (XIX) Ref: MB19

Edited by Thurston Dart
Complementing MB14, this is a handsome collection of Dr Bull's more extrovert keyboard music, containing his variation sets, pavans, galliards and other dances, preludes and various 'character pieces'.
First published in 1963, revised 1970 and reprinted with corrections 1992.

Price: £71.00

Keyboard Music: Orlando GIBBONS (XX) Ref: MB20

Edited by Gerald Hendrie
Highly popular in its own day, surviving not only in Parthenia but also in some 40 manuscripts, this corpus of work reflects the mind of a severe, sometimes austere musician who rarely indulged in effects of virtuosity for their own sake, yet whose music retains an enduring fascination for modern keyboard players.
First published in 1962, revised 1967 and reprinted with corrections 1974 and 1990.

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Price: £53.50

Consort Music: William LAWES (XXI) Ref: MB21

Edited by Murray Lefkowitz
In the history and development of 17th-century English music, Lawes occupied a central position between the emergence of a distinctive instrumental style and its culmination in the works of Purcell.
First published in 1963, revised 1971 and reprinted with corrections 1978.

Price: £56.50

Consort Songs (XXII) Ref: MB22

Edited by Philip Brett
The 'Cinderella' of Elizabethan and Jacobean secular music, consort songs for voice and viols survived both the popularity of the imported madrigal and the fashion for the lute air. An indigenous corpus of music, they subsequently influenced the development of the verse anthem.
First published in 1967, revised 1974.

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Price: £77.00

Collected Anthems: Thomas WEELKES (XXIII) Ref: MB23

Edited by David Brown, Walter Collins and Peter Le Huray
Weelkes's music for the church, obscured by his reputation as a madrigalist, is well served by this edition of his full and verse anthems. Their qualities of dramatic strength and skill in handling choral forces are no less impressive than in his popular secular compositions.
First published in 1966, revised 1975.

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Price: £56.50

Keyboard Music: Giles FARNABY (XXIV) Ref: MB24

Edited by Richard Marlow
This is music by an elusive figure, whose amateur status in no way impaired the creation of a picturesque keyboard style which experts have compared with that of certain Romantic masters. Four pieces by Richard Farnaby, son of Giles, are also included.
First published in 1965, revised 1974.

Price: £56.50

Secular Vocal Music: Richard DERING (XXV) Ref: MB25

Edited by Peter Platt
Canzonettes for three and four voices are collected in this volume, plus Italian madrigals in the early monodic style of the continuo-madrigal. A Roman Catholic, Dering worked first in Brussels, then at the court of Charles 1 and Henrietta Maria before his death in 1630. His music makes for interesting comparison with that of another recusant composer, Peter Philips, collected in MB29 and MB61 and MB75.
First published in 1969, and reprinted with corrections 1977.

Price: £53.50

Consort Music in Four Parts: John JENKINS (XXVI) Ref: MB26

Edited by Andrew Ashbee
The volume includes airs and suites for two trebles, two basses and organ, and four-part fantasias and airs. Jenkins was a renowned composer in his own time, and his life and works forged a historical link between the glory of Jacobean consort music and its culmination in the music of Purcell.
First published in 1969, revised 1975.

Price: £70.50

Keyboard Music I: William BYRD (XXVII) Ref: MB27

Edited by Alan Brown
The third, revised edition of this landmark volume incorporates a number of significant revisions. A new bibliography and note on instruments and performance are also included. With MB28, the volume is recorded on the 7-CD collection of Byrd's complete keyboard music, played by Davitt Moroney and issued on the Hyperion label.
First published in 1969, revised 1976, 2000.

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Price: £72.00

Keyboard Music II: William BYRD (XXVIII) Ref: MB28

Edited by Alan Brown
Contains pieces on plainsong melodies, fantasias, pavans, galliards and character pieces, of which 17 are revised significantly in the light of recent research for this third edition. Also amended are the incipits of anonymous works and the lists of variants and of sources, with the addition as in MB27 of a bibliography, and an appendix of relevant plainsongs from 16th-century sources.
First published in 1971, revised 1976 and 2004.

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Price: £72.00

Select Italian Madrigals: Peter PHILIPS (XXIX) Ref: MB29

Edited by John Steele
A Roman Catholic who spent most of his life in foreign service, Philips was a master of the conservative Italian style. This selection gives a comprehensive idea of his achievement, and makes for an interesting contrast with work by Richard Dering (MB25), another Catholic composer who spent much of his life away from England.
First published in 1970, reprinted with corrections 1985.

Price: £77.00

A Shakespeare Ode: Thomas LINLEY Jnr (XXX) Ref: MB30

Edited by Gwilym Beechey
A delightful 'Ode on the Spirits of Shakespeare', this is a remarkable achievement by a young composer whose tragically early death, aged 22, deprived English music of a possible figure of genius who was an exact contemporary of Mozart. Performing material is available for rental.
First published in 1970, reprinted with corrections 1985.

Price: £70.50

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