Eton Choirbook

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The Eton Choirbook (Eton College, MS 178) is one of only three such books (along with the Lambeth and the Caius choirbooks) to survive from pre-Reformation England. It is a large manuscript collection of Marian antiphons, Magnificat settings and other motets assembled for, and still held at, Eton College. Edward Hygons is thought to possibly be responsible for the existence of this book, as well as the Lambeth Choirbook and the Caius Choirbook.

This choirbook appears to have been compiled in two separate stages, the majority of the works being inscribed around 1490-1500 with some later additions possibly from 1510-15. An index at the back lists 61 compositions, about a third of which are now lost or incomplete. Another index at the beginning adds another 30, 4 of them complete and copied in the same hand as the older layer. Robert Wylkynson's Salve regina and Jesus autem transiens are not listed in the indexes and believed to have been added c. 1510-15. Of the 93 works originally contained, 29 have been completely lost and another 21 are incomplete, although a few of these are also found in other sources.

Publication date and place: 1500 – 1520 in Eton, England. – Manuscript
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Contents

Contents of the Eton Choirbook sorted initially by the order in which they appear in the collection. The table is sortable, by clicking the icon at the top of each column. Titles which are complete in the Eton Choirbook (or other sources) are shown below as hyperlinks, blue for works available and red for those not yet available at ChoralWiki. Other notes:

* Lost or fragmentary in Eton Choirbook but complete in one or more other sources.
** Fragmentary, but reconstructed in F. Ll. Harrison edition.
No. Folio Title Composer Parts Status
1 1v–4 O Maria salvatoris Mater John Browne 8
2 4v–8 Gaude flore virginali Hugh Kellyk 7
3 8v–9v O Maria plena gratiae Walter Lambe 6 Requested; fragmentary
4 10–11 Gaude flore virginali Richard Davy 6 Fragmentary (opening left page missing)
5 11v–14 Stabat Mater dolorosa John Browne 6
6 14v O Regina caelestis gloriae I Walter Lambe 6 Fragmentary
7 15–17 Stabat virgo mater Christi I John Browne 6 Fragmentary**
8 17v–19 Stabat iuxta Christi crucem John Browne 6
9 19v–22 O Regina mundi clara John Browne 6
10 22v–25 Gaude virgo mater Christi Edmund Sturton 6
11 25v O virgo prudentissima Robert Wylkynson 6 Fragmentary
12 Gaude flore virginali Robert Wylkynson 6 Missing
13 Salve regina vas mundicie Fawkyner 6 Missing
14 26 Gaude flore virginali William Cornysh 6 Fragmentary
15 26v–29 Salve Regina I Robert Wylkynson 9
16 29v–30 Salve Regina William Brygeman 5 Fragmentary
17 30v–32 Salve Regina William Horwud 5
18 32v–34 Salve Regina Richard Davy 5
19 34v–36 Salve Regina William Cornysh 5
20 36v–38 Salve Regina I John Browne 5
21 38v–40 Salve Regina Walter Lambe 5
22 40v–42 Salve Regina John Sutton 7
23 42v–44 Salve Regina Robert Hacomplaynt 5
24 44v–46 Salve Regina Nicholas Huchyn 5
25 46v–48 Salve Regina II Robert Wylkynson 5
26 48v–50 Salve Regina Robert Fayrfax 5
27 50v–52 Salve Regina Richard Hygons 5
28 52v–54 Salve Regina II John Browne 5
29 54v–56 Salve Regina John Hampton 5
30 56v–59 O Domine caeli terraeque Richard Davy 5
31 59v–62 Salve Jesu Mater vera Richard Davy 5
32 62v–65 Stabat mater dolorosa Richard Davy 5
33 65v–68 Virgo templum Trinitas Richard Davy 5
34 68v–71 In honore summae matris Richard Davy 5
35 71v–74 O Maria et Elizabeth Gilbert Banester 5
36 74v–76 Gaude flore virginali William Horwood 5
37 76v–77v Gaude virgo Mater Christi William Horwud 5 Fragmentary (final page is lost)
38 O Regina caelestis gloriae II Walter Lambe 5 Missing*, requested
39 Gaude flore virginali I Walter Lambe 5 Missing
40 Virgo gaude gloriosa Walter Lambe 5 Missing
41 Stabat mater dolorosa Robert Fayrfax 5 Missing
42 Ave cujus conceptio Robert Fayrfax 5 Missing
43 Quid cantemus innocentes Robert Fayrfax 5 Missing
44 Gaude flore virginali John Dunstaple 5 Missing
45 Ave lux totius mundi John Browne 5 Missing
46 Gaude flore virginali John Browne 5 Missing
47 Stabat mater dolorosa I William Cornysh 5 Missing
48 78–80 Stabat mater dolorosa II William Cornysh 5 Fragmentary
49 80v–82 Gaude virgo salutata Fawkyner 5
50 82v–85 Gaude rosa sine spina Fawkyner 5
51 85v–87 Gaude flore virginali I Edmund Turges 5
52 87v–88 Nesciens mater Walter Lambe 5
53 88v Salve decus castitatis Robert Wylkynson 5 Fragmentary
54 89 Ascendit Christus Nicholas Huchyn 5 Fragmentary
55 89v–91v O Mater venerabilis John Browne 5 Fragmentary
56 Ad te purissima virgo William Cornysh 5 Missing
57 92v–93v Ave lumen gratiae Robert Fayrfax 4 Fragmentary; final page is lost
58 O virgo virginum praeclara Walter Lambe 4 Missing
59 94–95 Gaude virgo mater Christi Robert Wylkynson 4 Fragmentary
60 95v–97 Stabat virgo Mater Christi II John Browne 4
61 97v–99 Stella caeli Walter Lambe 4
62 99v–101 Ascendit Christus hodie Walter Lambe 4
63 101v–103 Gaude flore virginali II Walter Lambe 4
64 103v–105 Gaude flore virginali II Edmund Turges 4
65 105v–106 Ave Maria Mater Dei William Cornysh 4
66 106v–108 Gaude virgo Mater Christi William Cornysh 4
67 108v–110v Gaude Virgo salutata Holyngborne 4 Fragmentary
68 Magnificat I John Browne 7 Missing
69 Magnificat I Richard Davy 4 Missing
70 111 Magnificat John Nesbett 5 Fragmentary*
71 111v–113 Magnificat William Horwood 5
72 113v–116 Magnificat Hugh Kellyk 5
73 116v–118 Magnificat octavi toni Walter Lambe 5 Requested
74 118v Magnificat II John Browne 5 Fragmentary
75 Magnificat 'Regale' Robert Fayrfax 5 Missing*
76 Magnificat William Brygeman 5 Missing
77 Magnificat I Robert Wylkynson 5 Missing
78 Magnificat II Robert Mychelson 5 Missing
79 119–119v Magnificat II Robert Wylkynson 6
80 Magnificat William Cornysh 5 Missing
81 Magnificat III John Browne 5 Missing
82 120–120v Magnificat John Sygar 4 Fragmentary
83 Magnificat IV John Browne 4 Missing
84 Magnificat I Edmund Turges 4 Missing
85 Magnificat II Edmund Turges 4 Missing
86 Magnificat I John Baldwin 4 Missing
87 Magnificat II John Sygar 4 Missing
88 Magnificat II John Baldwin 4 Missing
89 Magnificat III Edmund Turges 4 Missing
90 121 Magnificat II Richard Davy 5 Fragmentary
91 121v–123 Magnificat William of Stratford 4
92 124–126 Passio Domini in ramis palmarum Richard Davy 4 Fragmentary
93 126v Jesus autem transiens - Credo in Deum Robert Wylkynson 13

Works at CPDL

Title Composer No. Genre Subgenre Vo. Voices
Ascendit Christus Nicholas Huchyn 54 Sacred Antiphons 5 SAATB
Ave Maria, Mater Dei William Cornysh 65 Sacred Motets 4 AATB, ATTB
Ave lumen gratiae Robert Fayrfax 57 Sacred Motets 4 TTBB
Gaude Virgo Mater Christi Robert Wylkynson 59 Sacred Antiphons 4 AATB
Gaude Virgo salutata Holyngborne 67 Sacred Antiphons 4 ATBB
Gaude flore virginali Hugh Kellyk 2 Sacred Motets 7 SATTTBB
Gaude flore virginali Richard Davy 4 Sacred Antiphons 6/7 SSSATTB
Gaude flore virginali William Horwood 36 Sacred Motets 5 SATTB
Gaude flore virginali a 5 Edmund Turges 51 Sacred Motets 5 SSATB
Gaude rosa sine spina Fawkyner 50 Sacred Antiphons 5 SATTB
Gaude virgo mater Christi Edmund Sturton 10 Sacred Motets 6 ATTTBB
In honore summae matris Richard Davy 34 Sacred Motets 5 SATTB
Jesus autem transiens - Credo in Deum Robert Wylkynson 93 Sacred Canons 13 13 equal voices
Magnificat Hugh Kellyk 72 Sacred Evening Canticles 5 SATTB
Magnificat John Sygar 82 Sacred Liturgical music 4 SATB
Magnificat William Horwood 71 Sacred Evening Canticles 5 SATTB
Magnificat octavi toni Walter Lambe 73 Sacred Evening Canticles 5 SATTB
Magnificat regale Robert Fayrfax 75 Sacred Evening Canticles 5 SATTB
Nesciens mater Walter Lambe 52 Sacred Motets 5 SATTB
O Maria et Elizabeth Gilbert Banester 35 Sacred Motets 5 SATTB
O Maria salvatoris Mater John Browne 1 Sacred Motets 8 SAATTTBB
Salve Jesu Mater vera Richard Davy 31 Sacred Antiphons 5 SSATB
Salve Regina John Sutton 22 Sacred Motets 7 SATTTBB, SSATTBB
Salve Regina Richard Davy 18 Sacred Votive antiphons 5/6 SSATTB
Salve Regina Richard Hygons 27 Sacred Motets 5 SATTB
Salve Regina Robert Fayrfax 26 Sacred Motets 5 SATTB
Salve Regina Walter Lambe 21 Sacred Motets 5 SATTB
Salve Regina William Cornysh 19 Sacred Votive antiphons 5 SATTB
Salve Regina I John Browne 20 Sacred Votive antiphons 5 SATTB
Salve decus castitatis Robert Wylkynson 53 Sacred Antiphons 5 SSATB
Stabat Mater dolorosa John Browne 5 Sacred Motets 6 SATTBB
Stella caeli Walter Lambe 61 Sacred Motets 4 SATB


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