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Musica Britannica is preparing a volume dedicated to the "Keyboard Music from Fitzwilliam Manuscripts" [1]. For arrangements, new editions, etc. It takes its name from Viscount Fitzwilliam who bequeathed this manuscript collection to Cambridge University in , where it remains to this day in the Fitzwilliam Museum. It takes its name from Viscount Fitzwilliam who bequeathed this manuscript collection to Cambridge University in From the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. Creative Commons Attribution 4.

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Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Volume 1

Richard Strauss used several selections from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book in his opera, Die schweigsame Frauand cited them accordingly at their appearances in the work. Generally the more moderately paced and sustained pieces are performed on the organ. Of unknown origins, the previously scarce collector's item is now available at popular prices for the first time.

Vitginal Publications Introductory notes also in German. But it is also a source of delight, allowing for countless hours at the keyboard for all lovers of good music.

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Barclay Squire set the music into modern notation, preserving faithfully the intent of the composers. Vox Records as a three-LP boxed set and features Payne performing three album sides on harpsichord a modern Eric Herz instrument and three sides on organ. Once called Queen Elizabeth's Virginal Book, a title that has been abandoned because it has been determined that she never owned it, the manuscript was given no title by its author.

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It was once called Fjtzwilliam Elizabeth's Virginal Booka title that has been abandoned because it has been determined that she never owned it, Another hypothesis, which still has supporters, is that it belonged to Francis Tregian the Youngera recusant and amateur musician. There is no authorship attribution in the book itself. Retrieved from " http: Until Parthenia was printed in aboutthere was no music published as such in England at this time, and like the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, most of the collections of keyboard music were compiled by performers: Music and Letters Most of the pieces in the book are short, and many of them are character pieces with droll and memorable titles, including: Javascript is required for this feature.

Views Read Edit View history. Performed by Ulrich Metzner on a harpsichord of the type used in the early 20th century. There are separate pieces actually, Fitzwilliam Bolk Book Various This page is only for complete editions and multiple selections from the collection here. As with many keyboard manuscripts of the time, the pieces were not written for a specific instrument at least, none is mentionedand most sound happily on all contemporary keyboard instruments, from the virginals through to chamber organs.

Fuller Maitland and W. XC and in the Act 3 courtroom scene No. Pavlov celloM. The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book is fitzwilliaam primary source of keyboard music from the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods in Englandi.

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The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Volume One

Creative Commons Attribution 3. It takes its name from Viscount Fitzwilliam who bequeathed this manuscript collection to Cambridge University inwhere it remains to this day in the Fitzwilliam Museum. As with many keyboard manuscripts of the time, the pieces were not written for a specific instrument, and most sound happily on all contemporary keyboard instruments, including virginalsharpsichordclavichord and chamber organ.

Until Parthenia was printed in aboutthere was no keyboard music published as such in England, because of the technical complexity of printing keyboard music as opposed to, for example, vocal parts. A microfilm facsimile of the manuscript is included in The music collections of the Cambridge libraries Woodbridge, Conn. From the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

It is now deposited in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge.