Dear Arthur, I was trying to locate the Braye Lute Book on line, but got hopelessly lost in the library catalogue. I always keep my eyes open for anything about the lute, and I spotted the reference which Arto posted to the List. I was pretty sure it was a source unknown to the lute world, because there is no reference in Boetticher's RISM catalogue, and John Robinson had never heard of it. I sent off to Yale for a photocopy, which arrived here on my birthday. It's nice having a copy of an unknown manuscript land on the doorstep when it's your birthday. I played through all the pieces at once with great excitement. My only regret is not getting the Lute Society edition ready sooner, but it shouldn't be too long now.
All the best, Stewart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Ness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute Net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Sir Francis Hubert book, too... When I tried to look at the manuscript Arto mentioned, I kept getting the Osborne Commonplace Book (Osborne MS 13). I now see the other one is available too, Osborn Shelves fb7 (Francis Hubert Book, or Edward II Manuscript) That is an amazing discovery, since those pieces must have been atYale for 30 years, and no one spotted them. How did you happen upon them, Stewart? ajn ----- Original Message ----- From: Stewart McCoy To: Lute Net Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 7:48 AM Subject: [LUTE] Sir Francis Hubert book, too... Dear Arto, I first mentioned my discovery of this manuscript to the Lute List on 8th September 2000 in a message called "Edward II Manuscript". I gave a talk about the manuscript to the Lute Society earlier this year, and a summary of the talk appeared in the Lute Society Newsletter. The facsimile edition should be ready soon. Best wishes, Stewart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arto Wikla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute Net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 2:56 PM Subject: [LUTE] Sir Francis Hubert book, too... > > Just go to > http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/ > and seach for word lute > > You'll end up to a page, where there are 9 pages (f. 81r to 89v) of lute > tabulature with the explanation: > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------- > Hubert, Sir Francis, d. 1629. The appearance of the ghost of Kinge > Edward the Second, Kinge of England. [ca. 1625] > > Call Number > Osborn Shelves fb 7 > Notes > Consists of secular tunes (arrangements of popular tunes or dances) > including "Lustie Soldier," "Sallingers Rounde,""The Merry Gypsie," etc > (f. 81,82 and 89); two Masks, one titled, "Mr. Goodwill his Maske" for > St. John's College Oxford (f. 87v and 88v); and standard hymn tunes, > including a number of Psalms, and The Lord's Prayer (f. 84v and > 85r).Music manuscript bound with Hubert's poem. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ > > But perhaps everybody already knew... ;-) > > Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
