The Baldwin part books and a case study of the eight settings of the respond Dum Transisset Sabbatum

Welch, Alison Margaret (2017). The Baldwin part books and a case study of the eight settings of the respond Dum Transisset Sabbatum. University of Birmingham. M.A.

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Abstract

This dissertation considers the eights settings of the respond Dum Transisset Sabbatum from The Baldwin Part Books. The set of parts books is one of the major repositories of Latin Church Music in England from the Tudor Period, covering the years from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I.
It provides a brief context for the part books and some consideration of the work of John Baldwin, single copyist of this manuscript. Baldwin also had sole or part involvement with several other significant manuscripts of the period, which are discussed.
The dissertation goes on to review the settings in detail, concerning their characteristics, use of cantus firmus, motifs, imitation. methods of aiding cohesion, and setting of text. It concludes with a consideration of what makes 'a good composition?'. an evaluation of the settings and a possible order of composition.

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Thesis (Masters by Research > M.A.)

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Masters by Research > M.A.

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