Lodged in the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge it contains more than 300 works for the virginal, by composers such as john, bull, william byrd, thomas tomkins and many others. The complete recording of the fitzwilliam virginal book is a highly prestigious. With an introduction and notes translated into german by john bernhoff. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
The complete recording of the fitzwilliam virginal book is highly prestigious project of unprecedented scope and importance. It takes its name from viscount fitzwilliam who bequeathed this manuscript collection to cambridge university in 1816. Fitzwilliam virginal book, an album by jovanka marville on spotify. Levin has been improvising within bachs and later music for more than 30 years. It takes its name from viscount fitzwilliam who bequeathed this manuscript. Morley, thomas tomkins, edmund hooper pieterjan belder, harpsichords. In 1951 elizabeth cole compared tregians signature on a legal document with a hand in which titles and composers names are. Fitzwilliam virginal book by jovanka marville on spotify. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. It is now deposited in the fitzwilliam museum at cambridge. All devotees of early keyboard music will welcome this attractive compilation of the bestknown pieces from the classic fitzwilliam virginal book, a remarkable collection of elizabethan and jacobean keyboard music. Muscadin from the fitzwilliam virginal book, performed by f. In this, the fourth volume of the series, pieterjan belder focuses on the.
In this, the fifth volume, belder explores the music of some of the book s best known composers, such as thomas tallis, john munday and thomas tomkins. The release concludes with bulls quadran pavan and galiard, probably the longest piece in the entire fitzwilliam virginal book, with an extensive variation of the pavan followed by a galliard. The fitzwilliam virginal book is the largest surviving collection of elizabethan and jacobean keyboard music, comprising more than 300 works, written by various composers, including such celebrities as john bull, william byrd, orlando gibbons and j. Includes detailed notes on the history of the fitzwilliam virginal book and the 1604 virginal used in the recording, notes on william byrds contribution to the anthology, and an artist biography.
The fitzwilliam virginal book is a primary source of keyboard music from the late elizabethan and early jacobean periods in england, i. With more than cds to his credit, the dutch keyboardist and. The fitzwilliam virginal book is a primary source of keyboard music from the late elizabethan and early jacobean periods in. The fitzwilliam virginal book vol 2 william byrd belder. There is a beautiful, handwritten manuscript in the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge known as the fitzwilliam virginal book. Pieterjan belder continues his superb survey of the fitzwilliam virginal book, an extraordinary manuscript compiled in the late 16th century and held in the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge. The book eventually found its way, via the library of pepusch, into the hand of richard, viscount fitzwilliam, and thus to the museum that bears his name in cambridge.
The fitzwilliam virginal book is the most remarkable, and in many respects the most valuable collection of elizabethan keyboard music, according to groves dictionary of music and musicians. Recordings of pieces from the fitzwilliam virginal book, mp3 files free download. Provided to youtube by kontor new media walsingham, i pieterjan belder fitzwilliam virginal book, vol. I was a levine virgin scooting through life just fine until i happened across storm. Fitzwilliam virginal book music collection britannica. War bringer red team book 8 kindle edition by elaine levine. The fitzwilliam virginal book is the most famous, extensive and important collection of keyboard music from the english elizabethan and jacobean era.
The ornamentation in the fitzwilliam virginal book with an. Belders project of recording the entire fitzwilliam virginal book started in 2010. The fitzwilliam virginal book, volume 7 brilliant classics. Grove music doctor philosophiae this study sets out to examine the ornamentation in the manuscript gbcfm 32. Fitzwilliam virginal book quantity add to basket ref. Belder plays a unique original ruckers instrument from 1604, the details of which are described in the extensive liner notes in the booklet. Principally an organist and organbuilder, bull left behind a variety of attractive. Galliards, pavans and other keyboard works book depository. The sixteenth and early seventeenthcentury ornamentation as practised on the continent is also investigated, in order to elucidate the contemporary english practice. Bbc radio 3 essential classics, tuesday sarah walker with. Buy fitzwilliam virginal book, volume 5 by pieterjan belder, various, none from amazons classical music store.
Although composed for the virginal, these pieces can be played without difficulty on the piano or any other keyboard instrument. Contents listing this is a detailed listing of the contents of the fitzwilliam virginal book. A dance in two parts, with a pavanelike procession in duple meter and a jumping galliard in triple time. In this, the sixth volume, belder focuses on the compositions of john bull, one of the main contributors to the collection. The extraordinary fitzwilliam virginal book is a fascinating document.
It contains the largest collection of elizabethan and jacobean keyboard music a virginal being a small harpsichord numbering nearly three hundred pieces composed during the fifty years before the first published keyboard music in england in 1612. Jan belder make it a landmark of historical importance. Barclay edited by fitzwilliam and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In this, the fifth volume, belder explores the music of some of the books best known composers, such as. Fitzwilliam virginal book, an early 17thcentury english manuscript collection of 297 pieces for keyboard by many of the major composers of the period. Fitzwilliam virginal book edited from the original manuscript. Volume 1, recorded in 2010, in a series of recordings of the complete fitzwilliam virginal book, a fascinating project and the first of its kind. The ornamentation in the fitzwilliam virginal book, with an introductory study of contemporary practice by willem diederik viljoen promotor. Fitzwilliam virginal book volume 5 brilliant classics. This book explores the paradoxes of our modern ideal of objectivity, in particular its emphasis on the impersonality and disinterestedness of truth. The fitzwilliam virginal book 2 volumes by maitland j a.