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• Title:Music for King Henry : BL Royal MS 11 E XI / commentary by Nicolas Bell ; performing edition by David Skinner.
  
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• Related Title:Henry's music
  Salve radix.
  Hec est preclarum vas.
  Beati omnes qui timent dominum.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
  Bell, Nicolas.
  Skinner, David, 1964-
  Wilkinson, Clare, 1976-
  Lawrence-King, Andrew.
  Sampson, Richard , -1554 . Psallite felices.
  Opitiis, Benedictus de, active 1500-1525. Sub tuum praesidium.
  Sampson, Richard , -1554. Quam pulcra es amica mea.
  British Library. Manuscript. Royal 11 E XI.
  Folio Society (London, England)
  Alamire (Musical group)
  QuintEssential Sackbut and Cornett Ensemble.
  Early Music Manuscript and Facsimile Collection.
  
• Published/Created:London : Folio Society, 2009.
  

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  • Location:RBSC ASRS - (Confirm availability: email rare.books@ubc.ca) Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: M2.8. M849 2009
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:facsimile volume + commentary volume + cd
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Music--Manuscripts--Facsimiles.
  Motets--16th century
  Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied
  
• Description:1 score ([34] pages) : facsimiles ; 51 cm + 1 score (117 pages, color illustrations ; 31 cm) + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
  
• Cast:Performers on CD: Clare Wilkinson, mezzo-soprano ; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp ; Alamire ; QuintEssential ; David Skinner, director.
  
• Notes:Motets.
  Title from title page of commentary and performing edition volume.
  Facsimile of 'The Royal Choirbook', a collection of motets presented to King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon in 1518, accompanied by a separate volume of commentary by Nicolas Bell with a performing edition by David Skinner and an audio CD entitled: Henry's music : motets from a royal choirbook : songs by Henry VIII. Oxfordshire : Obsidian Records, c2009.
  Commentary and facsimile volumes are presented in their own slipcases blocked in gold.
  Produced to mark the 500th anniversary of the accession of King Henry VIII.
  Limited edition of 500 copies.
  
• Contents:Salve radix / anonymous
  Psallite felices / M. Sampson
  Sub tuum presidium / Benedictus de Opitiis
  Quam pulcra es amica mea / Sampson
  Hec est preclarum vas / anonymous
  Beati omnes qui timent dominum / anonymous.