List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Sigla xv
PART 1 - A GENERAL SURVEY OF BRITISH KEYBOARD MUSIC AND ITS SOURCES 3
The Printed Source Tradition 3
Manuscripts before 1600 5
General Survey of Seventeenth-Century Manuscripts 8
Chronology 8
Types of Manuscripts 9
Physical Nature of the Sources 10
Organization of Contents 10
Notation 11
Provenance and Function 13
The Repertory 14
Free Pieces 14
Fantasia—Voluntary 14
Prelude 21
Pieces Based on a Cantus Firmus 24
Hexachord 24
In nomine 25
Miserere 27
Other Plainsongs 27
Ground 28
Variations 32
Dances 33
Pavan 33
Galliard 34
Almaine 36
Corant 39
Saraband 41
Jig 42
Other Dances 43
PART 2 - MANUSCRIPT SOURCES 47
BIBLIOGRAPHY 129
INDEX 147