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The music of Cuthbert Hely in Cambridge, Fitzwilliam music ms. 689 Item Type text; Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) Authors Cockburn, Brian, 1963- Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 27/09/2021 06:38:47 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276717 INFORMATION TO USERS This reproduction was made from a copy of a document sent to us for microfilming. While the most advanced technology has been used to photograph and reproduce this document, the quality of the reproduction is heavily dependent upon the quality of the material submitted. The following explanation of techniques is provided to help clarify markings or notations which may appear on this reproduction. 1. 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Other UMI THE MUSIC OF CUTHBERT HELY IN CAMBRIDGE, FITZWILLIAM MUSIC MS. 689 by Brian Cockburn A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF MUSIC WITH A MAJOR IN MUSICOLOGY In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 198 8 STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This thesis has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at the University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to borrowers under the rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this thesis are allowable without special permission, provided that accurate acknowledgment of source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the head of the major department or the Dean of the Graduate College when in his or her judgment the proposed use of the material is in the interests of scholarship. In all other instances, however, permission must be obtained from the author. SIGNED APPROVAL BY THESIS DIRECTOR This thesis has been approved on the date shown below: John Boe [Date Professor of Music PREFACE The purpose of this study is to bring to light the previously unknown solo lute music of Cuthbert Hely. Hely was an amatuer musician who flourished sometime in the early seventeenth century. His music is filled with overlapping suspensions and retardations but often lacks the craftsmanship found in the lute music of professional composers of his day. I have been fortunate in being able to acquire all the materials I needed to complete this study. 1 wish to thank the Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts and Records at The National Library of Wales, and the Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge for their promptness and kind encouragement. I would like to thank the University of Arizona Music Department for their grant which enabled me to purchase the microfilm of the manuscript and other items. I would like to thank my adviser, Dr. John Boe, who kept this study in focus. Finally, I thank my wife who encouraged and criticized when mos t needed. i i i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vi ABSTRACT vii PART I: COMMENTARY 1 1. LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY'S LUTE-BOOK .... 2 The Compilers of the Lute-Book .... 2 Lord Herbert of Cherbury 2 Cuthbert Hely 5 The Influence of Lord Herbert's Lute on the Manuscript 9 History of the Lute 9 Lord Herbert's Lute 11 Description of the Lute-Book 13 Contents 13 Physical Description 13 Organization of the Manuscript .... 16 Historical Precedents for Dance Movement Groupings 17 Groupings in Lord Herbert's Lute-Book 18 2. The Lute Music of Cuthbert Hely 22 Tuning 22 Temperament 23 Tablature 24 The Music 26 Type I 27 Type II 29 Type III 31 Detailed Analysis of Nos. 1,5,6... 32 Type I 36 Type II 44 Type III 48 iv V TABLE OF CONTENTS--Continued Page PART II: THE LUTE MUSIC OF CUTHBERT HELY IN FITZWILLIAM MUS. MS. 689 52 Editorial Note 53 No. 1 , Pre lude 5 5 No. 2, Pre lude 5 7 No. 3, Fantasia 59 No. 4, Fantasia 61 No. 5, Saraband 65 No. 6, Pre lude 66 No. 7, Fantasia 67 No. 8 , Pre lude 71 SUPPLEMENT: MODERN TABLATURE 73 Editorial Note 74 No. 1, Prelude 75 No. 2, Prelude 78 No. 3, Fantasia 80 No. 4, Fantasia 83 No. 5, Saraband 87 No. 6, Prelude 88 No. 7 , Fantasia 89 No. 8, Prelude 94 APPENDIX A: HELY/HERBERT LETTER 96 APPENDIX B: CONTENTS OF LORD HERBERT'S LUTE-BOOK . 98 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 104 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page Fi gur e 1. Cuthbert Hely's Signature from the Letter, Powis Castle 351 7 2. Lord Herbert of Cherbury1s Lute-Book, Fitzwilliam Mus. Ms. 689, Folio 82^ 54 vi ABSTRACT Part I comments on the life and music of Cuthbert Hely. In Chapter 1, Hely's place in society is described. The only evidence for Hely's existence consists of a letter from Cuthbert Hely to Lord Herbert of Cherbury, and the unusual organization of the lute-book. Chapter 2 studies the style of Hely's lute music, using a pseudo-Schenkerian approach to show its harmonic and polyphonic characteristics. Part II presents a transcription of Hely's eight pieces, along with lute tablature, edited for modern performance. A selective bibliography is included. vi i THE LUTE MUSIC OF CUTHBERT HELY IN LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY1S LUTE BOOK FITZWILLIAM MUS. MS. 689 PART I COMMENTARY CHAPTER 1 LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY'S LUTE-BOOK Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury and Castle Island was deeply involved in the political, social, and religious events of his time--events that affected not only the choice of music included in the lute-book that bears his name, but in an indirect way, their order as well. The Compilers of the Lute-Book Lord Herbert of Cherbury Edward Herbert was born on 3 March 1582.^ In 1596, at the age of fourteen, he became a Gentleman-Commoner of University College Oxford. Soon after, on 28 February 1598, he wed his older cousin Mary, daughter of Sir William Herbert, and with his mother and wife returned to his studies at Oxford. He later wrote of the ensuing period: ^Dictionary of National Biography, (London: Oxford University Press, 1972), pp. 624-626. 2 3 During this time of living in the University or at home, I attained also to sing my part at first sight in music, and to play on the lute with very little or almost no teaching . my learning of music was for this end, that I might entertain myself at home, and together refresh my mind after my studies . He was made a Knight of the Bath soon after the accession of James I, and visited the castle of James I in Montgomery.

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