The Old Hall Manuscript: a choir book compiled and written for the Chapel Royal

This manuscript is the most important source for the music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in England. It comprises the oldest collection of English harmony which has survived; 147 compositions, 121 being settings of the Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei of the Mass; the remainder being antiphons and motets. 93 pieces have the names of their composers. Add MS 57950; illustrated as frontispiece in AR