A Collection of New Ayres (1695)
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This book contains, as the name would suggest, a collection of 36 songs arranged for two flutes. These songs were written by, what the book's publisher John Hudgebut calls, the "Ingenious Masters" of the late 17th-Century. There are at least six composers represented in the collection, identified by Hudgebut as Mr. Cortiville, Mr. Will. Williams, Mr. Solomon Eccles, Mr. Keene, Mr. Morgine, and Mr. John Eccles.
Hudgebut was a music publisher and bookseller who ran a shop called Golden Harp and Hautboy in London, England. Although he is not believed to have received any formal music education, he published a wide variety of flute- and recorder-related materials, in addition to A Collection of New Ayres, including A Vade Mecum for the Lovers of Musick Shewing the Excellency of the Rechorder (1679). |
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While the lack of a frontispiece on this text's cover and the fact that the pieces contained within the text are well within the range of both the vertical and transverse flutes of the era, it is difficult to discern which of the two instruments this piece was written for. However, Hudgebut also indexes sections of this work within his Thesaurus Musicus, a work whose frontispiece prominently displays a vertical flute being played. Thus, it is likely that this collection was intended for vertical flute as well.
The cover of A Collection of New Ayres.
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The frontispiece shown on all 5 books of Hudgebut's Thesaurus Musicus.
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