Re-editing the English virginalists: The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, edited by Jon Baxendale and Francis Knights. Lyrebird Music, 2020. 3 volumes. My Lady Nevells Booke, edited by Jon Baxendale and Francis Knights. Lyrebird Music, 2021. Parthenia and Parthenia In-Violata, edited by Jon Baxendale and Francis Knights. Lyrebird Music, 2021.

Charlston, T. (2022) Re-editing the English virginalists: The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, edited by Jon Baxendale and Francis Knights. Lyrebird Music, 2020. 3 volumes. My Lady Nevells Booke, edited by Jon Baxendale and Francis Knights. Lyrebird Music, 2021. Parthenia and Parthenia In-Violata, edited by Jon Baxendale and Francis Knights. Lyrebird Music, 2021. Journal of the Royal College of Organists ISSN 0969-1642

Abstract

This extended review article revisits current understanding of the The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, My Lady Nevells Booke, Parthenia and Parthenia In-Violata in the light of the editorial principles of these new editions and reassesses the role that the organ might play in its performance. Much of the Virginalist repertoire is interchangeable between any available keyboard (and there were many, including the ever-present clavichord) while the delineation of organ and virginal along sacred and secular lines which often deters organ performance today is both questionable and anachronistic. Choice of instrument and technique are considered alongside general principles of fingering, a detailed resume of ornamentation and embellishment, and importance of textual meaning and vocality for keyboard performance.

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