Old Hall Manuscript (jan 1, 1400 – jan 1, 1420)

Description:

The largest, most complete, and most significant source of English sacred music of the late 14th and early 15th centuries, and as such represents the best source for late Medieval English music.

Kings and the Fortunes of War
1. The Old Hall Manuscript contains the earliest English polyphonic church music
that can be read today.
2. Copied for a member of the royal family, most of its contents belong to the
Mass Ordinary.
3. Henry V, who is associated with the Old Hall Manuscript, holds a prominent
place in history of this period.
4. When Henry’s army occupied part of northern France in the early fifteenth
century, his brother John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, was in charge. This brother included
the composer John Dunstable (ca. 1390–1453) among those who received part of his estates
when he died.

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