. The old cryes of London. alls attention to a part-song in theBodleian Library which contains many Cryes. I have not myself seen thatinteresting MS. My own interest in the Cryes came about by accident. In thequaint old Library of Westminster Abbey—once the dormitory of themonks—I have, during my long residence in the Cloisters, had the oppor-tunity for looking through a valuable collection of music, chiefly publishedin Elizabethan times, and consisting for the most part of Madrigals. Ithink there is no doubt this interesting section of the Library comes fromthe music-loving Dean Williams. He
. The old cryes of London. alls attention to a part-song in theBodleian Library which contains many Cryes. I have not myself seen thatinteresting MS. My own interest in the Cryes came about by accident. In thequaint old Library of Westminster Abbey—once the dormitory of themonks—I have, during my long residence in the Cloisters, had the oppor-tunity for looking through a valuable collection of music, chiefly publishedin Elizabethan times, and consisting for the most part of Madrigals. Ithink there is no doubt this interesting section of the Library comes fromthe music-loving Dean Williams. He was Dean in 1620, and we are told ... he procured the sweetest music, both for the viols and for voices ofall parts, that ever was heard in English music. In those days the OF 23 Abbey and the Jerusalem Chamber, when he gave entertainments tohis friends, were the votaries of the choicest songs that the Land hasheard, the greatest Masters of the art of that delightful facultyfrequented here above all others. aruiCreanii. I have fresh Cheese and Creame, I have fresh. As I looked through the shelves on one occasion my eyes fell upona collection of sacred Motets by Richard Deering, a composer who hasbeen strangely neglected by musical historians. Burney speaks of his music as very sober, innocent, pedantic, dry,and uninteresting. Sir Frederick Ouseley says his style was severe andcorrect, but very dry. Even Sir Hubert Parry dismisses him with the 24 ewes OF single sentence: Deering died in 1630. Others content themselveswith repeating: Oliver Cromwell was fond of Deerings music. Theverdicts of Burney and Ouseley show that they were entirely ignorant of thegreat Motets of Deering, which are splendid specimens of the composersgenius, and afford surprising evidence of the musical advancement of hisperiod. This is not the occasion to dwell upon the Motets, but it was thediscovery of these remarkable works (many of which have since beenprinted, and are now performed in the Abbey and
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