This edition was produced directly from the parts published by John Playford in 1685. It is a verbatim transcription, except for the following changes:
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Ternary meters are written in modern style (3/2, 3/4, etc.) instead of Purcell’s dotted-half-circle notation.
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Accidentals apply through the measure in which they appear. (The MS adds an accidental to every altered note.)
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Naturals are used where the MS has a sharped flat.
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Fermata that appear in one voice have been added to the others. (See specific edits below.)
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A few unambiguous misprints have been fixed.
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Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe wcm@sigwinch.xyz
Add missing fermata at m 24 (vln. I & II), m 66 (vln. I & II) and m 119 (vln. I & II, basso).
Add missing fermata at m 29 (vln. I & II), m 118 (vln. I & II, basso).
Add piano marking to continuo at m 164.
Add missing fermata at m 24 (vln. I & II, basso), m 62 (vln. I & II, basso).
Correct first 8th of m 60 in continuo from C♮ to C♯.
Add missing fermata at m 59 (vln. I & II, continuo) and m 95 (vln. I & II, continuo).
Add dynamic marks to bass and continuo at m 91.
Add missing fermata at m 23 (vln. I & II, continuo), m 44 (vln. I & II, continuo) and m 100 (vln. I & II, continuo).
Add missing fermata at m 47 (vln. I), m 93 (vln. I, continuo) and m 135 (vln. I, basso).
Add dynamic markings at m 173.
Added missing fermata at m 26 and m 71 in vln. I.
m 79 in the MS has double-barline between notes. Moved to end of measure.
First note in continuo at m 40 in the MS is C♮. Corrected it to C♯.
m 45 continuo beat three has ‘6 — 5 4’ in the MS, which seems to be a mistake. I have changed it to ‘6 4 — 5 3’.
The penultimate movement is marked ‘vivace’ in violin I and bass, but ‘allegro’ in violin II and continuo.
Add dynamic marks to bass at m 94 and vln. II at m 95.
Last movement is marked ‘allegro’ in the bass but ‘vivace’ in other parts.
Fermata at m 124 are missing in vln. I and continuo. Added them.
Add missing fermata at m 26 (vln. I, bass), m 79 (vln. I and II) and m 129 (vln. I and continuo).
Added piano marking to continuo at m 115 (appears in all other parts).
Add missing fermata at m 33 (vln. I) and m 87 (vln. I).
Change A♭ to A♮ in basso at m 95. (Missing accidental in the MS found through comparison with the continuo.)
Add missing fermata at m 8 (vln. I, II, basso), m 22 (vln. I), m 52 (vln. I), m 68 (vln. I, basso) and m 134 (continuo).
Note: The MS continuo part has 5 4 — 6 5 for the first beat of m 103. This does not seem to be a typo, although the other parts might suggest it. It has been preserved here.
I’m uncertain what the right placement of the figured bass is at m 46.
Change bass figure in m 106 from ♯4 2 to 4 2. Placement is ambiguous in the MS, but ♯4 makes no sense anywhere in the measure.
Add missing fermata at m 14 (vln. I), m 43 (vln. I, continuo), m 83 (vln. I), m 118 (vln. I & II, continuo) and m 182 (vln. II)