Drexel 4175
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Drexel 4175, also known by an inscription on its cover, "Ann Twice, Her Book" or by the inscription on its first leaf, "Songs unto the violl and lute," is a music manuscript commonplace book. It is a
Drexel 4175
Close-up of the original cover showing the now faded inscription
Drexel 4175 label attesting to preservation work by Carolyn Horton & Associates
Drexel 4175, inscription on first leaf
Robert Johnson was an English composer and lutenist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean eras. He is sometimes called "Robert Johnson II" to distinguish him from an earlier Scottish composer. He worke
Drexel 4175
…at no. 49 (li). In its repetition at no. 49 (li), "Deare doe not your faire beuty wronge" is the only song to have a composer attribution, that of Robert Johnson. Johnson is represented by several songs in the manuscript: "O let vs howle" (no. 4 from The Duchess of Malfi), "Tell mee dearest what is loue" (no…
"Deare doe not your faire beuty wronge" by Johnson as it appears in the manuscript Drexel 4175—the only song in the collection with authorial attribution (at bottom right)