“Where An od Crotchet runs Through the notes. do but RememBer”

Tomkins begins a practical rule for negotiating an awkward rhythmic pattern · Manuscript annotation, British Library Add. MS 29996

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“I first breathed, and beheld the sunne, in that Country, to which your Lordship gives that greatest lustre, taking the Title of your Earledome from it”

Tomkins recalls his Welsh birthplace while paying an elaborate compliment to his patron · Dedication to the Earl of Pembroke, Songs of 3, 4, 5 and 6 Parts, 1622

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“This hard Tenor part. Being the playnsong. The solution. How to sing it is”

A practical introduction to Tomkins's explanation of a difficult rhythmic passage · Manuscript annotation, British Library Add. MS 29996

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