THEMATIC INDEX MUSIC FOR VIOLS - Viola da Gamba Society

viol and French lute repertoires. Most of the English music in tablature for viol hasbeen included.A reasonably comprehensive account of consort songs and verse anthems for voiceand viols is given.The policy, based on our experience of indexing the music of Jenkins and Lawes, ofopening our doors to the generality of airs and dances for bowed strings, is confirmedand continued.(Addition by Andrew Ashbee)Following publication of the Sixth Instalment in 1992, Gordon resigned from theproject, although he continued to note further amendments in a master copy untilprevented by increasing illness. The master copy, together with other papers on theIndex, was transferred to the care of Andrew Ashbee by Gordon, in the knowledgethat work was about to commence on the Society’s parallel Index of ManuscriptsContaining Consort Music. A seventh instalment of the Thematic Index was producedin 2002 as a CD-ROM. This included many of Gordon’s last amendments as well assome new pages, but excluded any new work on the Anonymous pages. The CD-ROM format allows the flexibility which Gordon was careful to initiate in his looseleafprinted series. Work will continue and I will be pleased to receive furtherinformation at aa0060962@blueyonder.co.uk, or 214, Malling Road, Snodland, Kent,England ME6 5EQ.In 2004 a complete re-issue of the Thematic Index was made on a CD-ROM withall amendments then known, together with some further new pages. In 2008 theCommittee gave permission for the whole Index to be placed on-line with free accessto all and this is planned to appear first in the winter of 2008-9. The CD-ROM canstill be made available for those preferring that format. It is intended to up-date theIndex annually.Some changes will occur. Space limitations mean that it is becoming increasinglydifficult to record modern publications on the Index pages and instead these will nowbe listed separately with the prefatory material. (However, the old material will not bedeleted unless the space is required for new work.) It has been the custom to provide