John Cunningham, The Consort Music of William Lawes 1602–1645 . Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2010. xxiv+350 pp. ISBN 978-0-954-68097-8.

Abstract

but it would have been so good to have a copy of the music with the coherent Cambrai text, certainly copied long after Regis’s death but at least copied at Cambrai Cathedral, no great distance from Soignies and indeed the cathedral church of that diocese. There are some editing problems, to be sure; and there is one chunk of text that is in entirely the wrong place. But the upshot looks a lot more sensible, so it is a pity that Gallagher neither printed it nor included it in the recording. But that of course brings us back to the matter of editions. It looks as though in most other cases Gallagher now has all the material together for a new edition of Regis. It would be so great if he could provide this.