Volume V contains Peerson’s most extensive pieces as well as some of the miniature gems for which he has long been known. The principal contents are the 21 domestic consort-songs, presumably to be performed with viols, that set psalms and other biblical and devotional texts but also include an extended poetic meditation on the Passion and a lament for James I’s cousin Lady Arbella Stuart. Among the full-style songs are the miniature gems that long ago earned Peerson a reputation as an important and individual voice of the early Stuart period. Also included is Peerson’s surviving liturgical music with organ accompaniment: three verse-anthems and one full anthem. As Master of the Children at St Paul’s cathedral, he must have composed more church music than this, mainly lost when the cathedral was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. These small remnants survived because they were copied for use in Durham cathedral. Like most of the sacred songs, they are published here for the first time.

Complete score of songs 1–31 in three fascicles (AB7), xxiv + 292 pages, ISMN 979‑0‑57039‑199‑8. For the convenience of performers the first two fascicles, containing the scores of the devotional songs nos. 1–26 (music with introduction and commentary) are available separately as AB7ab (£24.00), and the third fascicle, containing the liturgical songs nos. 27–31 (music only), is available separately as AB7c (£5.00).

Instrumental parts for songs 6–26 are available as AB7d, ISMN 979‑0‑57039‑200‑1 (£22.00), and organ parts for songs 27–30 are available as AB7e, ISMN 979‑0‑57039‑201‑8 (£3.00).