The Lyrics of Henry VIII is a vellum manuscriptof 109 polyphonic instrumental and vocal
music pieces, mostly secular, by 26composers associated with the Tudor Court,
dated between 1510 and 1513, and now in thecollection of the British Library (identifier: BL
Add MS 31922). Thirty-three of the musicalcompositions are composed by Henry VIII.

This arrangement of O my hart for threebassoons was written in Aptos, CA and
probably destined for the concert series thatHughes developed at the Sticky Wicket Coffee
Shop, precursor to what became the CabrilloMusic Festival.