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1721. Add MS 41205

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COLLECTION of dance tunes, etc., mainly by English composers of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, apparently written or arranged for the harpsichord. Said (f. ii) to be in the hand of John Barrett [Music Master at Christ's Hospital; d. 1719]. Many of the compositions are anonymous; of those to whom authorship has been attributed the majority are by Henry Purcell and Dr. John Blow. Some of the pieces have been published from this MS. by E. Pauer, Old English Composers. In that w...
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William Barclay Squire, CVO; Deputy Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Subscribed, towards purchase of: in 1925. Music: Music composed or arranged for harpsichord: 18th cent. John Barrett, music-master al Christ's Hospital: Transcribed (?): 18th cent. includes: ff. 1, 9, 13 b-20 b, 22 ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of 18th century
Extent:
1 item

1722. Add MS 41328

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PORTIONS of Morning and Evening Services in C, viz. Benedicite (ff. 1-12), Jubilate (ff. 12b-16), Cantate (ff. 16b-20b) and Deus Misereatur (ff. 20b-24), for double choir, with organ accompaniment, by the Rev. Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, [2nd] Bart. Autograph. Apparently unpublished. Paper; ff. 1 + 24. Folio. XIX cent. Presented by W. J. Letts, Esq. (see f. i).
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Reverend Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, 2nd Baronet composer: Morning and Evening Services in C: 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

1723. Add MS 41508

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4I508. BUNTING COLLECTION. Vol. I. Bunting's own copies of his General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland, London, [ I809 ], and of his General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music, Dublin, I796, including airs ascribed to Carolan and other harpers; bound together and interleaved, with ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

1724. Add MS 41508-41510

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4I508-4I5I0. COLLECTIONS OF IRISH AIRS, transcribed for pianoforte by Edward Bunting, musician and antiquary, with some translations from Irish poetry. The MSS. represent that portion of Bunting's collection which descended to his grandson, Dr Louis Macrory of Belfast. The bulk of it is now in the library of Queen's University, Belfast. The airs collected by Bunting down to I809 have been republished (with an exhaustive commentary) in the Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, vols. xxii-xx...
Scope & Content:
Edward Bunting, musician: Collectionsby,of Irish airs,etc.: 1796-1840.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1700-1899]
Extent:
3 items

1725. Add MS 41509

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4I509. BUNTING COLLECTION. Vol. II. Collection of airs, including some ascribed to Carolan and other harpers, transcribed by Bunting, and printed, with a few exceptions in his third published collection, Ancient Music of Ireland, Dublin, I840; with frequent indications of the source of the airs....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825-1840
Extent:
1 item

1726. Add MS 41510

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4I5I0. BUNTING COLLECTION. Vol. III. 'Selections chiefly from original Irish Poetry intended for the Musical publication of E. Bunting' (f. i): a collection of lyrics, translated or imitated from the Irish, published in Bunting's General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland, London, [ I809...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1809
Extent:
1 item

1727. Add MS 41570

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EDWARDS PAPERS. Vol. I. Miscellaneous musical autographs and letters, addressed to F. G. Edwards, unless otherwise stated:- (1) [Jakob Ludwig] Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, letter to Alfred Novello, Leipzig, 18 Nov. 1837 (facsimile), ff. 1-2b; autograph corrections to his 'Hear my prayer', [cir...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

1728. Add MS 41570-41574

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PAPERS of, and letters addressed to, Frederick George Edwards, F.R.A.M. (1853-1909), editor of the Musical Times 1897-1909 (where facsimiles of some of the autographs in these papers are to be found), and author of the History of Mendelssohn's Elijah, 1896, to which many of the letters relate. Five volumes. For other letters and papers of Edwards, see Add. MS. 38091 E, Egerton MSS. 3090-3097.
Scope & Content:
Frederick George Edwards, organist and writer on music; d.1909: Papers of, and letters addressed to: 19th-20th centt.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1897-1909
Extent:
5 items

1729. Add MS 41571

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EDWARDS PAPERS. Vol II. Vocal score of Mendelssohn's 4-Part motet 'Lauda Sion', with Latin and English words and a final note in the hand of the translator, W[illiam] Bartholomew (1793-1867); the German words and some pencil notes and references to the printed edition have also been added. Paper...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-1847
Extent:
1 item

1730. Add MS 41572

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EDWARDS PAPERS. Vol. III. Letters from Elizabeth Mounsey (1819-1905), with two (ff. 1-3) from her sister, [Mrs] Ann S[hepherd] Bartholomew, widow of William Bartholomew, chiefly relating to Mendelssohn's life and works; 1889- 1903. Enclosed are letters to Miss Mounsey from J[oseph] H[ayden] B[ou...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1889-1903
Extent:
1 item

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