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1. Add MS 34997

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Add MS 34997
Title:
Samuel Wesley: 'Ruth', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'Ruth,' by S[amuel] W[esley]. Autograph. The MS. bears various dates between 8 Sept. and 26 Oct. 1774 (when the composer was only eight years old); and the airs are said to have been composed before he was six. In score, the accompaniments written for trumpets, drums, oboes, violins, violas, vio...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1774
Extent:
1 volume (89 folios)

2. Add MS 35004

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Add MS 35004
Title:
Samuel Wesley: 'An Ode to St. Cecilia'
Scope & Content:
'An Ode to St Cecilia. The Words written By the Revd Samuel Wesley, A.M., Rector of Epwoath (sc. Epworth, co. Line), and set to Music by his Grandson, Samuel Wesley.' Composed for solo voices and 4-part chorus with accompaniments for flutes, oboes, horns, trumpets, drums, and strings, and occasio...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1836
Extent:
1 volume (145 folios)

3. Add MS 35006

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Title:
Samuel Wesley: pianoforte pieces, chants and an anthem
Scope & Content:
passim. Pianoforte pieces in the hand of Samuel Wesley, by whom they were given to his daughter Eliza a few months before his death. All the compositions not otherwise described are either original works or arrangements of the transcriber's. 1. Introduction and Fugue in G. f. 2. 2. Others, in D ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 volume (47 folios)

4. Add MS 35012

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Scope & Content:
ORIGINAL PAPERS of Samuel Wesley to his mother (1776- 1812) and his wife (1810-1830), with a few to his children, his sister Sarah and his brother Charles; 1773-1830. At f. 108 is a prayer in his handwriting upon entering the house at Pentonville where he subsequently died. Paper; ff. 122. Quart...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1773-1830
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 34996

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Add MS 34996
Title:
Samuel Wesley's "First Music book, from which he learned his notes"
Scope & Content:
ff. 3, 7b, 32, 34b. Compositions, arranged or otherwise, for Harpsichord or Pianoforte. 1. Minuet in 'Ariadne.' 'Handel.' f. 3. 2. Minuet (Allegro moderato). 'Handel.' f. 7b. 3. 'Old clapping cotillon.' f. 32. 4. Another cotillon. f. 34b. f. 13b. March in D for the violin, without accompaniment...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (36 folios)

6. Add MS 35016

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Add MS 35016
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Scope & Content:
A SYNOPSIS by Miss Eliza Wesley of the Lectures by Samuel Wesley her father contained in 35,014, 35,015, above. With a few notes and (f. 86) extracts from letters. Paper; ff. 89. Late XIXth cent. Duodecimo. Samuel Wesley, composer and organist: Lectures: 1811-1830.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 35017

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REGISTER of juvenile concerts given by the brothers Charles and Samuel Wesley, 1779-1785, including lists of subscribers and, in the case of the last four series of concerts, also lists of those present, programmes, and accounts of expenses. Copied by Eliza Wesley in 1894 from the original belon...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 35003

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Title:
A collection of antiphons, songs, solfeggi, glees, and other compositions by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-31b passim. Antiphons, etc., by Samuel Wesley, mostly autograph; 1807, etc. Nos. 1-20 are ‘Antiphonæ communes ad Magnificat in utrisque Vesperis,’ for the principal festivals. The melody with figured bass. 1. ‘Tradent enim vos.’ f. 1. 2. ‘Estote fortes in bello.’ f. 1. 3. ‘Lux perpetua luc...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (153 folios)

9. Add MS 34999

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Add MS 34999
Title:
A collection of anthems, hymns, services, songs, part of an oratorio, and other vocal compositions, by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-80b. Act ii and part of act iii of 'The Death of Abel,' in full score, followed by the parts of the overture to act ii, by S[amuel] Wesley; 1779, etc. Autograph. Said to have been composed when Wesley was eleven, but apparently a rather later copy. The overture bears the date 1779. The ins...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (183 folios)

10. Add MS 35005

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Add MS 35005
Title:
A collection of glees, songs, portions of odes, duets, part-songs, and other compositions by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-21b. Portions of three Odes; about 1823 (watermark). The watermark of No.1 is 1794. 1. Parts for violoncello, 2nd oboe, and 2 trumpets, of the Ode on St. Cecilia's day (see Add MS 35004), by Samuel Wesley. Autograph. f. 1. 2. Fragments of the vocal score, with pianoforte accompaniment, of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (193 folios)