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Title:
An anthem by John Wall Callcott
Scope & Content:
'O come, let us sing unto the Lord': full Anthem for 2 double choirs (16 voices), with accompaniments for 2 oboes, bassoons, strings, and harpsichord (1st choir), and 2 trumpets, drums, strings, and organ (2nd choir). By J[ohn] W[all] Callcott. Autograph. 'Composed at Kensington Gravell Pitts,' ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785
Extent:
1 volume (45 folios)

2. Add MS 27634

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Title:
John Wall Callcott: 'Elijah', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'Elijah': Oratorio in three parts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, oboes, bassoons, strings, drums, and figured bass for harpsichord or organ, in score, by John W[all] Callcott, M.B., 1785; the words by Thomas Skelton Dupuis of Christ Church, Ox...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785
Extent:
1 volume (165 folios)

3. Add MS 27635

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Title:
Ode to the Humane Society. The words by Edward Burnaby Greene, the music by John Wall Callcott.
Scope & Content:
Ode to the Humane Society, begins 'Religion, hail'; for solo voices and 5-part chorus, with overture and accompaniments for drums, trumpets, horns, oboes, flutes, bassoons, and strings, and a bass (partly figured) for harpsichord and organ, in score. The words by Edward Burnaby Greene, the music ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785
Extent:
1 volume (141 folios)

4. Add MS 27636

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Title:
A collection of overtures, odes, an anthem, and part of a service, by John Wall Callcott
Scope & Content:
ff. 3, 130. Overtures for horns, oboes (or flutes), 2 violins, viola, and bass, in full score, by John Wall Callcott, from a volume of early works composed by him at Kensington Gravel Pits, in 1784-5 (see note at beginning); 1784, 1785. 1. Overture in C, dated Jany 7, 1784; 'perform'd for the fi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1784-1785
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 27637

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Title:
'The Bard'. An Ode by Thomas Gray, and set to music by John Wall Callcott.
Scope & Content:
'The Bard': Ode [by Thomas Gray], begins 'Ruin seize thee, ruthless king'; for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for drums, trumpets, horns, oboes, bassoons, and strings, and a bass (partly figured) for harpsichord, in score. [By J. W. Callcott.] 'June 17, 1786.' A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1786
Extent:
1 volume (74 folios)

6. Add MS 27638

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Title:
John Wall Callcott: 'The Mistakes of a Day', opera
Scope & Content:
'The Mistakes of a Day': consisting of the overture and airs, with accompaniments for horns, flutes, and strings, in score, by Dr. John Wall Callcott, 1785. Autograph. In 2 Acts. There are gaps after ff. 26 and 30. Characters: Sir Nicholas Avaro, Fitzgig, Hardy, Belvile, Louisa, etc.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

7. Add MS 27640

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Title:
A collection of songs and duets by John Wall Callcott
Scope & Content:
passim. Songs, with instrumental accompaniments, in score, by Dr. [John Wall] Callcott; 1786-1815. Autograph. Written for horns (except in nos. 1 and 5), oboes, flutes (in no. 4), bassoons (except in nos. 3 and 7), trumpets (in nos. 3, 6, and 7), drums (in nos. 3 and 6), and strings. 1. 'Sisters...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1786-1815
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 27641

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Title:
John Wall Callcott: 'These, as they change', a song
Scope & Content:
'These, as they change': scena written for a bass voice (that of James Bartleman), with symphony and accompaniments for horns, oboes, bassoons, and strings, in score, by J[ohn] W[all] Callcott, 1791. Autograph. As Callcott was at the time studying under Haydn, it has been conjectured that the fe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1791
Extent:
1 volume (27 folios)

9. Add MS 27642

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Title:
A collection of canons, elegies, madrigals, catches, glees, and a motet by John Wall Callcott.
Scope & Content:
passim. Canons for several voices (4, unless the contrary is stated), in score, by Dr. J. W. Callcott; 1784-1800. Autograph. 1,2. ‘Hear rny prayer, O God, and hide not thyself.’ Two settings. ff. 2b, 4b. 3. ‘Not unto us, O Lord‘ (à 3). f. 6. 4. ‘O give thanks‘ (à 3 ?). ‘Janr 15, 1800.’ f. 16b. 5...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1783-1801
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 27643

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Title:
A collection of glees, catches, songs, and a canon by John Wall Callcott
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-14b. Glees, in score, by Dr. J. W. Callcott; about 1803-1812. Autograph. The first three are for 3 voices. 1. 'Ye Mariners of England.' '1810.' f. 2. 2. 'When Time was entwining the garland.' '1803.' f. 4. 3. 'Soft blows the wind.' '1812.' f. 6. 4. 'See, baleful Iris' (double quartet). The...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1783-1812
Extent:
1 volume