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21. A.1232.i.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.1232.i.
Title:
PSALM TUNES; 2nd half of 18th cent. Added to William Tans’ur’s The Royal Psalmodist Compleat ([Ewell?]: Engraved and printed, by and for the Author, 1748). Inscribed ‘Wm Huntley’s Book Settle 1832’ (p. 10). Presented by the Corporation of Church House, 12 Feb. 1949. pp. 210, 142A, 143A. 124 x 198mm. 1. p. 126. ‘An Hymn For Easter Day’, beginning ‘This is the day when Christ arose’. The words only. 2. p. 127. ‘Another for the same Day’, beginning ‘Christ from the dead is rais’d, and made’....
Scope & Content:
Music: 'Hathorne', psalm tune added to p.210 of a printed collection of psalm tunes: after 1748.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of 18th century
Extent:
1 item

22. A.1232.k.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.1232.k.
Title:
PSALM TUNES; after 1747. Written on blank leaves of William Tans’ur’s publication The Royal Psalmodist Compleat ([Rugby?], [1747?]). The copy, which is printed on one side of the leaf only, is wanting the title page and pages between ff. 7 and 8. ff. 47, 68, 90, 92 and 94 are fragmentary The musical additions, all in the same hand, are ‘St Paul’s Tune. Psm ye 98’ (ff. 49v, 50v), ‘St Anne’s Tune Psm ye 113th’ (ff. 64v-65), ‘London New Tune, Psm ye 148th’ (ff. 73v-74) and ‘Psalm 42nd Birchingt...
Scope & Content:
William Tans'ur, composer and music theorist: Psalm tunes added in MS to The Royal Psalmodist Compleat by W. Tans'ur by William Tans'ur: after 1747: Copies. includes: f. ii Bookplates and Book-stamps: Joseph Wright, of St Neots: Bookplate of Joseph Wright: 19th cent.ff. 49v, 50v, 64v-65, 73v...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1747
Extent:
1 item

23. A.1411.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.1411.
Title:
Letter
Scope & Content:
Letter to Novello & Co., Ltd. (music publishers) from William Albert Marson 1892
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 item

24. A.1411.m.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.1411.m.
Title:
A CONGREGATIONAL CHANT-BOOK, compiled by Sydney H. Nicholson, with letters relating to copyright inserted; [1907]. Printed by Novello and Co., [1907]. With a list of the chants for which copyright permission is granted in the letters (f. 2). Presented, Dec. 1965. ff. i+33. 136 x 96mm.
Scope & Content:
Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson, organist: A Cathedral Chant-Book by, with letters inserted: [1907]: Printed. includes: f. 7 Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson, organist: Henry Baker, organist and composer: Letter to Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson from Henry Baker: 1907: Autogr.f. 10 Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1907]
Extent:
1 item

25. B.362.t.

Reference (shelfmark):
B.362.t.
Title:
CHORUSES AND DANCES: added in manuscript to a printed score of Les amours de Protée, ballet by Charles-Hubert Gervais (Paris: J.-B.-Christophe Ballard, 1720); after 1720. With the bookplate of Henry Prunières. Purchased from Richard Macnutt, 3 June 1993. pp. [viii]+288 + ff. 11. 190 x 255mm. Full calf binding with label to spine. 1. ff. 1-4 (between pp. 46 and 47). ‘Duo’, ‘Pour regner sur les Coeurs’, for two sopranos (‘L’amour Constant’ and ‘L’amour Volage’) and violins; – recitative, ‘Pl...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: Bookplate of Henry Prunières: circa 1920: Printed. Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer: Choruses and dances added to 'Les amours de Protée': after 1720: Fr: Copies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
after 1720
Extent:
1 item

26. B.370.d.

Reference (shelfmark):
B.370.d.
Title:
HYMN TUNES ETC; circa 1761. Inserted between pp. 39 and 41 of the printed volume A small collection of Psalms…sung by the charity-children of…Chichester…(W. Faden, 1761). Nos. 1-21 comprise melodies with bass, in score, of hymns by anonymous composers. Purchased, 8 Dec. 1875. Paper; pp. 80 + fff. 24. 181 x 122mm. 1. ff. 1b-2. ‘My soul, praise ye Lord’ [to the tune of ‘Hanover’, by Croft]. 2. ff. 2b-3. ‘Awake, my soul, and with the sun’ (not either of the well-known tunes). 3. ff. 3b-4. ‘...
Scope & Content:
William Croft, composer and organist; d.1727: Hymns: Thomas Tallis, composer and organist: Psalms: John Worgan, Mus. Doc.; composer: A collection of hymn tunes by (amongst others) William Croft, Thomas Tallis and John Worgan: circa 1761: Copies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1761
Extent:
1 item

27. B.580.hh.

Reference (shelfmark):
B.580.hh.
Title:
THE CATHEDRAL PSALTER CHANTS: edited by Samuel Flood Jones et al.; [1878]-1897. Printed Novello, [1878]. With annotations throughout by the previous owner, H. K[ing], made in preparation for a new edition, and with two letters and a chant in manuscript inserted. Presented by Novello & Co., Ltd., July 1968. ff. ii+3 + pp. xix, 2-98. 160 x 190mm.
Scope & Content:
Samuel Flood Jones, Vicar of St Botolph, Aldersgate: The Cathedral Psalter Chants by, annotated copies: 1878: Printed. includes: f. 1 Novello & Co., Ltd; music publishers: H. L. Garrett, son of G M Garrett: Letter to Novello & Co., Ltd. (music publishers) from H. L. Garrett: 1897: Au...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1878]-1897
Extent:
1 item

28. B.580.ww.

Reference (shelfmark):
B.580.ww.
Title:
VERSIFIED PSALM TUNES; 1710-1762. A composite volume of psalm tunes and other material. There are several marks of ownership, from which it appears that the two main components of the book, the printed collection of Psalm tunes for St Laurence Church, Reading (ff. 7-48) and the manuscript collection from Portsmouth Chapel (ff. 49-138), were separately owned until 1748-50, when they were brought together and added to. Inscribed ‘Thomas Collens His Book 1750’ (f. 1v, also f. 3 without date and...
Scope & Content:
Music: Psalms: Versified Psalms, set to music: 1710-1762. includes: ff. 3v-6v William Tans'ur, composer and music theorist: 'The Preface to all Lovers of Divine Musick': 1748: Copy.ff. 7-48 John Bishop, composer and organist: A set of new psalm tunes, part of a composite volume: [1710]: Pr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1710-1762
Extent:
1 item

29. B.639.

Reference (shelfmark):
B.639.
Title:
PSALM TUNES; after 1724. The first printed edition of Israel Holdroyd’s The Spiritual-Man's Companion (William Pearson, for William Dyson, [1724?]) with chants added in manuscript in two contemporary hands on ff. xiiv and xv. The additions are tenor parts for psalms 8, 125, 136, 138 and 104. Several other annotations occur throughout the book. Ownership inscriptions of William Smith (dated 1724) and Thomas Halliday on ff. xvv-xvi. Purchased, July 1870. ff. xvi + pp. 156. 191 x 122mm.
Scope & Content:
Psalms: MS additions to Israel Holroyd's The Spiritual-Man's Companion: [1724?].
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1724
Extent:
1 item

30. B.784.a.

Reference (shelfmark):
B.784.a.
Title:
THE CATHEDRAL PSALTER CHANTS: edited by Samuel Flood Jones et al.; [1878]-1890. Printed Novello, 1878. A copy with additional chants mounted on extra leaves, heavily annotated by the previous owner, H. King (f. ii). Apparently intended for the preparation of an American edition. Presented by Novello & Co., Ltd, July 1968. ff. ii+105. 162 x 182mm.
Scope & Content:
Samuel Flood Jones, Vicar of St Botolph, Aldersgate: The Cathedral Psalter Chants by, annotated copies: 1878: Printed.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1878]-1890
Extent:
1 item