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Language English Subject Operas Name Eccles, John, Master of the Queen's Musick

1. Add MS 12219

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Add MS 12219
Title:
Incidental music to Macbeth, which has been attributed to John Eccles
Scope & Content:
Incidental music to Macbeth, with symphonies and accompaniments for serpent and other instruments, in score, in the same hand as the Ode by John Eccles in Add MS 31456, and apparently autograph. In Add MS 29378, consisting almost entirely of works by Eccles, the composition of this music (ff. 57-...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (42 folios)

2. Add MS 24889

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Add MS 24889
Title:
A collection of arrangements, in parts, mostly of dramatic works
Scope & Content:
passim. First and second treble, and bass, parts of the following sets or suites arranged for strings; 18th cent:— 1. 'The Storme sett' (Overture, Rondeau, 'The Seamen's tune,' Trumpet tune, 'Farwell,' 'The Brikler's tune,' 'Magett' or Maggot, Chaconne). 'Gillier (sc. either Jean Claude Gilliers...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (92 folios)

3. Add MS 29378

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Add MS 29378
Title:
A collection of compositions, mostly by John Eccles, including excerpts from operas, duets, and an ode
Scope & Content:
Incidental music, in score, by John Eccles, with the exception of the last number. The instruments employed in the symphonies and accompaniments, where given in the MS, are indicated below; where none are mentioned, a basso continuo is to be understood. 1. 'Rinaldo and Armida,' 1699; with accom...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 29386

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Add MS 29386
Title:
A collection of catches, canons, songs, vocal trios, excerpts from oratorios, excerpts from operas, and a duet
Scope & Content:
passim. Catches, Rounds, etc., for 3 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score. Most of them are in the hand of Edmund T. Warren Home; some of them, beginning with no. 4, were 'corrected [in] 1756.' 1. 'Tobacco is but a vapor' (à 4). 'Ed. Nelham.' f. 5. 2. 'Hey ho, what shall I say' (à 9)...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1762?
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 31454

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 31454
Title:
Incidental music in 'Macbeth' by John Eccles
Scope & Content:
'Macbeth'; by John Eccles, in score. Evidently transcribed from Add MS 29378, ff. 57-95, with the singers' names added in pencil from Add MS 12219. The history of this copy is related in a notice extracted from William Linley and prefixed to Add. 12219 (f. 3).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1805?
Extent:
1 volume (51 folios)

6. Add MS 33351

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Add MS 33351
Title:
A collection of songs, duets, and trios by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne, Corbet [? William Corbett], Dr. Samuel Howard, John Stanley, Daniel Purcell, Michael Wise, John Eccles, Richard Leveridge, - Monro, J- Barker, Henry Carey, and several other anonymous composers. Interspersed are also several songs without music, including versions of 'God save the King', beginning with the words 'Fame let thy Trumpet sound' (f. 30), and of 'Rule Britannia' (f. 29-b) ; also some verses spoken on the death o...
Scope & Content:
ff. 1b, 5b, 6. Three numbers from Dr. William Boyce's 'Solomon'; without accompaniment.1. Recit. and air, 'How lovely art thou.' f. lb. 2. Air, 'On his Face the vernal Rose.' f. 5b. 3. Recit. and air, 'Who quits the Lilly's fleecy white.' f. 6. ff. 2b-63b passim. Collection of Songs, etc., app...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

1 volume (68 folios)

7. Add MS 35043

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Add MS 35043
Title:
A collection of dance tunes, numbers from incidental music, pieces for violin, duets, trios and odes
Scope & Content:
passim. Dance-tunes, etc., for the violin or flute, written in England, and most of them anonymous; about 1694-1697. Many of them are probably arrangements from Incidental music. 1. 'A new dance,' immediately followed by Minuet and Gigue. f. 5. 2. 'The old Riggadoon,' and 'Prince Lewis's March '...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1694-c 1697
Extent:
1 volume (125 folios)