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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 38540-38563 Language English Name Pearsall, Robert Lucas, composer and antiquary, 1795-1856

1. Add MS 38540-38563

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Add MS 38540-38563
Title:
COLLECTION of musical compositions-many of them rough drafts or sketches-works on music, and other writings, by Robert Lucas Pearsall, of Willsbridge House, in Bitton, co. Glouc., and afterwards of Wartensee Castle, near St. Gall, in Switzerland, 1836-1854, etc. Chiefly autograph, or in the bands of the writer's daughter, Philippa Swinnerton (wife of John Hughes, of Gwerclas and Kymmer, co. Merioneth), who has added many explanatory notes. In twenty-four volumes, divided as follows:
Scope & Content:
Robert Lucas Pearsall, composer and antiquary: Musical compositions, works on music, etc.: 1836-1854, etc. Phillipa Swinnerton Hughes, née Pearsall; wife of J Hughes: Notes: 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1836-1854
Extent:
24 items

2. Add MS 38546

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Add MS 38546
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Scope & Content:
PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. VII (ff. ii + 101). Arrangements and adaptations from works by the early madrigalwriters and others, interspersed with original compositions chiefly sketches or rough drafts by Pearsall, including anthems, a canon, a carol, a catch, duets, glees, a lamentation, madrigal...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1835-1838
Extent:
1 item