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Project / Collection Additional Manuscripts Name Smith, John Christopher, the younger, composer Level [40] File

1. Add MS 31559

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Add MS 31559
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Copies of two Chandos Anthems of allied Manuscripts, in full score; Morning and Evening Services in voice-score, by Dr. Blow; and "Dies Iræ" for ten voices, in full score, by Jean Baptiste Lully.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 21 Two of the Chandos Anthems, in full score, by Handel, transcribed by John Christopher Smith, the elder. 1. 'As pants the hart': the original version as published by Arnold (No. 8), for solo voices and 3-part chorus, with symphony and accompaniments for 2 violins, oboe, violoncello, and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (102 folios)

2. Add MS 31560

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Handel's 'Esther, an Oratorio' or 'Haman and Mordecai, a masque', in score, transcribed by John Christopher Smith, the younger.
Scope & Content:
ff. 110. 'Esther, an Oratorio,' or more properly speaking, 'Haman and Mordecai, a masque'; for solo voices and 8-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, oboes, bassoons, harp, and strings, in full score, by Handel. It is a transcript of the earlier form of the work, w...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (110 folios)

3. Add MS 31561

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Handel's "Acis and Galatea" : a Serenata. Transcript, in score, by Christopher Smith, the younger; composer:
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ff. 159. 'Acis and Galatea': serenata, in score, by Handel. Unlike the copy in Add MS 5321 (above), the aria, 'Consider, fond Shepherd,' at f. 99b, is here written in the tenor clef and assigned to Damon; the first chorus is also directed to be sung by a canto, 3 tenors, and a bass. Apparently in...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (159 folios)

4. Add MS 31562

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Add MS 31562
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Handel's "Radamiste" or " Il Rademisto ": an Italian Opera, in full score, transcribed by Christopher Smith.
Scope & Content:
ff. 112. 'Radamiste': Opera in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, trumpets, horns, bassoons, strings, and harpsichord, in score, by Handel, 1720. The present MS is in the hand of his amanuensis, John Christopher Smith the younger, and corresponds with the edi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (112 folios)

5. Add MS 31571

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Add MS 31571
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Transcripts made by John Christopher Smith from Operas by Handel, in score; taken from: "Pastor Fido", "Muzio Scævola", "Ottone", "Floridante", "Tamerlano", "Giulio Cesare" "Rodelinda" and "Alessandro".
Scope & Content:
ff. 135. Transcripts made by John Christopher Smith from Operas by Handel, in score. Unless the contrary is stated, they are arias. The symphonies and accompaniments are generally for violins or mixed strings, with the occasional addition of oboes (which are, however, only once named—in no. 1). ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (134 folios)

6. Add MS 31669

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Scope & Content:
ENGLISH duets, chiefly by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne and William Jackson, of Exeter, transcribed in score by Richard James Samuel Stevens; 1797. Included also are compositions by Handel (ff. 43, 45 b), John Christopher Smith (f. 30), Stephen Storace (f. 37) and the transcriber (ff. 32 b, 34). Pap...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 item