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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 34996-35027 Name Bach, Johann Sebastian, composer, 1685-1750 Level [40] File

1. Add MS 35006

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Title:
Samuel Wesley: pianoforte pieces, chants and an anthem
Scope & Content:
passim. Pianoforte pieces in the hand of Samuel Wesley, by whom they were given to his daughter Eliza a few months before his death. All the compositions not otherwise described are either original works or arrangements of the transcriber's. 1. Introduction and Fugue in G. f. 2. 2. Others, in D ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 volume (47 folios)

2. Add MS 35021

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Title:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, book 2.
Scope & Content:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, book 2. 21 of the 24 preludes and fugues of the second book of the ‘Well-Tempered Clavier’, BWV 870-872, 875-880, 882-893. All the music is in the hand of the composer, with the exception of the preludes and fugues in C minor, D mino...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1739-1742]
Extent:
22 folios

3. Add MS 35022

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Add MS 35022
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Scope & Content:
MEMORANDA and correspondence relating to Bach's Fugues in the preceding volume, beginning. (f. 2) with an account by Sarah H. Emett, "How I became possessed of the Bach MS." From this it appears that the MS. was purchased by her father John George Emett at the sale of the effects of Muzio Clemen...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 35023

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Title:
A collection of songs, an air, an anthem, compositions for pianoforte and klavier, and a concerto
Scope & Content:
f. 1. " O sing unto the Lord ": verse Anthem, organ part, by Dr. Maurice Greene; about 1811 (watermark). In the hand of Samuel Wesley. ff. 6-20. Pianoforte score of the following airs from 'Dryden's Ode on St. Cecilia's Day,' by Handel; about 1823 (watermark). In the hand of Samuel Wesley. 1. '...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (61 folios)

5. Add MS 35026

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Title:
Musical autograph album of Eliza Wesley, containing short pieces, inscriptions and signatures of numerous composers, musicians, singers and others
Scope & Content:
passim. Album begun by Eliza Wesley in 1836, containing the autographs of the principal composers, vocalists, and instrumentalists, and a few others, then in London; 1836-1895. Besides the compositions described below, there are also signatures, and in a few cases transcripts of fragments of mus...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (73 folios)

6. Add MS 35027

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Add MS 35027
Title:
Collections by Eliza Wesley relating to English and foreign composers, musicians, singers and others
Scope & Content:
Consists of engraved portraits, photographs, newspaper-cuttings, and other printed matter, with a few original letters, etc. The names are all given in the index. Includes: ff. 1-3 Samuel Wesley, composer and organist: Biographical notices, etc.: 1798-1850. f. 2 Frederick Hohl: Note to - Crus...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (182 folios)