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1. Harley MS 4142

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4142
Title:
Words of English anthems
Scope & Content:
Words of Anthems (verse, unless the contrary is stated), alphabetically arranged.1. 'Aboue the Starrs.' '[T.] Tomkins.' f. 1. 2. 'Allmightie God, which by the leading of a Starr.' 'Dr. Bull.' f. 1. 3. 'Arise, Lord, why sleepest thou' (full). 'Bird.' f. 1 4. 'Allmightie God, the fountaine' (full)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630-1685
Extent:
1 volume (31 folios)

2. Harley MS 6346

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6346
Title:
'The Anthems used in the King's Chapel.' Words only.
Scope & Content:
I. Full Anthems: —1. 'O Lord, make Thy servant Charles.' 'William Bird.' f. 2. 2. 'I call and crie.' 'T. Tallis.' f. 2. 3. 'O Lord, I bow the knees of my heart.' 'W. Mundy.' f. 2. 4. 'Prevent us (O Lord), in all our doings.' 'W. Bird.' f. 2b. 5. 'Holy, Lord God Almighty.' 'R. Parsons.' f. 2b. 6....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1660-1685
Extent:
1 volume (111 folios)

3. Harley MS 7337

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7337
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 1.
Scope & Content:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. The Anthems included are: —1. 'I call and cry to thee, O Lord' (5 parts); originally written (as well as the three following) to Latin words. 'Tho. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (196 folios)

4. Harley MS 7337-7342

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7337-7342
Title:
'A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Composed by the best masters, and collected by Thomas Tudway, D.M., Musick-Professor to the University of Cambridge, a.d. mdccxv.'
Scope & Content:
Services and anthems collected by Thomas Tudway, D.M., Musick-Professor to the University of Cambridge, 1715, and afterwards brought down to the end of Queen Anne's reign. In score. In six volumes. In a short introduction addressed to Edward, Lord Harley [2nd Earl of Oxford, 1724], for whom the ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:

6 volumes (196, 254, 244, 268, 294, 383 folios)

5. Harley MS 7338

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7338
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 2.
Scope & Content:
'A Collection of … Services and Anthems, both ancient and modern … beginning at the Restauration of K. Charles II. . . . collected . . . a.d. mdccxvi.' Preceded by another introduction to Lord Harley, giving an account of the innovations made by Charles II in the royal Chapel and of their influe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (254 folios)

6. Harley MS 7339

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7339
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 3.
Scope & Content:
Anthems and Services 'before and since the Restauration of King Charles the IId, mdccxvi '; preceded by an introduction alluding briefly to the royal and otherwise distinguished persons who have written music, among whom the collector specially mentions Henry VIII, the Emperor Leopold I, and the...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (244 folios)

7. Harley MS 7340

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7340
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 4.
Scope & Content:
Services and Anthems . . . from ye Reformation . . . . down to ye Accession of Queen Anne . . . . [collected] a.d. mdcc[x]vii '; preceded by a short introduction treating chiefly of the composition and rendering of church music. The Anthems are: —1. 'O sing unto ye Lord a new song' (full anthe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (268 folios)

8. Harley MS 7341

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7341
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 5.
Scope & Content:
'Services and Anthems Compos'd for the most part in the Reigne of . . . Queen Anne. Collected a.d. mdccxviii.' The Anthems are: —1. 'Is it true that God will dwell with men' (verse anthem for 3 voices). 'Dr. Tho. Tudway, designed for ye opening of St. Pauls Church. And sung at ye opening of Ki...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (294 folios)

9. Harley MS 7342

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7342
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 6.
Scope & Content:
'Ye most Modern Celebrated Services and Anthems. . . . Compos'd Cheifly in ye Reigne of . . . Queen Anne . . . and Collected mdccxx.' With an introduction by Dr. Tudway, giving a sketch of the history of music, more particularly sacred music, down to his own time. The Anthems are: —1. 'My hear...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (383 folios)

10. Harley MS 7343

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7343
Title:
Words of the morning service, evening service and three anthems composed by Thomas Tudway for the consecration of Lord Harley's chapel at Wimpole
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-8, 12-14. Words of the Morning Service (Te Deum, Jubilate, and Kyrie) and Evening Service, from music composed by Dr. Thomas Tudway for the consecration of Lord Harley's chapel at Wimpole, in 1721. For the music, see Add MS 36268, ff. 3b-52b, 62-68. ff. 9-11, 15-16v. The words of three An...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1724
Extent:
1 volume