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1. Add MS 34996

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Title:
Samuel Wesley's "First Music book, from which he learned his notes"
Scope & Content:
ff. 3, 7b, 32, 34b. Compositions, arranged or otherwise, for Harpsichord or Pianoforte. 1. Minuet in 'Ariadne.' 'Handel.' f. 3. 2. Minuet (Allegro moderato). 'Handel.' f. 7b. 3. 'Old clapping cotillon.' f. 32. 4. Another cotillon. f. 34b. f. 13b. March in D for the violin, without accompaniment...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (36 folios)

2. Add MS 34998

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Title:
"Pasticcio Book, containing Anthems, Hymns," harpsichord soloes, fragments of oratorios and concertos, etc., by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
passim. Short Anthems, in score, for 1 voice, with a bass, unless the contrary is stated; by Samuel Wesley. From a volume containing rough copies of his juvenile compositions. 1. 'Behold, how good and joyful' (verse anthem, with chorus and occasional accompaniments for flute, violin, violoncello...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1774-1775
Extent:
1 volume (79 folios)

3. Add MS 34999

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Title:
A collection of anthems, hymns, services, songs, part of an oratorio, and other vocal compositions, by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-80b. Act ii and part of act iii of 'The Death of Abel,' in full score, followed by the parts of the overture to act ii, by S[amuel] Wesley; 1779, etc. Autograph. Said to have been composed when Wesley was eleven, but apparently a rather later copy. The overture bears the date 1779. The ins...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (183 folios)

4. 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)

5. Add MS 35024

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Title:
A collection of chants, anthems and other religious music, as well as compositions for pianoforte, exercises for violin, sting trios, and a concerto
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-2b. Chants for 4 voices, in score; late 18th cent. Nos. 1-3 are double, the rest single. 1. In E flat. ‘Dr. Alcock.’ f. 1. 2. In B flat. ‘R. Wainwright.’ f. 1. 3. In C minor. ‘R. W[ainwright ?].' f. 1b. 4. In D minor. ‘Hy Purcell.’ f. 2. 5. In E. ‘Dr. Hayes.’ f. 2. 6. In D. ‘Rev. Mr. Clayt...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (69 folios)

6. 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)