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771. A.233.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.233.
Title:
‘ADIEU NOUS VOUS VERRIONS UN JOUR’; 17th cent. The words only of a ‘chanson francois’ added to the final page (f. 36v) of the bass part of the printed madrigal collection De Floridi Virtuosi d’Italia (In Anversa: Appresso Pietro Phalesio, 1600). The title page of the bass part is inscribed ‘Giovanni Vuatchin’. Purchased, 22 May 1873. Two parts; ff. 36 + 36. 158 x 208mm.
Scope & Content:
includes: Bass part, f. 36v Poetry FRENCH: Chanson, 'Adieu nous vous verrions un jour': 17th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

772. A.339.b.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.339.b.
Title:
ORLANDE DE LASSUS, MICHELE VAROTTO AND OTHERS: (first) tenor parts of Magnificat settings; late 16th cent. Added in ink to the pages at the end of the printed tenor part of Orlande de Lassus, Magnificat Octo Tonorum, sex, quinque, et quatuor vocum (Noribergæ: In Officina Theodorici Gerlazeni, 1573). On f. iii, in a different hand of similar date, are written two quotations relating to music, the first apparently from a letter, headed ‘Ioannes Otto ad Ferdinandum regem Bohemiæ’ and beginning ...
Scope & Content:
Music: Tenor parts of Magnificats, Kyrie, Gloria, and sequence 'Grates nunc omnes': late 16th cent.: Lat. includes: f. iii Ioannes Otto, musician: Ferdinand I of Bohemia: Extract from a letter to Ferdinand, King of Bohemia from Ioannes Otto: late 16th cent.: Lat: Copy.ff. i, vi Bible LATIN...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

773. A.434.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.434.
Title:
SONG TEXTS; after 1783. Bound after the printed volume The Vocal Enchantress: Presenting an Elegant Selection of the Most Favourite ... Songs ... with the Music Prefixed to Each (J. Fielding, 1783), and written in a contemporary hand. With one exception (‘The sun sets in’, ff. 4v-5), only the words of the songs are written, without music. The texts are mainly of familiar traditional and national songs. Purchased, 23 July 1874. pp. [x]+351+[ii] + ff. 70. 159 x 103mm.
Scope & Content:
Poetry ENGLISH: Traditional and national song-texts: after 1783.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1783
Extent:
1 item

774. A.621.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.621.
Title:
HYMN TUNES; 18th-19th cent. Most arranged for four voices and in score, inserted between pages 90 and 91 of the printed book A Collection of Psalm Tunes in three Parts…by Is[aac] Smith (Sold by Mrs Davenhill and Mr Bucklnd, [1780?]). Purchased, 10 March 1887. Paper; pp. 90a-90p. 98 x 185mm. 1. p. 90(a). ‘Chelsea’. Treble, counter-tenor and part of bass (different from the setting on p. 55). 2. pp. 90(b), 90(f). ‘Cambridge, New’ [from S. Major’s edition of the above work – 1780?]. 3. pp. ...
Scope & Content:
Charles Burney, Mus.D: William Jackson, composer, organist, and writer, of Exeter: John Stanley, composer and organist: Peter von Winter, composer: Jonathan Lucas, composer: M. P. King, composer: John Wainwright, composer: Hymn tunes by John Stanley, Charles Burney, Jonathan Lucas, M. P. King, W...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

775. A.647.g.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.647.g.
Title:
PSALM TUNES; after 1742. Written on blank leaves of William Tans’ur’s publication The Royal Psalmodist Compleat ([Rugby?], [1742?]). The copy, which is printed on one side of the leaf only, is wanting the title page, and the pages are not bound in the correct order of the psalms. The musical additions, possibly all in the same hand, are ‘Psalm the 21, Cortenhall Tune’ (f. 23v), ‘Psalm ye 102, Withcock Tune’ (f. 127v), ‘Psalms [81]’ (f. 144v), ‘Psalm 77’ (f. 147v), ‘Solos Psalm 75’ (f. 157v),...
Scope & Content:
William Tans'ur, composer and music theorist: Psalm tunes added in MS to The Royal Psalmodist Compleat by W. Tans'ur by William Tans'ur: after 1747: Copies. includes: ff. 23v, 127v, 144v, 147v, 157v Psalms: Tunes for Psalms 21 (Cortenhall), 102 (Withcock), 81, 77 and 75: after 1742.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1742
Extent:
1 item

776. A.909.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.909.
Title:
VOCAL MUSIC; end of 18th cent. A collection of sacred and secular tunes bound after a printed copy of A Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes…By…Henry Boyd [1793]. Nos. 1-6 are of a sacred character, and, with the exception of the last, unaccompanied and anonymous. The names given in brackets to the first five, after the manner of hymn-tunes, are misleading, as they bear no resemblance to that class of composition. Purchased, 5 June 1891. Paper; pp. 154. 130 x 210mm. 1. pp. 105-6. ‘O T...
Scope & Content:
William Boyce, composer and organist: Thomas Augustine Arne, composer: Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Music: John Worgan, Mus. Doc.; composer: Fenick, alias Fenwick; composer: George Frideric Handel, composer: A collection of sacred and secular vocal music by (amongst others) John Worgan,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

777. A.1231.p.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.1231.p.
Title:
TREBLE PARTS TO PSALM SETTINGS; after 1730. Bound after a set of four printed part-books of John Bishop’s A Sett of New Psalm Tunes, in Four Parts ... The third edition (Walsh, [1730]). Ink, in the same hand throughout. Presented by the Corporation of Church House, 12 Feb. 1949. pp. [iv]+26+26+26+26+[1] + ff. 23. 153 x 95mm. Full leather binding. 1. ff. 1-2v. [John] Bishop: ‘Anthem Psalm the 34th’, beginning ‘I will always give thanks’. 2. ff. 2v-3. ‘Isaiah Chap. the 12th’, beginning ‘Beh...
Scope & Content:
Music: Psalms: Treble parts to psalm settings: after 1730. includes: ff. 1-2v John Bishop, organist: Treble part to psalm 34: after 1730: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1730
Extent:
1 item

778. A.1232.f.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.1232.f.
Title:
PSALM TUNES; early 19th century. Added to William Tans’ur’s Melodia sacra ([St. Neots?]: Engraved, and printed by the Author, and his Son, 1768). An imperfect copy, lacking the title page and several other leaves, with many of the remainder fragmentary. Inscribed ‘William Amps His Psalm Book, June 10 1807 Comberton Cambridge Shore 1807’ (f. 1v), ‘John Amps his book’ (f. 4v) and ‘Ede [or Editha] Coas Comberton December 19. 1807’ (f. 14; all names are also written on several other folios). It ...
Scope & Content:
Music: Psalms: William Amps, organist and composer: William Tans'ur, composer and music theorist: Psalm tunes, some possibly by William Amps, added to a printed volume of psalm tunes by William Tans'ur: early 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

779. A.1232.h.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.1232.h.
Title:
Letter
Scope & Content:
Letter to Sir John Stainer from William Sparrow Simpson 1885
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885
Extent:
1 item

780. A.1232.i.

Reference (shelfmark):
A.1232.i.
Title:
PSALM TUNES; 2nd half of 18th cent. Added to William Tans’ur’s The Royal Psalmodist Compleat ([Ewell?]: Engraved and printed, by and for the Author, 1748). Inscribed ‘Wm Huntley’s Book Settle 1832’ (p. 10). Presented by the Corporation of Church House, 12 Feb. 1949. pp. 210, 142A, 143A. 124 x 198mm. 1. p. 126. ‘An Hymn For Easter Day’, beginning ‘This is the day when Christ arose’. The words only. 2. p. 127. ‘Another for the same Day’, beginning ‘Christ from the dead is rais’d, and made’....
Scope & Content:
Music: 'Hathorne', psalm tune added to p.210 of a printed collection of psalm tunes: after 1748.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of 18th century
Extent:
1 item

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