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1. Add MS 50888-50900

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Add MS 50888-50900
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CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS: Psalms, chants, hymns etc.; 16th-early 20th cent. Mostly copies, 18th-20th cent. Partly autograph. From the collection in the library of Church House, Westminster, originally made by the Rev. John Julian when compiling his Dictionary of Hymnology, 1892. See also Add. MSS. 57496-57520. Add. MSS. 50888, 50889, 50891, were used by N. Temperley for his The Music of the English Parish Church, 1979. Presented by the Corporation of Church House through the Department of Pr...
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Hymns: Hymn-books, etc., from Church House, Westminster: 18th-20th cent. England, Ecclesiastical History: Hymn-books, etc., from Church House, Westminster: 18th-20th cent. Psalms: Metrical psalms, etc.,: 18th-20th cent: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
17 items

2. Add MS 50888

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CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. I. Canticles (ff. 1b-5, 7b-8b, 27b-32b), hymns (ff. 5b, 6b-7, 9b-11) and anthems (ff. 12b-27, 33-38b), with metrical psalms, etc.; 16th-18th cent. Copies, mid 18th cent. For two, three or four voices in open score. Includes (f. 9b) a version of the Easter hymn 'Jes...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1730-1770
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 50891 A-C

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B, C. CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. IV A, B, C. Psalm-tunes in two part harmony, followed by hymns, by John Darwall (b. 1731, d. 1789), Vicar of St Matthew's Church, Walsall; 'Decr. 10th 1783' (50891 A, B, f. i), n.d. Mostly autograph. Words of psalms from the New Version. Paper; ff. i+48, iii+47, 5. 1783. 155 x 200mm. Notes on f. i in 50891 A, B refer to a lost autograph copy in a single volume. A, B in brown calf bindings, blind-tooled.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1783
Extent:
3 items

4. Add MS 50892

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CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. V. Twenty metrical psalms, for three voices, by William Croft and others; 18th cent. Copies and extracts, aft. 1797 (watermark passim). Words from Old or New Versions, as indicated in the headings. Also includes:- (a) Sanctus and Kyries for four voices. ff. 6b-11;-...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 50893

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CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VI. 'Norwich Tabernacle Book', comprising hymn-tunes collected for use at the Methodist Tabernacle in Norwich; aft. 1797 (watermark passim). For four voices in open score. Mostly without words. Names and metres of tunes given in the headings. For the foundation of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1797
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 50896 A-C

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Add MS 50896 A-C
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CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IX A-C. Songs, mostly secular and for single voice with piano accompaniment; 18th-19th cent. Partly French, German and Italian. Partly translations. Partly shorthand. Copies, made by Christiana Rachel (b. 1823, d. 1901), wife of the Rev. Langton Edward Brown, Vicar of Dormington, co. Heref., and daughter of the Rev. Charles John Bird, Rector of Mordiford and Dinedor, 1851-1858. Arranged in order of copying. Place of copying, performance or written source, are s...
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Christiana Rachel Bird, afterwards Brown; daughter of Reverend C J Bird, Rural Dean of Ross: Copied: 1851-1858.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
3 items

7. Add MS 50889

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CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. II. 'George Holtham, [of Sherborne, co. Glouc. (ff. 3b, 20)] his Book of Psalmody' (f. i); 1742 (ff. 3b, 20)-1758 (f. i), n.d. Copies. (1) Two canons and an anthem. ff. 1-2b;- (2) Psalmody preface, now treating only of sharps, flats and the beating of time. Mostl...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1742
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 50897

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CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. X. 'Original Chants by E[dwin] G[eorge] Monk' (f. 1), Organist of York Minster (b. 1819, d. 1900); 1857-1866. Autograph fair copies. For four voices in open score. Arranged roughly in order of composition:- (1) Fifteen single chants, 1857-1858. ff. 2-4;- (2) Two ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1866
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 50890

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CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. III. 'A Collection of Psalm-Tunes, selected from several eminent Authors, [including Christopher Gibbons, William Boyce, Henry Purcell and William Croft] by John Greenwood' (b. 1795, d. 1837), organist successively of Leeds Parish Church and South Parade Methodist ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1821-1837
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 50895

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CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VIII. 'Chants for every Day in the Month [with other material] as sung at Lichfield Cathedral' (f. iib); collected by 'The Revd Tho[ma]s Helmore [(b. 1811, d. 1890), Priest-Vicar of Lichfield Cathedral,] March 6 1841' (f. iib)-'13 May 1879' (f. 42b), n.d. Partly La...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829?
Extent:
1 item