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1. Egerton MS 2422

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Egerton MS 2422
Title:
Index to English songs and other compositions for two or three voices
Scope & Content:
Alphabetical index to the first lines of 7442 English songs and other compositions for 2 or 3 voices, chiefly of the 17th and 18th centuries, written on as many slips of paper and pasted down. In the hand of Thomas Oliphant.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (219 folios)

2. Egerton MS 2957

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Egerton MS 2957
Title:
" MUSIC IN MACBETH " [1672], commonly attributed to Matthew Lock, with symphonies and accompaniments for instruments, in score. At ff. 14-18 there is an alternative setting of the passage beginning " Now I go," apparently (see his letter at the top of f. 14) by Richard Leveridge (fl. 1695), whose name also appears on f. 3 as one of the singers. Among the miscellaneous papers at the end are:- (a) An engraving of the Duke's theatre, Dorset Gardens, 1814. f. 25;- (b) Copy by Thomas Oliphant o...
Scope & Content:
Matthew Lock: Macbeth music attrib. to.: [1672]. Bookplates: O'Callaghan (Hon. George), d. 1856. Robert Smith, of St Paul's Churchyard: Bookplates of arms (two types, one having motto underneath): 18th-19th cent. Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Macbeth music (1672) sometimes ascribed to...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1660-1875
Extent:
1 item

3. Egerton MS 2969

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Egerton MS 2969
Title:
ODE for St. Cecilia's Day, in full score, by Henry Purcell, apparently in the hand of [John] Saville, lay-chorister of Lichfield Cathedral. Paper ; ff. iv + 42. Quarto. XVIII-XIX cent. Belonged to T[homas] Jones, C[harles] Wesley (d. 1834), Enoch Hawkins (bookplate with crest, sale-cat., 1847, part of lot 222), Thomas Oliphant (sale-cat., 1873, lot 584), and William H[ayman] Cummings (bookplate, sale-cat., lot 540).
Scope & Content:
John Saville, lay chorister of Lichfield: Transcribed: 18th-19th cent. Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: late 18th cent. Enoch Hawkins, Vicar-Choral of Westminster Abbey: Bookplate: 19th cent. Bookplates: Hawkins (Enoch): 19th cent. William Hayman Cummings, Mus...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item