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4421. Egerton MS 3766 C

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Egerton MS 3766 C
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MARIAN JANE BRADLEY. Vol. I C (ff. i+20). Notebook containing pencil sketches, including on f. 17b one of Tennyson's house, Farringford, I. of Wight, July 1856, together with (reversing the volume, ff. 14b-13) an account of an evening at Savernake, Lord Ailesbury's house, with the Prince of Wale...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856-1863
Extent:
1 item

4422. Egerton MS 3767

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Egerton MS 3767
Title:
TREBLE PART-BOOK containing twenty-one services by twelve English composers, and, reversing the volume, fifty-four anthems by twenty-three of the same (words only of that on ff. 136b-136 rev.,); 16th-18th cent. Copies, early 18th cent. Indexes of services at ff. 2-2b, and of anthems at ff. 174b-173b rev. A connection with Chichester Cathedral is suggested by the binding and by the inclusion of four services and six anthems by Thomas Kelway (d. 1749), organist of Chichester Cathedral 1733, an...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 4-8, 140-138 (rev.), 156-155b (rev.) Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Service and anthems: 17th cent: Copies, early 18th cent.ff. 8b-15, 86-91, 130-129 (rev.), 143b-143 (rev.), 159-157 (rev.), 162b-161 (rev.) John Blow, composer and organist: Services and anthems: 17th ce...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

4423. Egerton MS 3768

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Egerton MS 3768
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WILLIAM DAVIS OF WORCESTER: 'Let God Arise', anthem for two counter-tenors and bass, with four-part chorus, with an introductory symphony and ritornelli for organ, and figured bass throughout; 1709 (f. 8). Autograph score, signed (f. 8). Sets words of Psalm 68. Note on f. 5 relating to a solo by the counter-tenor, Richard Elford. See also Add. MS. 31468. Autograph note of presentation (f. 1) to William Talbot, Bishop of Oxford, 1709. Formerly in the Bumpus collection. See M. B. Foster, Anthe...
Scope & Content:
William Davis, Master of the Choristers at Worcester Cathedral: Anthem, `Let God arise',: 1709: Autogr. includes: f. 5 Richard Elford, counter-tenor: Note of solo,: 1709.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1709
Extent:
1 item

4424. Egerton MS 3769

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Egerton MS 3769
Title:
FURTHER PAPERS OF CHARLES GODFREY WOIDE, Assistant Librarian in the British Museum (b. 1725, d. 1790); 1749-circa 1786, n.d. Paper; ff. 97. Folio. Principal contents:–1. ff. 1-14b. Diary of Woide; 4-30 May 1749. German. 2. ff. 15-21b. Diary; 17 Sept.-20 Nov. 1750. German. 3. ff. 22-47b. Letters to Woide; 1765-1785, n.d. Mostly German. Partly French, Polish and Latin. Partly printed. 4. ff. 48-78b. Papers relating to Protestant churches and ministers in Silesia, Poland, etc.; 18th cent....
Scope & Content:
Charles Godfrey Woide, biblical scholar: Diaries and correspondence, etc.,: 1749-1785, n.d: Germ., Engl., Fr. and Polish. includes: ff. 22-78b passim Nonconformists: Correspondence and papers of C. G. Woide rel. to Protestant churches in Poland, Silesia, etc.,: 1765-1782, n.d: Germ., Engl., ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Polish
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

4425. Egerton MS 3770

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Egerton MS 3770
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'CHECKMATE', ballet in one scene with a prologue, by Sir Arthur Bliss (scenario by the composer, choreography by Ninette de Valois); 1937. Autograph. Full score. Signed and dated 31 May 1937 (f. 132v). The score has conductor's markings in blue crayon by Constant Lambert throughout; some of Lambert's annotations relate to a televised performance. Cuts in the music are also marked by Lambert; R. Shead, Constant Lambert, 1973, p. 116, has a description of how cuts were suggested by Lambert. Te...
Scope & Content:
Leonard Constant Lambert, composer and conductor: Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss, KCVO; CH; Master of the Queen's Music: Ballet, 'Checkmate' by Bliss, with conductor's annotations in the hand of Constant Lambert: 1937.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 item

4426. Egerton MS 3771

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Egerton MS 3771
Title:
'POLKA', by Sir William Turner Walton, from 'Façade'; [1926?]. Pencil score for four treble instruments, percussion, reciter and violoncello. The only instrument specifically mentioned is the B flat clarinet. Not included in the original version of the 'Façade' entertainment first performed at 2 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, 24 Jan. 1922. Added to the revised version performed at the New Chenil Galleries, Chelsea, 27 Apr. 1926. See S. Craggs, William Walton. A Catalogue, 1990, pp. 22, 23. On the ...
Scope & Content:
Sir William Turner Walton, OM; composer: `Polka' from `Façade',: [1926?]: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1926?]
Extent:
1 item

4427. Egerton MS 3772

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Egerton MS 3772
Title:
THE BRUTON CHARTULARY Chartulary of the Augustinian Priory of Bruton, co. Som. (f. circa 1142; abbey, 1511), topographically arranged; bef. 1294 (f. 95b)-aft. 1408 (f. 131). Latin. Imperfect, by the loss of the first 72 folios, the contents of which have been supplied (ff. 1-76b) by copies made for Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., circa 1840, of Phillipps MS. 4808, abstracts made when the chartulary was still complete by the Rev. George Harbin, 1719. See ff. iii-x. Sewn in as f. 106* is an inden...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Oak boards, covered with white skin,: 14th-15th cent. Bruton, Somerset: Chartulary of Augustinian Priory,: bef. 1294-aft. 1408: Lat. Chartularies: Bruton Priory,: bef. 1294-aft. 1408: Lat. includes: f. ix Thomas Bond, of the Inner Temple: Letter to Lord Ilchester,: 1841.f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1260-1499
Extent:
1 item

4428. Egerton MS 3773

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Egerton MS 3773
Title:
(See also Egerton MSS 3276) SPEECHES FROM THE THRONE read by Queen Anne, 1703, 1704. Mostly drafts in the hand of Sidney Godolphin, Baron and (1706) Earl of Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer. Printed (with some differences as noted below) in Lords journals, xvii, 17O1-1704, pp. 321-322, 332, and 379. See also Add. MS. 29589, f. 394. Arranged chronologically, as follows, viz.:- (1) Speech at Prorogation, 27 Feb. 1703. Some minor deviations from the printed text are marked in the MS. Eg. 3773,...
Scope & Content:
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin: Speeches from the Throne: 1703, 1704.: Mostly autogr. drafts. Anne of England: Speeches from the Throne: 1703, 1704.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1703-1704
Extent:
1 item

4429. Egerton MS 3774 A

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Egerton MS 3774 A
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Scope & Content:
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD LETTERS. Vol. I A (ff. 108). 1. ff. 1-9b. Letters to Henry Fothergill Chorley; 1844-1854, n.d. 2. ff. 10-106b. Letters to William Cox Bennett; 1848-1854. At f. 42 is a poem, apparently unpublished, beg. 'Fair Spring, beneath thy feet the ground is set', 7 Sept. 1851. 3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1844-1854
Extent:
1 item

4430. Egerton MS 3774 A-B

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3774 A-B
Title:
SIXTY LETTERS, ETC., OF MARY RUSSELL MITFORD; 1844-1854, n.d. Autograph. See B.M.Q., xxix, 1964-5, pp. 6-10. Quarto.
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-9b Mary Russell Mitford, novelist and dramatist: Letters to H. F. Chorley,: 1844-1854. ff. 1-9b Henry Fothergill Chorley, music critic: Letters to,: 1844-1854, n.d. ff. 10-106b Mary Russell Mitford, novelist and dramatist: Letters to W. C. Bennett,: 1848-1854. ff. 10-106b Willia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1844-1854
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