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Name Blewitt, Jonas, composer

1. Add MS 33965

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Add MS 33965
Title:
Original letters of musicians, arranged as in the preceding volume. Among them are letters of:- Dr. Thomas Augustus Arne, Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, Dr. William Boyce, Orlando Gibbons, Henry Lawes, Matthew Locke, André Ernest Modeste Grétry, Hector Berlioz, François Adrien Boieldieu, François Gounod, Étienne Henri Méhul, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frederic Handel, Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt, Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Robert Alexander Schumann, Louis Spoh...
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includes: f. 1 E- T- Allan, husband of Mad. Caradori-Allan: Letter to P. F. Laporte: 1834. ff. 1, 372 Pierre François Laporte, actor and impresario: Letters to him: 1832-1841.: Fr. f. 3 Thomas Augustine Arne, composer: Letter to G. Woodfall: n.d. f. 3 George Woodfall, Printer: Letter to, from D...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Polish, and Swedish
Date Range:
16th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (418 folios)

2. Add MS 62677

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Add MS 62677
Title:
ALBUM OF SONGS: with other short musical pieces; 1798-1802, n.d. A volume of miscellaneous manuscript items bound together, lettered 'No 12' on the front cover. Two songs by Jonas Blewitt are endorsed with his receipts dated 1800 for payment of copyright from the publisher, Edward Riley (ff. 25-26v, 73v-74v). Many of the pieces have engraver's markings. Other named composers of songs include James King Day (ff. 20-21v) and J. Ambrose (f. 22). The anonymous song, 'Come follow, follow', writte...
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Music: Album of songs, etc.,: 1798-1802, n.d. includes: ff. 20-21v James King Day, composer: Song, `As the snow in vallies lying' by James King Day: circa 1800.f. 22 J. Ambrose, composer: Miss Gloster: Song, `Poor Tom' by J. Ambrose, with words by Miss — Gloster: 1798.ff. 25-26v, 73v-74v ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1798-1802
Extent:
1 item