New Search Name D'Urfey, Thomas, poet and dramatist, 1653-1723

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1. Add MS 30162

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Add MS 30162
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MISCELLANY Of poetical pieces by M. Prior, T. D'Urfey and others. English and Latin. Included are:-" Chevy chase," with a Latin translation, " jussu episcopi Londinensis." f. 15 b;-Odes by Dr. Antonio Alsop; published in 1752. Latin. f. 43 b et passim;-Pope's ode on St. Cecilia's Day, with a Latin translation by Christopher Smart. f. 68 b. Paper; ff. 78. Circ. 1718-1750. Belonged (f. 78 b) to A. Brooke in 1718. Small Octavo.
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Matthew Prior: Poems by him and others: 18th cent. Poetry: Miscellany: 18th cent.: Lat. and Engl. Thomas D'Urfey, poet and dramatist: Poems by him and others: 18th cent. includes: f. 15 b Chevy Chase: Latin translation: 17th cent. f. 43 b et passim Antonio Alsop, BD: Odes by: 18th cent.: Latin. f. 6...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1718-c 1750
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 30303

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SO-XGS, without authors' names; except three, which are ascribed to Matthew Prior, Thomas Durfey, and Sir John Castleton. Paper; ff. 11. xviith cent. Duodecimo.
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Poetry: Songs: 17th cent. includes: f. 6 b Thomas D'Urfey, poet and dramatist: "When first Amintor"; song: 17th cent. f. 8 b Sir John Castleton: Song: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 31448

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ODE to S. Cecilia, in score, by H. Purcell. At the end is his setting of T. d'Urfey's song "Celamene, pray tell me," as a duet. Paper; ff. 31. Circ. 1700. Folio. Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Odes, masques, opera-music, etc.: 17th, 18th centt. includes: f. 31 Thomas D'Urfey, poet and dramati...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 31451

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" DIDO and Aeneas "; followed, at f. 65, by "such part of the music in The Yorkshire Feast-Song' as is not contained in the ' Orpbeus Britannicus,'" and, at f. 89, by "A Fool's Preferment, or the three dukes of Dunstable, a comedy acted at the Queen's theatre, Dorset Garden, by Mr. Thos. D'Urfey," c...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 61360

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BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vol. CCLX (ff. 210). (1) Verses, chiefly relating to Marlborough and his victories; circ. 1704-[1722?], n.d. Partly French, Dutch and Latin. Partly printed. ff. 1-95b. Including: — (a) Prologue for a performance of the opera, Camilla, 23 May 1706, on the battle of Ramillies; beg. 'L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
1699-1731
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 62669

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PURCELL MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IV (ff. 72). 1. ff. 1-25. 'The Libertine' (Z600); [1692?]. From the play by Thomas Shadwell. 2. ff. 26-72v. Ode, 'Of old when heroes thought it base' ('Yorkshire Feast Song') (Z333); 1690. Words by Thomas D'Urfey. includes: ff. 1-25 Thomas Shadwell, poet and dramatist: Musi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1690-1693
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 64060

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RESTORATION SONGS: anonymous collection of approximately one hundred and three English songs and ballads chiefly of the Restoration period and drawn in part from plays; copied circa 1686-circa 1694. The manuscript falls into two main sections: the first (ff. 1-32) was copied circa 1686-circa 1688 in a single hand, while the second (ff. 33v-48) was transcribed circa 1688-circa 1694 in four distinct hands. In the former the writer most heavily represented is Thomas D'Urfey, with thirty-five pieces...
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Poetry ENGLISH: Songs and ballads, chiefly from Restoration plays, etc.,: bef. 1642-circa 1694: Copies, circa 1686-1694. includes: ff. 1-2, 4, 8, 9 John Dryden, poet and dramatist: Songs from plays by John Dryden: 1665-1679: Copies, circa 1686-1694.ff. 2v-3 Thomas Shadwell, poet and dramatist: Song ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1686-c 1694
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 65526

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ROGER QUILTER: 'Saint Valentine's Day', old English song for medium voice, string quartet and harp, based on a melody from D'Urfey's 'Wit and Mirth' (1707): version for voice and piano; 1917, altered 1919. Two autograph scores in ink, in slightly differing versions. Apparently unpublished. Purchased at Sotheby's, 28 May 1985, lot 997. Incorporated in 1989. Paper; ff. 3. Largest size 355 x 280mm.
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Roger Cuthbert Quilter, composer: Thomas D'Urfey, poet and dramatist: Song 'St Valentine's Day' by Roger Cuthbert Quilter, based on melody from D'Urfey's 'Wit and Mirth': 1917-1919: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1919
Extent:
1 item

9. Egerton MS 2960

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Egerton MS 2960
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ANTHEMS, duets, songs, etc., mostly with accompaniments, in score, by Giacomo Carissimi, G. F. Sances, G. Casati, P. Reggio, Aldrich, Purcell, Blow, Courteville, Robert Ramsey, Pelham Humfrey, Lock, Gibbons, and Capt. Henry Cooke. Folios 2-44 are in the hand of Henry Bowman (fl. 1678-1686 - see Add. MS. 30382). For a more particular description of the contents, see under the above names in the Index to the present catalogue, and in those at the beginning and end of the present MS. Paper; ff. iv ...
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Bookplates: Cummings (William Hayman), Mus.D. d.1915. William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Bookplates. includes: f. 2 Giacomo Carissimi, composer: Sacred song: late 17th cent.ff. 2, 44 Henry Bowman, fl. 1678-1686: Transcribed.: circ. 1678-1686.f. 20 Giovanni Felice Sances: Sacred song: late 17th cent.: S...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Sloane MS 1009/1

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Sloane MS 1009/1
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Collection of miscellaneous papers, including the Memoriale Credencium; Reclusorium Anime; Three Workings on Man's Soul; Geoffrey Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus; Speculum sacerdotis; Computacio daniele prophete sive sompniale; Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus; Astrological tracts; Correspondence of Gédéon Bonnivert; Collection of puzzles with cards and dice in French; Gédéon Bonnivert, L'A. B. C. du Monde; De virtutibus herbarum; Marcus Tullius Cicero, De officiis
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This manuscript is the first part of a large collection of miscellaneous texts, tracts, and letters that may have been gathered by Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), and is now divided in two parts. The second part is Sloane MS 1009/2. The collection contains a large number of early modern items, i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume