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21. Add MS 34998

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Add MS 34998
Title:
"Pasticcio Book, containing Anthems, Hymns," harpsichord soloes, fragments of oratorios and concertos, etc., by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
passim. Short Anthems, in score, for 1 voice, with a bass, unless the contrary is stated; by Samuel Wesley. From a volume containing rough copies of his juvenile compositions. 1. 'Behold, how good and joyful' (verse anthem, with chorus and occasional accompaniments for flute, violin, violoncello...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1774-1775
Extent:
1 volume (79 folios)

22. Add MS 34999

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Add MS 34999
Title:
A collection of anthems, hymns, services, songs, part of an oratorio, and other vocal compositions, by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-80b. Act ii and part of act iii of 'The Death of Abel,' in full score, followed by the parts of the overture to act ii, by S[amuel] Wesley; 1779, etc. Autograph. Said to have been composed when Wesley was eleven, but apparently a rather later copy. The overture bears the date 1779. The ins...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (183 folios)

23. Add MS 35006

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Add MS 35006
Title:
Samuel Wesley: pianoforte pieces, chants and an anthem
Scope & Content:
passim. Pianoforte pieces in the hand of Samuel Wesley, by whom they were given to his daughter Eliza a few months before his death. All the compositions not otherwise described are either original works or arrangements of the transcriber's. 1. Introduction and Fugue in G. f. 2. 2. Others, in D ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 volume (47 folios)

24. Add MS 35024

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Add MS 35024
Title:
A collection of chants, anthems and other religious music, as well as compositions for pianoforte, exercises for violin, sting trios, and a concerto
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-2b. Chants for 4 voices, in score; late 18th cent. Nos. 1-3 are double, the rest single. 1. In E flat. ‘Dr. Alcock.’ f. 1. 2. In B flat. ‘R. Wainwright.’ f. 1. 3. In C minor. ‘R. W[ainwright ?].' f. 1b. 4. In D minor. ‘Hy Purcell.’ f. 2. 5. In E. ‘Dr. Hayes.’ f. 2. 6. In D. ‘Rev. Mr. Clayt...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (69 folios)

25. Add MS 35026

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Add MS 35026
Title:
Musical autograph album of Eliza Wesley, containing short pieces, inscriptions and signatures of numerous composers, musicians, singers and others
Scope & Content:
passim. Album begun by Eliza Wesley in 1836, containing the autographs of the principal composers, vocalists, and instrumentalists, and a few others, then in London; 1836-1895. Besides the compositions described below, there are also signatures, and in a few cases transcripts of fragments of mus...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (73 folios)

26. Add MS 35038

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Add MS 35038
Title:
Volume I of a collection of compositions in the hands of Charles Wesley and Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
f. 2 Letters from Charles Wesley to R. Glenn: circ. 1806, 1828 ff. 4, 5. Melody, with bass, in score, of the following Services; 1822:— 1. Evening Service in D (preceded by the last few bars of a morning Service). Anonymous. f. 4. 2. Te Deum and Jubilate in F. '[Charles] King, 1822.' In the han...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (64 folios)

27. Add MS 35038-35039

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Add MS 35038-35039
Title:
A collection of anthems, songs, and other compositions, in the hands of Charles Wesley and Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
Add MS 35038 also contains letters.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-19th century
Extent:
2 volumes

28. Add MS 35039

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Add MS 35039
Title:
Volume II of a collection of compositions in the hands of Charles Wesley and Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-74v. Anthems, Sacred Odes, etc., with full organ accompaniment or figured bass, in score, unless the contrary is stated; 1783-1835. Nos. 1-18 are by Charles Wesley and in his autograph, nos. 4-16 being written for Robt. Glenn, [organist] of Christ's Hospital, and (unless otherwise describe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (80 folios)

29. Add MS 35040

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Add MS 35040
Title:
A collection of pieces for harpsichord, pieces for organ, hymns, chants, canons, songs and anthems
Scope & Content:
passim. Collection of pieces (original or arranged) for the Harpsichord, etc., some of them in the hand of Samuel Wesley. 1. Minuet in C. 'Pepusch.' f. 3. 2. 'Hymn' in G (3/4 time). This and nos. 3-7 are by 'Handel.' f. 3. 3. Air in 'At[a]lanta.' f. 3b. 4. March in the Water Music. f. 3b. 5. Min...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1773
Extent:
1 volume (48 folios)

30. Add MS 35134

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Add MS 35134
Title:
A collection of religious compositions by Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, Tommaso Bai, and Dr. William Boyce, as well as some Gregorian chants
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-1 3b. 'Stabat Mater'; for 2 choirs of 4 voices each, in score, by Palestrina, transcribed by R. G. ff. 14-23b. 'Fratres, ego enim accepi‘; for 2 choirs of 4 voices each, in score, by Palestrina. ff. 24-29b. 'Miserere mei, Deus‘; for 2 choirs of 5 and 4 voices, in score, by Tommaso Bai. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1832
Extent:
1 volume (43 folios)