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1. Add MS 34996

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Title:
Samuel Wesley's "First Music book, from which he learned his notes"
Scope & Content:
ff. 3, 7b, 32, 34b. Compositions, arranged or otherwise, for Harpsichord or Pianoforte. 1. Minuet in 'Ariadne.' 'Handel.' f. 3. 2. Minuet (Allegro moderato). 'Handel.' f. 7b. 3. 'Old clapping cotillon.' f. 32. 4. Another cotillon. f. 34b. f. 13b. March in D for the violin, without accompaniment...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (36 folios)

2. Add MS 34998

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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)

3. Add MS 35005

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Title:
A collection of glees, songs, portions of odes, duets, part-songs, and other compositions by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-21b. Portions of three Odes; about 1823 (watermark). The watermark of No.1 is 1794. 1. Parts for violoncello, 2nd oboe, and 2 trumpets, of the Ode on St. Cecilia's day (see Add MS 35004), by Samuel Wesley. Autograph. f. 1. 2. Fragments of the vocal score, with pianoforte accompaniment, of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (193 folios)

4. 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)

5. Add MS 35007

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Add MS 35007
Title:
Samuel Wesley: compositions for pianoforte, organ, and chamber music
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-48. Compositions for 4 hands (original or arranged), by Samuel Wesley; about 1830 (latest watermark). Autograph. Most of them appear to have been written for his daughter Eliza. 1. Andante in D. f. 1. 2, 3. Moderately slow movements, in G and F. ff. 4, 5. 4. Lively movement in A. f. 8. 5. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)

6. Add MS 35008

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Add MS 35008
Title:
A collection of symphonies, concertos, duets, trios, and quartets by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 5. Voluntaries by Samuel Wesley; 1814, 1830. Autograph. 1. 'No. 10' (Andante Larghetto, Moderato, Lento, Allegretto), in F, 1814. Published. Belonged to Dr. H. J. Westbrook in 1830. f. 1. 2. Moderately slow movement in D, 1830. f. 5. ff. 7-22. Solos for Pianoforte, most of them autograph...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (187 folios)

7. Add MS 35018

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Title:
A collection of concertos and a sonata, in the hand of Charles Wesley
Scope & Content:
passim. Concertos for organ, with oboes and strings, and (in nos. 1 and 5) horns, in score, by Charles Wesley; 1778-1780. Autograph. Nos. 2, 3, 5-8 have been published. 1. In D. Composed in 1775, but 'altered from the original ...1780.' f. 1. 2. In E flat (first set, no. 5). f. 30. 3-8. Third se...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1778-1780?
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

8. Add MS 35023

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Title:
A collection of songs, an air, an anthem, compositions for pianoforte and klavier, and a concerto
Scope & Content:
f. 1. " O sing unto the Lord ": verse Anthem, organ part, by Dr. Maurice Greene; about 1811 (watermark). In the hand of Samuel Wesley. ff. 6-20. Pianoforte score of the following airs from 'Dryden's Ode on St. Cecilia's Day,' by Handel; about 1823 (watermark). In the hand of Samuel Wesley. 1. '...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (61 folios)

9. Add MS 35024

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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)

10. Add MS 35025

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Title:
A collection of arrangements and original pieces for pianoforte or harpsichord, and two duets
Scope & Content:
passim. Arrangements, and a few original pieces, for the Pianoforte or Harpsichord, apparently in the hand of I. H. (see f. 2). 1. Lisbon Minuet. f. 3. 2. Aurette's Minuet. f. 3. 3. Belleisle March. f. 3b. Nos. 4-10 are minuets. 4. Lady Coventry's. f. 3b. 5. Duke of York's. f. 4. 6. Fisher's. f....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:
1 volume (30 folios)