RICHARD SIMPSON SONGS. Vols. I-III. Settings of William Shakespeare's Sonnets, mostly for solo voice with piano accompaniment, but also for duet, trio or quartet; 1860-1866. Mostly fair copies. Partly drafts. Three volumes. Brown quarter-calf bindings by R. Flatman, Clapham (52603, f. i).
SONGS BY RICHARD SIMPSON, Shakespearian scholar (d. 1876); 1860-1875. Autograph. Published, in part, by his widow in Sonnets of Shakspeare selected from a complete setting and Miscellaneous Songs by the late Richard Simpson, B.A., Oxon., 1878. Transferred from the Music Room, which acquired the manuscripts at Phillips Son & Neale, circa Jan. 1965. Large quarto. Five volumes.
Scope & Content:
Richard Simpson, Shakespearian scholar: Songs: 1860-1875: Autogr.
Vol. IV (ff. ii+140) 1867-1875. Includes variations on 'The Last Rose of Summer', ff. 74-77b. includes: f. i Elizabeth Mary Simpson, [widow?] of R Simpson: Signature, as owner: aft. [1876?].
RICHARD SIMPSON SONGS. Vols. IV, V. Songs; 1867-1875. Words by William Shakespeare, Robert Herrick, John Donne and others. Contents lists at 52606, f. ii, and 52607, f. ii. Note of ownership of Mrs E. M. Simpson on 52606, f. i. 52607 bound, Dec. 1875 (f. i).