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Add MS 62666-62672

Record Id:
032-001963127
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-001963127
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 62666-62672
Title:

PURCELL MANUSCRIPTS: dramatic music, odes, etc., composed; [1683?]-[1695?]. Copies, 18th cent. In full score. The name 'Jos. Fisher, Darwen, Lancashire' occurs as copyist in 62672, with the partially erased date, 1771(?). His hand appears in all the other volumes except 62667. These volumes are listed as items 380-386 in Appendix III (MS. sources) of Franklin B. Zimmerman, Henry Purcell, 1659-1695: an Analytical Catalogue of his Music (1963); work numbers are given below from this catalogue. 62667 has on the fly-leaf the name, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, [4th Bart.?], while the Williams-Wynn crest, an eagle displayed, appears on the spine of a number of the volumes. Presented by the British Council, 28 Feb. 1983.

Paper. Seven volumes. 300 x 245mm.

Scope & Content:

Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Music: Jos. Fisher, of Darwen, county Lancashire: Music manuscripts by Henry Purcell, copied by Jos. Fisher: [1683-1695?]: Copies, late 18th cent.

Collection Area:
Music Collections
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-001963127
Is part of:
not applicable
Contains:
Add MS 62666 : PURCELL MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. I (ff. 62). 1. ff. 2-23v. Ode, 'Great Parent Hail', performed Christ Church, Dublin, 9 Jan. 1694…
Add MS 62667 : PURCELL MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. II (ff. 85). 1. ff. 1-50. Music from 'The Tempest' (Z631); [1695?]. From an adaptation of…
Add MS 62668 : PURCELL MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. III (ff. 54). 'The Indian Queen' (Z630); [1695?]. Words from the play by Dryden and Sir Robert…
Add MS 62669 : PURCELL MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IV (ff. 72). 1. ff. 1-25. 'The Libertine' (Z600); [1692?]. From the play by Thomas Shadwell. 2. ff.…
Add MS 62670 : PURCELL MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. V (ff. 132). 'King Arthur or the British Worthy' (Z628); 1691. Words by Dryden. John Dryden, poet…
Add MS 62671 : PURCELL MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VI (ff. 79). 1. ff. 1-37v. Music from 'The Fairy Queen' (Z629); 1692. 2. ff. 38-41v. Three part…
Add MS 62672 : PURCELL MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VII (ff. 124). 1. ff. 1-19. Ode, 'Who can from joy refrain?' (Z342); 1694. See also 62666, ff.…

 

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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
7 items
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1682
End Date:
1696
Date Range:
[1683?]-[1695?]
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, [4th Baronet ?]: Owned.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Fisher, J, copyist of Darwen, Lancashire, fl 1683-1695 (Subject)
Purcell, Henry, composer and organist, 1658 or 1659-1695 (Author)
Williams-Wynn, Watkin, 4th Baronet ? (Former owner)