Add MS 71210

ORGAN MUSIC: ‘Voluntary’s and fugues for the organ or harpsichord’; 2nd half of 18th century. A collection of 28 English organ voluntaries by John James, Stanley and others, comparable with the ‘Southgate’ book in the Royal College of Organists (described in H. Diack Johnstone, ‘An Unknown Book of Organ Voluntaries’, The Musical Times, 108 (1967), pp. 1003-7) and the MSS copied by John Reading now at Dulwich College (MSS 92a, b and d) and the Henry Watson Music Library, Manchester (MS BR.m.710.5 Rf.31). None of the voluntaries is ascribed to a composer by the music scribe, but several pieces have been attributed in a nineteenth-century hand in pencil. Further pencil annotations in the hands of Susi Jeans and others identify various pieces with the contents of the Southgate book and other sources, as recorded below, but it should be noted that several of the attributions made in the Southgate book are demonstrably false (on which see B. Cooper, English Solo Keyboard Music of the Middle and Late Baroque (New York, 1989), pp. 328-9 and H. Diack Johnstone, ‘The RCO Manuscript Re-examined’, The Musical Times, 126 (1985), pp. 237-9). As was common in organ voluntaries of this period, the slow introductions and subsequent allegro sections of voluntaries are often interchanged between different pieces, even between works of different composers. The elegant title page and general appearance of the music hand are closely modelled on engraved music. See also S. Jeans, ‘James, John’ in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie (1980). Inscribed (f. iii) ‘C. Cheale Septr 9/1810’. A slip pasted to the back cover is inscribed ‘Lot 3’. Formerly owned by Lady Jeans, and numbered ‘6’ by her on f. i. Purchased at Sotheby’s, 28 May 1993, lot no. 69.

Paper; ff. iv+59. ff. 2-48 paginated as pp. 1-93 by music scribe. 240 x 300mm. Marbled boards.

1. ff. 2-3. ‘Voluntary I’ in A minor by James. Appears as first two parts of Voluntary IV in [italics]Ten Voluntarys for the Organ[/italics] (C. & S. Thomson, [1767]). Annotated ‘Variant in RCO MS no. 3’.

2. ff. 3v-4v. ‘Voluntary II’ in D by Starling Goodwin. ‘RCO 61’.

3. ff. 5-6. ‘Voluntary III’ in A minor: anonymous Largo; Allegro from no. 8 of Stanley’s Ten Voluntaries for the Organ, op. 7 (John Johnson, [1754]).

4. ff. 6v-7. ‘Voluntary IIII’ in G major ‘by J. James’. ‘RCO 31’; ‘RCO 34a’.

5. ff. 7v-8v ‘Voluntary V’ in F major ‘by J. James’. Allegro ‘Similar [to] RCO 27d’.

6. ff. 9-10. ‘Voluntary VI’ in A minor: anonymous Cantabile; the Allegro is found in B minor as no. 52b in the Southgate book, attributed to James, and published as no. 10 in Ten Eighteenth-Century Voluntaries by Peter Prelleur & John James, ed. H. Diack Johnstone (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985).

7. ff. 10v-12. ‘Voluntary VII’ in G major: arranged from the Sonata of Handel’s Chandos Anthem no. 8 (in A) (also found as Oboe concerto no. 2 in B flat, movements i-ii).

8. ff. 12v-14v. ‘Voluntary VIII’ in D major ‘by J. James’. Allegro: ‘some of this material used in RCO 22, attrib. to James’.

9. ff. 15-16v. ‘Voluntary IX’ in D ‘by J. James’.

10. ff. 17-18. ‘Voluntary X’ in G major ‘by J. James’. The Adagio is found as no. 45 in the Southgate book, and published as no. 8 in Ten Eighteenth-Century Voluntaries by Peter Prelleur & John James, ed. H. Diack Johnstone (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985).

11. ff. 18v-20. ‘Voluntary XI’ in C major ‘by J. James’.

12. ff. 20v-22. ‘Voluntary XII’ in A minor: Largo inscribed ‘J. Gibbs’; Allegro ‘Stanley’.

13. ff. 22v-25. ‘Voluntary XIII’ in D minor: arranged from the Sonata of Handel’s Chandos Anthem no. 2 (also found as Concerto grosso op. 3, no. 5, movements i-ii).

14. ff. 25v-27v. ‘Voluntary XIV’ in A minor: Adagio from no. 10 of Stanley’s Ten Voluntaries for the Organ, op. 5 (John Johnson, [1748]); Allegro by James from Voluntary IV in Ten Voluntarys for the Organ (C. & S. Thomson, [1767]).

15. ff. 28-29. ‘Voluntary XV’ in A minor: anonymous Andante with Vivace arranged from Corelli’s Trio sonata, op.3, no. 4.

16. ff. 29v-31. ‘Voluntary XVI’ in A minor: Adagio by Stanley; Allegro ‘Not Known’.

17. ff. 31v-32v. ‘Voluntary XVII’ in C major: anonymous Andante; Allegro ‘RCO 11d: Fugue of vol. by James or [Peter] Prelleur’.

18. ff. 33-34. ‘Voluntary XVIII’ in A minor: Adagio ‘From Felton’s Concerto’s’; anonymous Allegro.

19. ff. 34v-36. ‘Voluntary XIX’ in C major: Largo ‘By Mr Gibbs’; Allegro by ‘Stanley’.

20. ff. 36v-38v. ‘Voluntary XX’ in E minor: first and third movements attributed to Stanley.

21. ff. 39-41. ‘Voluntary XXI’ in C major: Largo, the first movement of Felton’s Concerto in C, no. 4 of Six Concerto’s for the Organ, op. 2 (J. Johnson, [1747]); Allegro by Stanley.

22. ff. 41v-43. ‘Voluntary XXII’ in A minor by Stanley.

23. ff. 43v-46. ‘Voluntary XXIII’ in E minor by Stanley; transposed from the from the Voluntary in G minor, no.8 of Ten Voluntaries for the Organ, op. 5 (John Johnson, [1748]).

24. ff. 46v-48. ‘Voluntary XXIV’ in C major by Stanley; arranged from movements i and ii of his Concerto in B flat major, no.6 of Six Concerto’s in Seven Parts, op. 2 (John Walsh, [1745]).

25. ff. 48v-51. ‘Voluntary XXV’ in C major by ‘Dr Pepusch or Travers’.

26. ff. 51v-54v. ‘Voluntary XXVI’ in C major: Allegro by ‘Dr Pepusch’; Adagio by ‘John Robinson’; anonymous Andante and Allegro.

27. ff. 55v-57. ‘Voluntary XXVII’ in D major: Anonymous.

28. ff. 57v-59v. ‘Voluntary XXVIII’ in D by ‘Travers’.