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Egerton MS 2970

Record Id:
032-001985047
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-001985047
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000057.0x000350
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2970
Title:

HARPSICHORD SOLOS (chiefly arrangements of popular tunes), songs, etc., including (f. 13 b) an unusual version of the National Anthem. The composers named or identified are Hasse, [? C. J.]Stanley, Handel [after 1742], - Sullivan, [William ?] Felton, - Martini, and S. Howard. Paper ; ff. vi + 26. Oblong octavo. XVIII cent. Belonged apparently to Sarah Blofeld (f. vi.) ; bookplate of W. H. C[ummings] (sale-cat., lot 1174).

Scope & Content:

Music: Harpsichord solos, songs, etc.: 18th cent.

William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Bookplates.

Bookplates: Cummings (William Hayman), Mus.D. d.1915.

includes:

  • f. 1 b Johann Adolf Hasse, composer: Minuet for harpsichord by: 18th cent.
  • f. 2 b John Stanley, composer and organist: Air for harpsichord: 18th cent.
  • f. 4 b George Frideric Handel, composer: Harpsichord solo adapted from: 18th cent.
  • f. 8 b Sullivan: Song: 18th cent.
  • f. 10 b William Felton, Vicar of Norton Canon; composer: Aria for harpsichord by: 18th cent.
  • f. 15 b Martini: Minuet for harpsichord: 18th cent.
  • f. 22 b Admiral Edward Vernon: "Admiral Vernon's march": 18th cent.
  • f. 24 Samuel Howard, composer: Harpsichord arrangement from: 18th cent.

Collection Area:
Music Collections
Project / Collection:
Egerton Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-001985047
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-001985047
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
18th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Sarah Blofeld: Owned (?): 18th cent.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Blofeld, Sarah
Cummings, William Hayman, organist, tenor and musicologist, 1831-1915
Felton, William, clergyman, composer, 1713-1769
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Hasse, Johann Adolf, composer
Howard, Samuel, composer
Martini, of Egerton MS 2970
Stanley, John, composer and organist
Sullivan, of Egerton MS 2970
Vernon, Edward, Admiral