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Add MS 29370
- Record Id:
- 032-002020871
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002020871
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000034.0x0000d4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 29370
- Title:
- A collection of songs, excerpts from operas, and an anthem, by by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 8, 20, 113b. Songs, by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne, with instrumental accompaniments, in score; mid 18th cent. 1. 'The kind appointment Cœlia made': cantata, with flutes, oboes, and violins, f. 8. 2. 'A wretch, long tortured with disdain': cantata, with horns, flutes, oboes, and violins, and a figured bass for harpsichord. Autograph. ff. 20-32b. 3. 'Chloe gives me pain'; with flute (?) and a bass. Autograph. f. 113b.
ff. 33-113 passim. Incidental music, in full score, unless the contrary is stated, by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne; about 1737-1746. 1. 'Music in 'Rosamond,' 1733'; consisting of 6 songs and 3 duets. The first song begins, 'How unhappy is he who is ty'd to a she.' f. 33. 2. 'Music in 'The Tempest' [published in 1746], consisting of the song, 'Come unto these yellow sands,' and the Masque, in which the characters are Juno, Ceres, Iris, and Chorus of Nymphs, etc. Imperfect in the middle. f. 86. 3. 'Sing and spread the joyfull news around': the last movement from the last chorus in 'The Judgment of Paris' [published in 1740]. Autograph. f. 112.
f. 114. 'God bless our noble King,' harmonized, apparently for trio and 3-part chorus, with accompaniment for two horns and a viola, by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne; [1745]. Autograph. Stated in the table of contents on f. 7 to have been 'made for Drury Lane theatre, 1745.'
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002020871
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002020871
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_29370 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1730
- End Date:
- 1770
- Date Range:
- Mid 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper. Quarto.
- Custodial History:
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Owned by Thomas Oliphant. Bookplate (f. 7) of Robert Smith [of St. Paul's Churchyard, see f. 114b].
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)