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Add MS 30521
- Record Id:
- 032-002022191
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002022191
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000034.0x0002fb
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 30521
- Title:
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Poems of Robert Bloomfield set to music by Matthew Cooke, Organist of St. George's, Bloomsbury; 1824. Preceded by two elegies on the poet; and followed by 'Love in a shower' set as a three-part glee by R. A. Firth.
- Scope & Content:
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f. 1. 'Wine, beauty, smiles and social Mirth'; for 3 voices, in score, by Matthew Cooke, 1824. Autograph. The words are from The Remains of Robert Bloomfield (1824).
ff. 3-16b passim. Elegies, etc., in score, by Matthew Cooke. Autograph. Words of nos. 1-3 by Robert Bloomfield. 1. 'Beneath this humble turf.' f. 3. 2. 'Simple pleasures,' begins 'Thus thinks the traveller.' f. 5. 3. 'Farewell, my sweet, my budding flow'r.' f. 8. 4. 'Ask not why humble Giles with fame was bless'd': epitaph on Robert Bloomfield, by Joseph Weston. f.13.
ff. 7 -18b passim. Songs, with figured bass for pianoforte, in score, by Matthew Cooke, organist of St. George's Church, Bloomsbury. Autograph. Words from The Remains of Robert Bloomfield (1824).. Nos. 1-3 are dated 1824; no. 4 is undated (watermark 1823). 1. 'The Man in the Moon.' f. 7. 2. 'Love in a show'r.' f. 10b. 3. 'A Grey Owl was I.' f. 12. 4. 'News from Worthing,' begins 'Brother Jack.' f. 17.
f. 19. 'Love in a shower'; for 3 voices, in score, by R. A. Firth. Autograph(?). Words by Robert Bloomfield.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002022191
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002022191
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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1 volume (20 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1824
- End Date:
- 1824
- Date Range:
- 1824
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper. Quarto.
- Custodial History:
- The manuscript apparently belonged to Miss — Bloomfield.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bloomfield, Robert, poet, 1766-1823
Cooke, Matthew, Organist of St George's, Bloomsbury
Firth, R A, organist and composer, fl 1824 - Subjects:
- Catches
Glees
Songs
Vocal trios