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Add MS 30930
- Record Id:
- 032-002022668
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002022668
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000034.0x00033b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 30930
- Title:
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Henry Purcell: Autograph manuscript of fantazias, sonatas and sacred part-songs.
- Scope & Content:
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The vocal music, for between three and five voices and continuo, has been copied from one end of the manuscript (folios 3r-29v) and the instrumental music from the other (folios 72v-30r reversed).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002022668
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add MS 30930, ff 1-29v : Henry Purcell: Devotional songs for three, four and five voices, with continuo.
Add MS 30930, ff 30-72v : Henry Purcell: Fantasias, In Nomines and sonatas.
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- 032-002022668
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 30930
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_30930 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1678
- End Date:
- 1690
- Date Range:
- c 1678-1690
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Paper: Etienne Touzeau, marked with Angoumois fleur-de-lys.
Foliation: ii + 72 folios.
Binding: Rebound in 1895. The present order of the folios does not reflect the original collation of the manuscript. See Shay and Thompson, Purcell manuscripts, pp. 88-100.
- Custodial History:
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Former owners: Philip Hayes; Edmund Thomas Warren-Horne; Rev. John Parker of St George's, Botolph Lane, London; T. Jones; Joseph Warren; Julian Marshall. Purchased from Julian Marshall in 1878.
- Information About Copies:
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Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_30930
- Publications:
- Robert Shay and Robert Thompson: Purcell manuscripts: the principal musical sources (Cambridge, 2000), pp. 84-125.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Purcell, Henry, composer and organist, 1658 or 1659-1695
- Subjects:
- Anthems
Canons
Motets
Quartets for pianoforte and strings
String quintets
String septets
String sextets
String trios
Vocal trios