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Add MS 31239

Record Id:

032-002023045

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002023045

MDARK:

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Add MS 31239

Title:

A collection of pieces transcribed, and mostly composed by, Samuel Wesley.

Scope & Content:

f. 1b. 'Faint is my head‘: 4-part Hymn, in score, the melody being in the tenor; the music by Dr. William Boyce, the words by the Rev. C[harles] Wesley; about 1825-1829.

ff. 4b-10, 11b, 12b. Double Chants (with one exception), for 4 voices, with a compressed score for organ below, in score, most of them by S. W[esley], in whose hand they are written; about 1825-1829. 1. ‘Penitential.’ f. 4b. 2. ‘Funeral.’ f. 5b. 3, 4. No names, ff. 6b, 7b. 5. ‘Thanksgiving.’ f. 8b. 6. ‘Devotional.’ f. 9b. 7. No name (single), f. 11b. 8. ‘Penitential,’ Jany 17, 1826. f. 12b.

f. 10b. 'Kyrie eleison,’ described as ‘Litaniæ,’ for 4 voices, with a compressed score for organ below, in score; 1825. Anonymous. In the hand of Samuel Wesley.

ff. 13b-41b, passim. Fragments on a double stave in the hand of Samuel Wesley, and apparently his composition; about 1825-1829. 1. Melody, in B flat. f. 13b. 2. Fragment, in F. f. 14. 3. Melody, in A, 1825. f. 15b. 4. Theme for Rondo. f. 21b. 5. Melody, in E, 1826. f. 23b. 6. Waltz. f. 32b. 7-9. Melodies. ff. 34, 37b, 40b. 10. Molto presto. f. 41b.

ff. 15-44 passim. Themes for various compositions, in the hand of Samuel Wesley; about 1825-1829. 1. Rondo (in quiet style). f. 15. 2. Barrel-organ tune. f. 17b. 3, 4. Themes (in the bass). ff. 31b, 32. 5. Theme (in the soprano clef). f. 44.

ff. 15-end passim. Examples of harmony, musical figures, etc., in the hand of Samuel Wesley, many of them probably original; about 1825-1829. 1. Fugue (theme only). f. 15. 2-5. Sequences, ff. 16b, 17, 18, 19b. 6-9. Diabasis. ff. 22, 24b (1826)-26. 10. Fugue (embracing 'omnes Mutationes Fugaruru'). f. 26b. 11-13. Diabasis. ff. 27b-28b. 14. Metathesis. f. 29b. 15. Diabasis. f. 30. 16. Fugue. f. 30. 17-19. Diabasis. ff. 30b, 31, 32. 20. 'Thema quo pleræque omnes mutationes ejusdem complectuntur.' ff. 34b-36. 21. Fugue, ff. 36, 38. 22-27. Diabasis. ff. 36b, 37b, 38b, 39b, 42, 42b. 28. Metathesis. f. 43. Nos. 29-48 are headed 'For Fugues,' though some of them appear to be not merely themes, but the opening bars, of fugues. At the beginning is the date 28 Oct. 1829, in pencil:— 29-37. In various keys. Anonymous, ff. 45-46b. 38-48. Fugues by 'Handel.' f. 47;— by 'T. Linley, jun.' f. 47b;— by 'J. Worgan.' f. 47b;— by 'Handel.' f. 47b;— by 'S. W[esley]' (two). f. 48;— Anonymous. f. 48;— by 'S. W[esley].' f. 48b;— by 'W. Linley.' f. 48b;— by 'T. Linley, jun.' f. 48b;— by 'W. Jackson [of Masham].' f. 48b.

f. 18b. 'A Brisk Tune,' for 3 instruments, in score, in the hand of Samuel Wesley, who is apparently the composer of it; about 1825-1829.

f. 20. " Go not far from me, O God " : short verse Anthem for 2 voices, in score, in the hand of Samuel Wesley, apparently the composer; about 1825-1829.

f. 23. 'Motivo for a Quartetto of Instruments,' in the hand of Samuel Wesley; about 1825-1829.

f. 29. ‘Diligam te Domine' (in 5th and 8th), for 3 voices; about 1825-1829. In the hand of, and apparently composed by, Samuel Wesley.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

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Additional Manuscripts

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Hierarchy:

032-002023045

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume (48 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1824

End Date:

1830

Date Range:

1825?-1829?

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Physical Characteristics:

Paper. Oblong Duodecimo and Oblong Octavo.

Custodial History:

Presented by the transcriber to William Horsley, ‘catcher in ordinary’ to the Royal Society of Musicians, 1825.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Wesley, Samuel, composer and organist, 1766-1837,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083575977,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/12493252

Subjects:

Anthems
Canons
Chants
Harmony
Hymns
Masses
Miscellaneous quartets
Miscellaneous trios
Pianoforte solos