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Add MS 32586

Record Id:
032-002026633
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002026633
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 32586
Title:

Songs, piano arrangements and vocal exercises by John Barnett

Scope & Content:

Passim. Songs, with pianoforte accompaniment, in score, by John Barnett. Autograph. Composed, except where the contrary is stated, in 1825. 1. 'What is love.' f. 3. 2. 'My dulcet Lute,' begins 'The gems are bright.' f. 6. 3. 'Fair Evening star,' begins 'The shadow darkens.' Published by Cramer and Co. f. 8. 4. 'The Twilight Serenade,' begins 'Rich is the sun.' 1826. Words by Barry Cornwall, f. 14. 5. 'The Sailor's Dream,' begins 'The winds and waves were struggling.' f. 18. 6. 'Wilt thou gang with me, Mary,' begins 'There's the daisy.' f. 21. 7. 'Maid of Athens.' The last two verses are printed. f. 23. 8. 'The Garden of Roses,' begins 'I enter the garden of roses.' f. 25. 9. 'Mary Stuart,' begins 'Pent within her prison.' The music is 'a paraphraze on 'Lewis Gordon.' 'f. 26. 10. 'A rose of the desert.' f. 28. 11. 'The First rose of Summer,' begins 'When the first rose of summer.' ff. 31-32. 12. 'The Maid of Devon,' begins 'How pleasant the banks.' 1826. Words by Robert Burns, f. 36. 13. 'Fair Geraldine,' begins 'As the stars are to evening.' 1824. f. 40. 14. 'In vain I call.' f. 42. 15. 'The Token Flowers,' begins 'Damsel fair.' 1826. f. 45. 16. 'Cauld Kail of Aberden' (sic), begins 'There's cauld kail in Aberdeen.' f. 47. 17. 'Oh, Kenmure's on and awa.' f. 47b. 18. 'Comin' thro' the rye,' begins 'Gin a body meet a body.' f. 48. 19. 'Tak your auld cloak,' begins 'In winter, when the rain rained cauld.' Undated, f. 48b. 20. 'My native land, good night,' begins 'Adieu, adieu, my native land.' f. 58. 21. 'Non temer, mia dolce speme': Canzonet, 1823. f. 65. 22. 'When others saw thee.' f. 69. 23. 'Oh come to the Bark.' Arranged from the Bath waltz. Words by Harry Stoe Van Dyk. Undated. f. 70.

ff. 10, 38. Two Duets, with pianoforte accompaniment, in score, by John Barnett. Autograph. 1. 'As it fell upon a day'; altered into 'Follow to the elfin Bow'rs,' 1824. Dedicated 'To his friend David Barber.' f. 11. 2. 'The Maid and the Minstrel,' begins 'Awake, aged minstrel.' f. 38.

f. 33. 'The Complaint': Trio (Cat, Duck and Donkey), begins 'Miou, miou'; with pianoforte accompaniment, in score. By John Barnett, 1825. Autograph.

ff. 50, 54, 60. Arrangements for the Pianoforte from [Meyerbeer's] 'Il Crociato in Egitto,' by John Barnett. Autograph. 1825.1. 'Cara mano '; with variations. Dedicated to Pio Cianchettini. Op. 8. f. 50. 2. 'Giovinetto Cavalier.' Dedicated to James Hodgson, M.P. Op. 9. ff. 54-57. 3. 'Musical Portraits,' from the same work. Dedicated to the Duke of Devonshire. Op. 10. ff. 60-64b.

f. 72. Exercise for the voice, with pianoforte accompaniment, in score, composed for Miss Mary Ann Paton by John Barnett, 1822. Autograph.

Collection Area:
Music Collections
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:

1 volume (72 folios)

Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
19th century
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Physical Characteristics:
Paper. Oblong folio.
Custodial History:
The manuscript was presented by the composer to his friend David Barber in 1826. It is said to have belonged afterwards to John Hullah.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Barnett, John, child singer; composer; writer on music, 1802-1890
Paton, Mary Anne
Subjects:
Duets
Pianoforte solos
Solfeggi
Songs