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Add MS 14340
- Record Id:
- 032-002036771
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002036771
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000046.0x000106
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 14340
- Title:
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A collection of motets, graces, sacred songs, hymns, glees, a secular song, a vocal trio, an organ duet, an organ solo, a string quartet
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 2-36 passim. Motets, etc., for 4 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score, by S[amuel] Wesley; 1798-1814. Autograph. 1. ‘Anima nostra erepta est’: antiphon for 5 voices, with ad libitum accompaniment for the organ, f. 2. 2. ‘Levate capita vestra.’ ‘1798.’ f. 7. 3. ‘Constitues eos principes‘ (à 5). ‘1814.’ f. 9. 4. ‘Ave, Regina cœlorum‘: antiphon for 5 voices, ‘composed originally as a duet only, about. . .1781‘ (water- mark 1810). f. 13. 5. ‘Hymnus Matutinus e Breviario Romano . . .1808,’ beg. ‘Ecce jam noctis tenuatur Umbra‘ (à 5). f. 17. 6. ‘Pro peccatis suæ gentis‘ (à 3). f. 20b. 7. ‘Tu es Sacerdos.’ ‘1814.’ f. 22. 8. ‘Dixit Dominus Domino meo‘ (à 3). ‘Performed at the Society of Concentores, Dec. 27, 1806.’ f. 24. 9. ‘Ecce, Panis Angelorum’: sequence for Corpus Christi Day. ‘1813.’ f. 27. 10. ‘Ave, verum corpus’ (a3). ‘1812.’ f. 29b. 11. ‘Tota pulchra es, Maria’: prose for 2 voices (solo and chorus). ‘1812.’ ff. 33, 35. 12. ‘Responsorium breve. Ad completorium,’ beg. ‘In Manus tuas, Domine‘ (watermark 1810). f. 36.
ff. 28, 28b. 'Benedicamus Domino‘ (for 3 solo voices), followed by ‘Deo Gratias‘ (for a 2-part chorus), in score, by S[amuel] Wesley; 1813? (see f. 27b).
ff. 31b, 39. Sacred Songs, with a figured bass, in score, by Samuel Wesley; 1798, 1807. Autograph. 1. 'In te, Domine, speravi.' '1798.' f. 31b. 2. 'Might I in thy sight appear.' '1807.' f. 39.
ff. 37, 38. Two hymns for 4 voices, in score, by S[amuel] Wesley; 1792, 1798. Autograph. 1. ‘Thou, Jesu, art our King,’ 1798. f. 37. 2. ‘Far above their noblest Songs’; about 1792. f. 38.
ff. 40-52. Glees, in score, by Samuel Wesley; 1807. 1. 'What Bliss to Life can Autumn yield' (à 3). '1807.' Autograph. The words from Dr. Johnson's 'Autumn.' f. 40. 2. 'If in fighting foolish Systems' (à 3). '1807.' Autograph. f. 46b. 3. 'Life is a jest' (à 4). Apparently in the hand of Matthew Cooke. f. 51.
f. 53. 'What shaft of Fate's relentless Pow'r': song with pianoforte accompaniment, in compressed score; after 1794 (watermark). [By S. Wesley.] Autograph.
f. 56. 'Unde nil majus generatur ipso'; for 3 voices, in score, by S[amuel] Wesley; 1810. Autograph. Eulogium on Johann Sebastian Bach.
ff. 58, 61. Piece for two performers on the Organ, in score, 'composed by Mr. S. Wesley as an Introduction to Sebastian Bach's Fugue in three flats … performed … by S. Wesley and V. Novello when the oratorio of 'Job' … by Russell was performed at the Foundling Chapel in 1814, for the benefit of Mr. Russell's widow; 1814.' Autograph.
f. 61. Voluntary (Andante maestoso and a long Presto), in D, for Organ, by S. Wesley; 1788. Autograph.
f. 67. Minuet for 2 violins, tenor and violoncello, in score, by Samuel Wesley; 1807. Autograph.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002036771
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002036771
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1788
- End Date:
- 1814
- Date Range:
- 1788-1814
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper. Quarto.
- Custodial History:
- The MS. was presented by Vincent Novello to the British Museum in 1843.
- 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:
- Glees
Graces
Hymns
Motets
Organ duets
Organ solos
Songs
String quartets
Vocal trios