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032-002057817

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032-002057817

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Add MS 38540-38563

Title:

COLLECTION of musical compositions-many of them rough drafts or sketches-works on music, and other writings, by Robert Lucas Pearsall, of Willsbridge House, in Bitton, co. Glouc., and afterwards of Wartensee Castle, near St. Gall, in Switzerland, 1836-1854, etc. Chiefly autograph, or in the bands of the writer's daughter, Philippa Swinnerton (wife of John Hughes, of Gwerclas and Kymmer, co. Merioneth), who has added many explanatory notes. In twenty-four volumes, divided as follows:

Scope & Content:

Robert Lucas Pearsall, composer and antiquary: Musical compositions, works on music, etc.: 1836-1854, etc.

Phillipa Swinnerton Hughes, née Pearsall; wife of J Hughes: Notes: 19th cent.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

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Additional Manuscripts

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XIX cent.includes:f. 6 b Elizabeth Ellacombe:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057821", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38542: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. III (ff. i + 53). Requiem in G minor, for four voices with instrumental symphonies and accompaniments, in…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057822", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38543: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. IV (ff. 106). Neat copies of miscellaneous compositions, chiefly sacred, by Pearsall, including anthems, a…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002057823", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38544-38545: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vols. V, VI (ff. 176,163). Miscellaneous compositions, chiefly secular, by Pearsall, in two volumes,…" },{ "id" : "040-002057824", "parent" : "036-002057823", "text" : "Add MS 38544: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. V (ff. 176). Miscellaneous compositions, chiefly secular, by Pearsall, Paper. XIX cent.includes:ff. 5 b, 84 b,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057825", "parent" : "036-002057823", "text" : "Add MS 38545: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. VI (ff. 163). Miscellaneous compositions, chiefly secular, by Pearsall, Paper. XIX cent.includes:f. 1 William…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057826", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38546: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. VII (ff. ii + 101). Arrangements and adaptations from works by the early madrigalwriters and others,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057827", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38547: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. VIII (ff. iv + 44). A similar collection, by Pearsall, including anthems, chants, a duet, glees, madrigals,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057828", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38548: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. IX (ff. i + 285). 'Musica Gregoriana,' or 'Opinions on the origin and progress of ecclesiastical music,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002057829", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38549-38550: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vols. X, XI (ff. 102,120). 'Psalmodia'; with the alternative title 'An Essay on Psalmtunes . . . . in the…" },{ "id" : "040-002057830", "parent" : "036-002057829", "text" : "Add MS 38549: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. X (ff. 102). 'Psalmodia' vol. I; 1842." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057831", "parent" : "036-002057829", "text" : "Add MS 38550: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XI (ff. 120). 'Psalmodia' vol. II; 1842.Music: German chorales, etc., adapted as English hymns: mid. 19th…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057832", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38551: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XII (ff. i + 49). 'Letters to [John Merewether, D.D.] the D[ean] of H[ereford] on Church Music': being rough…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057833", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38552: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XIII (ff. 284). Rough drafts and fragments of writings on the history and theory of music, especially relating…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057834", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38553: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XIV (ff. 60). Compositions for voices, in score, most of them rather roughly written, and a few merely…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057835", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38554: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XV (ff. 92). Neat copies of madrigals for four, five aud six voices, in score, most of them with German…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002057836", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38555-38559: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vols. XVI-XX (ff. 33,33, i + 33, 11, i + 32). Neat copies of madrigals, part-songs, glees, etc., for four or…" },{ "id" : "040-002057837", "parent" : "036-002057836", "text" : "Add MS 38555: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XVI (ff. 33). Neat copies of madrigals, part-songs, glees, etc., for four or five voices, in parts, a few by…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057838", "parent" : "036-002057836", "text" : "Add MS 38556: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XVII (ff. 33). Neat copies of madrigals, part-songs, glees, etc., for four or five voices, in parts, a few by…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057839", "parent" : "036-002057836", "text" : "Add MS 38557: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XVIII (ff. i + 33). Neat copies of madrigals, part-songs, glees, etc., for four or five voices, in parts, a…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057840", "parent" : "036-002057836", "text" : "Add MS 38558: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XIX (ff. 11). Neat copies of madrigals, part-songs, glees, etc., for four or five voices, in parts, a few by…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057841", "parent" : "036-002057836", "text" : "Add MS 38559: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XX (ff. i + 32). Neat copies of madrigals, part-songs, glees, etc., for four or five voices, in parts, a few…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057842", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38560: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XXI (ff. ii + 143). Miscellaneous writings of Pearsall, viz. : 1. Catalogue of his library [at Wartensee…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057843", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38561: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XXII (ff. 44). Rough draft of a translation of Goethe's Faust into English, by Pearsall. At the end are some…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057844", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38562: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XXIII (ff. 12). Notes by Pearsall on tenures and personal status in England, perhaps in connexion with the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002057845", "parent" : "032-002057817", "text" : "Add MS 38563: PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XXIV (ff. i + 48). 'Cobbett on Music in vi Letters,' by Pearsall, 1839. They are written in imitation of the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

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Record Type (Level):

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Extent:

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Languages:

English
French
German

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1836

End Date:

1854

Date Range:

1836-1854

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Names:

Hughes, Phillipa Swinnerton, née Pearsall; wife of J Hughes
Pearsall, Robert Lucas, composer and antiquary, 1795-1856