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Record Id:

032-002059189

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002059189

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000039.0x000326

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ISAD(G)

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Add MS 39569

Title:

" RECEUFIL de Piéces choisies pour le Clauessin, 1702, "compiled by William Babell. Autogr. The principal contents are twenty-nine suites probably adapted and arranged by the compiler, many of them from operatic works by Jean Baptiste Sully (ff. 1-100 b passim.), and a set of twelve toccatas by Georg Muffat (ff.114b-132b). Other composers named or identified are [Nicholas Antoine] Le Bègue, [Robert?] King, - Deopard, Hamel Bruinincks, [Jacques Champion] de Chambonnière[s], [Giovanni Gioseffo (?)] Fiocco, [Pietro Andrea] Ziani, [Henry] Purcell, [Querin (?) van] Blankenburg, [Marc Antoine] Charpentier, [James? ] Paisible; Louis Sully, J. B. Sully, jun., [John?] Barrett, Jeremiah Clark, [Jean Claude] Gillier, [Johann Christoph] Pepusch, [Francis] Forcer, [Thomas?] Tollett, and Pascal Colasse. At ff. 105 b, 133 b, 135 b are compositions by [Arcangelo] Corelli, Handel, and [John Christopher] Smith [jun.], in the hands of L[ætitial F[rances] Selwyn and F[rances] E[lizabeth] (afterwards wife of Dr. George Peacock, Dean of Ely), daughters of William Selwyn, K.C., by whom the MS. was given to Miss Selwyn in 1821. Paper ; ff. ix + 136. Folio ; 13½ in. x 10¾. Early XVIII cent. In the original dark morocco binding, richly tooled. Bookplates of W. H. Cummings (sale-cat., lot 203) and Ralph Griffin. Presented by R. Griffin, Esq., F.S.A.

Scope & Content:

Bookplates: Griffin (Ralph), F.S.A.: 20th cent.

Bindings ENGLISH: Black morocco, tooled: early 18th cent.

William Babel, composer: Harpsichord suites, etc.: 1702.

William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Bookplates.

Bookplates: Cummings (William Hayman), Mus.D. d.1915.

includes:

ff. 3 b, 21 b, 32 Nicholas Antoine Le Bègue: Harpsichord solos: circ. 1702.
ff. 4 b, 28 b, 34 b ? Robert King: Harpsichord solos: circ. 1702.
f. 6 b Deopard: Harpsichord suite: circ. 1702.
ff. 12 b(?), 20 b-111 b, passim Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: Harpsichord solos arranged from works by: circ. 1702.
f. 20 Hamel Bruinincks: Harpsichord solo: circ. 1702.
f. 21 ? Giovanni Gioseffo Fiocco: Harpsichord solo by: circ. 1702.
f. 21 b Pietro Andrea Ziani: Harpsichord solo: circ. 1702.
ff. 21, 32 b (?) Jacques Champion de Chambonnières: Harpsichord solos: circ. 1702.
ff. 22 b, 101 b, 102 b, 114-132 b Georg Muffat: Toccatas, etc., for harpsichord: circ. 1702.
ff. 24 b, 30 b, 31 b Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Harpsichord arrangements: circ. 1702.
f. 43 b ? Quirijn van Blankenburg: Harpsichord solo: circ. 1702.
f. 44 b Marc-Antoine Charpentier, composer: Harpsichord solo: circ. 1702.
f. 46 b James Paisible, alias Peasable; composer: Harpsichord solo: circ. 1702.
f. 52 b Jean Baptiste Lully, junior; second son of J B Lully: Harpsichord arrangement: circ. 1702.
f. 52 b Louis Lully, eldest son of J B Lully: Harpsichord arrangement: circ. 1702.
f. 70 b ? John Barrett: Harpsichord solo: circ. 1702.
f. 88 Jeremiah Clarke, composer: Song by, arranged for harpsichord: circ. 1702.
f. 89 b Marin Marais: Harpsichord solo: circ. 1702.
f. 94 b Jean Claude Gillier: Harpsichord solo: circ. 1702.
f. 105 b Arcangelo Corelli, composer: Extract from sonata by: circ. 1702.
f. 107 b Johann Christoph Pepusch, composer: Harpsichord solo: circ. 1702.
f. 109 b Francis Forcer: Harpsichord solo: circ. 1702.
f. 110b Thomas Tollet: Ground arranged for harpsichord: circ. 1702.
f. 133 b George Frideric Handel, composer: Airs from oratorios of: circ. 1733, circ. 1821.
f. 135 b John Christopher Smith, the younger; composer: Arrangement for harpsichord from: circ. 1821.
f. 135 b Frances Elizabeth Selwyn, afterwards Peacock; wife (1847) of Dean Peacock of Ely: Transcribed: circ.1821.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-002059189

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1740

Date Range:

Early 18th century

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Custodial History:

William Selwyn, KC: Owned: in 1821.

Lætitia Frances Selwyn: Owned: in 1821.

Ralph Griffin, FSA: Presented (bookplates): in 1917.

Material Type:

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Names:

Babel, William, composer, c 1690-1723
Barrett, John, composer, c 1674-1735
Blankenburg, ? Quirijn
Bruinincks, Hamel
Champion de Chambonnières, Jacques
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, French composer, 1643-1704,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122826899
Clarke, Jeremiah, composer and organist, c 1674-1707
Corelli, Arcangelo, composer, 1653-1713
Cummings, William Hayman, organist, tenor and musicologist, 1831-1915
Deopard, -, composer, fl 1702
Fiocco, Giovanni-Gioseffo, composer, 1686-1746
Forcer, Francis, organist and composer, fl 1649-1705
Gillier, Jean Claude, of Add MS 39569
Griffin, Ralph, secretary of the Society of Antiquaries, fl Early 20th century
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
King, ? Robert
Le Bègue, Nicholas Antoine
Lully, Jean Baptiste, composer
Lully, Jean Baptiste, junior; second son of J B Lully
Lully, Louis, eldest son of J B Lully
Marais, Marin
Muffat, Georg, composer and organist, 1653-1704
Paisible, James, composer al Peasable
Pepusch, Johann Christoph, composer
Purcell, Henry, composer and organist, 1658 or 1659-1695
Selwyn, Frances Elizabeth, afterwards Peacock; wife (1847) of Dean Peacock of Ely
Selwyn, Lætitia Frances
Selwyn, William, KC
Smith, John Christopher, the younger, composer
Tollet, Thomas
Ziani, Pietro Andrea