Add MS 35040

passim. Collection of pieces (original or arranged) for the Harpsichord, etc., some of them in the hand of Samuel Wesley. 1. Minuet in C. 'Pepusch.' f. 3. 2. 'Hymn' in G (3/4 time). This and nos. 3-7 are by 'Handel.' f. 3. 3. Air in 'At[a]lanta.' f. 3b. 4. March in the Water Music. f. 3b. 5. Minuet in 'Sampson.' f. 4. 6. Air in 'Ariadne.' f. 4b. 7. March in 'Judas Maccab[æ]us.' f. 5b. 8. 'Hymn.' 'Lampi' [? = J. F. Lampe]. f. 6. 9. Lesson (Allegro) in C, with Variations. 'Dr. Pepusch.' f. 6b. 10. Gigue in C. 'Scarllatti.' f. 8. 11. Allegro from the Water Music. 'Handel.' f. 11b. 12. The 'Highland Laddie,' with Variations. Anonymous. f. 13. 13. The Queen of Spain's Minuet. Anonymous. f. 22. 14. Gavotte in the Overture of 'Lotharius.' 'Handel.' f. 29. 15. Rondeaux (apparently from a concerto) in C. '[J. Abraham?] Fisher.' Incomplete at the end. f. 30b. 16. Sonata in B flat. 'Dr. Arnold.' f. 36 (reversed). 17. Gigue in A [from Suites de Piéces, vol. i, no. 1, 1720]. 'Handel.' f. 37b. 18. Allemande in G minor [from the same, vol. iii, no. 2, 1723]. 'Handel.' f. 39b.

ff. 8b-21b passim. Organ pieces, written on two staves of 5 lines. 1. Voluntary in D, for diapasons. 'Heron.' f. 8b. 2. Moderato in D, for trumpet and echo stops. 'Walond.' f. 8b. 3. Voluntary, arranged from the Concerti Grossi, op. vi, no. 6. 'Correlli.' f. 10b. 4. No. 8 of the same work; 'adapted for organ ... by Thomas Billington.' f. 15. 5. Voluntary in A minor. 'Stanley.' f. 22b. 6. Movement in A minor, for diapasons. By John James [from no. 4 of a set of Voluntaries published in 1780]. f. 24b. 7. Beginning of movement in G for cornet stop. '[John] James.' f. 25.

ff. 10, 26b. Hymns, in score. 1. ‘Psalm cviii, Combe's’: melody with bass, in score, without words, f. 10. 2. ‘A funeral hymn on the P[rincess] D[owager] of Wales,’ beg. ‘Faint is my head.’ For 4 voices. ‘Dr. Boyce.’ f. 26b.

ff 25b, 28b. The melody, with bass, of the following solos:— 1. 'Let Earth and hell their powers employ'; with a short symphony, the bass of which is for bassoon and violoncello. 'S.Wesley.' Autograph. f. 25b. 2. 'O God, who dost for ever live', described as a 'hymn on his m[ajesty].' 'Dr. Boyce.' f. 28b.

ff. 26, 40-42. Chants double, and written in compressed score, unless the contrary is stated. 1. In A (melody and bass only of the second part). ‘Dr. Hayes.’ f. 26. 2. In F (single). ‘S.Wesley.’ Autograph, f. 26. 3. In E, in score, f. 40. 4. In E (melody and bass), f. 40b. 5. In E flat. f. 40b. 6. In B flat. f 41. 7. In C (single). f. 41. 8. In G (single), f. 41. 9. In E flat (melody and bass), f. 41b. 10. In E flat (melody and bass), f. 41b. 11. In B flat (melody and bass), f. 42. 12. In C (single, melody and bass). By Pelham Humfrey (?). f. 42. 13. In G (do.), f. 42.

ff. 32b, 36b. Canons, without words, in the hand of Samuel Wesley. 1. In unison, in F. Anonymous. f. 32b. 2. In unison, in F. 'Sympson.' f. 32b. 3, 4. In A minor(?). Anonymous. f. 36b.

f. 33b. 'Be glad, O ye righteous': the melody with bass of the beginning of what was intended to be the first of a set of '3 solo Anthems for the voice, Harpsichord or Organ,' in the hand of Samuel Wesley, when a boy.

ff. 43b-48b. 'Alexis': a cantata by Dr. Pepusch, begins 'See, from the silent Grove'; with a figured bass in the recitatives, and parts for the violoncello and harpsichord (in score) in the airs. Apparently in the hand of Samuel Wesley, when a boy.