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Add MS 40139
- Record Id:
- 032-002091862
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002091862
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000051.0x000304
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 40139
- Title:
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DANCES, marches, and other arrangements for harpsichord or spinet. The only composers named are George Spencer, Dr. Croft, Handel, and Papusch; but some of the anonymous pieces have been identified as the compositions of John Eccles, Francesco Mancini, and Henry Purcell. Paper; ff. I + 49. After A.D. 1714 (f.6b). Oblong octavo.
18th cent. calf binding, blind-tooled. An old press-mark OM/9. Presented by Ronald Assheton Coates, Esq.
- Scope & Content:
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Press-marks: om / 9: aft. 1714.
Music: Dances, marches, etc. for harpsichord or spinet, mostly English: 18th cent.
Bindings ENGLISH: Calf, blind-tooled: 18th cent.
includes:
- ff. 8 b, 16 b, 31 b, 38 b George Spencer: Harpsichord music by: 18th cent.
- f. 19 b William Croft, composer and organist; d.1727: Song, arranged for harpsichord: [aft. 1714].
- f. 23 b John Eccles, Master of the Queen's Musick: Song, arranged for harpsichord: aft. 1714.
- f. 25 Francesco Maneini: Overture arranged for spinet: [aft. 1714].
- f. 35 George Frideric Handel, composer: Minuet, arranged for harpsichord: [aft. 1714].
- f. 41 b Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Operatic air: [aft. 1714].
- f. 42 b Johann Christoph Pepusch, composer: Harpsichord solos: 1st half of 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002091862
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002091862
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1714
- End Date:
- 1714
- Date Range:
- after 1714
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Ronald Assheton Coates, of the British Museum: Presented: in 1921-1925.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Coates, Ronald Assheton, of the British Museum
Croft, William, composer and organist, 1678-1727
Eccles, John, Master of the Queen's Musick
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Maneini, Francesco
Pepusch, Johann Christoph, composer
Purcell, Henry, composer and organist, 1658 or 1659-1695
Spencer, George, of Add MS 40139