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Add MS 40636

Record Id:

032-002092447

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032-002092447

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000051.0x000332

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Add MS 40636

Title:

SELECTION from the musical remains of Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Mus.Doc. (b. 1810-d. 1876), coisisting mainly of sketches; of his compositions arranged as follows:-(a) Anthems. f. 1;-

(b) Chants. f. 37;-(c) Hymns. f. 38;-(d) Masses. f. 44;-

(e) Services. f. 58;-(f) Sacred songs. f. 67;-(g) Secular songs. f. 73;-(h) Organ solos. f. 90. Partly autogr. Included also, at the end (ff. 125-151), are compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Wesley, J[ohn ?] S[ebastian ?] Wesley, H[enry Thomas] Smazt, Philip Salter, William Coulson Tregarthen, Thomas Sympson Fisher, F[rederick] Gooch, J- J- H- Taylor, Dr. [Samuel] Arnold, Sir G[eorge] A[lexander] Macfarren and Sir H[erbert] S[tanley] Oakeley, and adaptations from works of Franz Peter Schubert and Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, further particulars of which are given in the Index under the names of the composers. Paper; ff. 15 1. XVIII-xix centt. Large folio. The greater part, if not the whole, of the MS. appears to have belonged to the Rev. Francis Gwynne Wesley, Vicar of Hamsteels, son of Samuel Sebastian Wesley, while ff. 14-17 were probably at one time in the possession of Kellow [John] Pye, and ff. 34-36 in that of W[illiam] F[rederick] Trimnell. Presented by William Barclay Squire, Esq.

Scope & Content:

Hymns: Hymn tunes by S. S. Wesley, etc.: 19th cent.

Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Mus.D: Musical remains: 1832-1875.: Partly autogr.

Music: Selection from the musical remains of S. S. Wesley, with works of other composers: 18th-19th centt.

includes:

f. 1-19 b Mrs Stretton: Song dedicated to: 1849.
f. 37 John Soaper: Chant: 19th cent.
ff. 37, 37 b William Crotch, composer and organist: D. Chants: 19th cent.
ff. 67, 70, 87 George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron; poet: Poems by, set to music: 19th cent.
f. 78 Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet: Verses by, set to music: [circ. 1836].
f. 85 Sir Walter Scott, Baronet; author: Verses from A Legend of Montrose, set to music by S. S.Wesley: 19th cent.
f. 125 Johann Sebastian Bach, composer: Chamber trio and canon, 1747.: 18th cent.: Copy.
f. 131 b Samuel Wesley, composer and organist: Organ solo, 1775.: 19th cent.: Copy.
ff. 133, 133 b J[ohn] S[ebastian?] Wesley: Organ and pianoforte solos: 1901.: Autogr.
f. 134 Henry Thomas Smart, composer and organist: Pianoforte solo: 19th cent.
f. 135 Philip Salter: Anthem by: [aft. 1843].
f. 137 William Coulson Tregarthen: Anthem: 1875.: Autogr.
ff. 139, 139 b Thomas Sympson Fisher: Hymns: 19th cent.
f. 140 Frederick Gooch, composer: Hymn-tune: 19th cent.: Autogr.
f. 141 J- J- H- Taylor: Hymn-tunes: 19th cent.
ff. 142 b, 148 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Hymn-tunes and song adapted from: 19th cent.
f. 143 Samuel Wesley, composer and organist: Motet, n.d.: 19th cent.: Copy.
f. 144 Samuel Arnold, Mus. Doc: Hymn on death (1751) of J. F. Lampe, 1774.: 19th cent.: Copy.
f. 144 John Frederick Lampe, d 1751 musician: Hymn on death of, 1774.: 19th cent.: Copy.
f. 144 Charles Wesley, hymnographer: Hymn on death of J. F. Lampe, 1751.: 19th cent.: Copy.
f. 145 b Franz Peter Schubert, composer: Song adapted from: 19th cent.
f. 147 Sir George Alexander Maefarren: Song: 19th cent.
f. 148 William Lovell Phillips, composer and cellist: Song adapted to Mendelssohn's Lieder ohne Worte, Bk. 1, no. 1, by: [aft. 1854].
f. 149 b Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley: Song: 1849.
f. 151 J[ohn] S[ebastian?] Wesley: Song: 1892.: Autogr.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1899

Date Range:

18th century-19th century

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Custodial History:

William Barclay Squire, CVO; Deputy Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Presented: in 1922.

Francis Gwynne Wesley, Vicar of Hamsterley, county Durham: Owned, parts of: 19th cent.

ff. 14-17 Kellow J. Pye, organist: Owned: aft. 1825.

ff. 34-36 William Frederick Trimnell: Owned: after 1869.

Material Type:

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Legal Status:

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Names:

Arnold, Samuel, Mus Doc
Bach, Johann Sebastian, composer, 1685-1750
Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, poet, 1788-1824
Crotch, William, composer and organist
Fisher, Thomas Sympson, composer, fl 19th century
Gooch, Frederick, composer and clergyman, 1804-1887
Lampe, John Frederick, musician, d 1751
Maefarren, George Alexander
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix, composer, 1809-1847,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121181195
Oakeley, Herbert Stanley, Knight, composer, organist and conductor, 1830-1903,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000045483836,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13075247
Phillips, William Lovell, composer and cellist
Pye, Kellow J, organist
Salter, Philip, of Add MS 40636
Schubert, Franz Peter, composer, 1797-1828
Scott, Walter, Baronet, author, 1771-1832,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121441874
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, poet, 1792-1822
Smart, Henry Thomas, composer and organist
Soaper, John, of Add MS 40636
Squire, William Barclay, CVO, Deputy Keeper of Printed Books British Museum
Stretton, Mrs
Taylor, J- J- H-
Tregarthen, William Coulson
Trimnell, William Frederick
Wesley, Charles, hymnographer, 1707-1788
Wesley, Francis Gwynne, Vicar of Hamsterley Durh
Wesley, John Sebastian, composer, fl 1901
Wesley, Samuel Sebastian, composer and organist, 1810-1876
Wesley, Samuel, composer and organist, 1766-1837,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083575977,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/12493252