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Songs, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings and other instruments mentioned below, in score, written by J[ames] Hook for Vauxhall. Autograph. 1. 'To sing about love I know is the plan'; with oboes, horns, bassoons, etc., 1786. f. 27. 2. 'Farewell, ambitious, gilded Toys'; written for 'Ingleton ' (? Charles Incledon), 1786. ff. 39-42. 3. 'Ye happy Nymphs': rondo, with clarinets, horns, etc. Written for Miss [Maria] Poole, 1787. f. 47. 4. 'In storms, when clouds obscure the sky'; with oboes, trumpets, horns, etc. Written for Incledon, 1788. f. 55. 5. 'No pastime, no sport can with hunting compare'; with clarinets, horns, bassoons, etc. Written for Mrs. — Iliff, 1788. f. 59. 6. 'Hark, Eccho, sweet Eccho'; with oboes, horns, etc. Written for Miss — Leary, 1788. f. 65. 7. 'While, Stephen, thus you teaze me': rondo, with horns, etc. Written for Miss Poole, 1789. f. 73. 8. 'Beside the Burn'; with horns, bassoons, etc. Written for Mrs. — Martyr, 1789. f. 77. 9. 'Cruel Peggy,' begins 'No more shall Harry fling the Bar'; with clarinets, horns, bassoons, etc. Sung by — Darley, 1789. f. 81. 10. 'The last time I came o'er the moor': ballad ' written for Mrs. — Wrighten,' 1788. f. 85. 11. 'Now in my Hunter's habit drest'; with clarinets, horns, bassoons, etc. ff. 87-89b.

ff. 1, 90. Portions of two works for solo voices, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, trumpets, horns, drums, strings and other instruments named below, in score, composed by J[ames] Hook for Vauxhall Gardens. Autograph. 1. 'The Love Wrangle, a Pastoral Interlude,' beginning 'Once on a time, no matter when.' Dated '1783'; sung by Mesdames Weichsell (the mother of Mrs. Billington), Wrighten, Kennedy, Arrowsmith, and [Elizabeth] Billington, and Messrs. Billington and Howard. Imperfect at the end. ff. 1-14b. 2. 'Since wedlock's in Fashion': new finale (1797) to 'Maids and Bachelors'; with flutes, bassoons, etc. ff. 90-101b. (1786-1789).

f. 15. 'The Scornfull Maids,' beginning 'Now's your time, pretty maids'; described as 'New Catch for Vauxhall, 1786.' With symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, horns, bassoons, and strings, in score. By J[ames] Hook. Autograph. Sung by Mesdames Weichsell, Wrighten, Kennedy, Arrowsmith, and Messrs. Billington, Evans, and Mahon. 1786.

ff. 43, 108. Vocal compositions for 3 voices, in score, by J[ames] Hook. 1. 'The Reveillee,' begins 'Rise, Cynthia, rise': 'Glee,' with symphony and accompaniments for flutes, horns, and strings, in score, '1786.' Autograph. The words are by the Earl of Orford. Sung by [Charles] Incledon, and others, ff. 43-46b. 2. 'Golden Sun': described as 'canzonett,' without accompaniment. f. 108.

f. 102. ''I'll give you a Toast'; for 3 voices, with symphony and accompaniments for oboes, horns, bassoons, and strings, in score, written for Vauxhall by James Hook. Autograph. 1798.