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Tyson MS 3
- Record Id:
- 040-001628668
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001628665
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x00035f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Tyson MS 3
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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HENRY PURCELL: ‘King Arthur’; mid 18th cent. Score. Copy, in ink, written on paper ruled with twelve staves to the page (a thirteenth stave added to f. 3 is now cropped). A note on f. ii in the hand of W. H. Cummings reads ‘In the hand-writing of James Kent (born 1700, died 1776)’. Kent copied this score from the manuscript in the hand of William Croft, now Add. 5333 (ff. 1-56) which was in his possession and subsequently passed to Sir John Hawkins. As in Add. 5333, blank folios have been left at the start for the overture, which is omitted, and several other movements are omitted from both sources. There is no indication that this score was ever used for performance. Watermark: no. 1805 in E. Heawood, Watermarks (Hilversum, 1950), there dated 1722. Bookplates of G. L. Benson and W. H. Cummings. Probably sold to Cummings at Puttick & Simpson, 25 Nov. 1884, and subsequently to Dodgshon at Sotheby’s, 23 May 1917 (lot 1390).
ff. v + 84. 363 x 239mm. Full calf with border decoration partly blind-stamped and partly in gold.
James Kent, organist and composer: Henry Purcell, composer and organist: 'King Arthur' by Henry Purcell, in the hand of James Kent: mid-18th cent.: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Tyson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001628665
040-001628668 - Is part of:
- Tyson MS : Tyson Collection
Tyson MS 3 : HENRY PURCELL: ‘King Arthur’; mid 18th cent. Score. Copy, in ink, written on paper ruled with twelve staves to the page (a… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001628665[0003]/040-001628668
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Tyson MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1730
- End Date:
- 1770
- Date Range:
- Mid 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Dodgshon, musician: Owned, in 20th cent.
William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Owned, in 19th-20th cents.
Reverend George Lewes Benson, vicar choral of Salisbury Cathedral: Owned, in 19th cent.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Benson, George Lewes, Reverend vicar choral of Salisbury Cathedral
Cummings, William Hayman, organist, tenor and musicologist, 1831-1915
Dodgshon, -, musician and former owner of a score of Purcell's 'King Arthur', fl 1917
Kent, James, organist and composer
Purcell, Henry, composer and organist, 1658 or 1659-1695