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Hirsch III.214.a.
- Record Id:
- 040-001945725
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001945670
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x000194
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Hirsch III.214.a.
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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FRANCESCO GEMINIANI: Concerti grossi, op. 2; after 1731. Seven parts, copied from the printed edition published by John Walsh in 1732. Title pages are imitations of the title page of the Walsh edition. All parts except the violino secondo del concertino and basso ripieno have keyboard music in another hand on final folio verso (listed below). Bound with printed editions of music by Geminiani and Corelli published by Walsh. On the front flyleaf of all volumes is written ‘William Felton Feb. 4° 1735°/6°’, and on the front endpaper of all but two volumes, ‘William Evance 1786’. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.
Seven volumes. ‘Violino primo del concertino’: ff. ii + 7; ‘violino secondo del concertino’: ff. ii + 7; ‘alto viola prima’: ff. ii + 6; ‘violino primo ripieno’: ff. ii + 7; ‘violino secondo ripieno’: ff. ii + 7; ‘basso ripieno’: ff. ii + 5; ‘violoncello’: ff. ii + 7. 298 x 223mm. Blind-stamped full leather bindings with labels.
Additional keyboard music:
1. Violino primo del concertino, f. 7v. ‘Sonata by Mr. Handel’, in D major. With a minuet in C major.
2 Violino primo ripieno, f. 7v. Arrangement of the song ‘Hark the hollow woods resounding’ by John Stafford Smith.
3. Violino secondo ripieno, f. 7v. ‘Aria’ in A major; – ‘A Rondo by Arnold’, in C major (‘Vivace’ from Samuel Arnold’s A Set of Progressive Lessons, book 1, op. 12).
4. Alto viola prima, f. 6v. ‘O Dear, what can the matter be’; – ‘Minuet by Corelli’ (from the Concerto grosso, op. 6, no. 10); – ‘Air’ in C major.
5. Violoncello, f. 7. ‘Prelude’ and four ‘Lessons’ by William Evance.
Francesco Geminiani, composer: Concerti grossi, op. 2 by Francesco Geminiani: not before 1732: Copy.
includes:
- f. 6v Arcangelo Corelli, composer: Concerti grossi, op. 6, no. 10; arr. by Arcangelo Corelli: not before 1732: Copy.
- f. 7v Samuel Arnold, Mus. Doc: Set of progressive lessons, book 1, op. 12, Vivace by Samuel Arnold: not before 1732: Copy.
- f. 7v John Stafford Smith, musicologist and composer: Song, 'Hark the hollow woods resounding', arranged by John Stafford Smith: not before 1732: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Hirsch Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001945670
040-001945725 - Is part of:
- Hirsch 199.-M.1356a : The Hirsch Collecton
Hirsch III.214.a. : FRANCESCO GEMINIANI: Concerti grossi, op. 2; after 1731. Seven parts, copied from the printed edition published by John Walsh… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001945670[0024]/040-001945725
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Hirsch 199.-M.1356a
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1731
- End Date:
- 1731
- Date Range:
- after 1731
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
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William Felton, Vicar of Norton Canon; composer: Owned.
William Evance: Owned.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Arnold, Samuel, Mus Doc
Corelli, Arcangelo, composer, 1653-1713
Evance, William, lay clerk, composer and singer, c 1745-1828
Felton, William, clergyman, composer, 1713-1769
Geminiani, Francesco, composer, violinist and musical theorist, 1687-1762
Smith, John Stafford, musicologist and composer