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MS Mus. 166 A
- Record Id:
- 040-001946244
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001946243
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000248.0x00003d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 166 A
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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A. A single leaf (numbered ‘222’) taken from an album of catches; 18th cent. Copies, in ink, written on paper ruled with ten staves. Presented by Robert Knox, Esq., Keeper of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum, 2 Jan. 1996.
f. 1. 238 x 300mm.
1. f. 1r. ‘Round’ for four equal voices, beginning ‘In this fair Vill which suits retirement well’. Attributed to [?John] Danby in MS II A/649 in the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Hamburg.
2. f. 1v. Henry Purcell, ‘Catch a tre Voci’, beginning ‘If all be true that I do think’. No. 255 in F. B. Zimmerman, Henry Purcell (1963). The words are usually attributed to Dean Aldrich. For other copies, see Add. 22099, f. 65; 29386, f. 29v; 31462, f. 17; 31463, f. 4v; 33237, f. 235v.
Henry Purcell, composer and organist: John Danby, composer: Catches by Henry Purcell and [?] John Danby: 18th cent.: Copies.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001946243
040-001946244 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 166 A-D : MISCELLANEOUS MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS
MS Mus. 166 A : A. A single leaf (numbered ‘222’) taken from an album of catches; 18th cent. Copies, in ink, written on paper ruled with… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001946243[0001]/040-001946244
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 166 A-D
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Robert Knox, Keeper of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum: Presented, in 1996.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Danby, John, composer and organist, 1756?-1798
Knox, Robert, Keeper of Oriental Antiquities British Museum
Purcell, Henry, composer and organist, 1658 or 1659-1695