Add MS 63817

DOVASTON MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS (SERIES II). Vol. III. Collection of songs, duets, glees, etc., together with a few keyboard pieces, mostly from published sources but including items composed by friends; compiled 1803-1813. The vocal music includes works by J. W. Callcott, Mozart, A. M. Sacchini, W. Shield, J. Braham, S. Storace, Handel, Haydn, H. Purcell, T. A. Arne, J. Hook, S. Webbe, W. Jackson, C. Dibdin, T. Linley, and the keyboard music works by V. Nicolai, J. Garth and C. Wesley. In the hand of J. F. M. Dovaston who gives references to the persons from whom

the music was obtained. On the front flyleaf (f. ii) 'Dovaston, Ch:Ch: Oxford/Inner Temple London'.

ff. iii+86 + 15*. 230 x 290mm. Quarter binding of leather and vellum. On the front cover 'Songs. MS. No. 4.'

includes:

• ff. 3-4, 79-80 John Wall Callcott, composer: Song and glee by John Wall Callcott: early 19th cent.: Copies.
• ff. 4v, 8v, 64v William Shield, composer: Songs by William Shield: early 19th cent.: Copies.
• ff. 5-6, 18v-19, 57v-59 Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart, alias Wolfgang Amadeus; composer: Duets, etc., by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: early 19th cent: Copies.
• ff. 7, 21v, 29v-31, 36 Thomas Augustine Arne, composer: Songs by Thomas Augustine Arne: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 7v-8 Antonio Maria Gasparo Gioacchino Sacchini, composer: Song by Antonio Maria Gasparo Gioacchino Sacchini: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 9-10v, 77v-78v John Braham, tenor and composer: Songs by John Braham: early 19th cent: Copies.
• ff. 10v, 40-41 Stephen Storace, composer; d.1796: Songs by Stephen Storace: early 19th cent: Copies.
• ff. 13-13v, 17-18, 42-46v, 62v-64, 65, 67v-68 George Frideric Handel, composer: Solos and choruses from oratorios, etc., by George Frideric Handel: 1798-early 19th cent: Partly copies, partly printed.
• ff. 14-16v, 22, 76v-77 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Duet, song, etc., by Franz Joseph Haydn: early 19th cent: Copy.
• f. 19v Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Song by Henry Purcell: early 19th cent: Copy.
• f. 24v Henry Harington, MD; composer: Duet by Henry Harington: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 25-26v James Hook, composer; d.1827: Glee by James Hook: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 26v-27 C. H. Florio, composer: Song by C. H. Florio: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 28v-29 Samuel Webbe, the elder; composer and organist: Song by Samuel Webbe: early 19th cent.
• ff. 32-32v James Laurence Cotter, of St Mary Hall, Oxford: Song by James Laurence Cotter: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 33-34, 48v-49, 73v, 80v-81 William Jackson, composer, organist, and writer, of Exeter: Duet and songs by William Jackson: early 19th cent: Copies.
• ff. 34v-35 Charles Thomas Carter, composer: Song by Charles Thomas Carter: early 19th cent: Copy.
• f. 35v Baldassare Galuppi, called 'Il Buranello'; composer: Song by Baldassare Galuppi: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 36v-37 Felice Giardini, composer: Signor Guglielmi: Vocal trio by Felice Giardini, attributed to Signor — Guglielmi: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 38v-39v Charles Dibdin, composer and dramatist: Song by Charles Dibdin: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 41v, 46v-47, 69 Tommaso Giordani, composer: Songs by Tommaso Giordani: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 49v-52, 82v-83 Sir John Andrew Stevenson, composer: Trio and song by Sir John Andrew Stevenson: early 19th cent: Copies.
• ff. 52v-57 Valentino Nicolai, composer: Keyboard sonata by Valentino Nicolai: 1803: Copy.
• ff. 59v-60 [Harriet?] Abrams: Duet by [Harriet?] Abrams: 1803: Copy.
• ff. 60v-62 Garrett Colley Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington; alias Wellesley: Glee by Garrett Colley Wesley: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 69v-70 Thomas Thompson, organist, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Song by Thomas Thompson: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 72v-73 Thomas Linley, composer: Song by Thomas Linley: early 19th cent: Copies.
• ff. 74-76 John Garth, composer: Keyboard sonata by John Garth: early 19th cent: Copy.
• f. 81v Cesare Bossi, composer: Pas de trois from 'La fille mal gardée' by Cesare Bossi: early 19th cent: Copy.
• f. 83v Martin Luther, reformer: Four-part setting of hymn by Martin Luther: early 19th cent: Copies.
• f. 86 Charlotte Augusta Caroline, daughter of George IV of England: Charles Wesley, musician; d.1834: Andante for keyboard by Charles Wesley, dedicated to Princess Charlotte: early 19th cent: Copy.