Add MS 63818

DOVASTON MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS (SERIES II). Vol. IV. Collection of songs, duets, glees, etc., together with a few keyboard pieces or arrangements, mostly from published sources; compiled 1805, 1815-1824. The vocal music includes works by R. J. Stevens, Dr. W. Crotch, Mozart, Handel, J. W. Callcott, W. Shield, H. Purcell, C. Dibdin, S. Webbe, and friends such as J. C. Clifton. The keyboard music consists mainly of excerpts arranged from works by Handel with a few pieces by Mozart, J. B. Cramer, and Sir H. Bishop. In the hand of J. F. M. Dovaston who describes the collection in an inscription on the paste-down (f. iii) as 'one of my favourite bundles'. Details of sources, dates and places of transcription are given passim.

ff. v+79. 243 x 300mm. Covers formed from boards of A Selection of British Melodies with Symphonies and Accompaniments by Mr. Clifton and Appropriate Words by J. F. M. Dovaston, Esq., A.M., Nos. 1, 2 (1817, 1820). Label '29' on spine.

includes:

• ff. 1-9v 26-27v Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer: Glees by Richard John Samuel Stevens: early 19th cent: Copies.
• f. 9v William Crotch, composer and organist: Chant by William Crotch: early 19th cent: Copy.
• f. 9v W. Mutlow, composer: Chant by W. Mutlow: early 19th cent: Copy.
• f. 9v John Arnott, composer: Chant by John Arnott: early 19th cent: Copy.
• f. 9v William Russell, organist and composer: Chant by [W?] Russell: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 10-11v, 65-65v Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart, alias Wolfgang Amadeus; composer: Duet and waltzes by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: early 19th cent: Copies.
• ff. 12-18, 20v-21, 22v-23, 24v-25, 28v, 37v-38, 61-62 George Frideric Handel, composer: Excerpts arranged for keyboard by George Frideric Handel: early 19th cent: Copies.
• ff. 19v-20 William Riley, composer: Duet by William Riley: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 21v-22, 23v-24, 35v-36, 47v-48v, 49v-50, 55-57v John Wall Callcott, composer: Glees, etc., by John Wall Callcott: early 19th cent: Copies.
• ff. 29v-30, 31v-32 John Charles Clifton, composer: Glees by John Charles Clifton: 1815: Copies.
• ff. 30v-31 Thomas Ford, composer: Four-part song by Thomas Ford: early 19th cent: Copy.
• f. 33 Nicolas Freeman, composer: Three-part song by Nicolas Freeman: 1815: Copy.
• ff. 33v-34v William Shield, composer: Glee by William Shield: 1815: Copy.
• ff. 38v-42v Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Songs, etc., by Henry Purcell: early 19th cent: Copies.
• ff. 43-44v William Reeve, theatre composer: Glee by William Reeve: 1815: Copy.
• ff. 45-47 Clement Smith, composer: Glee by Clement Smith: 1815: Copy.
• f. 53 Charles Dibdin, composer and dramatist: Song by Charles Dibdin: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 53v-54 Samuel Webbe, the elder; composer and organist: Glee by Samuel Webbe: 1817: Copy.
• f. 63v Giovanni Morari, composer: Agnus Dei by Giovanni Morari: early 19th cent: Copy.
• ff. 64-64v William Carnaby, composer: Song by William Carnaby: early 19th cent: Copy.
• f. 70 Johann Baptist Cramer, composer and publisher: Keyboard exercise by Johann Baptist Cramer: 1817: Copy.
• ff. 70v-71 John Bernard Sale, composer: Duet by John Bernard Sale: 1822: Copy.
• ff. 72-75v Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, composer: Overture to 'The Comedy of Errors' arranged for keyboard by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop: early 19th cent: Copy.