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Add MS 27932
- Record Id:
- 040-002019215
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002019208
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001293.0x000275
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100161700261.0x000001
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- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 27932
- Title:
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A collection of arias, songs, hymns, airs, and other melodies
- Scope & Content:
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passim. Arias, etc., with a figured bass for harpsichord (except where the contrary is stated), in score; first half of 18th cent., etc. 1. 'A soldier and a sailor' [from 'Love for love,' by John Eccles, 1695]. f. 3b. 2-4. Three arias, the first with an additional violin part, from 'Rinaldo,' by G. F. Handel, 1711, viz. 'È un incendio'; 'Mio cor, che mi hai dir'; and 'Sulla ruota di fortuna.' n. 4b, 7b, 8b. 5, 6. 'I was born of Royal Race,' and 'Frail are a Lover's hopes'; from 'Camilla' [by M. A. Buononcini, London, 1707]. ff. 9b, 10b. 7. A presto movement in 2 parts (6/8 time); probably from an Opera. '[G. F.] Hendal.' f. 11b. 8. 'Who to win a woman's favour'; from 'Columbine Courtezan' [by J. F. Lampe, about 1739]. f. 18. 9. 'Compassion! leave me, forbear'; from 'Clotilda' [by F. Conti, 1709]. f. 13b. 10. Aria, 'Sapete che in amor'; from 'Astarto' [by G. B. Buononcini, London, 1720]. f. 15b. 11. 'Non e si vago.' Anonymous. f. 16b. 12. Overture in D minor; from an Opera(?). 'Doctor [J. C] Pepusch.' f. 17b. 13-16. Four arias from 'Camilla,' by Buononcini. viz. a Largo movement in 2 parts without words, 'The floods shall quit the Ocean,' 'Aged Phillis' (with string parts), and 'In vain I fly.' ff. 20b, 21b, 22b, 25b. 17. If over the cruel tyrant' [from 'Artaxerxes,' 1762, by Dr. T. A. Arne]. This and nos. 18, 19 are in a later hand and consist of the melody only, without words. f. 26b. 18. 'Thro' all the employments of Life.' Anonymous. f. 27. 19. 'The honest h[e]art' [from 'Love in a village,' 1762, by M. C. Festing]. f. 27b.
passim. Songs, with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, except in the case of the last, of which only the melody is given; first half of 18th cent. Anonymous. 1. 'When Delia on the Plain appears.' f. 2b. 2. 'At night, by moonlight.' f. 14b. 3. 'The tunefull Lark.' f. 15. 4. 'The Bird'; without the words. f. 27b.
f. 2. The melodies of the following anonymous hymns; after 1762 (being in the same hand as the composition at the top of f. 26b, which was published in 1762): — 1. ‘Psalm 104‘ [‘ My soul, praise the Lord’]. 2. ‘Hymn 1st.’ 3. ‘Hymn 15.’ 4. ‘Hymn 25.
f. 26b. An air without words or accompaniment, headed 'Susanna.'; after 1762 (the date of the other composition on the same page). Possibly from the oratorio of that name, by Handel, but not recognizable in its present form.
f. 28b. Melody of 'Belleisle March.'; late 18th cent.
f. 28b. 'Foot's Minuet,' probably named after Samuel Foote, the actor (1720-1777); late 18th cent.
f. 29. Melody of 'Sweet Willi' O.' [From 'The Jubilee,' by Charles Dibdin, 1769.]; late 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002019208
040-002019215 - Is part of:
- Add MS 27926-27943 B : Bequeathed by Felix Slade, Esq.
Add MS 27932 : A collection of arias, songs, hymns, airs, and other melodies - Hierarchy:
- 032-002019208[0007]/040-002019215
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper; Octavo. The binding, of tooled leather with the royal arms, dates from the early part of the 17th century.
- Custodial History:
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Bequeathed by Felix Slade in 1868.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)