Add MS 30956

Passim. Numbers, with accompaniments for horns, oboes, and strings (unless the contrary is stated), in score, from dramatic compositions, most of them by Charles Dibdin, and autograph. 1. 'Affrighted thus the Fisher finds.' f. 1. 2. 'Blest with your charms'; with flutes, etc. [From 'The Villain.'] f. 16. 3. 'Come, thou Rosy dimpl'd Boy': duet without accompaniments [from 'Damon and Phillida,' 1768]. f. 26. 4. 'Did not we run him hard'; trio [from 'The Round Robin']. f. 28. 5. 'Hail, mighty Monarch of our hearts' [from 'Hassan']. f. 34. 6. 'Here, take my hand.' f. 39. 7. 'Hey for England.' f. 43. 8. 'His Lordship realy is too good': finale [to 'Annette and Lubin,' 1778]; with bass for harpsichord or pianoforte. f. 49. 9. 'Let's drink and sing.' Melody only (? of chorus). f. 51b. 10. 'Mourn, ye damsels of the court'; with flutes, bassoons, etc. [From 'Hassan.'] f. 56. 11. 'My Lord, and (sic) please you'; with bass only. [From 'Annette and Lubin.'] f. 62. 12. 'The girl of girls'; with bass. f. 64. 13. 'Sport and revel without pause'; with trumpets, drums, etc. f. 65. 14. 'The sun go down' [from 'The Round Robin']. f. 74. 15. '...with my rub a dub dub'; with bass, imperfect at the beginning. [From 'Tom Thumb.'] f. 78. 16. 'To thee, oh heaven, our cause we trust.' f. 79. 17. 'As into port the vessel turns'; with bass. f. 88. 18. Finale (Mrs. Vermillion, Mrs. Tokay, Mrs. Dimity), begins 'Twixt husband and wife'; with bass, f. 89b.

Passim. Songs, mostly with a bass for harpsichord or pianoforte, in score, inserted in a collection of compositions by Charles Dibdin, but (with the exception indicated below) not in his hand. 1. 'Ah, why should love with tyrant sway oppress.' Sung by Mrs. [Elizabeth] Weichsell [m. in 1783 J. Billington], at Vauxhall. f. 12. 2. '... alma pietosa, la vita, la sposa': fragment of Aria, f. 14. 3. 'Here lyes a man who from his youth lay under a Prediction'; without accompaniment, f. 38. 4. 'I'm for Tom Tiller's golden maxim' [1811-1812]. '[C] Dibdin.' Autograph, ff. 53b, 55. 5. 'My dear mistress had a heart'; with pianoforte accompaniment. '[Giuseppe] Sarti.' Words by Lord Rochester, f. 60b. 6. 'Sweet Eccho, sweetest Nimphe.' f. 71.

ff. 15, 15b. Three Rounds for 3 voices, in score, apparently by Charles Dibdin. 1, 2. 'Away, fond youth,' and 'It blew a hard storm.' Imperfect. f. 15. 3. 'None without hope.' f. 15b.

ff. 27, 72. Songs from 'The Oddities' (see Add MS 25073), by Charles Dibdin. Autograph. About 1790.1. 'Crown me, Bacchus'; without accompaniment. A Sketch. f. 27. 2. 'A Sailor's life'; with bass. f. 72.