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Add MS 31429
- Record Id:
- 040-002023557
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002023510
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001443.0x000077
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 31429
- Title:
- Compositions for 2 trebles and a bass, and one for four strings, in parts
- Scope & Content:
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Except where the contrary is stated, they are without titles and anonymous, and the folios refer to all 3 volumes.
1. Piece in C; probably added afterwards as prelude to the following set. f. 2.
2-6. Five pieces in C. 'Grabew,' sc. Louis Grabu. f. 2b.
7-10. Four pieces in D. No. 10 wants 1st treble part. '[Thomas?] Farmer.' i, f. 4; ii, iii, f. 3b.
11. Piece in G minor (? prelude to the following set). f. 5.
12-19. Eight pieces in G minor. f. 5b.
20-30. Eleven pieces, including two Rondos. The first eight are in G minor, the 9th in C minor, and the two last in C. 'Peasable.' f. 8b.
31-38. 'Peasable's Brawles' (sc. Branles), in G minor. f. 12b.
39-42. Four pieces in C. '[Jean] Baptist [Lully?].' f. 15b.
43. A composition for 4 strings, in parts, by [Jean] Baptist[e Lully ?]. f. 16.
44-47. Four pieces, beginning with a Rondo, in C. '[William?] Turner.' f. 16b.
48-57. Ten pieces, of which the first five and the last two are in G, the 6th and 8th in C, and the 7th in A minor. 'T. Farmer.' f. 18.
58-69. Twelve pieces, of which the first five (including a Rondo) are in G, the 6th and 7th in D minor, the 8th and 9th in F, and the last three in G minor. 'Peasable.' f. 20b.
70-75. Five in G minor. 'Farmer.' The treble part of a 6th has been added in the 1st viol part. f. 25.
76-87. Three pieces in A minor, six in C, and three in B flat. '[Anthony?] Wood.' f. 27b.
The remaining pieces appear to be taken from a set which consisted originally of sixty pieces, of which those numbered 37 to 53 are omitted. The 1st treble of the last but one is imperfect at the end. The names of the composers are appended below to those pieces only at the beginning of which they appear in the MS. Probably however they apply also in most cases to one or two of the compositions immediately following.
88. Piece in D minor. 'Jenkins.' f. 32b.
89, 90. Two more in D minor, ff. 32b, 33.
91. A fourth in D minor. 'Lawes.' f. 33b.
92-97. Six more in D minor. f. 33b.
98. Piece in D. f. 35b.
99, 100. Two in D minor. ff. 36, 36b.
101, 102. Two in D. ff. 36b, 37.
103. Piece in D minor. f. 37b.
104. One in D. f. 37b.
105. One in G. f. 38b.
106, 107. One in G minor, and another in D minor. f. 39.
108, 109. Two in G minor. f. 39b.
110. Piece in F. f. 40.
111. 'The Phenix.' f. 40b.
112, 113. Two pieces in G. f. 41.
114. Piece in C. '[Maurice?] Webster.' f. 42.
115-118. Four pieces in G. f. 41b.
119. Piece in C. 'Chillmeed.' f. 43b.
120. One in F. f. 44b.
121. One in G minor. 'Holmes.' f. 45.
122. One in C minor. 'Lawes.' f. 45b.
123. One in G minor. f. 46.
124. One in F. 'Coleman.' f. 46b.
125. One in D minor. f. 47.
126. One in B flat. 'Jenkins.' f. 47b.
127. Another in B flat. f. 48.
128. One in D minor. f. 48b.
129. One in G minor. f. 48b.
130. Another in G minor (wanting first treble part). f. 49.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002023510
040-002023557 - Is part of:
- Add MS 31384-31823 : The following collection of MS. Music, Nos. 31,384-31,823, was formed by Mr. Julian Marshall.
Add MS 31429 : Compositions for 2 trebles and a bass, and one for four strings, in parts - Hierarchy:
- 032-002023510[0045]/040-002023557
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 31384-31823
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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3 volumes (49 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1660
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- Late 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper. Small Oblong Quarto.
- Custodial History:
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Belonged at one time to Thomas Fuller, MD (c 1700), afterwards (traditionally) to Sir Hans Sloane, and in 1840 to Joseph Warren.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Baptist, of Add MS 31429
Chilmead, Edmund
Colman, Charles, Mus.D
Farmer, Thomas, violinist and composer, fl 1675-1690
Fuller, Thomas, MD; of Add MS 31429
Graben
Holmes, George
Jenkins, John, composer
Lawes, Henry, composer
Paisible, James, composer al Peasable
Sloane, Hans, Baronet, physician and collector, 1660-1753,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000123196729,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/77959
Turner, William, Mus. Doc
Webster, of Add MS 31429
Wood, of Add MS 31429 - Subjects:
- String quartets
String trios