Add MS 25076

ff. 3-26. Numbers from Operas; either arranged for pianoforte, or with pianoforte accompaniment in score; about 1799. Apparently made by Maria Jackson, alias Egerton [? Maria, daughter of Thomas Scott Jackson, afterwards wife of Sir John Grey-Egerton, 8th Bart., whose nephew. Sir Philip de Malpas Grey-Egerton, 10th Bart., presented the MS to the British Museum]. Unless the contrary is stated, they are for a single voice. 1. 'White man never go away.' This and nos. 2-4 are from 'Inkle and Yarico,' by S. Arnold [1787]. f. 3. 2. 'The Achilles, tho' christen'd.' f. 3b. 3. 'A voyage o'er seas.' ib. 4. 'Remember, when we walk'd alone.' f. 4. 5. 'If that's all you want'; from 'The Maid of the Mill,' by S. Arnold [1765]. f. 5. 6. Overture to 'The Deserter' [adapted by C. Dibdin from P. A. Monsigny, 1773]. f. 5b. 7, 8. 'Fresh and strong the breeze is blowing,' and 'Oh say, simple maid.' [From 'Inkle and Yarico.'] ff. 6, 6b. 9. 'I sit by the mossy Fount.' f. 7. 10. 'Oh! when safe at home arrived.' f. 7b. 11. 'For tenderness form'd': described in the printed edition (from which this copy appears to be taken) as 'Song in the New Comedy of 'The Heiress'...adapted to an Air of Paisiello, by Mr. [Thomas] Linley' [1786]. f. 8b. 12. 'What avails it to me.' f. 9b. 13. Twelve bars of the opening symphony of a song, 'sung by Miss Romanzini.' f. 10. 14. 'The topsails shiver in the wind.' f. 10b. 15. 'Love, sweet poison.' The melody by 'Handel' [adapted from 'Verdi prati,' in 'Alcina']. This and no. 16 are introduced in 'The Castle of Andalusia,' by S. Arnold [1782]. f. 11. 16. 'My fair one.' f. 11b. 17. 'As I hoop round my Cask'; from 'The Magic Cavern,' by W. Shield [1784]. f. 25. 18. Air (Julie), begins 'Lison dormait.' f. 26. ff. 12-20. Dances, etc., for Pianoforte, mostly anonymous, begun in England in 1790; late 18th cent. 1. 'Miss Keating's Minuet.' f. 12. 2. 'Sinfonia,' in C. f. 13b. 3. Allegro assai in D.' [Muzio] Cle menti.' f. 16. 4. Allegro assai from Sonata in B flat, op. 9 [about 1785]. 'Clementi.' f. 17. 5. Allegro con Brio and Rondo Andante, in G, from Sonata, op. 3. '[J.F.X.] Sterckel.' f. 20.

f. 12. 'See, the conquering Hero comes'; in compressed score, from 'Joshua,' by Handel; late 18th cent.

f. 12b. A song, with a bass for harpsichord or pianoforte, in score, by [Charles] Dibdin; about 1789. 'Poor Jack,' begins 'Go, patter to lubbers.' [From 'The Whim of the Moment,' 1789.]

f. 15b. A song, with pianoforte accompaniment, in score; late 18th cent. Anonymous. 'Dans votre lit.'

ff. 23 and 35b-27 (reversed). Exercises in writing out a figured bass, in transposing, etc. Anonymous; late 18th cent.

f. 23b. A Duet to English words. The words and the first three bars of the music of 'Time has not thin'd my flowing Hair'; with a bass for pianoforte, in score; late 18th cent. From the first set of by William Jackson of Exeter, about 1778.