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Add MS 25078
- Record Id:
- 040-002032357
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002032351
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000153.0x00011d
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 25078
- Title:
- A collection of dance music, songs, numbers from operas, and an ode
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 2-28b. Dances, etc., for Pianoforte, mostly anonymous, begun in England in 1790; late 18th cent. 1. Allegretto in C. f. 2. 2. Minuet and Trio, in G. f. 2b. 3. Another in G. f. 3b. 4. Allegretto in G. f. 4b. 5, 6. Moderato and Minuet, in C. f. 6b. 7. Minuet in G. f. 7. 8. 'Polones' (sic) in C. f. 7b. 9, 10. Allegretto and Allegro, in G. f. 8. 11, 12. Two Minuets in D. ff. 9, 9b. 13. Minuet in F. f. 10. 14. Minuet and Trio, in D. f. 10b. 15. Piece without name in C, in three short movements: apparently a Sonatina, ff. 12b-14. 16. Short exercises formed on the scales, in all the keys, ff. 22b-24. 17. 'Song' (common time), in C; without words. f. 28b.
ff. 11b-27b. Songs, with pianoforte accompaniment, in score; late 18th cent. Mostly anonymous. 1. 'At setting day.' By S. Howard, f. 11b. 2. 'From glaring shew.' f. 12. 3. 'The Madman thus at times.' f. 14b. 4. 'With Delia ever could I stay.' By W. Jackson of Exeter [op. 4]. f. 15b. 5. 'The moon had climb'd the highest hill.' f. 16. 6. 'Hope, thou nurse of young desire.' f. 17. 7. 'When bidden to the wake.' f. 17b. 8. 'Henry cull'd the flowrets' bloom.' f. 18. 9. 'Let fame sound the Trumpet.' [Published in Sheard's , as by William Shield.] f. 18b. 10. 'Ye flowry plains.' f. 21b. 11. 'I sigh and lament.' f. 22. 12. 'A Rose, a rose, from her bosom has stray'd.' f. 25. 13. 'I travers'd Judah's barren sand.' f. 25b. 14. 'Primroses deck the bank's green side.' By T. Linley, sen. [about 1780]. f. 26. 15. 'In gaudy courts.' f. 26b. 16. 'Soft pleasing Pains.' f. 27. 17. 'Fame, let thy Trumpet sound.' [To the tune of the National Anthem.] f. 27b.
f. 16b. 'Thou soft flowing Avon'; with a bass for harpsichord, in score [from the 'Ode...to Shakespeare,' by T. A. Arne, 1769]; late 18th cent.
ff. 19b-24b. 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. 'Come, let us dance and sing' [from 'Inkle and Yarico']; by S. Arnold, f. 19b. 2-4. 'Encompass'd in an angel's frame,' 'When first this humble roof I knew,' and 'Rest, beauteous fiow'r.' [From 'The Lord of the Manor.'] By W. Jackson of Exeter [1780]. ff. 20b, 21, 24b.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002032351
040-002032357 - Is part of:
- Add MS 25073-25078 : A collection of various British dance tunes, songs, airs, and other pieces
Add MS 25078 : A collection of dance music, songs, numbers from operas, and an ode - Hierarchy:
- 032-002032351[0006]/040-002032357
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1760
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- Late 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper. Oblong Folio.
- Custodial History:
- Presented in 1863 by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Odes
Operas
Pianoforte solos
Songs