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Harley MS 7549
- Record Id:
- 040-002053405
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002053405
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000984.0x0001a8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7549
- Title:
- Melodies of songs and psalms, with vocal exercises
- Scope & Content:
-
ff. 5-43 passim. Melody of some songs, mostly anonymous. Several of them are included in John Playford's publications. 1. 'Diuin objet, qui ravisses les sens.' f. 5. 2. 'Se voi, Luci amate.' f. 6. 3. 'La vita alberga.' f. 7. 4. 'Tell me, you wantdering spirits.' By H. Lawes. [From , 1652.] f. 8. 5. 'S' io moro, che dira.' [From , 1669.] f. 9. 6. 'Fanciulla son io.' f. 10. 7. 'A chi lasso credero.' [From , 1669.] f. 11. 8. 'Amys, qu'on se reueille.' f. 12. 9. 'N'entendes vous pas ce Langage.' f. 13. 10. 'Rep[l]icauan las Campanilias.' f.15. 11. 'Cloris est belle.' f. 15b. 12. 'Enfans de Bacchus.' f. 17. 13. 'Io so che trouasi Phil[l]i.' f. 18b. 14. 'When shall I see my captiue hart.' By H. Lawes. [From , 1658.] f. 19. 15. 'A toy, gros boursouflé.' f. 20. 16. 'Auant le moment Men heureux.' f. 21. 17. 'Si mes soupirs sont indiscrets.' f. 22. 18. 'Sure 'twas a dreame.' By Alphonso Marsh, sen. [From , 1669.] f. 23. 19. 'Je ne cognois que trop.' f. 24. 20. 'Non mi date più pene.' f. 24b. 21. 'Amys, si vous me uoules croire.' f. 26. 22. 'Alla cathia (sc. caccia), pastoré.' Apparently altered from Pietro Reggio's song in Add MS 31440, f. 69b (above, p. 486). f. 27. 23. 'Je te quitte.' f. 28. 24. 'Si tochi tambura.' f. 28b. 25. 'Go, tell my most malicious fate'; apparently by 'Em. Heath,' whose name appears at the end. f. 43 (reversed).
ff.8b, 14, 16, 43b-46 (reversed). Melodies to Psalms of the Sternhold and Hopkins version. The tunes to the first three are the same as those given in the various editions of the Whole Booke of Psalmes. Nos. 4 and 6 have second verses, in the music to which short cadenzas are added. 1. 'Our eares haue heard.' f. 8b. 2. 'Blessed are they that perfect are.' f. 14. 3. 'Ye children, which doe serue the Lord.' f. 16. 4. 'Yee men on earth, in God reioyce.' f. 46. 5. 'All people that on earth doe dwell.' f. 45. 6. 'Sing yee with praise vnto the Lord' (New tune). f. 44.
f. 18. Melody of 'Con bell sigilla (sic),' which appears as a Duet in Playford's , 1653. Anonymous.ff. 46b-52 (reversed). Unaccompanied vocal exercises, at the end of a book of Songs of the same period.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002053405", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 7549: Melodies of songs and psalms, with vocal exercises" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002053405 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 7549 : Melodies of songs and psalms, with vocal exercises - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[7561]/040-002053405
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper. Oblong octavo.
- Custodial History:
- The MS belonged (after 1694) to John Holies, Duke of Newcastle (bookplate)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Duets
Solfeggi
Songs