Copies of anthems.

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Title: Copies of anthems.
Creator: Gostling, John, ca. 1650-1733.
Published / Created: [circa 1686-1690]
Abstract: Manuscript, on paper, of music copied by Gostling, consisting of 26 anthems by John Blow, Pelham Humfrey, Henry Purcell, and William Turner, and one chant by Purcell. Laid in is an additional version of the tune for Turner's O Praise the Lord. Some anthems include corrections, performance instructions, or dates of composition.
Description: Annotation in an unidentified hand: Lot 16 S. Ja. 26 [corrected to 31] /49.
Binding: contemporary full calf, worn.
Ex libris William Gostling. Purchased from J. & J. Lubrano on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2006.
Index of titles by Gostling on inside front cover; index and other notes of a former owner are laid in.
John Gostling, English cathedral bass singer and music copyist.
Pages numbered 1-[186]; page numbers 102 and 107 are repeated.
Extent: 1 v. ([188] p. of manuscript music) ; 42 cm.
Extent of Digitization: Partially digitized
Language: English

Format: notated music
Genre: Manuscripts
Musical notation
Resource Type: Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Subject (Name): Blow, John, -1708.
Blow, John, -1708. I will hearken.
Blow, John, -1708. Lord is my shepherd.
Blow, John,---1708.
Gostling, John,--ca. 1650-1733.
Gostling, William,--1696-1777--Bookplate.
Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674.
Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674. By the waters of Babylon.
Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674. I will always give thanks.
Humfrey, Pelham,--1647-1674.
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. My beloved spake.
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Why do the heathen so furiously rage?
Purcell, Henry,--1659-1695.
Turner, William, 1651-1740.
Turner, William,--1651-1740.
Subject (Topic): Anthems.
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices)

Access: Public
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Citation: John Gostling, Copies of Anthems. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.