24 leaves excised between p. 40-41., Holograph MS signed., MS continues from back after p. 40., Pages 84-87 blank, unscanned., and Pagination is contiguous from the front.
Consisting of a collection of canons, catches, canzonets, and glees for 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices. 75 pieces, of which approximately 50 are signed and dated by Hayes. Some are poems set to music (by Hayes?) -- writers include: Samuel Westley [sic], Mr. Shenstone, Robert Herrick, Edmund Spenser, Philip Griffin, John Gay, Alexander Pope, and Robert Dodsley.
Description:
Although noted in contents on pastedown, p. 5-8 wanting., Bookplate of Sir Walter Parratt (1841-1924)., Holograph MS., and There is an index of titles on the front endpaper.
Anonymous MS., Musical commonplace book: MS in two or three hands, Includes exercises, melodies without words, and unidentified songs, as well as two songs by Henry Purcell (1659-1695), an air by George Friedric Handel (1685-1759), and a song by W. Senhouse., and Several binder's blanks unscanned.
Subject (Name):
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 and Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
Subject (Topic):
Hymns, English -- Great Britain, Music--Instruction and study--England--Early works to 1800, Oratorios -- Excerpts, and Songs, English -- Great Britain
Collection includes songs, with simple piano accompaniments, by Samuel Arnold (1740-1802); William Reeve (1757-1815); Thomas Simpson Cooke (1782-1848); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791); Thomas Moore (1779-1852); Samuel Chapple (1775-1853); John Davy (1763-1824); John Andrew Stevenson (1761-1833); John Braham (1774-1856); John Percy (1749-1797); Joseph Mazhinghi (1765-1844); Michael Kelly (1762-1826); William Thomas Parke (1762-1847); William Shield (1748-1829); James Hook (1746-1827); Georg Joseph Vogler (1749-1814); and Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)., Holograph., and With index.
Subject (Name):
Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802, Braham, John, 1774-1856, Chapple, Samuel, 1775-1833, Cooke, T. (Thomas), 1782-1848, Davy, John, 1763-1824, Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809, Hook, Mr. (James), 1746-1827, Kelly, Michael, 1762-1826, Mazzinghi, Joseph, 1765-1844, Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, Parke, William Thomas, 1762-1847, Percy, John, 1749-1797, Reeve, William, 1757-1815, Shield, William, 1748-1829, Stevenson, John, 1761-1833, and Vogler, Georg Joseph, 1749-1814
Manuscript, in a single hand with numerous corrections, of a description of European travels, mainly in Greece, Italy and Germany, where the author visits such cities as Naples, Messina, Malta, Florence, Salerno, Rome, Constantinople, Athens, Smyrna, Corinth, and Corfu, paying particular attention to monuments and agriculture. He views paintings and churches in Naples; visits the Campo Santo "where there are 366 holes or vaults in which the poor are interred"; sees Vesuvius; hears Mass at the Sistine Chapel; and reports on "the state of vegitation during the voyage." Elsewhere, the author notes a tempest of snow, hail, and wind on his sea voyage out of Malta; accompanies his brother "Joe" to Barcelona, where he kills two quails; admires the scenery of Switzerland and visits the landmarks associated with the legend of William Tell; and describes his meals throughout. At the end of the third volume is a list of traveling expenses. All volumes are illustrated throughout with several dozen pen and ink sketches of landscapes and monuments
Description:
In English. and Binding: full calf. Vol. 1 has metal clasp.
Subject (Geographic):
Switzerland, Altdorf., Germany, Great Britain, Greece, and Italy
Subject (Name):
Tell, Wilhelm
Subject (Topic):
Monuments, Agriculture, Europe, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social life and customs, and Religious life and customs
Manuscript, in a single hand with numerous corrections, of a description of European travels, mainly in Greece, Italy and Germany, where the author visits such cities as Naples, Messina, Malta, Florence, Salerno, Rome, Constantinople, Athens, Smyrna, Corinth, and Corfu, paying particular attention to monuments and agriculture. He views paintings and churches in Naples; visits the Campo Santo "where there are 366 holes or vaults in which the poor are interred"; sees Vesuvius; hears Mass at the Sistine Chapel; and reports on "the state of vegitation during the voyage." Elsewhere, the author notes a tempest of snow, hail, and wind on his sea voyage out of Malta; accompanies his brother "Joe" to Barcelona, where he kills two quails; admires the scenery of Switzerland and visits the landmarks associated with the legend of William Tell; and describes his meals throughout. At the end of the third volume is a list of traveling expenses. All volumes are illustrated throughout with several dozen pen and ink sketches of landscapes and monuments
Description:
In English. and Binding: full calf. Vol. 1 has metal clasp.
Subject (Geographic):
Switzerland, Altdorf., Germany, Great Britain, Greece, and Italy
Subject (Name):
Tell, Wilhelm
Subject (Topic):
Monuments, Agriculture, Europe, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social life and customs, and Religious life and customs
Manuscript, in a single hand with numerous corrections, of a description of European travels, mainly in Greece, Italy and Germany, where the author visits such cities as Naples, Messina, Malta, Florence, Salerno, Rome, Constantinople, Athens, Smyrna, Corinth, and Corfu, paying particular attention to monuments and agriculture. He views paintings and churches in Naples; visits the Campo Santo "where there are 366 holes or vaults in which the poor are interred"; sees Vesuvius; hears Mass at the Sistine Chapel; and reports on "the state of vegitation during the voyage." Elsewhere, the author notes a tempest of snow, hail, and wind on his sea voyage out of Malta; accompanies his brother "Joe" to Barcelona, where he kills two quails; admires the scenery of Switzerland and visits the landmarks associated with the legend of William Tell; and describes his meals throughout. At the end of the third volume is a list of traveling expenses. All volumes are illustrated throughout with several dozen pen and ink sketches of landscapes and monuments
Description:
In English. and Binding: full calf. Vol. 1 has metal clasp.
Subject (Geographic):
Switzerland, Altdorf., Germany, Great Britain, Greece, and Italy
Subject (Name):
Tell, Wilhelm
Subject (Topic):
Monuments, Agriculture, Europe, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social life and customs, and Religious life and customs
Journal of a tour to Holland, Hanover, Oldenverg, Holstein, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Poland, and Prussia; the first volume is labelled ""Rough Notes"" and consists of jottings made in the course of the journey; the second volume is labelled ""Journal"" and is
