Advertisement for "Gem dance folio for 1919": p. [4]., Advertisement for another song at foot of p. [3]., Cover illustration: people in formal attire and a policeman / E.E. Walton., First line of chorus: Look out, here comes Stonewall Grant., First line of text: A line's been formin' since half past three., For medium voice and piano., and Pages 1-2 are unnumbered.
Publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.,
Subject (Name):
Macdonald, Ballard. and Walton, E. E., ill.
Subject (Topic):
African American soldiers--Songs and music., Popular music--United States--1911-1920., Songs (Medium voice) with piano., and World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music.
Autograph copy., Copy of the tenor part in Burney's hand, accompanied by a copy of the quintus part in another hand (48 p.)., Last page blank., and Pagination between parts is non-contiguous.
Subject (Name):
Weelkes, Thomas, ca. 1575-1623
Subject (Topic):
Balletti (Part songs), Madrigals, English--Early works to 1800, and Part songs, English
Manuscript music copied by Burney, possibly for use in his General History of Music. Music includes madrigals by Gioseffo Zarlino, Ruggiero Giovannelli, Alfonso Ferrabosco, and Luca Marenzio; motets by Johannes Lupi, and songs by John Dowland and Henry Lawes. An index written in an unidentified hand is laid in.
Description:
Binding: 19th century marbled boards., Blanks not scanned., Label on cover: A collections [sic] of Italian mss in the handwriting of Dr. Burney, many of which he introduced in his history of music., Label on spine: Madrigals, &c., 1567, &c., Page [1]: stamped signature of Charles Hackett., and Words in Italian, Latin, and English.
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814, Dowland, John, 1563?-1626, Ferrabosco, Alfonso, 1543-1588, Giovannelli, Ruggiero, ca. 1560-1625, Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662, Lupi, Johannes, d. 1539, Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599, and Zarlino, Gioseffo, 1517-1590
Subject (Topic):
Music -- History and criticism -- Early works to 1800, Vocal music -- 16th century, and Vocal music -- 17th century
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., and Pages numbered 1-[186]; page numbers 102 and 107 are repeated.
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., and Turner, William,--1651-1740.
Caption title., For mixed chorus with piano accompaniment., Inscribed for Carl Van Vechten by J. Rosamond Johnson., and Publisher's advertisement on unnumbered page at end.
Publisher:
Handy Brothers Music Co.
Subject (Name):
Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954. Presentation inscription to C. Van Vechten and Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964--Presentation inscription from R. Johnson
Subject (Topic):
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Sacred songs with piano, and Spirituals (Songs)