Holograph., Imperfect: Boards loose., and Musical notation for treble, tenor, bass, and psalterer opposite each psalm. Also contains Directions for Tuning and Playing the Psalterer.
Subject (Topic):
Hymn tunes--Great Britain, Musical instruments--Instruction and study--Great Britain --18th century, Psalms (Music)--Early works to 1800, and Tune-books--Early works to 1800
Caption title., Copy 1: Cover illustrated with photographic portrait of Grace Wilson. Advertising matter on p. [3-4] of cover., Cover illustrated with photographic port. of Grace Wilson., First line of chorus: All night long I am a dreaming., First line of text: My sweetheart went away last night., and For medium voice and piano.
Publisher:
Will Rossiter,
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--Music., Popular music--United States--1911-1920, Popular music--United States--1911-1920., and Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
Caption title., Copy 2: Variant: different ill. on cover and different advertising matter on p. [3-4] of cover., First line of chorus: All night long I am a dreaming., First line of text: My sweetheart went away last night., and For medium voice and piano.
Publisher:
Will Rossiter,
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--Music., Popular music--United States--1911-1920, Popular music--United States--1911-1920., and Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
Kerckhoven, Abraham van den, ca. 1618-1701 Liberti, Henricus, ca. 1600-1669 Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon, 1562-1621
Published / Created:
[circa 1650s]
Call Number:
Osborn Music MS 533
Image Count:
166
Resource Type:
Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Description:
Anglo-Flemish organ music, written in manuscript on paper, in several unidentified hands, known as the Novello Organ Book. The manuscript contains over one hundred works, including organ masses and other Roman Catholic liturgical music, possibly used by English recusants in the Low Countries. Also present are preludes and fugues, variations, fantasias, and other secular music. Composers include Abraham van den Kerckhoven, Henricus Liberti, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, and Jacobus de Cherf. A few works are dated 1651., Annotations in English, French, Latin, and Flemish., Binding: vellum boards, rebacked., Cover: Presented to the library of the Musical Antiquarian Society by Vincent Novello, April 1844., Formerly owned by John Watts, Vincent Novello, the Musical Antiquarian Society, Camille Saint-Saens, Eugene Gigout, and Leon Boellmann., Inside front cover: Vincent Novello...kindly presented to me by my old friend John Watts, Feby 19, 1841., p. 105 tipped in., Pages [330-364] blank, unscanned., Pages 90-99 omitted from pagination, numerous errors., Preliminary page: signatures of Camille Saint-Saens and Eugene Gigout., and Title from cover.
Subject (Name):
Kerckhoven, Abraham van den, ca. 1618-1701, Liberti, Henricus, ca. 1600-1669, Saint-Saens, Camille, 1835-1921, provenance, and Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon, 1562-1621
Subject (Topic):
Catholics -- England -- 17th century, Organ music -- 17th century, and Organ music -- Netherlands -- 17th century
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
Cook, Will Marion. Three Negro songs. and Three Negro songs / by Will Marion Cook
Description:
Author's presentation inscription to Grace Nail Johnson., Caption title., For solo voice, high in D minor, with piano accompaniment., and Publisher's advertisement on unnumbered page at end.
Publisher:
G. Schirmer ; and The Boston Music Co.,
Subject (Name):
Cook, Will Marion--Presentation inscription to G.N. Johnson, Johnson, Grace Nail,--1885-1976--Presentation inscription from W.M. Cook., and Rogers, Alex, 1876-1930.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--Music, Popular music--1911-1920., Songs with piano., and Spirituals (Songs)