Bound autograph manuscript in an unidentified hand of the Psalms of David and other church music in Ancient Greek, set to music for use in the churches at Constantinople.
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., In red and black ink., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Orthodox Eastern Church--Liturgy and ritual and Orthodox Eastern Church--Manuscripts
Subject (Topic):
Bible. O.T. Psalms. Greek., Psalms (Music), and Sacred vocal music
The volume contains bass or continuo parts to Sonatas, Airs, Overtures, Dances, and other pieces by Henry Purcell ((1659-1695), Daniel Purcell ([1660]-1717), John Jenkins (1592-1678), William Lawes (1602-1645), Nicola Matteis, Diedrich Becker, Robert Wren, A. Poole, Matthew Locke (1630-1677), and Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680). The volume is written in several hands, and William H. Cummings, a biographer of Purcell, has written on l.11: ""This curious book contains several pages undeniably in the handwriting of Henry Purcell..."" The other hands are attributed by Cummings to Pelham Humfrey (1647-1674), John Blow (1648-1708), and William Croft (1678-1727).
Subject (Name):
Becker, Dietrich, 1623-1679, Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915, provenance, Jenkins, John, 1592-1678, Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680, Lawes, William, 1602-1645, Locke, Matthew, 1621 or 2-1677, Matteis, Nicola, fl. 1672-1699, and Purcell, Daniel, 1660?-1717
Containing a collection of liturgical music for morning and evening services, probably in the hand of James Kent. Contents include: Morning and Evening Services in A and E major by John Blow (1648-1708); a Morning and Evening Service by William Byrd ([1538]-1623); Morning and Evening Services in D major and a Morning Service in E major by William Child ([1606]-1697); a Morning and Evening Service by Richard Farrant (d. 1580); a Morning and Evening Service by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625); Morning and Evening Services in B major by Henry Purcell ([1658]-1695); a Morning and Evening Service by Nathaniel Patrick (d.1595); Responses, Litany, and a Morning and Evening Service by Thomas Tallis ([1505]-1585).
Description:
Binder's blanks not scanned., Binding: Blue Morocco gilt with title., and On vellum.
Subject (Name):
Blow, John, d. 1708, Byrd, William, 1542 or 3-1623, Child, William, 1606?-1697, Farrant, Richard, d. 1580, Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625, Kent, James, 1700-1776, Patrick, Nathaniel, fl. ca. 1590, Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, and Tallis, Thomas, ca. 1505-1585
Subject (Topic):
Evening service music, Litanies (Music)--Scores, Morning service music, Responses (Music), and Sacred vocal music
Signed by Princess Amelia.
and Sonatas, keyboard, violin, violoncello, op. 1. Part for keyboard, with manuscript annotations.
Alternative Title:
Sonatas, keyboard, violin, violoncello, op. 1
Description:
Blanks not digitized.
Publisher:
to be had of the author
Subject (Name):
Amelia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1783-1810 and Horn, Charles Frederick, 1762-1830. Sonatas, keyboard, violin, violoncello, op. 1
Subject (Topic):
Chamber music, Sonatas (Keyboard instrument)--18th century, and Sonatas--Scores and parts
[Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812] -- [Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813 version A (without Menuet II)] -- [Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814] -- [Suite no. 4 in E♭ major, BWV 815 version A] -- [Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817] -- [Fuga in C minor, from Lute suite BWV 997] -- [Sarabande in C minor, from Lute suite BWV 997] -- [Fuga in D minor, BWV Anh. II 180 (J.P. Kellner)] -- [Prelude, from the English suite no. 3 in G minor BWV 808] -- [Chromatic fantasia and Fuga in D minor, BWV 903 -- Fuga in C major, BWV 952] -- [Suite in E flat, BWV 819] -- [Additional Trio for Suite no. 3, BWV 814] -- [Additional Menuet for Suite no. 4, BWV 815] -- [Additional Gavotte for Suite no. 4]., Contains French suites (BWV 812-815 and 817), the Chromatic fantasy and fugue (BWV 903), and other pieces., Description based on cataloging of Dr. Peter Wollny., For keyboard instrument., Many additional passages (including alternative movements) added in brown ink on the free staves and on 6 inserted p., in another early hand; also annotated with various musiological and bibliographical information throughout., Ms., in brown ink, in copyists' hands., and MUS: Purchased at Sotheby auction through J&J Lubrano in 2010.
Subject (Name):
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge. and Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Franzosische Suiten. Selections.
Binder's blanks unscanned., Binder's title: Te deum & jubilate for voices & instruments by Dr. Croft., Endorsed by Arthur Henry Mann (1850-1929) on the flyleaf., Musical MS., and Te deum and Jubilate individually paginated.
Subject (Name):
Mann, A. H. (Arthur Henry), 1850-1929--Autograph
Subject (Topic):
Hymns, Morning service music, Psalms (Music)--100th Psalm, Sacred vocal music--18th century--Manuscripts, and Te Deum laudamus (Music)