MS, mostly holograph. and Note: 35 Cantatas for one voice with continuo, numbers 1-5, 7-10, 14-27, 29,and 32-35 are in the composers hand and are signed and dated by him.
Includes music (for 1-5 voices with accompaniment for various instruments).
Description:
Contents: Von Jacobs doppelter Heyrath -- Von dem neapolitanischen Rebellen Masaniello -- Parodie eines neuen Peter Squenzes von lautern Absurdis comicis [Von Tobias und der Schwalbe].
Publisher:
In Verlegung Johann Christoph Miethens : Druckts Michael Hartmann
Clavierbuchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and Clavier-Büchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Description:
About two-thirds of the book in J.S. Bach's autograph. Cf. Bach-Gesellschaft, Bd. 45., Contents include preludes from the Kleine Praeludien, preludes from Das wohltemperierte Klavier, Two-part and Three-part inventions; two incomplete movements by J.C. Richter, a partita by G.H. Stölzel, and a suite attributed to J.P. Telemann., Inscription on flyleaf, signed J. Koetschau., Ms., Signature, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, on back endpaper., and Title on front endpaper.
Subject (Name):
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. and Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann, 1710-1784.
Anonymous MS copy., Full score, with all the first movement, most of the second, and none of the third. The concerto was written ca. 1720, but not published until ca.1850., and Signed presentation copy from Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) to Ferdinand David (1810-1873), dated 19 January 1841. Some marking my be David's.
Subject (Name):
David, Ferdinand, 1810-1873 and Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
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.