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
Come listen all you galls and boys I's jist from Tuckheo and Veel about and turn about and do jis so
Description:
Advertising matter at foot of p. 3., By Thomas Dartmouth Rice., For voice and piano., From the collection of Paul Mellon., Illustration on t.p. of ragged African American man with hand on hip and two cabins in background., and Publisher's no.: No. 121.
Publisher:
J. Duncombe,
Subject (Name):
Mellon, Paul--Ownership. and Rice, Tom,--1808-1860.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans in popular culture, African Americans--Songs and music, African Americans--Songs and music., Minstrel music--United States, and Songs with piano.
Come listen all you galls and boys I's jist from Tuckyhoe, Mr. T. Rice as the original Jim Crow., and Weel about and turn about and do jis so
Description:
"[Jim Crow] was the invention of Thomas Dartmouth ('Daddy') Rice"--Series of old American songs / Brown University Library, no. 15., "1819-1831. Riley, E., 29 Chatham St. [New York]"--Early American sheet music / Dichter & Shapiro, p. 226., Caption title., Cover illustration: lithograph of ragged Afro-American man with hand on hip and 2 cabins in background, with caption "Mr. T. Rice as the original Jim Crow.", For voice and piano., From the collection of Paul Mellon., and Verses 1-4 printed on p. [2]; verses 5-44 printed on p. [3]
Publisher:
E. Riley
Subject (Name):
Mellon, Paul--Ownership. and Rice, Tom,--1808-1860.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--Songs and music., Minstrel music--United States, Minstrel music--United States., and Songs with piano.
O ole Zip Coon he is a larned skoler, O zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day, and Turkey in the straw.
Description:
"Also known as Turkey in the straw"--Early Amer. sheet music / Dichter, p. 53., Caption title., For voice and piano., From the collection of Paul Mellon., Title p. illustration: lithograph of well-dressed Afro-American man twirling his spectacles; copyright 1834 by Endicott & Swett., and Verses 2-7 printed on p. [3]
Publisher:
Atwill's Music Saloon,
Subject (Name):
Mellon, Paul--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--Songs and music., Minstrel music., and Songs with piano.
Anonymous MS. and Music scored for piano, with orchestral instrumentation indicated. Many directions in MS for the different dances, such as the Lancers, Quadrilles, Pantalon, etc. Two dance figures are written in French. 23 blank pages at end unscanned.
Subject (Topic):
Dance music--England--19th century, Dance--England, Dance--History--19th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Dance--Study and teaching--Great Britain, and Fiddle tunes--England
Norfolk, Lady Charlotte Sophia (Leveson-Gower) Howard, duchess of, 1788-1870, creator
Published / Created:
[?1811-1823]
Call Number:
Osborn Music MS 20
Image Count:
271
Resource Type:
Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Abstract:
166 pieces copied by the Duchess of Norfolk (formerly Countess of Surrey), in five languages. Pages 73 and 75 are the index and title page of an earlier copybook, dated 1811, bound together with the rest. Writers and composers copied include: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), John Gay (1685-1732), Giuseppe Marco Maria Blangini (1781-1841), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), David Perez (1711-[1779]), Giuseppe Millico (1739-1802), Samuel Arnold (1740-1802), Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), Martin Pierre D'Alvimare (1772-1839), Chas. Henri Plantade (1764-1839), George Friedrich Handel (1685-1759), and Anselm Faidit.
Description:
Holograph.
Subject (Name):
Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778, Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802, Blangini, Felice, 1781-1841, Dalvimare, Martin Pierre, 1772-1839, Gaucelm Faidit, fl. 1156-1209, Gay, John, 1685-1732, Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, Millico, Giuseppe, 1739-1802, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, Perez, David, 1711-1778, Plantade, Charles Henri, 1764-1839, and Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
Subject (Topic):
Piano music--19th century and Songs --19th century