Hanover royal music archive, 1651-1951 (bulk circa 1770-1870)
Container / Volume:
Folder 944
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Volume contains songs, arias, and keyboard and other instrumental music in various hands, including by Princess Augusta (initialled, Windsor December 1st 1787); an early version of Yankee Doodle; by Weidemann and Vinci; two sets of six minuets, possibly in the hand of Frederick Nicolay (For Her Majesty’s Birth Day, 1788); and sketch possibly in the hand of Charles Frederick Horn.
Alternative Title:
Yankee Doodle
Subject (Topic):
Songs--Great Britain--Early works to 1800 and Yankee Doodle (Song)
Burrows, John, fl. 1791-1805, creator Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Published / Created:
[circa 1791-1805]
Call Number:
Osborn Music MS 27
Image Count:
24
Resource Type:
Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Abstract:
Music book containing manuscript psalm and hymn tunes, songs, and excerpts from oratorios. Contents include excerpts from George Frideric Handel's Messiah and Samson; and Happy Isle of Britain, A Sacred Song of National Thanksgiving and Annual Commemoration of the Great Victory Obtained by Ad. L. Nelson, by W. Mathews, with words by Dr. Hawes.
Description:
Binding: original cardboard wrapper., Fragment of music laid in., Label on inside front cover: John Burrows, his book October 18, 1791., On cover: John Burrows, his book, [March?] 5, 1792., and Words in English.
Subject (Name):
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 --Songs and music
Subject (Topic):
Hymns, English --Great Britain, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 --Songs and music, Oratorios --Excerpts, Psalms (Music), and Songs, English --Great Britain
Consisting of the full score of a collection of excerpts including: 1) Quartet V from Op.XVI by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809); 2) Minuet from Quartet I, Op.XVI by Haydn; 3) Affetuoso from Quartet I, Op. XVI by Haydn; 4) Quartet II from Op.XVI by Haydn; 5) Two choruses from Alceste by Christoph Willibald, Ritter von Gluck (1714-1787); Also, four choruses by Latrobe, annotated by him on the title pages.
Description:
Some blank leaves not scanned. and Some individual works paginated, overall MS employs cataloger's foliation.
Subject (Name):
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 and Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809
Subject (Topic):
Chorales, Operas--18th century--Excerpts, and String quartets--18th century--Excerpts
Consisting of full scores of original liturgical works for chorus and orchestra, including: 1) Char-Freytag und Grossen-Sabbath, Drey Chore... 2) Cantata zum Gedaechtnis. Des in Barby am 2.ten April 1786. Selig entschlafenen Bruders Johann Christian Friederich von Watteville.
Description:
Binders blanks and several blank leaves unscanned. and Holograph.
Subject (Topic):
Cantatas, Sacred--18th century, Choruses, Sacred--18th century, Memorial music--Europe--18th century, and Sacred vocal music--18th century--Manuscripts
Consisting of words and music of pieces by Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759), Maurice Green (1695-1755), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783), etc. Many pieces untitled, identifiable selections are: 1) Song in the Oratorio of Joshua 2) Minuet in the Chaplet 3) March in Ptolemy 4) Minuet in the overture of Alexander's Feast 5) Jack Latten with Variations 6) Tis Liberty dear Liberty 7) Pow'rful guardians of all Nature 8) Let me wander not unseen 9) Haste thee Hymph 10) Sarabande 11) Gavot. 12) Concerto by Sig. Hasse 13) Minuet 14) Song in Judas Maccabeus 15) Song by Dr. Green 16) Sonata 17) In the overture of Sosarmes.
Description:
Autograph MS. and Binding: Contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, with broken spine.
Subject (Name):
Greene, Maurice, 1696-1755, Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, and Hasse, Johann Adolf, 1699-1783
24 leaves excised between p. 40-41., Holograph MS signed., MS continues from back after p. 40., Pages 84-87 blank, unscanned., and Pagination is contiguous from the front.
Consisting of a collection of canons, catches, canzonets, and glees for 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices. 75 pieces, of which approximately 50 are signed and dated by Hayes. Some are poems set to music (by Hayes?) -- writers include: Samuel Westley [sic], Mr. Shenstone, Robert Herrick, Edmund Spenser, Philip Griffin, John Gay, Alexander Pope, and Robert Dodsley.
Description:
Although noted in contents on pastedown, p. 5-8 wanting., Bookplate of Sir Walter Parratt (1841-1924)., Holograph MS., and There is an index of titles on the front endpaper.
Anonymous MS., Musical commonplace book: MS in two or three hands, Includes exercises, melodies without words, and unidentified songs, as well as two songs by Henry Purcell (1659-1695), an air by George Friedric Handel (1685-1759), and a song by W. Senhouse., and Several binder's blanks unscanned.
Subject (Name):
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 and Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
Subject (Topic):
Hymns, English -- Great Britain, Music--Instruction and study--England--Early works to 1800, Oratorios -- Excerpts, and Songs, English -- Great Britain
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 Pleyel, Ignaz, 1757-1831
Published / Created:
1796-[circa 1803], undated
Call Number:
OSB MSS 146
Collection Title:
Hanover royal music archive
Container / Volume:
Box 78 | Folder 366 : unbound parts for Clar
Image Count:
442
Abstract:
Bound collections of parts, consisting of volumes for 2nd violin, viola, bass, basso obligato, flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons (1 part), 2 horns.
, Contents include: Haydn, Joseph, [Symphony, H. I, 100, G major]. Grande Sinfonie militaire.... First edition. (Offenbach: André, [1799]); Haydn, Joseph, [Symphony, H. I, 97, C major]. First edition. (André, [1796]); symphonies of Ignaz Pleyel; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, [Don Giovanni. Ouverture]. Overture to the requiem (Overture, Country concerts, no. 6); works of other composers.
With additional parts for Haydn Symphonies nos. 97 and 100, and other works, copyist's manuscript and print, including manuscript parts for serpent and trombone, not in original instrumentation, for Haydn's Symphony no. 100.
, and Extensive manuscript annotations; some manuscript parts on paper watermarked 1803.
Alternative Title:
Don Giovanni. Ouverture, Symphonies, H. I, 100, G major, and Symphonies, H. I, 97, C major
Subject (Name):
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Symphonies, H. I, 100, G major, Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Symphonies, H. I, 97, C major, and Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni. Ouverture