Score, holograph, inscribed to Raoul Gunsbourg, Paris, 1912 Mar. Other holograph annotations, dated 1887-1891, include brief references to Sibyl Sanderson and Manon.
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2001., Scène religieuse, for mezzo soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus (SATB) and orchestra, with text by Georges Boyer. First performed 1886?; published 1887 (vocal score)., and Title from caption.
Subject (Name):
Gunsbourg, Raoul,--1859-1955, Gunsbourg, Raoul,--1859-1955--Presentation inscription from J. Massenet, Massenet, Jules,--1842-1912, Massenet, Jules,--1842-1912.--Manon, Massenet, Jules,--1842-1912--Presentation inscription to R. Gunsbourg, and Sanderson, Sibyl,--1865-1903
Subject (Topic):
Cantatas, Secular--Scores and Composers--France--19th century
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
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.