Contains: print and manuscript songs, including: Shield, The Overture, Songs, Duetts &c in the Musical Farce of The Lock and Key (London: Preston); A. Rosselli, Four Canzonets (London: author), signed by Princess Augusta, 1798; Johann Christian Bach, [Rinaldo ed Armida. Io ti lascio questo addio] The first Favorite Rondeau Sung by Mr. Tenducci at Mess.rs Bach and Abel’s Concert (London: Cahusac, [1790?]); Tenducci’s Second Rondeau, 1779 (London: Cahusac); Elizabeth Turner, [Not, Chloris, that I juster am], words by Sir Charles Sedley (Lady’s Magazine, Supplement, 1796); Holy, Holy, Holy, hymn, manuscript, possibly in a royal hand. and Cover title: Englische Gesänge.
Alternative Title:
Englische Gesänge, Rinaldo ed Armida. Io ti lascio questo addio, Tenducci’s Second Rondeau, and The first Favorite Rondeau Sung by Mr. Tenducci at Mess.rs Bach and Abel’s Concert
Subject (Name):
Bach, Johann Christian, 1735-1782. Rinaldo ed Armida. Io ti lascio questo addio, Rosselli, Agrippino, fl. 1784-1800 , Shield, William, 1748-1829. Lock and key , and Tenducci, Giusto Ferdinando, ca. 1735-1790
Paer, Ferdinando, 1771-1839, creator Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista, 1710-1736
Published / Created:
n.d
Call Number:
Osborn Music MS 518
Image Count:
15
Resource Type:
Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Alternative Title:
[Fragment: Stabat mater]
Description:
Accompanied by a 4-page fragment of a copyists MS of two 4-voice and one 5-voice chorus from the Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736). and Copyists MS.
Subject (Topic):
Choruses, Sacred vocal music --Scores, Songs (High voice) with guitar, and Stabat Mater dolorosa (Music)
119 pieces copied by the Duchess of Gloucester, the daughter of George III. Composers include: Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (1763-1842), William Shield (1748-1829), Samuel Arnold (1740-1802), William Lawes (1602-1645), Charles King
Description:
Blank pages not scanned., Holograph MS., and With indexes.
Subject (Name):
Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778, Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802, Bianchi, F. (Francesco), ca. 1752-1810, Cocchi, Gioacchino, b. ca. 1720, Ferrari, G. G. (Giacomo Gotifredo), 1763-1842, and Handel, George Fri
Subject (Topic):
Glees, catches, rounds, etc.--19th century, Songs--England, Songs--Italy, Vocal duets--19th century, and Vocal trios
119 pieces copied by the Duchess of Gloucester, the daughter of George III. Composers include: Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (1763-1842), William Shield (1748-1829), Samuel Arnold (1740-1802), William Lawes (1602-1645), Charles King (1687-1748), William Hayes (1705-1777), Henry Harington (1727-1816), George Friedric Handel (1685-1759), Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816), Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), Francesco Bianchi (1752-1810), Giocchino Cocchi ([1715]-1804), Pietro Antonio Domenico Buonaventura Metastasio (1698-1782).
Description:
Holograph MS. and With indexes.
Subject (Name):
Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778, Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802, Bianchi, F. (Francesco), ca. 1752-1810, Cocchi, Gioacchino, b. ca. 1720, Ferrari, G. G. (Giacomo Gotifredo), 1763-1842, Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, Harrington, Henry, 1727-1816, Hayes, William, 1708-1777, King, Charles, 1687-1748, Lawes, William, 1602-1645, Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782, Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816, and Shield, William, 1748-1829
Subject (Topic):
Glees, catches, rounds, etc.--19th century, Songs--England, Songs--Italy, Vocal duets--19th century, and Vocal trios
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
Known as the Braye Lutebook, after Adrian Verney-Cave, 6th Baron Braye, (1874-1952), the volume consists of a collection of lute music, by, or in the style of, John Dowland ([1563] - [1626]). A number of dances such as pavans, galliards, a saltcell, and the Antike, also the only contemporary source for Benedick�s song in the last act of Much Ado about Nothing.
Description:
Accompanied by transcription of verses, and some cookery recipes.
Subject (Topic):
Lute music--16th century, Recipes--Early works to 1800, and Songs--16th century
A collection of 80 dances, with a description of steps and tunes.
Description:
34 blank leaves at end unscanned., Contents organized by numbered openings, not paginated or foliated., and Holograph MS.
Subject (Topic):
Dance music--England--18th century, Dance--England--Early works to 1800, Dance--History--18th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Dance--Study and teaching--Great Britain--Early works to 1800, and Fiddle tunes--England--Early works to 1800
Consisting of a collection of musical extracts and verse, mostly French, Italian, Scottish, and English ballads, with a very early version of the British national anthem [ca. 1745] beginning: God save Great George our King.
Description:
40 pages of red ruled blanks at end unscanned., Anonymous MS., and Bookplate of Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, (1763-1827) son of George III.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Kings and rulers --Songs and music
Subject (Name):
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843, provenance
Subject (Topic):
Anthems, National songs --Great Britain, Songs--Early works to 1800, and Songs--Texts--Early works to 1800