The appearance of the ghost of Kinge Edward the Second, Kinge of England
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9
Abstract:
Consists of secular tunes (arrangements of popular tunes or dances) including ""Lustie Soldier,"" ""Sallingers Rounde,""""The Merry Gypsie,"" etc (f. 81,82 and 89); two Masks, one titled, ""Mr. Goodwill his Maske"" for St. John's College Oxford (f. 87v and 88v);
Containing a collection of extracts of church music by various composers. 18th century vocal settings of biblical texts, anthems, and hymns, for solo voices and 4 part chorus in different settings. Most are written to be accompanied by continuo, but few are orchestrated. Contains pieces by Henry Aldrich (1647-1710), Henry Purcell ([1658/9]-1695), Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674), Alessandro Stradella (1642-1682), Pelham Humfrey (1647-1674), Matthew Lock (1621-1677), Charles King (1687-1748), Jeremiah Clarke (1669-1707), and John Weldon (1674-1736), whose anthem Let God Arise is apparently unpublished.
Description:
Anonymous musical MS., Binder's blanks omitted from scanning., and With index.
Contents: songs, arias, and keyboard and other instrumental music in various hands, including music in the hand of Princess Augusta (initialled, Windsor December 1st 1787); an early version of Yankee Doodle; music by Weidemann and Vinci; two sets of six minuets, possibly by Sir William Parsons, possibly in the hand of Frederick Nicolay (For Her Majesty’s Birth Day, 1788); music by Mattia Vento, performed by Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci; military music for the Coldstream Guards; and sketch possibly in the hand of Charles Frederick Horn
Alternative Title:
Yankee Doodle
Description:
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Subject (Name):
Augusta Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1768-1840, Band of the Coldstream Guards (Great Britain), Horn, Charles Frederick, 1762-1830, Parsons, William, Sir, 1746-1817 , Tenducci, Giusto Ferdinando, ca. 1735-1790, and Vento, Mattia, 1735-1776
Subject (Topic):
Keyboard instrument music, Minuets, Vocal music, and Yankee Doodle (Song)
Contents include music in the hand of Charles Frederick Horn and annotations by Princess Augusta., Inscribed by Princess Augusta: Given me by my two Dear Brothers the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge after my beloved Amelia’s death, Nov. 21st, 1810., and Signed by Princess Amelia; initialled by Princess Augusta.
Description:
Front cover wanting.
Subject (Name):
Amelia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1783-1810, Augusta Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1768-1840, and Horn, Charles Frederick, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Glees, catches, rounds, etc.--19th century, Piano music, Songs with piano--19th century, and Vocal music
Contents: keyboard music and songs, including in the hands of Charles Frederick Horn (signed, 1790; fingering guide for scales; and an unfinished keyboard draft); Princess Augusta (inscribed The Trip to Weymouth, 1790, AS; and composition drafts); Princess Elizabeth (German Air Ohne Liebe); and Lady Mary Howe (1791)
and Inscribed: Augusta Sophia, Queens House, London, 1789.
Description:
Blanks not digitized. and Volume written in both directions.
Subject (Name):
Augusta Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1768-1840 and Horn, Charles Frederick, 1762-1830
Contains: dances, songs, and drafts in several hands, including Charles Frederick Horn; Horn and Princess Augusta (Ye woods and ye Mountains); and other Princesses.
and Signed by Princess Augusta.
Description:
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Subject (Name):
Augusta Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1768-1840 and Horn, Charles Frederick, 1762-1830