13 items at front of volume (with one fragment), 21 written from back. Openings numbered discretely from both ends., Anonymous MS., Copy of tenor parts, evidently by a singer for choir use. Composers include: Daniel Roseingrave (1650-1727); John Blow (1649-1708); Robert Creyghton (1639-1734); Henry Hall ([1655]-1707); Anthony Walkeley (1672-1718); Jeremiah Clarke ([1673]-1707); William Pennycourt; John Jackson (d.1688)., Numerous blanks unscanned., Pagination supplied by cataloger., and With incomplete index.
Subject (Name):
Blow, John, d. 1708, Clarke, Jeremiah, 1669?-1707, Creighton, Robert, ca. 1639-1734, Hall, Henry, ca. 1656-1707, Jackson, John, d. 1688, and Roseingrave, Daniel, d. 1727
Subject (Topic):
Anthems, Morning service music, and Sacred vocal music
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King (1687-1748), Jeremiah Clarke (1669-1707), and John Weldon (1674-1736), whose anthem Let God Arise is apparently unpublished.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.