Containing a collection of liturgical music for morning and evening services, probably in the hand of James Kent. Contents include: Morning and Evening Services in A and E major by John Blow (1648-1708); a Morning and Evening Service by William Byrd ([1538]-1623); Morning and Evening Services in D major and a Morning Service in E major by William Child ([1606]-1697); a Morning and Evening Service by Richard Farrant (d. 1580); a Morning and Evening Service by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625); Morning and Evening Services in B major by Henry Purcell ([1658]-1695); a Morning and Evening Service by Nathaniel Patrick (d.1595); Responses, Litany, and a Morning and Evening Service by Thomas Tallis ([1505]-1585).
Description:
Binder's blanks not scanned., Binding: Blue Morocco gilt with title., and On vellum.
Subject (Name):
Blow, John, d. 1708, Byrd, William, 1542 or 3-1623, Child, William, 1606?-1697, Farrant, Richard, d. 1580, Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625, Kent, James, 1700-1776, Patrick, Nathaniel, fl. ca. 1590, Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, and Tallis, Thomas, ca. 1505-1585
Subject (Topic):
Evening service music, Litanies (Music)--Scores, Morning service music, Responses (Music), and Sacred vocal music
MS copy of trios, quartets, and sonatas by various composers.
Description:
From the Luttrell Library, but without mark of ownership., Some blanks unscanned., and Volume contains flute or first violin parts to each piece. Composers include Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht (1715-1786); Hauer; Antonio Filis; Giovanni [Johann Baptist] Vanhal, Misliwecek, called Il Boemo; Guglielmo Kuessner, or Kuesner; and Carlo Francesco Chiabrano (1723-?)
Subject (Name):
Chiabrano, Carlo Francesco, b. 1723, Kleinknecht, Johann Wolfgang, 1715-1786, Myslivecek, Josef, 1737-1781, and Vanhal, Johann Baptist, 1739-1813
Subject (Topic):
Sonatas (Flute and continuo)--Parts, Sonatas (Flute, violin and continuo)--Parts, and String quartets--Parts
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
Copyist's manuscript consisting of 22 chamber duets by Steffani.
Alternative Title:
Libro di duetti dello Stefani dell’ Illmo. Sigre. Alfonso Marsili
Description:
Agostino Steffani, Italian composer, especially known for his chamber duets for two voices and continuo., Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Binding: contemporary parchment., and Blanks not scanned.
Subject (Name):
Marsili, Alfonso and Steffani, Agostino,--1654-1728