A collection of cantatas, in score, mid-18th cent.
File
MS. Tenbury 972
Contents:
- (fol. 1) Who'll buy a heart. John Stanley
- (fol. 4v) Aloft and near her highest noon. John Stanley
- (fol. 6v) Cymon a rough unpolished swain. John Stanley
- (fol. 10v) Alas my Julia, now no more. John Stanley
- (fol. 16) Cease Eugenio thus to gaze. John Stanley
- (fol. 19) In vain I try my every art ('The Chaplet'). William Boyce
- (fol. 20) Balmy sweetness ever flowing. William Boyce
- (fol. 21v) Beneath this sad and silent gloom (recit and aria from 'Lydia'). Thomas Arne
- (fol. 22v) The festive board was met (4 movements from 'The School of Anacreon'). Thomas Arne
- (fol. 25v) Wander, Lydia (from 'Lydia'). Thomas Arne
- (fol. 26v) Who quits the lilly's fleecy white (from 'Solomon'). William Boyce
Items 1-5 are from Stanley's 'Six cantatas' op. 8 (1748). Items 2 and 5 are incomplete.
Except for item 1, the scribe is the main copyist of MS. Tenbury 752.
Dates
- Creation: mid-18th cent.
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Tenbury 972
Dimensions
11 7/8 x 9 3/8 inches
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk