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Robert Seymour Bridges: 'A copy of the first draught of the Psalter made for SS. Peter and Paul's Yattendon... 1888'

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MS. Mus. d. 209

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First draft 'of the Psalter made for SS. Peter & Paul's Yattendon... 1888'. Calligraphic autograph, lacking chants for days 9-18, ii + 16 leaves.

Dates

  • Creation: 1888

Extent

18 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

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Shelfmark:

MS. Mus. d. 209

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16723

Abstract

Robert Seymour Bridges: 'A copy of the first draught of the Psalter made for SS. Peter and Paul's Yattendon... 1888'.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Custodial History

Previously owned by Lionel Muirhead.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given by Simon Nowell-Smith, 1940.

Existence and Location of Copies

Hymns: the Yattendon hymnal, edited by Robert Bridges and H. Ellis Wooldridge (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1899).

Related Materials

H.E. Wooldridge's hymn tunes and anthems, 1887-1903, sent to Bridges, whose workings for The Yattendon Hymnal appear throughout the manuscript. Dep. Bridges 70.

Hymn tunes by H.E. Woodridge included in The Yattendon Hymnal are also in MSS. Mus. d.195 and e.31.

Lionel Muirhead: chants 'copied at Eton from Robert Bridges' first collection of chants which resulted in the Yattendon Psalter', 1862 is MS. Mus. c.66

Title
Robert Seymour Bridges: 'A copy of the first draught of the Psalter made for SS. Peter and Paul's Yattendon... 1888'
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2019 by Hannah Jordan and Margaret Czepiel
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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