Magnificat and Nunc dimittis ('Mode VIII') by [Robert Seymour ?] Bridges
Single Item
MS. Mus. b. 387
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis ('Mode VIII') probably by or copied by Robert Seymour Bridges. Ink score (with a few pencil corrections in the Magnificat) and separate voice parts (Soprano x 8, Alto x 2, Tenor x 3, Bass x 2).
The attribution on the parts is just to 'Bridges', as is a pencil attribution on the score of the Magnificat. The Magnificat is apparently autograph; the Nunc dimittis is a fair copy in another hand, with the initials 'MB' at the end, probably indicating Robert Seymour Bridges's wife Monica (1863-1949), who also appears to have added some of the words in the Magnificat score. The separate voice parts are in various hands.
The attribution on the parts is just to 'Bridges', as is a pencil attribution on the score of the Magnificat. The Magnificat is apparently autograph; the Nunc dimittis is a fair copy in another hand, with the initials 'MB' at the end, probably indicating Robert Seymour Bridges's wife Monica (1863-1949), who also appears to have added some of the words in the Magnificat score. The separate voice parts are in various hands.
Dates
- [c 1900?]
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- Multiple languages
- English
- Latin
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. Mus. b. 387
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15917
Abstract
Autograph ink score of Magnificat and Nunc dimittis by [Robert Seymour ?] Bridges, with separate voice parts in various hands, undated, [c 1900?].
Biographical / Historical
Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) was Poet Laureate 1913-30. Edward, 1st Baron Bridges (1892-1969), a civil servant, was his son. Details are given in G. L. McKay, A bibliography of Robert Bridges (1933) and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Faculty of Music, 2002.
Physical Facet
18 staves to a page (score, 34 leaves); 12 staves to a page (15 parts).
Dimensions
Large folio: 380 × 280 mm (score), 305 × 240 mm (parts))
- Title
- Magnificat and Nunc dimittis ('Mode VIII') by [Robert Seymour ?] Bridges
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 Hannah Jordan and Margaret Czepiel
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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