Forty-five musical pieces, chiefly sacred, consisting of canticles, anthems, songs, and airs
Forty-five musical pieces, chiefly sacred, consisting of canticles, anthems, songs, and airs. Among the authors are:--dr. William Child (foll. 3v, 43 rev., 41v rev.), Orlando Gibbons (foll. 4v?, 39v rev.), Thomas Tudway (foll. 6, 44 rev.), William Bird (foll. 7v, 45 rev., 40v rev.), Thomas Tallis (foll. 8v, 42 rev.), Benjamin Rogers (fol. 10v), George Frederick Handel (an air in Vespasian, foll. 18, 20), 'mr. Richard Court of Oxon.' (fol. 19), Francesco Geminiani (fol. 19) dr. Henry Aldrich (foll. 45 rev., 40v rev.), John Blow (fol. 42v rev.).
Dates
- Creation: written in the first half of the 18th cent.
Extent
49 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Mus. Sch. C. 41, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Mus. Sch. C. 41
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20648
Abstract
Forty-five musical pieces, chiefly sacred, consisting of canticles, anthems, songs, and airs.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 26401.
RISM 800262582
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition details unknown.
Dimensions
13 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.
Topical
- Title
- Forty-five musical pieces, chiefly sacred, consisting of canticles, anthems, songs, and airs
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2021 by Hannah Jordan
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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