Nine English songs, with vocal score:--Tom of Bedlam (beg. 'Forth from the dark': fol. 3); 'Lucifer cælestis olim hierarchiæ princeps' (fol. 3v); Bess of Bedlam, by H. Purcell (beg. 'From silent shades': fol. 4v); 'Go, perjur'd man', by John Blow (fol. 5v); 'When death shall part us', by M. Locke (fol. 6v); 'Were I to choose', by H. Purcell (fol. 7v); 'Let Hector, Achilles' (fol. 8v); 'Drag him down', a chorus (fol. 10): 'The second part to Tom of Bedlam', without music (fol. 49). Foll. 1-2, 11-45% 46-48, 50-end are blank.
Dates
- Written in the second half of the 17th cent.
Extent
64 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Mus. Sch. C. 96, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Mus. Sch. C. 96
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20655
Abstract
Nine English songs, with vocal score.
Biographical / Historical
Henry Purcell (1659-95) was a composer and organist. See Grove Music Online for further details.
John Blow (1648/9-1708) was a composer. See Grove Music Online for further details.
John Blow (1648/9-1708) was a composer. See Grove Music Online for further details.
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. 26465
Hake catalogue (c.1855) no. 66
Hake catalogue (c.1855) no. 66
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition details unknown.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
12 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.
- Title
- Nine English songs, with vocal score
- Status
- Completed
- 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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