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Title

Manuscript book of vocal music.

Publication

circa 1820.

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Additional Authors

• Alcock, John, 1715-1806
• Anfossi, Pasquale, 1727-1797
• Aprile, Giuseppe, 1732-1813
• Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778
• Ayton, Robert, Sir, 1570-1638
• Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
• Bianchi, F. (Francesco), approximately 1752-1810
• Biggs, E. S. (Edward Smith), -approximately 1820
• Blow, John, -1708
• Bochsa, Robert Nicolas Charles, 1789-1856
• Camidge, John, approximately 1734-1803
• Camidge, Matthew, 1764?-1844
• Croft, William, 1678-1727
• Giordani, Tommaso, 1733?-1806
• Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
• Harington, Henry, 1727-1816
• Hindle, J. (John), 1761-1796
• Hunter, Anne Home, 1742-1821
• Jackson, William, 1730-1803
• Lemon, John, 1754-1814
• Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
• Macneill, Hector, 1746-1818
• Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593
• Mason, William, 1725-1797
• Mellish, Mr.
• Mellish, Miss
• Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782
• Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
• Nares, James, 1715-1783
• Neukomm, Sigismund, Ritter von, 1778-1858
• O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833
• Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853
• Pleyel, Ignaz, 1757-1831
• Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
• Sarti, Giuseppe, 1729-1802
• Shenstone, William, 1714-1763
• Shield, William, 1748-1829
• Wade, John Francis, 1711 or 1712-1786
• Webbe, Samuel, 1740-1816

Description

1 volume (157 numbered manuscript pages; 86 total leaves); 24 x 31 cm

Summary

Manuscript songbook collecting over sixty secular and spiritual vocal compositions from mostly British, Italian, and French sources. All but a few pieces in the same, unidentified hand. The only date mentioned in the volume is July 1820, when its keeper(s) heard harp airs while on a tour of Wales.

Subjects

• Vocal music > Scores
• Anthems
• Hymns
• Notated music
• Songs
• Chants

Genre/Form

• Notated music.
• Songs.
• Anthems.
• Hymns.
• Chants.

Note

• Pforzheimer Manuscript (MISC 4477).

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Binding (note)

• Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt spine rules. Later 19th century manuscript label pasted to upper cover: "Vocal Music / Ms. c. 1820 / 2/45."

Contents

A rondo ("Di questo seno siete") / Tommaso Giordani. -- "Sono innamorato." -- Duetto ("Nice mia, oh Dio rammenta") / Giuseppe Aprile. -- "Placa gli sdegni tuoi" / Pietro Metastasio. -- "Teco resti anima mia" / Giuseppe Sarti. -- Duetto ("La destra ti chiedo") / Pasquale Anfossi. -- Duet, "Nous nous aimions des l'enfance." -- Anthem for two voices ("Hear my prayer, O God"). -- A chaunt / James Nares. -- "As I was a-walking by yon Burnside." -- Anthem ("O God thou art my God") / Henry Purcell. -- "Sin not O King against the youth" / Handel. -- A glee ("As o'er the varied meads I stray") / Samuel Webbe. -- Barcarola ("Bella sul vostro core"). -- Duet ("Many a ling'ring month is past") / Mr. Mellish. -- Barcarolla ("La mia bella sta dormi"). -- The Sicilian mariner's hymn ("O Sane tissima"). -- "O bonny lass will you lie in a barrack" / Sigismund von Neukomm; lyrics from Hector Macneill. -- The death song of the Cherokee Indians (Alknomook) / lyrics by Anne Hunter. -- "In un mar di tante pene" / Giuseppe Sarti. -- "O dear, what can the matter be?" -- "Come live with me and be my love" / lyrics from Christopher Marlowe. -- "I do confess thou'rt smooth & fair" / lyrics from Robert Aytoun. -- A French duet ("Adieu cour moi"). -- "Welcome the covert of these age'd oaks." -- "O Liberty thou choicest treasure" / Handel. -- "What tho' I trace each herb & flower" / Handel. -- "Praise to God, immortal praise" / Ignaz Pleyel; lyrics from Anna Letitia Barbauld. -- "Thou hast run away from me, Mary." -- "My Phillida adieu" / Miss Mellish. -- A hymn in the oratorio of Abel / Thomas Arne. -- "If love and all the world were young" / Samuel Webbe. -- "To me had clouds o'erspread the sky" / William Jackson. -- "Soft zephyr, on thy balmy wing" / Samuel Webbe. -- Sanctus / John Camidge. -- Chaunt / John Alcock. -- "Lord have mercy upon us." -- Chaunt / John Blow. -- Chaunt / John Lemon. -- A hymn, "Sing to the Lord a joyful song." -- Chaunt / Matthew Camidge. -- Chaunt / William Croft. -- "Life's short moments still are wasting" / Henry Harington. -- Spanish chaunt ("Hear far o'er hill and dale"). -- A song in the Farmer ("A flaxen headed cow boy") / William Shield; lyrics by John O'Keefe. -- Anthem ("Lord of all power and might") / William Mason. -- "When Delia on the plain" / lyrics from Lord Lyttelton. -- Song ("Yes these are the meadows") / John Hindle; lyrics from William Shenstone. -- "My love to war is going" / lyrics from Amelia Opie. -- "My love to war is going," harmonized for 3 voices. -- "Signor a tuoi 'piedi" / Francesco Bianchi. -- The Portuguese hymn ("Adeste fideles") / attributed to John Francis Wade. -- "Come my bonny love" / Edward Smith Biggs. -- "Come ever smiling Liberty" / Handel. -- "Wise men flattering" / Handel. -- "Pious orgies, pious airs" / Handel. -- "O saw ye my father." -- "To celebrate thy praise, O Lord." -- "All people that on earth do dwell." -- "How blest is he who ne'er consents." -- A catch ("'Tis a southerly wind and a cloudy sky"). -- "Love's young rose thy proffered flower." -- Lapland air ("I saw the moon rise clear") / lyrics from Thomas Moore. -- "Welsh harp airs we heard on our tour in July 1820." -- Minuet in Don Giovani / Mozart. -- Waltz / Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. -- Guardian angels, with variations. -- Waltz / Beethoven.

Call Number

Pforz BND-MSS+ (Vocal music)

OCLC

1077781385

Title

Manuscript book of vocal music.

Production

circa 1820.

Type of Content

notated music

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Binding

Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt spine rules. Later 19th century manuscript label pasted to upper cover: "Vocal Music / Ms. c. 1820 / 2/45."

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Added Author

Alcock, John, 1715-1806, composer.

Anfossi, Pasquale, 1727-1797, composer.

Aprile, Giuseppe, 1732-1813, composer.

Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778, composer.

Ayton, Robert, Sir, 1570-1638, lyricist.

Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825, lyricist.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827, composer.

Bianchi, F. (Francesco), approximately 1752-1810, composer.

Biggs, E. S. (Edward Smith), -approximately 1820, composer.

Blow, John, -1708, composer.

Bochsa, Robert Nicolas Charles, 1789-1856, composer.

Camidge, John, approximately 1734-1803, composer.

Camidge, Matthew, 1764?-1844, composer.

Croft, William, 1678-1727, composer.

Giordani, Tommaso, 1733?-1806, composer.

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer.

Harington, Henry, 1727-1816, composer.

Hindle, J. (John), 1761-1796, composer.

Hunter, Anne Home, 1742-1821, lyricist.

Jackson, William, 1730-1803, composer.

Lemon, John, 1754-1814, composer.

Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, composer.

Macneill, Hector, 1746-1818, lyricist.

Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593, lyricist.

Mason, William, 1725-1797, composer.

Mellish, Mr., composer.

Mellish, Miss, composer.

Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782, composer.

Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, composer.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, composer.

Nares, James, 1715-1783, composer.

Neukomm, Sigismund, Ritter von, 1778-1858, composer.

O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833, composer.

Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853, lyricist.

Pleyel, Ignaz, 1757-1831, composer.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, composer.

Sarti, Giuseppe, 1729-1802, composer.

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763, lyricist.

Shield, William, 1748-1829, composer.

Wade, John Francis, 1711 or 1712-1786, composer.

Webbe, Samuel, 1740-1816, composer.

Research Call Number

Pforz BND-MSS+ (Vocal music)