The pious Christian's recreation : a selection of sacred music for Normanby Church

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2008100

Description

Title
The pious Christian's recreation : a selection of sacred music for Normanby Church
Alternative Title
Selection of sacred music for Normanby Church
Contributor
Todd, J.
St. Andrew's Church (Normanby, North Yorkshire, England)
Published / Created
ca. 1800?]
Publication Place
Scarborough [England
Publisher
J. Todd, printer?
Description
BEIN Osborn pc313: Imperfect: numbers IV and 26 wanting; no. 25 mutilated; many leaves bled at top or fore-edge. Staves and melodies are added in ms. to songs of praise and some symbols are added in ms. to the instructions. Ownership inscription: R. Richardson, a present from a friend 1888. Twelve blank leaves bound in at end have watermark "1810."
Printed book, probably printed late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, with words of 36 metrical songs of praise, some of them psalms, with space for addition of musical staves and melodies in ms. Interspersed with the hymns and psalms are brief instructions on rudiments of music explaining clefs, lengths of notes, sharps and flats, scales, etc. Some of the text of the section "Introduction to the grounds of music" matches text in The spiritual man's companion, or, The pious Christian's recreation, 1753. Some of the instructions have spaces for musical symbols or notes to be added in ms. Also includes: Scholars names, belonging to Normanby Church ; Subscriber's [sic] names for singing [headed by The Rev'd. C. Dowker] ; Subscribers names for the bass viol ; Rules for the good of this institution.
Description based on imperfect Beinecke Library copy in which numbers IV and 26 are wanting and no. 25 is mutilated and many leaves are bled at top or fore-edge. Staves and melodies are added in ms. to the songs of praise and some symbols are added in ms. to the instructions.
Extent
[71 +] leaves ; 18 cm.

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Osborn pc313

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Hymns
Texts
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Subscription lists (Publishing) England Scarborough 1800
Subject (Geographic)
England
Normanby (North Yorkshire)
Subject (Name)
St. Andrew's Church (Normanby, North Yorkshire, England)
Church of England
Subject (Topic)
Church music
Church of England
Instruction and study
Hymns, English
Subjects
St. Andrew's Church (Normanby, North Yorkshire, England)
Church of England > Hymns > Texts
Church music > Church of England > Instruction and study
Church music > England > Normanby (North Yorkshire) > Instruction and study
Hymns, English > England > Normanby (North Yorkshire) > Texts
19th century
England > Scarborough > 1800
Richardson, R. > Autograph

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
7138405
Object ID (OID)
2008100

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