The volume contains bass or continuo parts to Sonatas, Airs, Overtures, Dances, and other pieces by Henry Purcell ((1659-1695), Daniel Purcell ([1660]-1717), John Jenkins (1592-1678), William Lawes (1602-1645), Nicola Matteis, Diedrich Becker, Robert Wren, A. Poole, Matthew Locke (1630-1677), and Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680). The volume is written in several hands, and William H. Cummings, a biographer of Purcell, has written on l.11: ""This curious book contains several pages undeniably in the handwriting of Henry Purcell..."" The other hands are attributed by Cummings to Pelham Humfrey (1647-1674), John Blow (1648-1708), and William Croft (1678-1727).
Subject (Name):
Becker, Dietrich, 1623-1679, Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915, provenance, Jenkins, John, 1592-1678, Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680, Lawes, William, 1602-1645, Locke, Matthew, 1621 or 2-1677, Matteis, Nicola, fl. 1672-1699, and Purcell, Daniel, 1660?-1717
119 pieces copied by the Duchess of Gloucester, the daughter of George III. Composers include: Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (1763-1842), William Shield (1748-1829), Samuel Arnold (1740-1802), William Lawes (1602-1645), Charles King (1687-1748), William Hayes (1705-1777), Henry Harington (1727-1816), George Friedric Handel (1685-1759), Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816), Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), Francesco Bianchi (1752-1810), Giocchino Cocchi ([1715]-1804), Pietro Antonio Domenico Buonaventura Metastasio (1698-1782).
Description:
Holograph MS. and With indexes.
Subject (Name):
Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778, Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802, Bianchi, F. (Francesco), ca. 1752-1810, Cocchi, Gioacchino, b. ca. 1720, Ferrari, G. G. (Giacomo Gotifredo), 1763-1842, Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, Harrington, Henry, 1727-1816, Hayes, William, 1708-1777, King, Charles, 1687-1748, Lawes, William, 1602-1645, Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782, Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816, and Shield, William, 1748-1829
Subject (Topic):
Glees, catches, rounds, etc.--19th century, Songs--England, Songs--Italy, Vocal duets--19th century, and Vocal trios