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Creator:: Blow, John, d. 1708
Croft, William, 1678-1727
Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
Published / Created:: [ca. 1680]
Call Number:: Osborn Music MS 515
Image Count:: 138
Abstract:: 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
Subject (Topic):: Chaconnes--17th century--Scores, Chamber music--17th century--Scores, Dances--17th century--Scores, Overtures--17th century--Scores, Pavans--17th century--Scores, and Sonatas--17th century--Scores
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Purcell, Pelham Humfrey and Blow autograph MSS

Published / Created:: [early 18th century]
Call Number:: Osborn Music MS 514
Image Count:: 113
Resource Type:: Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Abstract:: Containing a collection of extracts of church music by various composers. 18th century vocal settings of biblical texts, anthems, and hymns, for solo voices and 4 part chorus in different settings. Most are written to be accompanied by continuo, but few are orchestrated. Contains pieces by Henry Aldrich (1647-1710), Henry Purcell ([1658/9]-1695), Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674), Alessandro Stradella (1642-1682), Pelham Humfrey (1647-1674), Matthew Lock (1621-1677), Charles King (1687-1748), Jeremiah Clarke (1669-1707), and John Weldon (1674-1736), whose anthem Let God Arise is apparently unpublished.
Description:: Anonymous musical MS., Binder's blanks omitted from scanning., and With index.
Subject (Name):: Aldrich, Henry, 1647-1710, Carissimi, Giacomo, 1605-1674, Clarke, Jeremiah, 1669?-1707, Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674, King, Charles, 1687-1748, Locke, Matthew, 1621 or 2-1677, Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, Stradella, Alessandro, 1639-1682, and Weldon, John, 1676-1736
Subject (Topic):: Anthems--England, Chorus, Sacred (Mixed voices)--Scores, Hymns, English--18th century, Psalms (Music), and Sacred vocal music
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [MS. Church music]