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Mus. 1142a (ff. 32-3)

Manuscript. Continuo and bass chorus parts for two vocal works by Richard Goodson Sr; English, c. 1700.

  • ff. 32v-33: song 'With eager hast[e]', from an incomplete ode for Queen Anne by Richard Goodson Sr, the remains of which are in Mus. 1142b (ff. 56-7). Unfigured bass, followed by bass chorus part; copied by Richard Goodson Jr.
  • f. 33v: song 'A shepherd Charmd [with every grace]' by Richard Goodson Sr; autograph; unfigured bass part only. The autograph score of this work is Mus. 1154(L).
Upright format, 323 x 210 mm. Bifolio; unused staves on f. 32r. Bound into Mus. 1142a, an early 20th-century guardbook of stiff card and vellum.

Provenance: presumably from the Goodson bequest, but not listed in any of the 18th-century catalogues of the Christ Church music collections.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 38.