Mus. 1219(H)

Manuscript. [Richard Goodson Sr], 'Not unto us O Lord'; autograph score. English, late 17th century. Formerly Mus. 1219, item 9.

Upright format, 330 x 213 mm. Single sheet followed by a stitched gathering of 2 nested bifolios (5 folios in total); the foliation is modern. Folios 4v-5v are unused ruled staves. Annotations on f.1r in the hand first of Richard Goodson Jr ('Not unto Us'), then of Philip Hayes ('composed by Richard Goodson Senr at an early period of his life'). No early bookplate. Now loose within an early 20th century portfolio folder containing all 10 sections of Mus. 1219, the contents of which were foliated and allocated new call-numbers (including the alphabetic letters A-U) in September 1990, with further minor adjustments made in August 1998. In microfilms made before that date, this item is numbered '9'.

Provenance unknown, but most likely from the Goodson bequest. Not recorded in any early catalogue until Havergal Summary, where it is listed among the Portfolios at position I.2.β (together with Mus. 1219(G) and Mus. 1219(I-T)), item 17, as '3 anthems by R. Goodson Sr: original MS.'; in Mus. 1219(H) itself, the portfolio reference 'I.2.β' is written in red crayon at the head of f. 1r.

For a further fragment of this work, presumably formerly loose within Mus. 1219(H), see Mus. 1219(U).

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 39.