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Mus. 1225

Manuscript. Organ accompaniments for English services and anthems, with miscellaneous additions; copied in Oxford for use at Christ Church Cathedral, probably in the 1820s. (Follow this link for a list of surviving music-books from Christ Church Cathedral from the Restoration to the early 19th century.) In the inventory below, items 1-25 (services and additions) are copied at what is now designated as the front of the volume, items 26-33 (anthems) at the rear with the volume inverted.

Mus. 1225 was copied collaboratively by a number of hands, none of which has yet been identified.

Comments on individual items:

  • Item 2: added to supplement Aldrich's Service in G (item 1).
  • Item 3: sketched in pencil in short score, using staves left blank during the copying of item 1.
  • Item 5: added to supplement Rogers' Whole Service in D (item 4).
  • Items 7 and 8: added to supplement King's Service in C (item 6).
  • Item 12: According to Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxoniensis (London, 1888), Richard Lane Freer matriculated Christ Church in 1824, aged 18.
  • Items 17 and 28: William Cross was organist of Christ Church Cathedral in 1807-25.
  • Items 23-5: added in pencil on previously unused pages.
  • Item 26: copied in vocal score.
Table of titles and composers in modern form. Display form found in manuscript.
1 Henry Aldrich Service in G: T/J/K/C/M/N pp. 1-21
2 Thomas Tallis Dorian Service: S p. 10
3   Kyrie (pencil draft) p. 19
4 Benjamin Rogers Whole Service in D sol re: T/J/K/C/M/N pp. 22-42
5   Sanctus p. 37
6 Charles King Service in C: T/J/C/M/N pp. 43-68
7   Commandments p. 51
8 William Hayes (i) Sanctus p. 51
9 Thomas Kelway Service in a: M/N pp. 69-75
10 Charles King Service in F: M/N pp. 75-81
11 Orlando Gibbons Short Service: T/B/S/K pp. 82-90
12 Richard Lane Freer Sanctus and Kyrie p. 90
13 Charles King Service in F: T/J pp. 91-98
14 William Child Whole Service in Gam ut: M/N pp. 99-104
15 Thomas Kelway Service in b: M/N pp. 105-110
16 William Mason Kyrie p. 111
17 William Cross Kyrie p. 111
18 William Croft Kyrie p. 112
19 Philip Hayes Sanctus p. 113
20 Robert Creighton Sanctus (to King's Service in F) p. 114
21 Charles King Service in F: K/C pp. 114-119
22 Albertus Bryne Service in G: T/J/M/N pp. 120-131
23   Pencil sketch of the opening of a movement marked 'Maestoso', in full score p. 133
24   Pencil sketch of part of a setting of 'I will magnify thee', in short score p. 134
25 Thomas Arne Rule, Britannia (orchestral accompaniment, in full score) pp. 136-137
26 Benedetto Marcello Lord, who shall dwell R1-R13
27 Richard Farrant Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake R14
28 William Cross O God, the protector of all R15-R17
29 William Croft God is gone up with a merry noise R18-R25
30 Richard Langdon O pray for the peace of Jerusalem R25-R32
31 Richard Langdon Lord, thou hast been our refuge R33-R36
32 Richard Langdon Not unto us, O Lord R36-R41
33 William Mutlow Unto thee, O Lord R41-R43

Oblong format, 365 x 255 mm. 90 folios, paginated in ink the copyists; the pagination was subsequently partly trimmed away by the binder. Mid 19th-century binding of rough brown leather over boards, with panels of red leather inset into the upper and lower covers, gold-tooled with the words 'SERVICES' and 'ANTHEMS' respectively. The binding was repaired in 1972. No early bookplate.

Provenance: transferred from Christ Church Cathedral, probably in the early 20th century.

Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 42.