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 as shown in the manuscript. Display in modern form.
| 1 |
Dr [Henry] Aldrich |
Service in G [T/J/K/C/M/N] |
pp. 1-21 |
| 2 |
[Thomas] Tallis |
[Dorian Service: S] |
p. 10 |
| 3 |
|
Kyrie eleison [pencil draft] |
p. 19 |
| 4 |
Dr [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 |
Dr [William] Hayes [(i)] |
Sanctus |
p. 51 |
| 9 |
Mr [Thomas] Kelway |
Service in a [minor: M/N] |
pp. 69-75 |
| 10 |
Mr [Charles] King |
Evening Service in F [M/N] |
pp. 75-81 |
| 11 |
Orlando Gibbons |
[Short Service: T/B/S/K |
pp. 82-90 |
| 12 |
R[ichard] Lane Freer |
Sanctus and Kyrie |
p. 90 |
| 13 |
Mr [Charles] King |
[Service in F: T/J] |
pp. 91-98 |
| 14 |
[William] Child |
[Whole Service in Gam ut: M/N] |
pp. 99-104 |
| 15 |
Mr [Thomas] Kelway |
Evening Service in B [minor: M/N] |
pp. 105-110 |
| 16 |
Revd Mr [William] Mason |
Kyrie |
p. 111 |
| 17 |
Mr [William] Cross |
Kyrie |
p. 111 |
| 18 |
Dr [William] Croft |
Kyrie |
p. 112 |
| 19 |
Dr P[hilip] Hayes |
Sanctus |
p. 113 |
| 20 |
[Robert] Creyghton |
Sanctus to [Charles] King['s Service] in F |
p. 114 |
| 21 |
[Charles] King |
[Service in F: K/C] |
pp. 114-119 |
| 22 |
[Albertus] Bryan |
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 |
Dr [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.
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