Mus. 1141a
Manuscript. Early 20th-century guardbook of stiff card and vellum
(upright format, 343 x 233 mm.), containing 17 tracts of largely
unrelated sheets and fascicles, all English, 17th-early 18th
centuries. The foliation sequence continues into Mus. 1141b-d.
According to the contents list by Weedon, the volume originally
opened on f.1 with the ' "Title-page" of a printed
musical bk.'. This entry is deleted in pencil, and the volume
now opens at f. 2.
Microfilm: manuscript music, reel 38.
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 2-5). Unidentified 'Solo for a Flute' in six
movements; performing parts for flute and continuo, copied by
James Talbot. English, late 17th century.
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 6-7). Keyboard pieces by William Croft; autograph.
English, probably first decade of 18th century.
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 8-9). [Richard Goodson Jr], ode ['Festo
quid potius'], 'First violin' performing part. English, early
18th century, copyist unidentified.
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 10-11). Three-movement suite or 'set' a3 in
C major, copied in score by Copyist Y; English, probably early
18th century; probably part of the repertory of the Oxford city/university
waits or 'musick'.
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 12-14). Three performing parts for movements
from suite or 'sets' in three different keys, copied by Copyist
W; English, probably early 18th century; probably part of the
repertory of the Oxford city/university waits or 'musick'.
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 15-17). Unidentified sketches and drafts in
the hand of Henry Aldrich. English, late 17th century.
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 18-19). 'First Trebles' instrumental part
for 12 unidentified movements, apparently in 4 suites; English,
early C18th, copyist unidentified.
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 20-49) (omitting ff. 47-8). Set of 16 orchestral
parts for an unidentified 'sonata' in C major. English, early
18th century; 3 copyists, all unidentified.
- Mus. 1141a (f. 47). [Henry Hall Sr], ['Bless Albion, bless
thy stars above'], instrumental 'Tune'; autograph. English,
early 18th century. For full details of this ode, the autograph
of which is now distributed across three Christ Church manuscripts,
see Mus. 1212(A).
- Mus. 1141a (f. 48). Transposed 'Hautbois' part for [George
Frederick Handel, 'I will magnify thee']. English, early 18th
century, copyist unidentified.
[Mus. 1141a (f. 49): see ff. 20-46 above.]
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 50-51). 1st Violin part for 12 instrumental
movements from theatrical works by Purcell, copied by James Talbot.
English, late C17th.
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 52-3). Two movements in C major, each copied
twice in score by Copyist Y, the first time in draft, the second
in fair copy, and on f. 53v headed '2 Trumpets'; English, probably
early 18th century; probably part of the repertory of the Oxford
city/university waits or 'musick'.
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 54-63). Instrumental parts for an unidentified
'Sonata'. English, early 18th century, copyist unidentified.
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 66-9). Movements from suites or 'sets' in D
major and B flat major, copied in score by Copyist Z; English,
probably early 18th century; probably part of the repertory of
the Oxford city/university waits or 'musick'.
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 70-77). Violin parts for orchestral movements
extracted from operas by Lully, and for works by Henry Hall (i),
copied by James Talbot, in one case collaboratively with Hall;
English, late 17th century.
- Mus. 1141a (ff. 78-85). Parts for an instrumental work in d
minor by Robert Orme, in 11 sections, the first called 'Overture';
English, early 18th century.
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