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.
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