Author
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
Uniform title
Vocal music. Selections
Title
Songs.
Imprint
[S.l.] : [s.n.], [before 1797]
Physical description
1 score (52 leaves of music) ; 34 cm
Note
Without title page; title from handwritten list of contents on upper pastedown of bound volume.
Note
Almost certainly this score is an example of: Mr Henr. Purcell's Favourite songs out of his most celebrated Orpheus brittanicus [sic, i.e. Orpheus britannicus] and the rest of his works the whole fairly engraven and carefully corrected (London : printed for & sold by Ino. Walsh servt. to his Majesty at the Harp & Hoboy in Catherine Street in the Strand: and Ino. & Ioseph Hare at the Viol & Flute in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange). This publication is recorded as item no. 1248, dated ca. 1724, on page 279 of: A bibliography of the musical works published by the firm of John Walsh during the years 1721-1766 / by William C. Smith and Charles Humphries (Bibliographical Society, 1968).
Note
There are 32 items of vocal music in this collection; 14 of these include, additionally, a transposition of the vocal part for the flute, 3 being transposed up one perfect 4th, the remainder up one perfect 5th; a further 3 of the vocal items are marked as being "within the compass of the flute".
Note
"[In the case of] Henry Purcell's Orpheus Brittanicus, the publisher John Walsh made up copies from previously issued song sheets".--David Hunter: "The publishing of opera and song books in England, 1703-1726", Notes, 2nd series, vol. 47, no. 3 (1991), page 649; this accounts for the blank, unnumbered pages between some of the musical items in this publication. See also a similar point made in: Frank Kidson: "Handel's publisher, John Walsh, his successors, and contemporaries", The musical quarterly, vol. 6, no. 3 (1920), pages 445-446.
Note
Not listed in ESTC or RISM.
Note
The 52 leaves of music are variously paginated and foliated, with 62 numbered pages/folios.
Formatted contents note
Contents: [Songs for solo voice, all but one with continuo.] Ah! how sweet it is to love [from] Tyrannick-love, or, The royall martyre [sic, i.e. Tyrannic love, or, The royal martyr, Z. 613] -- Celia has a thousand charms [from The rival sisters, or, The violence of love, Z. 609] -- [Brief selections arranged from] Celebrate this festival [from the birthday ode for Queen Mary (1693), Z. 321] -- Dear, pretty youth [from The tempest, or, The enchanted island, Z. 631] -- From rosie bow'rs where sleeps the god of love [from The comical history of Don Quixote, part 3, Z. 578] -- Fly swift ye hours [Z. 369] -- Tom a Bedlam : [text begins] Forth from my dark and dismall cell : [without continuo] / [attribution to Purcell in doubt ; latterly attributed to John Coprario] -- Bess of Bedlam : [text begins] From silent shad's [sic, i.e. From silent shades, Z. 370] -- Genius of England : a song with a trumpet in Don Quixot [sic, i.e. The comical history of Don Quixote, part 2, Z. 578] -- I see she flyes me [from] Oranzebe [sic, i.e. Aureng-Zebe, Z. 573] -- If musick be the food of love [third version, Z. 379C] -- I'll sail upon the dog-star [from] The fools preferment [sic, i.e. A fool's preferment, or, The three Dukes of Dunstable, Z. 571] -- I look'd and saw within the book of fate [from The Indian emperor, or, The conquest of Mexico, Z. 598] -- Let the dreadfull engines [from The comical history of Don Quixote, part 1, Z. 578] -- Oh lead me to some peacefull gloom [from Bonduca, or, The British heroine, Z. 574] -- Sound fame, thy brazen trumpet sound [from] Dioclesian [i.e. The prophetess, or, The history of Dioclesian, Z. 627] -- You twice ten hundred deities [otherwise] The conjurers song, or, The croaking of ye toad [from The Indian queen, Z. 630].
Formatted contents note
Contents: [Songs for 2 voices with continuo.] And in each track of glory [from Of old when heroes thought it base, otherwise, The Yorkshire feast song, Z. 333] -- Come let us agree : a two part song between Cupid & Bacchus in Timon of Athens [Z. 632] -- Come let us leave the town [from The fairy queen, Z. 629] -- Dulcibella when e'er I sue for a kiss [Z. 485] -- Fair Cloe my breast so alarms [Z. 486] -- Let Hector Achilles, and each brave commander [Z. 501] -- Lost is my quiet for ever [Z. 502] -- Sound a parly ye fair and surrender [from King Arthur, or, The British worthy, Z. 628] -- Sing all ye muses / the words by Mr Durfey [sic, i.e. Thomas D'Urfey, from The comical history of Don Quixote, part 1, Z. 578] -- To arms ; and, Britains [sic, i.e. Britons] strike home : two songs in Bonduca [i.e. Bonduca, or, The British heroine, Z. 574] -- When Myra sings [Z. 521].
Formatted contents note
Contents: [Dialogues; 2 voices with continuo.] Behold the man that with gigantick might [from The Richmond heiress, or, A woman once in the right, Z. 608] -- Now the maids and the men [from The fairy queen, Z. 629] -- Since times are so bad [from The comical history of Don Quixote, part 2, Z. 578] -- Tell me why my charming fair : a dialogue in the Prophetess [i.e. The prophetess, or, The history of Dioclesian, Z. 627].
Provenance
Inscription at foot of page 2: "A Corfe 1796".
Provenance
Inscription at head of upper pastedown: "A Corfe, from W.B. Earle, Esqr."
Provenance
Inscription in pencil at head of 1st upper endleaf: "A Corfe".
Provenance
Bequeathed to the Archives of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle by Brigadier Tim Hackworth, military knight of Windsor and a direct descendant of Joseph Corfe (ca. 1741-1820) and Arthur Thomas Corfe (1773-1863); subsequently donated by the Archives of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle to Salisbury Cathedral Library, with the agreement of the family of the late Brigadier Hackworth.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”
Binding
Late 18th-century half brown calf; boards covered with marbled paper (calf corners now missing); paper boards; sewn on five supports; spine with five raised bands and horizontal gilt fillets.
Copy-specific note
On pages 14 and 15, marks, in ink, clarifying the divide between one musical system and the next.
Copy-specific note
At head of 1st upper endleaf: 2/12.
Copy-specific note
Part of a bound collection of vocal music. Entered in ink on upper pastedown, a list of contents, as follows: Trios Duettos &c / Dr Harrington [sic] -- Ode on Cecilia / Webbe -- Glees. To me the wanton girls / [Webbe] ; Hey hoe to the greenwood tree / Bird [sic] ; When Winds breathe soft / Webbe -- Haste my Nanette / Travers -- Fill me a Bowl / Corfe -- How imperfect & When Phoebus -- Catch. Ah how Sophia / Callcot -- 1st sett. Six Canzonettas / Haydn -- Allegro il Penseroso -- Songs by H. Purcell.
Subject
Songs with continuo.
Subject
Songs, English.
Subject
Vocal duets with continuo.
Subject
Incidental music, Excerpts Scores.
Subject
Flute music, Arranged.
Added entry--name
Earle, William Benson, 1740-1796 former owner.
Added entry--name
Corfe, Arthur Thomas, 1773-1863 former owner.
Added entry--name
Hackworth, Timothy William, 1933-2017 former owner.
Added entry--name
Walsh, John, 1665 or 1666-1736 associated name.
Added entry--name
College of St. George, Windsor Castle donor.
Added entry--title
Orpheus britannicus. Selections.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Mr Henr. Purcell's Favourite songs out of his most celebrated Orpheus brittanicus and the rest of his works.
B13490
UKSbSC
20211004151846.2