Uniform title
Church music. Selections. Organ score
Title
[Manuscript book of organ accompaniments / Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.]
Imprint
[Oxford] : [Christ Church Cathedral], [17--?]
Physical description
1 organ score in manuscript (pages 6-108, 111-[115], 128-139, 142-161, [164]-165, 186-189) ; 18x24 cm
Note
Lacks title page; tooled leather label on upper board, 'Christ Church', implies original ownership.
Note
Manuscript organ score, written on pages of 6-staves per page, outlining the organ accompaniments for choral service music and anthems; a minority of the accompaniments includes figured bass, unrealized.
Note
Pages 74, 87, 88 and 97 are blank, but for the pencilled inscription "C. J. S." on page 87.
Note
'I will give thanks' by Croft: a thanksgiving anthem for the victory at the Battle of Blenheim, 1704.
Formatted contents note
Contents: [Benedictus (incomplete)] ; L[or]d have [mercy] ; Credo ; Magnificatt [sic] ; Nunc dimittis / finis Mr. Tallis -- Te Deum ; Benedictus ; Comandments [sic] ; Creedo [sic] ; Magnificat ; [Nunc dimittis] / Mr. Bird [sic, i.e. Byrd] -- Te Deum ; Benedictus ; Command. [sic] ; Credo ; Magnificat ; Nunc dimittis / Mr. Gibbons -- Hide not y[o]u thy face / [Farrant] -- Mr. Childs flat Magnificate [sic] for verses in C [minor] ; Nunc dimittis / [William Child] -- Mr. Biveins [sic] Te Deum ; Benedictus ; Mr Beavins [sic] Magnificat ; [Nunc dimittis] / [Elway Bevin] -- Dr Rogers Short service in D. [Te Deum] ; Jubilate ; Comaudments [sic] ; Creed ; Mr Rogers Magnificat in D ; Nunc dimittis / [Benjamin] Rogers -- Mr. Battens [Service] in D. Te Deum ; [Jubilate] ; Commandments ; Creed ; Magnificatt [sic, by] Mr Batten ; [Nunc dimittis] / [Adrian Batten, cf. e.g. RISM ID no. 800229861] -- [Sharp] service in D [by] Mr Child. [Te Deum] ; Jubilate ; Comaundments [sic] ; Credo ; Magnificat in D [by] Mr Child ; [Nunc dimittis] / finis Mr Child -- [Preces and Responses / in part adapted from the Responses after the Creed in The choral service by Thomas Tallis] -- The Litany / [adapted from The litany in The choral service by Thomas Tallis] -- I will give thanks (incomplete) / Dr. Croft -- I will love thee O Lord my strength / [Jeremiah Clarke] -- Hear my crying [in D major] / [John Weldon] -- Behold thou hast made my dayes / Mr Orlando Gibbons -- Awake up my glorye : 3 voc. / by Mr. Wise -- [The end of an unidentified verse anthem] / Mr Tucker -- Wher with all sall a younge man [in D minor (incomplete)] / [Henry Hall, cf. RISM ID no. 806901746, where the anthem is in C minor] -- [Parts of the Responses, and of the Litany / in part adapted from The choral service by Thomas Tallis].
Provenance
In pencil on page 28: "C. J. S. Roberson. February 25th. 1821." In pencil on page 87: "C. J. S." In pencil on page 140: "C. J." Charles James Scholey Roberson (1807-1879) was one of the 8 choristers listed at Christ Church, Oxford in both 1820 and 1822; he was also a chorister at St. John's College, Oxford, William Cross (1777-1825) being organist of both Christ Church and St. John's College at this time; see: The Oxford University calendar [of] 1820, corrected to December 31, 1819 (pages 221 and 242), and, The Oxford University calendar [of] 1822, corrected to December 31, 1821 (pages 231 and 252).
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 (1740-1820) 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
Probably 19th-century; half-bound in brown reverse calf; boards originally covered with paper (now missing); red goatskin ownership label on upper board: "Christ Church".
Copy-specific note
Imperfect; at least 22 leaves appear to be missing. Leaves appear to have been trimmed (some digits missing from the pagination).
Copy-specific note
In pencil, at head of upper endleaf: 2/34.
Copy-specific note
In pencil, on upper endleaf, a list of the services contained in the manuscript, as follows: Tallis in D. Benedictus, Cr. & Com. Mag. & Nunc Dimittis -- Byrd [in] D. Morn. & Eve. service p. 17 -- Gibbons in F ... [p.] 33 -- Childs [sic] C minor. Evening [p.] 49 -- Beveins (Bevens) D. Mor. & Eve. [p.] 53 -- Rogers [in] D. Morn. Eve. Creed & Com. [p.] 63 -- Batten [in] D ... [p.] 75 -- Childs [sic] D ... [p.] 89.
Copy-specific note
Inscription at head of 'Hear my crying' (page 151): "Turn to No. 7. page 113".
Subject
Christ Church Cathedral (Oxford, England)
Subject
Church of England
Subject
Blenheim, Battle of (1704 : Blindheim, Bavaria, Germany) Songs and music.
Subject
Music Manuscripts.
Subject
Organ music.
Subject
Morning service music.
Subject
Communion service music.
Subject
Evening service music.
Subject
Litanies (Music)
Subject
Anthems.
Subject
Arrangement (Music)
Added entry--name
Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585 Services. Short service, 'Dorian'. Selections. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623 Services. Short service. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625 Services. Short service. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Farrant, Richard, -1580 Hide not Thou Thy face. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Child, William, 1606?-1697 Services. Flat service for verses in C fa ut. Organ.
Added entry--name
Bevin, Elway, approximately 1554-1638 Services. Short service, 'Dorian'. Selections. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Rogers, Benjamin, 1614-1698 Services. Short service, D major. Organ.
Added entry--name
Batten, Adrian, 1591-1637 Services. Short service, 'Dorian mode service'. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Child, William, 1606?-1697 Services. Sharp service in D sol re. Selections. Organ.
Added entry--name
Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585 Services. Choral service. Selections. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Croft, William, 1678-1727 I will give thanks. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Clarke, Jeremiah, 1669?-1707 I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Weldon, John, 1676-1736 Hear my crying, D major. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625 Behold Thou hast made my days. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Wise, Michael, 1646?-1687 Awake up my glory. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Tucker, Mr. Fragment of a verse anthem. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Hall, Henry, approximately 1656-1707 Wherewithal shall a young man. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585 Services. Choral service, Responses. voices (5). Selections. Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585 Services. Choral service, Litany. voices (5). Organ; arr.
Added entry--name
Roberson, Charles James Scholey, 1807-1879 associated name.
Added entry--name
Hackworth, Timothy William, 1933-2017 former owner.
Added entry--name
Christ Church Cathedral (Oxford, England) former owner.
Added entry--name
College of St. George, Windsor Castle donor.
Added entry--title
Preces and Responses. Organ; arr.
Added entry--title
The litany. Organ; arr.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
The litany.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Behold thou hast made my dayes.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Awake up my glorye.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Wher with all sall a younge man.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
B13834
UKSbSC
20220509110935.0