Uniform title
Vocal music. Selections
Title
[Manuscript collection of catches, glees and other pieces of vocal music.]
Imprint
[S.l] : [s.n.], [18--?]
Physical description
1 manuscript score ([4, 192, 2 pages]) ; 24x30 cm
Note
Without title or title page.
Note
A collection of 44 pieces of vocal music.
Note
Manuscript scores written on pages of 10 staves per page; more than one hand seems discernible. Pagination is included through much of the manuscript but the pagination is inaccurate, apparently as a consequence of an error made not far from the beginning of the manuscript: the first 8 pieces of music are numbered 1-8 (no. 6 appears to have been omitted) and these pieces occupy pages 1-19; the number '8', for piece no. 8, 'The cock match', has been misinterpreted as a page number and thereafter the pages have been numbered from 8; piece no. 8 begins, in fact, on page 18; thus page numbers 8-154 = pages 18-164, and, later, page numbers 168-181 = pages 178-191.
Note
6 pages are blank; 'Slenders ghost' consists of no more than clefs, key and time signatures; the last page is blank but for a couple of staves with notes sketched in in pencil.
Note
Entered at Stationers' Hall, 19/8/1802: Peace, The cuckoo, and Sweet Miss Prue : three much admired rounds / composed by Messrs. [John Colston] Doyle & Perfect; see: Music entries at Stationers' Hall, 1710-1818 / compiled by Michael Kassler. 'The cuckow' and the catch 'Sweet Miss Prue' by Perfect, otherwise unidentified, may be 2 of these 3 rounds.
Formatted contents note
Contents: A catch for 3 voices : Mr. Speaker tho' 'tis late / by Mr. Jos. Baildon -- Glee [4 voices] : Come live with me / Mr. Saml. Webb [sic, i.e. Webbe] -- Glee [3 voices] : Beviamo tutti trè / del Sigr Giardini -- Glee [4 voices] on the death of Wm. Duke of Cumberland : O'er William's tomb / by Mr Thos. Norris Batchelor [sic] of Music, and organist of Christchurch Oxford -- Sir you are a comical fellow [catch for 3 voices / William Bates, cf. comparators documented in RISM] -- Retirement [3 voices] : Beneath the silent rural cell / Dr. Harrington [sic, i.e. Harington] -- The cock match, a catch for 3 voices [sic, but, in fact for 4] : I'll back the mealy grey / [Benjamin Cooke, cf. RISM ID 800259624] -- Adieu to the village delights [3 voices, in E-flat major / Joseph Baildon, cf. examples in RISM which are either in E major or in D major] -- Chearfull glee [3 voices] : When Arthur first in court ; Glee [3 voices] : Peace to the souls of the heroes ; Glee [3 voices] : Farewell to Lochaber ; Glee [5 voices] : Sleep soft fair form / composed by I. W. Callcott [sic, i.e. J. W. Callcott] -- Glee [4 voices] : Great Apollo strike the lyre / S. Webbe -- Glee [3 voices] The new mariners : You gentlemen of England / Calcott [sic, i.e. Callcott] -- Domum [4 voices] : Concinamus O sodales! / Johannes Reading appointed organist of Winchester Cathedral 1675 -- The Sicilian mariner's hymn to the Virgin [4 voices] : O sanctissima, o piissima, dulcis Virgo, Maria / harmonized by W. B. Earle Esq 179[-] -- Duett [i.e. 2 voices supported by bass] : Let Rubinelli charm the ear / Dr. Cooke ; the words by Dr. Wake -- College Grace [4 voices] : Adjutorium nostrum est in nomine Domini [graces used at Winchester College] -- Glee [4 voices] The huntsman's roundelay : What shall he have that kill'd the deer? / J. S. Smith -- Hymn [4 voices] : When all thy mercies O my God [the words published in The] Spectator vol. 6th. no. 453 [Saturday, August 9, 1712, page 335] / Jos. Corfe, 1793 -- Glee [3 & 5 voices] : Hand in hand with fairy grace / Dr. Cooke -- Goosy goosy gander [3 voices] / [ascribed, in a pencilled note, to] Callcott, [but attributed to Samuel Wesley, albeit in a slightly altered form, in RISM; see RISM ID 806921395] -- Glee [for] 3 voices : Now the dancing sunbeams play / arranged by Jos. Corfe, from Haydn [Original canzonettas. Set 1 (1794), Hob. XXVIa, no. 25, Mermaid's song], July 1795 -- Madrigal [5 voices] : Flora gave me fairest flowers / John Wilbye, 1609 -- Damon and Clora [2 voices] : Turn fair Clora : Go false Damon / [Henry Harington; cf. comparators documented in RISM]-- Glee [for] 3 voices, Ellun a' Roon [otherwise, Eileen a Roon] : Welcome my Ellun, the moment is blest / arranged June 24, 1794 for Mr. Seward [by] J. C. -- Hymn on the Nativity [1, 2 & 4 voices, and] pia[no] for[te] : Adeste fideles læti triumphantes [seemingly, a copy of the print 'The favorite Portugueze Hymn on the Nativity' (London : Goulding & Co.. ca. 1799, or similar)] -- The Red Cross Knight [3 voices] : Blow warder blow thy sounding horn / J. W. Callcott -- Dead march in Saul [for] sop, alto, tenor, bass [with] 2 flutes [and bass] : Come sister come / [arranged from Saul by G.F. Handel] -- Glee [4 voices] : How often have I seen ye gen'rous bowl / Webbe -- The cuckow [sic] a round for 3 voices : Sweet's the pleasure in the Spring -- Glee [4 voices] : Sweet thrush that makes the vernal year / Danby -- Under the greenwood tree / the words from Shakespear's [sic, i.e. Shakespeare's] "As you like it" ; arranged as a quartetto by Jos. Corfe -- Catch [for] 3 voices : Sweet Miss Prue, pray how do you do? / Perfect -- Glee [for] 3 voices : Old women will you go a sheering [sic] / Dr. Arnold -- Catch [for] 4 voices : Come buy my cherrys [sic] / Dr. Stevenson -- Catch [3 voices] : Hush hush hush you sing so loud / by J Parry -- Glee, 4 voices, (Plato's advice) : Says Plato, Why should Man be vain / arranged by Jos. Corfe, Decr. 7. 1802 -- Glee, 3 voices [TrTrB], Darby & Joan / Jos. Corfe -- Oh lady fair! [for 1-3 voices, with keyboard instrument] / the music & words by Thos. Moore Esqr. -- Chearful glee for 4 voices : Crabbed age and youth cannot live together / the poetry from Shakespear [corrected to Shakespeare with the addition of 'e' in pencil] ; R. J. S. Stevens -- A favorite glee [for] treble, alto, tenor, bass : See the chariot at hand / Horsley -- Tell me where is fancy bred [2 voices, with piano; includes cues for] flutes [and for] violins / Stevenson -- Slenders ghost : glee / Michl. Rock [clefs, key and time signatures only] -- The curfew : glee [3 voices, with] piano forte / T. Attwood.
Language
Sung English, Italian or Latin words.
Provenance
Inscription on label pasted on to upper pastedown: "Jos. Corfe".
Provenance
Inscription in pencil within 'When Arthur first in court' (page 25) appears to be "J 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 (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
19th-century? Half-bound in brown calf; boards covered with (different) sprinkled brown calf; smooth spine with blind fillets; blind tooling around board edges.
Copy-specific note
Three lists of contents, begun but unfinished, written on upper endleaves.
Copy-specific note
'O'er William's tomb' and 'Sir you are a comical fellow' bound in incorrectly (pages 10-15).
Copy-specific note
An additional text, commencing "All laud & praise my heart & voice," entered in pencil above 'Retirement' by Harington. An additional text, adapted from psalm 148 and commencing "Ye boundless realms of joy," entered in pencil above 'Adieu to the village delights'.
Copy-specific note
Performance marks, alterations, etc. entered in pencil into several works, including: 'Great Apollo strike the lyre', 'Let Rubinelli charm the ear', 'Now the dancing sunbeams play', 'Flora gave me fairest flowers', 'Damon and Clora', 'Dead march in Saul'.
Copy-specific note
"Full" and "Quartetto" marked in pencil within 'College grace'.
Copy-specific note
Final digit of the date of the harmonization of 'O sanctissima' obscured by binding tape.
Copy-specific note
In pencil, at start of 'The Red Cross Knight': "12 bars rest"; within the same work, "Cho" [chorus] and other markings. In pencil at end of 'The Red Cross Knight': "performed at the Choral Feby 19th 1857".
Subject
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subject
Rubinelli, Giovanni, 1753-1829
Subject
Winchester College
Subject
Glees, catches, rounds, etc
Subject
Vocal trios, Unaccompanied.
Subject
Vocal quartets, Unaccompanied.
Subject
Vocal quintets, Unaccompanied.
Subject
Vocal duets with continuo.
Subject
Madrigals.
Subject
Christmas music.
Subject
Vocal quartets with instrumental ensemble.
Subject
Vocal trios with piano.
Subject
Vocal duets with piano.
Subject
Music Manuscripts.
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Corfe, Joseph, 1740 or 1741-1820 former owner.
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Hackworth, Timothy William, 1933-2017 former owner.
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Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802 Old women will you go a-shearing.
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Attwood, Thomas, 1765-1838 Curfew.
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Baildon, Joseph, 1727?-1774 Vocal music. Selections.
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Bates, William, active 1750-1780 Sir, you are a comical fellow.
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Callcott, John Wall, 1766-1821 Vocal music. Selections.
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Cooke, Benjamin, 1734-1793 Vocal music. Selections.
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Corfe, Joseph, 1740 or 1741-1820 Vocal music. Selections.
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Corfe, Joseph, 1740 or 1741-1820 arranger.
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Danby, John, 1757-1798 Sweet thrush that makes the vernal year.
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Earle, William Benson, 1740-1796 arranger.
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Giardini, Felice, 1716-1796 Beviamo tutti tre.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 Saul, HWV 53. Dead march; arr.
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Harington, Henry, 1727-1816 Vocal music. Selections.
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Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 Original canzonettas. Set 1 (1794), Hob. XXVIa. No. 25, Mermaid's song; arr.
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Horsley, William, 1774-1858 See the chariot at hand.
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Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 Oh lady fair.
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Norris, Thomas, approximately 1742-1790 Glee on the death of William, Duke of Cumberland.
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Parry, John Hush, hush, hush you sing so loud.
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Perfect, Mr. Sweet Miss Prue.
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Reading, John, approximately 1645-1692 Domum.
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Smith, John Stafford, 1750-1836 Huntsman's roundelay.
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Stevens, R. J. S. (Richard John Samuel), 1757-1837 Crabbed age and youth cannot live together.
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Stevenson, John, 1761-1833 Vocal music. Selections.
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Webbe, Samuel, 1740-1816 Glees, voices (4). Selections.
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Wesley, Samuel, 1766-1837 Goosy, goosy gander where shall I wander.
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Wilbye, John, 1574-1638 Flora gave me fairest flowers.
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Seward, Mr., active 1794 associated name.
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College of St. George, Windsor Castle donor.
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The cuckoo.
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The Sicilian mariner's hymn.
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O sanctissima, o piissima, dulcis Virgo, Maria.
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College grace.
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Ellun a'Roon.
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Hymn on the Nativity.
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Adeste fideles læti triumphantes.
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The cuckow.
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Sweet's the pleasure in the Spring.
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