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Author

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Uniform title

Messiah, HWV 56. He was despised. Vocal score

Title

He was despised, : aria, / composed by Handel. ; and arranged from the score with an accompaniment, for the piano forte, by W^m. Horsley. Mus. Bac. Oxon, member of the Royal Academy of Music of Stockholm..

Varying form of title

Caption title: He was despised, / composed by Handel, ; arranged by W^m. Horsley Mus. Bac. Oxon

Imprint

London. : published by J. B. Cramer, Addison & Beale, 201, Regent Street, corner of Conduit Street., [183-]

Physical description

1 vocal score ([1], pages 102-106, [2]) ; 34 cm

Note

Originally for contralto solo with strings and continuo, the instrumental parts here arranged for piano forte; includes figured bass, realized.

Note

On title page: "Ent. Sta. Hall." [Entered at Stationers' Hall.]

Note

Cramer, Addison & Beale, 201, Regent Street, traded under that style between 1824 and 1844; cf. British Book Trade Index. Publication of Wm. Horsley's series 'Handel's songs' began in December 1825 (see: The Age, December 4, 1825, page 1); three volumes were in print by June 1832 (see: The Atlas, no. 316, vol. VII, June 3, 1832, page 368).

Note

At foot of page 106: "This second part of the song is seldom performed."

Note

Libretto compiled by Charles Jennens from the Bible. At head of score: "Isaiah, Chap. 53, ver. 3, & Chap. 50, ver. 6."

Note

At end: an advertisement entitled "Horsley's editions of standard vocal music"; this lists the contents of 3 volumes of vocal music by Handel "arranged ... by William Horsley ... organist of the Asylum & Belgrave Chapels", together with lists of vocal music by Dibdin, Callcott and others, arranged by William Horsley. William Horsley resigned from the post of organist of the Belgrave Chapel in 1837 so as to take up a similar post at Charterhouse, a post to which he was elected in February 1838.

Note

English sources commonly state that William Horsley was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Music at Stockholm in 1847; this date is contradicted by Swedish sources which give 1833 as the year in which he became a member of that Academy. William Horsley was a member of the Council of the Musical Antiquarian Society from its inception in 1840. Lists of the members of the Council printed in publications of that Society describe William Horsley as a "Member of the Royal Academy of Music in Sweden" (Madrigals and motets, for five voices / Orlando Gibbons ; ed. Sir George Smart [1840/1841]) or as a "Member of the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm" (Cantiones sacrae of 1589 / Byrd ; ed. William Horsley (1842)). It seems that William Horsley's membership of the R.A.M. at Stockholm began before 1847.

Note

Plate no.: Handel's songs, n^o. 20.

Note

Plate no.: 458

Note

All but erased, at foot of page 102: "Messiah".

Provenance

Inscription, in pencil, on upper endleaf: "Corfe Oxon".

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 brown calf; boards covered with marbled paper; blind tooling on boards (where the leather meets the paper); gilt tooling on spine; text block edges sprinkled red; pink endleaves.

Copy-specific note

On title page: "Price 1/6".

Copy-specific note

One of a large collection of music prints bound together. Many of these prints bear the signature: J. E. Cother [Jane Elizabeth Cother]. Jane Elizabeth Cother (ca. 1818-1899) married Charles William Corfe (1814-1883) on 7th July, 1842. Following C. W. Corfe's death, she married George Thomas Miles on 22nd January, 1885. As Jane Elizabeth Miles, she died on 29th April, 1899, aged 81.

Copy-specific note

At head of upper endleaf: 2/36.

Subject

Horsley, William, 1774-1858

Subject

Oratorios Excerpts Vocal scores with piano.

Subject

Sacred songs (Low voice) with string orchestra Vocal scores with piano.

Added entry--name

Horsley, William, 1774-1858 arranger.

Added entry--name

Corfe, Charles William, 1814-1883 former owner.

Added entry--name

Hackworth, Timothy William, 1933-2017 former owner.

Added entry--name

Cother, Jane Elizabeth associated name.

Added entry--name

Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773 librettist.

Added entry--name

College of St. George, Windsor Castle donor.

Added entry--name

Cramer, Addison & Beale publisher.

Added entry--place

England London.

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1001#$aHandel, George Frideric,$d1685-1759

24010$aMessiah,$nHWV 56.$pHe was despised.$sVocal score

24510$aHe was despised, :$baria, /$ccomposed by Handel. ; and arranged from the score with an accompaniment, for the piano forte, by Wm. Horsley. Mus. Bac. Oxon, member of the Royal Academy of Music of Stockholm..

24636$aHe was despised, /$bcomposed by Handel, ; arranged by Wm. Horsley Mus. Bac. Oxon

260##$aLondon. :$bpublished by J. B. Cramer, Addison & Beale, 201, Regent Street, corner of Conduit Street.,$c[183-]

300##$a1 vocal score ([1], pages 102-106, [2]) ;$c34 cm

500##$aOriginally for contralto solo with strings and continuo, the instrumental parts here arranged for piano forte; includes figured bass, realized.

500##$aOn title page: "Ent. Sta. Hall." [Entered at Stationers' Hall.]

500##$aCramer, Addison & Beale, 201, Regent Street, traded under that style between 1824 and 1844; cf. British Book Trade Index. Publication of Wm. Horsley's series 'Handel's songs' began in December 1825 (see: The Age, December 4, 1825, page 1); three volumes were in print by June 1832 (see: The Atlas, no. 316, vol. VII, June 3, 1832, page 368).

500##$aAt foot of page 106: "This second part of the song is seldom performed."

500##$aLibretto compiled by Charles Jennens from the Bible. At head of score: "Isaiah, Chap. 53, ver. 3, & Chap. 50, ver. 6."

500##$aAt end: an advertisement entitled "Horsley's editions of standard vocal music"; this lists the contents of 3 volumes of vocal music by Handel "arranged ... by William Horsley ... organist of the Asylum & Belgrave Chapels", together with lists of vocal music by Dibdin, Callcott and others, arranged by William Horsley. William Horsley resigned from the post of organist of the Belgrave Chapel in 1837 so as to take up a similar post at Charterhouse, a post to which he was elected in February 1838.

500##$aEnglish sources commonly state that William Horsley was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Music at Stockholm in 1847; this date is contradicted by Swedish sources which give 1833 as the year in which he became a member of that Academy. William Horsley was a member of the Council of the Musical Antiquarian Society from its inception in 1840. Lists of the members of the Council printed in publications of that Society describe William Horsley as a "Member of the Royal Academy of Music in Sweden" (Madrigals and motets, for five voices / Orlando Gibbons ; ed. Sir George Smart [1840/1841]) or as a "Member of the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm" (Cantiones sacrae of 1589 / Byrd ; ed. William Horsley (1842)). It seems that William Horsley's membership of the R.A.M. at Stockholm began before 1847.

500##$aPlate no.: Handel's songs, no. 20.

500##$aPlate no.: 458

500##$aAll but erased, at foot of page 102: "Messiah".

561##$aInscription, in pencil, on upper endleaf: "Corfe Oxon".

561##$aBequeathed 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.

561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”

563##$a19th-century half brown calf; boards covered with marbled paper; blind tooling on boards (where the leather meets the paper); gilt tooling on spine; text block edges sprinkled red; pink endleaves.

590##$aOn title page: "Price 1/6".

590##$aOne of a large collection of music prints bound together. Many of these prints bear the signature: J. E. Cother [Jane Elizabeth Cother]. Jane Elizabeth Cother (ca. 1818-1899) married Charles William Corfe (1814-1883) on 7th July, 1842. Following C. W. Corfe's death, she married George Thomas Miles on 22nd January, 1885. As Jane Elizabeth Miles, she died on 29th April, 1899, aged 81.

590##$aAt head of upper endleaf: 2/36.

60010$aHorsley, William,$d1774-1858$vCatalogs.

650#0$aOratorios$xExcerpts$vVocal scores with piano.

650#0$aSacred songs (Low voice) with string orchestra$vVocal scores with piano.

7001#$aHorsley, William,$d1774-1858$earranger.

7001#$aCorfe, Charles William,$d1814-1883$eformer owner.

7001#$aHackworth, Timothy William,$d1933-2017$eformer owner.

7001#$aCother, Jane Elizabeth,$eassociated name.

7001#$aJennens, Charles,$d1700-1773$elibrettist.

7102#$aCollege of St George, Windsor Castle,$edonor.

7102#$aCramer, Addison & Beale,$epublisher.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.