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Uniform title

Selections, unspecified instruments (2); arr.

Title

Duets for all instruments, containing a great variety of the most appropriate & melodious airs, easily and carefully arranged as duets for the violin, flute, cornopean, clarionet, Kent bugle, and all wind instruments. Vol. I.

Imprint

London : Office, 192, High Holborn; W. Strange, 21, Paternoster Row; J. Harwood, 26, Fenchurch Street; [and 10 others], [186-]

Physical description

1 score ([8], 1-104, 97-104, 113-128 p.) ; 18 cm

Note

At foot of title page, a list of the publishers: London, Office, 192, High Holborn; W. Strange, 21, Paternoster Row; J. Harwood, 26, Fenchurch Street; Glasgow, W. Love; Edinburgh, J. Menzies; Cork, J. O'Brien; Manchester, A & J Heywood; Newcastle-on-Tyne, Morland & Co.; Dublin, J. Wiseheart; Belfast, J. Henderson; Birmingham, J. Guest; Liverpool, J. Shepherd; and J.C. Forsyth.

Note

Includes both vol. I (54 pieces) and vol. II (59 pieces); there is no title page for vol. II.

Note

Selections arranged from the works of Arne, Avison, Beethoven, Bellini, Berg, Boieldieu, Carolan, Cimarosa, Corfe, Dibdin, Donizetti, Giordani, Grétry, Handel, Harrington, Hasse, Haydn, Hook, Kaliwoda, M.P. King, Kreutzer, F. Kücken, Locke, Marschner, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, Moore, Morley, Lord Mornington, Mozart, Pleyel, C. Pugni, Purcell, Rameau, J. Reading, Reeve, Rossini, H. Russell, Spohr, Storace, Strauss, Thomson, Varin, Vento, Wallerstein, Walsh, and Weber; also includes arrangements of popular and national airs.

Note

Includes index to vol. I and index to vol. II.

Note

Apparently published in numbered fascicules, 8 pages for each fascicule, and each with the caption: Duets for all instruments N^o. [x]. Companion to the 'Musical gem.' This collection comprises numbers 1-16. N^o. 13 occurs twice, the 2nd N^o. 13 being corrected, in ink, to 14. This 2nd N^o. 13 (i.e. 14) corresponds to the 2nd fascicule of pages numbered, apparently incorrectly, 97-104; these should be pages 105-112.

Note

Duets for all instruments, nos. 1 to 19, were available by November 1861; see: North & South Shields Gazette, November 14, 1861, page 8. At this time, the Office situated at 192, High Holborn was that of the 'Musical Bouquet'. Charles Sheard (1825-1873) was the proprietor of the 'Musical Bouquet'; he was in business at 192, High Holborn by December 1849, continuing in business there until his death on 26th February, 1873. Thereafter the business continued posthumously, still bearing his name.

Provenance

Ink stamp at head of pages 32, 67, 79 and 85: 'Robert C. H. Corfe', i.e. Robert Charles Hardy Corfe (1870-1945), a great-great-grandson of Joseph Corfe (1740-1820).

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 dark brown calf; boards covered with marbled paper.

Copy-specific note

Pages 43-46 detached from the binding.

Copy-specific note

Inscription in pencil on page 52: "La Fille du Regiment".

Copy-specific note

Inscription in pencil on page 121: ("Home Sweet Home").

Copy-specific note

Spine title: Duets for all instruments.

Subject

Duets (Unspecified instruments), Arranged Scores.

Subject

Instrumental music, Arranged.

Added entry--name

Corfe, Robert Charles Hardy, 1870-1945 former owner.

Added entry--name

Hackworth, Timothy William, 1933-2017 former owner.

Added entry--name

College of St. George, Windsor Castle donor.

Added entry--title

Musical gem. Selections.

Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title

Companion to the 'Musical gem.'.

Added entry--place

England London.

Added entry--place

Ireland Cork.

Added entry--place

Scotland Glasgow.

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24010$aSelections,$munspecified instruments (2);$oarr.

24500$aDuets for all instruments, containing a great variety of the most appropriate & melodious airs, easily and carefully arranged as duets for the violin, flute, cornopean, clarionet, Kent bugle, and all wind instruments.$nVol. I.

260##$aLondon :$bOffice, 192, High Holborn; W. Strange, 21, Paternoster Row; J. Harwood, 26, Fenchurch Street; [and 10 others],$c[186-]

300##$a1 score ([8], 1-104, 97-104, 113-128 p.) ;$c18 cm

500##$aAt foot of title page, a list of the publishers: London, Office, 192, High Holborn; W. Strange, 21, Paternoster Row; J. Harwood, 26, Fenchurch Street; Glasgow, W. Love; Edinburgh, J. Menzies; Cork, J. O'Brien; Manchester, A & J Heywood; Newcastle-on-Tyne, Morland & Co.; Dublin, J. Wiseheart; Belfast, J. Henderson; Birmingham, J. Guest; Liverpool, J. Shepherd; and J.C. Forsyth.

500##$aIncludes both vol. I (54 pieces) and vol. II (59 pieces); there is no title page for vol. II.

500##$aSelections arranged from the works of Arne, Avison, Beethoven, Bellini, Berg, Boieldieu, Carolan, Cimarosa, Corfe, Dibdin, Donizetti, Giordani, Grétry, Handel, Harrington, Hasse, Haydn, Hook, Kaliwoda, M.P. King, Kreutzer, F. Kücken, Locke, Marschner, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, Moore, Morley, Lord Mornington, Mozart, Pleyel, C. Pugni, Purcell, Rameau, J. Reading, Reeve, Rossini, H. Russell, Spohr, Storace, Strauss, Thomson, Varin, Vento, Wallerstein, Walsh, and Weber; also includes arrangements of popular and national airs.

500##$aIncludes index to vol. I and index to vol. II.

500##$aApparently published in numbered fascicules, 8 pages for each fascicule, and each with the caption: Duets for all instruments No. [x]. Companion to the 'Musical gem.' This collection comprises numbers 1-16. No. 13 occurs twice, the 2nd No. 13 being corrected, in ink, to 14. This 2nd No. 13 (i.e. 14) corresponds to the 2nd fascicule of pages numbered, apparently incorrectly, 97-104; these should be pages 105-112.

500##$aDuets for all instruments, nos. 1 to 19, were available by November 1861; see: North & South Shields Gazette, November 14, 1861, page 8. At this time, the Office situated at 192, High Holborn was that of the 'Musical Bouquet'. Charles Sheard (1825-1873) was the proprietor of the 'Musical Bouquet'; he was in business at 192, High Holborn by December 1849, continuing in business there until his death on 26th February, 1873. Thereafter the business continued posthumously, still bearing his name.

561##$aInk stamp at head of pages 32, 67, 79 and 85: 'Robert C. H. Corfe', i.e. Robert Charles Hardy Corfe (1870-1945), a great-great-grandson of Joseph Corfe (1740-1820).

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-bound in dark brown calf; boards covered with marbled paper.

590##$aPages 43-46 detached from the binding.

590##$aInscription in pencil on page 52: "La Fille du Regiment".

590##$aInscription in pencil on page 121: ("Home Sweet Home").

590##$aSpine title: Duets for all instruments.

650#0$aDuets (Unspecified instruments), Arranged$vScores.

650#0$aInstrumental music, Arranged.

7001#$aCorfe, Robert Charles Hardy,$d1870-1945$eformer owner.

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

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

7300#$aMusical gem.$kSelections.

7400#$aCompanion to the 'Musical gem.'.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.

752##$aIreland$dCork.

752##$aScotland$dGlasgow.