Author
Corfe, Joseph, 1740 or 1741-1820
Uniform title
Glees. Set 3
Title
A third set of Twelve glees for three and four voices / arranged from the melodies of Sacchini, Paisiello, Haydn, Pleyel, Storace &c. and dedicated by permission to Miss Louisa Harris, by Joseph Corfe. Gentleman of his Majesty's Chapels Royal, & organist of the Cathedral of Salisbury..
Imprint
London. : Printed & sold by Preston, at his wholesale warehouses, No. 97, Strand., [1799]
Physical description
1 score ([2], 47, [1] p.) ; 26 x 38 cm
Note
A collection of melodies arranged for vocal ensemble; 5 arranged for 4 voices: soprano, alto (or, in some instances, 2d. soprano), tenore, basso; 7 arranged for 3 voices: variously, either for 1st. soprano, 2nd. soprano, basso, or for soprano, tenore, basso.
Note
The third of three sets of glees.
Note
'Index to third volume' printed on page [1].
Note
An illegible fragment of printed text at foot of title page.
Note
This work was advertised as "lately published" in January 1799; see: The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, January 7, 1799, page [4].
Formatted contents note
Partial contents: [Glees for four voices]. Toll toll the knell [from Act 1 of 'Mahmoud & the iron chest' / Stephen Storace] -- Hope told a flatt'ring tale [from "Nel cor più non mi sento" in Act 2 of 'L'amor contrastato / Paisiello] -- Whither my love [from "La Rachelina molinarina" in Act 1 of 'L'amor contrastato' / Paisiello] -- My mother bids me bind my hair [arranged from "A pastoral song," no. 3 of VI original canzonettas (1794) / Haydn] -- From shades of night [from Act 2 of 'Mahmoud & the iron chest' / Stephen Storace].
Formatted contents note
Contents: [Glees for three voices]. Now the dancing sunbeams play [arranged from "The mermaid's song," no. 1 of VI original canzonettas (1794) / Haydn] -- The world my dear Mira [in E-flat major] / [attributed to John Gerard (see RISM ID: 800070536, in D major)] -- Aillen a'Roon [otherwise, Ellen a Roon, or, Aileen aroon] -- Hope thou source of ev'ry blessing [adapted from the 3rd movement, Andante, of the Serenata for strings (vln., 2 vlas., vcl.) in E-flat major, B. 352 / Pleyel] -- Will you hear how once repining : alluding to a story recorded of Princess Elizabeth, when a prisoner at Woodstock 1557 [the melody said to be taken from "Tergi il pianto idolo mio" in 'Il Creso' / Sacchini; see RISM ID: 900010610] -- Dear image of the maid I love / [attributed to Tommaso Giordani; see: RISM ID: 806519102] -- The Battle of Roncevalle's : a Spanish romance [arrangement of Durandarte and Belerma : "Sad and fearful is the story" / François-Hippolyte Barthélemon].
Language
Sung English words.
Provenance
Bookplate on upper pastedown: "E libris Jvliani Marshall".
Provenance
On third upper endleaf of this bound collection, a (somewhat inaccurate) biographical inscription, in ink: "Joseph Corfe was probably the son (correction added in red ink: "no, - nephew") of James Corfe who published (added in red ink: "about 1740") a set of 12 songs advertised in the Daily Advertiser 27 Sept 1843 [sic, i.e. 1743]. He was born in Salisbury 1740 and was a chorister there under Doctor Stephens then organist[.] He was appointed Gent. of the Chapel Royal in 1782 [sic, i.e. 1783], and organist of Salisbury in 1792, which place resigned in 1804 in favour of his son Arthur Thomas, and died in 1820. He was much noticed by the Malmesbury family. His Beauties of Purcell were dedicated to Miss Susan Beckford, daughter of Mr Beckford of Fonthill Abbey, afterwards Duchess of Hamilton." Added below this inscription, in red ink and in the hand of Edward Charles Corfe, the inscription: "Joseph Corfe, (the second) was son of Joseph Corfe (born 1704), who was a brother of the James Corfe above named, otherwise thiis notice is correct. E. C. Corfe, Precentor of Truro, 1904-1930." A further inscription, in black ink, states that "The above note is in the handwriting of the late Mr. T. Oliphant."
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 tan sheepskin; boards covered with textured red cloth (not "half red morocco" as in the bookseller's advertisement); gilt fillets on boards; spine with five raised bands and gilt tooling; head-edge of text block gilded; marbled endleaves; binder’s stamp on verso of marbled endleaf: “Bound by F. Bedford”.
Copy-specific note
Bound with: Twelve glees [set 1], and, Twelve glees [set 2]. Several inscriptions, in pencil, on the upper endleaves relate to the fact that 3 sets of glees are here bound in one volume: "3 vols in 1", "Glees. Corfe Glees 3 Sets 1 [?]", "Corfe's Glees, 3 books in 1".
Copy-specific note
Includes 3 cuttings (2 pasted onto upper endleaves, 1 loose between them), apparently taken from book sale catalogues; no. 136 (loosely inserted) appears to be an accurate description of the present volume; the other two are inaccurate, this volume lacking both the list of subscribers and the "pretty vignette": "136 Corfe ... Twelve [24] glees .... Two books. Preston, ... . A third set of Twelve glees ... ... . 3 vols. in 1, oblong folio, the music engraved throughout, half red morocco, top edges gilt, by Bedford, from the Julian Marshall collection, with a note on Corfe in T. Oliphant's autograph 1l. 10s."; "95 Corfe ... Twelve [24] glees ... . Two books. 1791. - A third set of twelve glees ... ... . 3 vols. in 1, oblong folio, pretty vignette by Bromley on title-page of the first book, and list of subscribers ... ."; "54 Corfe. ... . Twelve glees ... . Publish'd Octr. 1st. 1791. Oblong folio, pretty vignette on title engraved by W. Bromley ... . ... . [Added in ink]: From Messrs. Ellis' catalogue - no. 297 of Rare old music."
Copy-specific note
At foot of title page: Pr. 10/6.
Subject
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
Subject
Glees, catches, rounds, etc.
Subject
Vocal trios, Unaccompanied.
Subject
Vocal quartets, Unaccompanied.
Subject
Arrangement (Music)
Added entry--name
Preston, T. (Thomas), -1834 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Harris, Louisa Margaret, 1753-1826 dedicatee.
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Oliphant, Thomas, 1799-1873 former owner.
Added entry--name
Marshall, Julian former owner.
Added entry--name
Corfe, Edward Charles, 1852-1937 former owner.
Added entry--name
Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883 bookbinder.
Added entry--name
Storace, Stephen, 1762-1796 Mahmoud and the iron chest. Selections; arr.
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Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816 Amor contrastato, ossia, La molinarella. Selections; arr.
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Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 Original canzonettas. Set 1 (1794), Hob. XXVIa. Selections; arr,
Added entry--name
Gerard, John World my dear Myra; arr.
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Pleyel, Ignaz, 1757-1831 Serenatas, violin, violas (2), violoncello, B. 352, E-flat major. Andante, arr.
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Sacchini, Antonio, 1730-1786 Creso. Tergi il pianto idolo mio; arr.
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Giordani, Tommaso, 1733?-1806 Enchantress, or, The happy island. Dear image of the maid I love; arr.
Added entry--name
Barthélemon, F.-H. (François-Hippolyte), 1741-1808 Durandarte and Belerma; arr.
Added entry--place
England London.
B19453
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