Holywell Music Room. Collection of songs arranged for use by the Oxford Music Room chorus and orchestra

Folger bibliographic ID: 229289
Charteris, R. Annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger: 108
Folger call number: W.b.554-564
Folger holdings ID: 281734
Accession Number: cs747.3

Songs from the works of Purcell, [R. Leveridge], Arnold, Handel, Boyce, Mozart, and Pergolesi. Seventeen manuscript volumes in four different hands, consisting of a partial score (W.a.222) and sixteen part books (W.a.223-227 are vocal parts (alto and tenor chorus; canto, alto and basso principale) and W.b.554-564 are parts for the orchestral accompaniment to the set of songs (incomplete)). Collection of stage works, incidental music and sacred pieces by British and Continental composers. Contents include Henry Purcell's Tempest; Purcell's King Arthur; Richard Leveridge's Music in Macbeth (here attributed to Purcell); Samuel Arnold's "Moors trio" from The mountaineers; the chorus "May no rash intruder" from George Frideric Handel's Solomon; William Boyce's "Here shall soft charity repair" (from Ode for the Leicester Infirmary); the Gloria from Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's Mass in D; the Benedictus from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem; and the chorus "O God when thou appear[est]" (an English verion of "Splendente te Deus") from Mozart's Thamos, König in Ägypten

General notes

W.a.222-227 are oblong in size; W.b.554-561 are folio in size. Shelved in two locations, due to different sizes For a discussion of the attribution to Leveridge, see cards under Leveridge for "The music in Macbeth" (W.b.537) The full manuscript score is in the Music Div. at Library of Congress (M1510.P98 T29) Watermark - 1794-96 Portions also available as a digital reproduction W.a.222-227 are W.H. Cummings manuscripts This record contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email HamnetHelp@folger.edu for assistance

Extended title: Collection of songs arranged for use by the Oxford Music Room chorus and orchestra ca. 1796

author: Holywell Music Room
former owner: Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915