Treble Decani part-book of Anthems (front) and Services (back, volumes reversed)
MS. Mus. d. 149
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Treble Decani part-book of Anthems (front) and Services (back, volumes reversed)
Shelfmark
MS. Mus. d. 149
Summary
This manuscript is in the binding which should belong to MS. Mus. d.153, being marked and belonging to the same set, '5'.
Together with MS. Mus. d. 154, the Anthems (front) and Services (back, volumes reversed) were copied mid-18th cent. and repaired by P. Hayes and later hands up to mid-19th cent. In addition to music found in the folio part-books MSS. Mus. c. 46-47 and c. 50, the two parts contain, or formerly contained works by Charles King (Communion in F), Blow ('I beheld and lo'), Clark ('I will love'), Croft ('Blessed are they'), Green (eight anthems), J. Kent (two anthems), H. Purcell ('Behold I bring'), B. Rogers, (six anthems) Type ('I will exalt') Walond ('Not unto us') and Weldon ('I will lift').
Date
mid-18th cent - mid-19th cent.
Language
English
Physical facet
iv + 178 pages. Calf binding, blind tooled, 'New College Chapel' in gold letters on red label, marked '5' in ink, 18th cent. Lettering on spine: 'Services VI' and 'Anthems VI', 19th cent. Much used and worn.
Physical extent
182 pages
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Collection contents
New College, Oxford. Chapel Choir Books
Treble Decani part-book of Anthems (front) and Services (back, volumes reversed)
