ED 8, The Chorale Book of England (edited jointly with Otto Goldschmidt)
MS. Odling Sterndale Bennett 70
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
ED 8, The Chorale Book of England (edited jointly with Otto Goldschmidt)
Shelfmark
MS. Odling Sterndale Bennett 70
Summary
Comprises:
ED 8/A.2, 48 separate leaves (one with half of it torn away) mostly of harmonised tunes with printed words from Lyra Germanica pasted beneath the music.
ED 8/A.3, 59 separate leaves (53 oblong, including one with half of it torn away, and 5 upright) of harmonised tunes, some with printed words from Lyra Germanica pasted beneath the music.
ED 8/A.4, 14 leaves partially in autograph, with each chorale bearing a page reference to Lyra Germanica.
ED 8, Incomplete 'Catalogue Thematique', 4 leaves (2 bifolia, '2nd sheet' and '3rd sheet') - not in the Williamson catalogue.
Williamson references as noted in the scope and content list.
Date
[1859?]
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Archive of William Sterndale Bennett acquired from the Odling family
Music in the archive
Works by other composers
ED 8, The Chorale Book of England (edited jointly with Otto Goldschmidt)
