Songs for single voices with music
MS. Mus. c. 44
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Title
Songs for single voices with music
Shelfmark
MS. Mus. c. 44
Summary
Songs for single voices with music, written out by the donor's mother, Emily Wall, afterwards mrs. Edward Nicholson. The following are among the composers:
Barnett, John ('Up! To the forest', fol. 60).
Bellini, Vincenzo ('Do not mingle', fol. 33).
Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley ('My native hills', fol. 9v).
Glover, Charles W. ('Jeannette and Jeannot', fol. 41).
Glover, Stephen ('I love the merry sunshine', fol. 72).
Hawes, Maria Billington ('Oh! Call me not unkind, Robin', fol. 45v).
Haydn, Franz Joseph ('My mother bids me bind my hair', fol. 13v).
Horn, Charles Edw. ('Kathleen O'More', fol. 14v).
Lee, George Alexander ('I'll be no submissive wife', 'In my own sweet native vale', and 'The poor little Savoyard', sung by mrs. Waglett in The Wandering Boys, fols. 3, 7v, 62v).
Nathan, Isaac ('Why are you wandering?' fol. 5).
Parry, John ('Smile again, my bonnie lassie', and 'Norah', the latter sung by John Parry junior, fols. 9, 16v).
Rossini, Gioacchino ('Non più mesta' from Cinderella, fol. 29).
Date
Written about 1841-1858 by mrs. Edw. Nicholson
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
84 Leaves
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Collection contents
Songs for single voices with music
