Mixed works of Bassani and glees by unknown composers
MS. Tenbury 920
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Mixed works of Bassani and glees by unknown composers
Shelfmark
MS. Tenbury 920
Summary
The first section consists entirely of works by Bassani in full score. No composer names are given in the second section, which consists chiefly of glees. There are two fragments on the last folio of the book.
Section I:
(fol. 1v) Alma parens
(fol. 11v) Dixit Dominus
(fol. 28v) Beatus vir
(fol. 42) Laudate dominum
(fol. 56) Magnificat
(fol. 81v) Litanie
(fol. 92) Jube domum benedicere
(fol. 97) Domine ad adjuvandum
(fol. 99) Lauda Hierusalem
(fol. 108) Cum invocarem
(fol. 115v) Qui habitet
Section II:
(fol. 126v) No glory I covet
(fol. 128v) Thyrsis, the music
(fol. 129v) With an honest old friend
(fol. 130v) The smiling mom
(fol. 132) Sometimes a happy rustic swain
(fol. 133v) The thirsty earth
(fol. 137v) Hither ye loves
(fol. 138v) My Phillida adieu
(fol. 140) The various seasons
(fol. 142) Say lovely rose
Date
mid-18th cent.
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
Custodial history
This volume belonged to James Kent, organist of Winchester, but the latter part from fol. 126 onwards was added between 1799 and 1800 after Kent's death in 1776.
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Collection contents
Music manuscripts from the Library of St Michael's College, Tenbury Wells
Mixed works of Bassani and glees by unknown composers
