For an index to the composers identified below in these itemised contents of compendia or collections of MSS see the Composer Supplement
"Printed for the Author and sold at his house foot of Carrubbers Close"
(1) Oh open the door Lord Gregory
(2) Twine weel the Plaiden
(3) An thou were my ain thing
(4) The last time I came o'er the Moor
(5) Here awa, there awa
(6) The Waefu' Heart
(7) Mary's Dream
(8) Mary's Dream New Set
(9) Love will find out the way
(10) Thou art gane awa
(11) She rose, and let me in
(12) The Bush aboon Traquair
(13) Waly Waly
(14) Busk ye busk ye
(15) I'll never leave thee
(16) The Birks of lnvermay
(17) Ah! the poor Shepherd's mournful fate
(18) My Apron Dearie
(19) My Nanny O
(20) Lochaber
(21) The Broom of Cowdenknows
(22) Gilderoy
(23) Peggy, I must love thee
(24) Within a Mile of Edinburgh
(1) [Canzonett Allegretto in B flat:] 'I Smile at Love and all his Arts'. [From: Giordani, Tommasso: Six English Canzonets op 16 no. 1. First published 1777. Words by Sir John Vanbrugh?]. On 3 staves, ie voice plus keyboard
(2) [Largo Canzonet in D Major:] 'O Come, dear fatal hour and all my woes remove' [by John Sheeles?]. Voice, violin(?) and keyboard
(3) Giordani: Queen Mary's Lamentation: 'I sigh and lament me in vain' [c.1780]. Largo in E flat, voice and keyboard
(4) A Song by Mr Hook : 'Rise Cynthia rise, the ruddy morn on tiptoe stands'. F major, voice and keyboard
(5) A Hunting Song by Mr Hook: 'Bright Phoebus has mounted the Chariot of Day' [c.1790]. C Major, voice and keyboard
(6) The Plow Boy [by W. Shield]: 'A Flaxen headed Cow Boy'. B flat, voice and keyboard
(7) [Anon.] Caller Herring [by Nathaniel Gow?]. B flat, keyboard (no words)
(8) [Anon.] The Original Highland Laddie. A, keyboard
Seven MS items precede the three printed publications showing in the Main Catalogue:
1. Handel: Air with Variations for the Piano Forte (i.e. from Keyboard Suite in E). Many fingerings and some added ornaments
2. Marcha Militar Nacional Con accompañamento de Forte Piano Compuesta p[o]r Dr Benito Perez
3. Two Psalms Composed by J. B. Cramer. At end: "R.S. May 18th. 1811"
4. Lucio vero Recitativo, e Aria | Ombra che pallida | Del Sigr. Jomelli. For 2 cor, 2 obs., stgs., and voice. Sig. "M. M Fraser | May 16th. 1811"
5. Anon. Some Psalm chants:
a) St. Matthews Tune - 18th Psalm - Dr Croft ("O God my strength and fortitude")
b) C. B. Willarton Esq. ("M. M. Fraser Altyre Sept 13th 1813") [This looks like dictation.]
6. Miss M Fraser with Miss F. Moysey's Love:
a) Glee: "When for the World's repose my fairest": Lord Mornington
b) Unatrrib.: Occhi grand'ombra (for 2 cor., 2 ob., stgs., and voice) pp.1-16, incomplete and much unused MS paper)
c) Unatrrib.: "Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law". In e minor. Plus some other chants
d) Unatrrib.: The favorite Gallopade (in G major)
e) "This air is played in Scotland when Prisoners are led to execution"
f) Unatrrib.: Russian Air (In E flat)
7. Marcha Patriotica Con accompañamento de Forte Piano Compuesta por Dr Pablo Bonrostro
A page has been excised from the back so that the original numbering goes 1,2,5,6,7,8
1. Martini: Hymnum Cantate. For Sop., Alto clefs and figured Bass
2. C.P.E. Bach: Movement (Largo e sostenuto)
3. J.B. Cramer: Movement in C (Larghetto)
4. J.B. Cramer: Movement Rondo a L'Hongroise in c minor. [Is this an arrangement? - 'Tutti' is written at top of p.11]
5. Geminiani: Andante (with added fingering). At the end of this is a note: 'R.S. February 13th. l811'; and in the margin: 'N.F.'
6. Gio. Tartini: Allegro in E Major (many fingerings)
7. [At the other end of the book] Handel: Opening of a Concerto in F: 'Pour forth no more', for Vn1, Vn2, Vla, Pf. Vivace (only 7 bars)
8. 'Non vi turbate' [Gluck?] A piece in E flat for 2 Vn ('con sordini'), Vla, 2 Clar (written in B flat), Voice & cemb.
9. Handel: 'Non vi piacque ingiusti', in E major (Larghetto) for Violins and Viola (in unison) and Piano Forte. (9 bars only - figured)
10. J. S. Bach: Sonata in A for Violin and Continuo (8 bars only)
11. Handel: Piece for 2 Trumpets and figured Bass (9 bars only)
There is an index at back of the volume:
a) 'Non vi turbate' p 3
b) 'Pour forth no more' p 1
c) 'Non vi piacque' p 6
London, 1806: printed & sold by Robert Birchall .. 133 New Bond Street
1 p.2 C. H. Graun: Te Deum Laudamus (In D 3/4) Chor.
2 p.15 Francesco Ciampi: Psalm LI vv. 2 and 3 {Miserere} (Larghetto in C) Alto & cemb.
3 p.17 G. A. Hasse: Oratorio Conversion of St Austin (Lento 3/4) Chor. & cemb.
4 p.22 Astorga: Stabat Mater (Largo in C) STB & cemb.
5 p.25 Astorga: Duetto {Stabat Mater} (Poco Andante 3/8)
6 p.30 Pergolesi: Psalm CII vv. 1 and 2 {Salve Regina} (Adagio 3/4) Chor.
7 p.33 A. Caldara: Benedictus {Mass} (Andante 3/4) SAB & cemb.
8 p.34 A. Caldara: Et incarnatus {Mass} (Adagio 3/2) Alto & cemb.
9 p.36 C. H. Graun: Coro "Behold the Lamb of God" (Larghetto in C) SATB & cemb.
10 p.39 E. W. Wolf: Funeral Anthem "Saints and Angels join'd in concert" (Largo 3/4) SATB & cemb.
11 p.44 Pergolesi: Gloria in Excelsis {Mass} (Allegro in C) SATB & cemb.
12 p.49 C. H. Graun: Te Deum Laudamus (Poco Allegro in C) SATB & cemb.
13 p.52 Mozart: Benedictus (Andante 3/4 in B flat) Quartet SATB & cemb.
14 p.55 G. Hasse: "Jesu mea pax" {Magdalena} (Lento in C) Duetto SA & cemb.
15 p.62 Michael Haydn: Verse " --- " {German Mass} (Grave in C) Single voice & cemb.
16 p.62 C. P. E. Bach: Anthem "O come let us worship" (Poco Largo 3/4 in a minor) SATB & cemb.
17 p.65 Pergolesi: Laudamus Te (Andante 3/8 in B flat) Solo and Continuo segue Choro
18 p.72 Astorga: Coro "Blessed by the Pow'r who made us" (A Tempo giusto C in E flat)
19 p.75 C. H. Graun: "Te ergo quaesamus" {Te Deum} (Largo 3/4 in E) Duetto MT
20 p.81 E. W. Wolf: Coro "The Prince of Life bows his head and dies" {Easter Cantata} (Adagio C in d minor) SATB & cemb.
21 p.83 G. A. Hasse: Aria "Ad Te clamamus" from a Salve Regina (Adagio C in E) Low voice & cemb.
22 p.86 Mozart: Recordare {Requiem} (Andante 3/4 in F) Quartetto SATB & cemb.
23 p.94 Antonio Caldara: Agnus Dei {Mass} (Andante 3/4 in B flat) Duetto CT & cemb.
24 p.97 G. A. Hasse: Introductory Chorus "O give thanks unto the Lord" {La Caduta di Gerico} (Andante C in C) SATB & cemb.
25 p.107 Pergolesi: Duetto "Domine Deus" {Mass} (Andante 3/4 in e minor)
26 p.112 Michael Haydn: "O full of all compassion" {German Mass} (Largo 3/4 in d minor) SATB & cemb.
27 p.113 C. H. Graun: Coro "Et rege eos" {Te Deum Laudamus} (3/4 in D) SATB & cemb.
28 p.120 C. P. E. Bach: Aria and Choro "O Lord hide not thy face" {The Isralites in the Wilderness} (Adagio C in c minor)
29 p.128 Michael Haydn: "While conscious Sinners tremble" {German Mass} (Moderato 2/4 in F) SATB & cemb.
30 p.129 Astorga: "Fac penitentem" {Stabat Mater} (3/4 in c minor) Duetto AT
31 p.132 C. H. Graun: "He was despised" {Te Deum} (Largo con affetto 3/4 in a minor) SATB chor. & cemb.
32 p.134 Mozart: Agnus Dei (Andante sostenuto in F 3/4) Sop. & cemb.
33 p.137 Joseph Haydn: Coro "Amen dico tibi" {Good Friday Service) (c minor) SATB & cemb.
34 p.145 C. H. Graun: "Tu ad liberandum susceptumis" {Te Deum} (Poco Adagio b minor) Sop. & cemb.
35 p.155 Francesco Ciampi: Psalm LI v.5 {Miserere} (Largo 3/4 in g minor) Duetto SM & chor.
36 p.158 Astorga: Aria "Recordare, Jesu pie" {Stabat Mater} (Adagio 2/2 in f minor) Sop. & cemb.
37 p.160 Michael Haydn: "Blest Jesus! Gracious Saviour" {German Mass} (Largo C in F) SATB Cembalo
38 p.161 G. A. Hasse: Lauda {I Pellegrini} (Lento 3/4 in D) Quintetto w. chor. & cemb.
39 p.168 Francesco Ciampi: Psalm LI vv.10,11 {Miserere} (Andante C in D) Duetto ST
40 p.172 J. H Rolle: Psalm LXXI vi {Death of Abel} (Andante poco Adagio C in b minor) Chor. & cemb.
41 p.176 Michael Haydn: "O Love all love excelling" {German Mass} (Larghetto 6/8 in F) SATB & cemb.
42 p.177 G. A. Hasse: Aria "Finche solvo" {La Caduta di Gerico} (Allegro ma non troppo C in B flat) Bass & cemb.
43 p.182 C. H. Graun: Coro "Tu Rex Gloriae" {Te Deum} (A tempo giusto in D) SATB & cemb.
44 p.188 Astorga: Coro {Stabat Mater} (Adagio C in c minor) SATB & cemb.
London, 1806: printed & sold by Robert Birchall .. 133 New Bond Street
1 p.1 Pergolesi: Introductory Chorus to the Grand Mass (Grave C in D) SATB & cemb.
2 p.11 J. Haydn: Sanctus {Mass No. 1} (Adagio C in B flat) SATB chor. & cemb.
3 p.14 G. A. Hasse: Aria {I Pellegrini} (Moderato assai C in E flat)
4 p.17 Mozart: Moderato "O God, when thou appearst" {Thamos, King of Egypt} (Allegro Maestoso C in C) SATB & cemb.
5 p.29 F. P. Ricci: Sop. Aria {Dies Irae} (Andante 3/4 in g minor)
6 p.32 Battista Borri: Laudamus {Mass for Voice & Cembalo} (Largo C in D)
7 p.33 C. H. Graun: Coro "Freuet euch alle" {Der Tod Jesu} (Vivace 3/4 in F)
8 p.40 Pergolesi: Sop. Aria "Quoniam tu solus" {Grand Mass} (Poco Allegro e Spiritoso 2/2 in G)
9 p.43 Bernardo Sabattini: Terzetto "God be merciful" {Dixit Dominus} (3/2 in F sharp minor) SATB & cemb.
10 p.49 J. Haydn: "Et incarnatus est" {Mass} (Adagio 3/4 in E flat) sop.1, sop.2, ATB & SATB & cemb.
11 p.52 G. A. Hasse: Aria "D'aspri legato" {I Pellegrini} (Allegro di molto C in d minor) Bass & cemb.
12 p.56 Brasetti: Coro "Praise ye the Lord" (Andante 3/4, 3/2 in A) SATB & cemb.
13 p.58 Siroli: Duetto "Praise the Lord for he is Gracious" {Miserere} (Affettuoso 2/4 in B flat) 2 vv. & cemb.
14 p.62 Antonio Lotti: Coro Qui Tollis {Mass} (Largo C in e minor)
15 p.65 G. A. Naumann: Agnus Dei {Mass} (Un poco lento C in e minor) Chor. & cemb.
16 p.68 Francesco Durante: Aria Ps XVIII 2,5,6 "Incipit oratio Jeremiae prophetae" (Ps XVIII 2,5,6){Service for Good Friday} (Largo 3/4 in g minor) Alto & cemb.
17 p.70 W. A. Mozart: Sanctus {Coronation Mass} (Andante Maestoso 3/4 in C)
18 p.78 Battista Borri: Terzetto "Domine Rex coelestis" (Andante C in b minor) Sop.1, sop.2, alto & cemb.
19 p.80 G. B. Bassani: Sanctus {Requiem} (Andante C in d minor) SATB & cemb.
20 p.81 J. Haydn: Gloria in excelsis {Nelson Mass} (Allegro C in D) Chor.
21 p.95 I. H. Rolle: Sop./Ten. Aria "Out of the deep I sigh'd" {Death of Abel} (Poco Largo Cantabile 3/8 in g minor)
22 p.97 M. Haydn: Tenebrae {Service for Good Friday} (Largo C in E flat)
23 p.100 P. Winter: Coro "O Quam tristis" {Stabat Mater} (Adagio C in E)
24 p.108 G. A. Hasse: Aria "O potenta" {Magdalena} (Allegro ma non troppo 2/2 in F)
25 p.112 J. Haydn: Agnus Dei {Mass} (Adagio C in a minor) Bass
26 p.113 Pergolesi: Coro Qui Tollis {Grand Mass} (Largo C in c minor)
27 p.123 C. H. Graun: Duetto "God my strength to Thee I pray" {Ps XXVIII v.12} (Lento 6/8 in E flat)
28 p.128 Marcello: Sop. & Alto duet "Save o save thy people" (Adagio C in F)
29 p.129 J. Haydn: Qui Tollis Peccata {Mass No. 2} (Adagio C in A) bass & later chor. (cello solo)
30 p.134 Luigi Boccherini: Sop. Aria "Fac ut portem" {Stabat Mater} (Larghetto 6/8 in F)
31 p.136 Franceso Durante: Coro "O remember not the sins" {Good Friday Service} (Andante C in g minor) SATB & cemb.
32 p.145 Gossec: Coro "Pie Jesu" {Requiem} (Largo C in F) SATB & cemb.
33 p.148 Naumann: Anthem "Lauda Sion" (Andante C in B flat) Chor. & cemb.
34 p.152 M. Haydn: Sanctus {Mass} (Andante 3/4 in c minor) Chor. & cemb.
35 p.156 G. A. Hasse: Aria "Mea tormenta" {Magdalena} (Allegro di molto C in g minor)
36 p.161 C. H. Graun: Chorus "Thou hast brought me" {Der Tod Jesu} (Largo 3/4 in f minor)
37 p.166 Sarti: Terzetto "Amplius lava me" {Miserere} (Affettuoso 3/4 in f minor)
38 p.170 G. A. Hasse: Aria "Senti il mar" {I Pellegrini} (Allegro moderato C in C)
39 p.174 J. Haydn: "Et incarnatus est" {Mass no. 3} (Largo 3/4 in G) Sop. & chor.
40 p.177 Leonardo Leo: Aria "Dal nuovoloso morte" {St Elenena al Calvario} (Poco Allegretto C in D)
41 p.184 Salvatore: Tenebrae {Good Friday Service} (Adagio C in f minor) SATB & cemb.
42 p.187 J. Haydn: Agnus Dei {Mass} (Adagio 3/4 in B flat) Chor.
Printed & Sold by Robert Birchall .. 133 New Bond Street
1 p.1 Mozart: Coro "---" {Litany-MS} (Andante moderato 3/4 in E flat)
2 p.6 Mozart: Sop. Aria "Jesu Domine" {Litany-MS} (Andantino 3/4 in F)
3 p.10 Antonio Caldara: Coro "Et incarnatus est" {Mass-MS} (Larghetto C in d minor)
4 p.16 J. Haydn: Coro "Kyrie eleison" {Mass-MS} (Allegretto 6/4 in G)
5 p.21 J. Haydn: Coro "Et incarnatus {Mass-MS} (Adagio C in g minor)
6 p.24 J. Haydn: Coro "Sanctus" and Coro "Benedictus" {Mass-MS} (Adagio C in G)
7 p.35 Leonardo Leo: SA Duetto "Dal tuo soglio" {Sant'Elena al Calvario} (Andante 6/8 in g minor)
8 p.40 Pergolesi: Coro "Asperges nos" {Miserere} (Andante Adagio 2/2 in c minor)
9 p.42 Mozart: Sop. "Laudate" {Vespers-MS} (Allegro 3/4 in A)
10 p.47 Bernado Sabatini: 2 Sop. "In my distress" {Dixit Dominus} (Larghetto 2/2 in A)
11 p.49 M. Haydn: Coro "Agnus dei" {Requiem Mass} (Adagio C in c min)
12 p.?? Vincenzo Righini: Quartetto "Benedictus" {Mass} (Andante C in G)
13 p.65 A. Caldara: Aria "Out of the mouths ..." Cantata-MS 1713} (Largo C in F)
14 p.65 G. A. Hasse: Coro "Defende populum" {Giusepe Riconosciuto} (Larghetto C in c minor.)
15 p.70 Mozart: Aria "Tho' by threat'ning" {cantata Davide Penitente} (Andante 3/8 in c minor.)
16 p.73 J. Haydn: Coro "Quis, quis, quis est homo" {Stabat Mater} (Lento C in c min.)
17 p.77 C. H. Graun: Aria "Bless the Lord o my soul" [oratorio-MS] (Andante poco Largo C in D)
18 p.81 Antonio Lotti: Coro "Gloria in excelsis" (Allegro non tanto. 12/8 in D)
19 p.90 Pasquale Cafaro: Duetto "Stabat Mater" (Andantino C in f min)
20 p.94 W. A. Mozart: Aria "Benedictus" (Andante 3/4 in E flat)
21 p.97 J. Haydn: Ten. solo "Et incarnatus est" {Mass} (Largo C in c min.) Also A+B solos & Chor.
22 p.105 G. A. Hasse: Coro "Blow, blow the trumpet" {La Cadeta di Gerico} (Allegro C in D)
23 p.115 Francois Joseph Gossec: Duetto "Lacrymosa" {Requiem} (Largo 3/4 in f min)
24 p.118 Mozart: "Gloria in excelsis" {Mass} (All[egr]o assai C in C )
25 p.128 Salvatore: Responsorio for Easter Eve "Recessit" (Largo C in f min)
26 p.129 Pergolesi: "Redde mihi laetitiam" {Miserere-MS} (Adagio C in E flat)
27 p.132 N. Jomelli: Coro "Rex Tremendae" {Requiem} (Andante C in c min.)
28 p.145 W. A. Mozart: Sop. Aria "Jesu Christe Domine" {Litany} (Andante 3/4 in F)
29 p.150 "Moriari" ie Henry Harington?: Coro "Cum Santo Spiritu" {Mass-MS} (Allegro C in D)
30 p.156 J. Haydn: Bass Aria "Pro peccatis suae gentis" {Stabat Mater} (Allegro ma non troppo C in B flat)
31 p.160 "G. Morari (1512)" ie Henry Harington: Agnus Dei for 3 voices (3/2 in C)
32 p.161 C. H. Graun: Bass Aria "Astonish'd Seraphim" {The Death of Jesus} (Largo C in d min) With Chor.
33 p.176 Salvatore: Feria V in Coena Domini Responsorio in Notturno Io "In Monte Olivetti" (Largo C in c min) SATB and Cemb.
34 p.177 G. B. Bassani: Solo "Recordare" {Requiem} (Largo C in d min)
35 p.182 G. A. Hasse: Coro "Pellegrino e l'uomo in terra" {I Pellegrini al Sepolcro} (Allegro non tanto 3/4 in c min)
1. [Haydn's] Spring returns the flowerets blow: [poetry by Mrs John Hunter]
2. Sulla piaggia miei signori: Ferrari
3. L'ortolanella graziosa
4. [Viotti's] Stanco di pascolar
5. Per valli e per monti cercando
6. Communion Response: Chard
7. Jackson's Response
8. For a that and a that [by Burns]
9. From the Danube he was riding
10. We praise thee o God
11. Regina celi: Roman Chant
12. Mater Amata ora &c. Mater Dulcissima ora & Neapolitan
13. Chant: Lord Mornington
14. Durham chant; Penitential
15. Frena de torbide [vocal glee for trio & acct]
16. Charlie he's my Darling [by Burns]
17. Barcarola: Oh Cara: Ferrari
18. Oh Kenmure's on and awa [by Burns]
19. Carl, an the King come
20. [Haydn's] She never told her love by Shakespeare
21. Un jeune Troubadour qui chant
22. The favorite Mad Song "Blest were the hours": Sir Wm Parsons
23. Votos promessas e juras con vos
24. Romance de Gentil Bernard: O Fontenay, Chant: [J-D Doche]
25. Espana de la Guerra; or the Spanish Patriots' War Song
26. Nella Stagion dei bocoli
27. Sul matin quando l'aurora
28. Catina Belina graziosa vu se: G.S. Mayr
29. Voi trovarme un amorosa
30. Da brava carina
31. Sto Mazolin de fiori
32. [Beethoven's] Oh might I but my Patrick love
33. Basta cussi ma basta d'amante
34. Se amor mai
35. Per pieta noble de Fede
36. Vicin a Nina
37. [Haydn's] Chi vive amante
38. Madchen mit den roten muden
39. [G Farinelli?'s] Duetto: Al mio dolce [extended cantata of 16pp]
40. Duetto di Asioli: Se tu mi sprezzi
41. Portuguese Air: Tu me chamas
42. Cease every joy [by Thomas Campbell]
At back of book are notes concerned with realising a figured bass, and some bel canto vocal exercises
[Recit] These are thy glorious works (C in d minor)
[Duet] And with songs (3/2 in F)
[Recit] Fairest of Stars (C in B flat)
[Aria] Thou Sun (C in g minor)
[Recit] Air, and ye Elements (C in c minor-E flat)
[Aria] Let your ceaseless Change (3/4 in c minor)
[Recit] Ye Mists & Exhalations (C in G major)
[Aria] Rising or falling (2/4 in G)
[Recit] His Praise, ye Winds (C in D major)
[Aria] In sign of Worship (C in D major)
[Recit] Fountains, and ye that warble (C in b minor)
[Aria] Warbling tune his Praise (2/4 in b minor)
[Duet] Joyn voices (C in D major)
[Recit] Ye that in Waters glide (3/2 in b minor)
[Duet] Hail! Universal hand (C in G major)
[Duet] Disperse it as now Light dispells the Dark (C in d minor-D major)
Printed by Robert Birchall ..133 New Bond Street
(1) Comfort ye my people (some pencil additions and an added ornament)
(2) Ye Sacred Priests
(3) Angels ever bright and fair
(4) Pious Orgies pious airs
(5) Pleasure - my former ways resigning
(6) Sweet Bird
(7) The Trumpet shall sound
(8) The Prince unable
(9) Oh! Had I Jubel's Lyre
(10) What tho' I trace
(11) Oft on a Plat
(12) I know that my Redeemer liveth
(13) He shall feed His flock
(14) Hark - ye pretty warbling
(15) As when the Dove
(16) Where-e're you walk
(17) Thou art gone up on High
(18) Tears - such as tender Fathers shed
(19) Come ever smiling Liberty
(20) Love in her Eyes sits playing
(21) What's sweeter than the new-blown Rose .. (Duet)
(22) O come, let us worship
(23) The Flocks shall leave .. (Trio)
(24) Arm - arm ye brave
(25) Rejoyce, rejoyce greatly (the 9-8 version)
(26) Shepherd what art thou pursuing
(27) Disdainful of Danger .. (Trio)
(28) He chose a mournful Muse
(29) How beautiful are the Feet
(30) Come ever smiling Liberty (Duet)
(31) Sin not O King
(32) Pour forth no more
(33) O ruddier than the Cherry
37 items culled from an unknown publication 'engrav'd by Skarratt':
| Recit. | Air | ||
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But who is he |
Ah! Mio cor |
London: Printed for the Editor, 27 Craven Street, Strand [1817?]
(1) All creatures now are merry / Benet
(2) Arise, awake you silly shepherds / Morley
(3) As Vesta was from Latmos hill / Weelks
(4) Bright Phoebus greets most clearly / Kirbye
(5) Calm was the air, and clear the sky / Carlton
(6) Come blessed bird / Johnson
(7) Come gentle swains / Cavendish
(8) Fair Citherea presents her doves / Lisley
(9) Fair nymphs I heard one telling / Farmer
(10) Fair Oriana, beauties queen / Hilton
(11) Fair Orian, in the morn / Milton
(12) Fair Oriana, seeming to wink at folly / Jones
(13) Hard by a crystal fountain / Morley
(14) Hard by a crystal fountain / Croce
(15) Hark! did ye ever hear / Hunt
(16) Hark! hear you not a heav'nly / Bateson
(17) Hence stars you dazzle / Este
(18) Lightly she tripped o'er the dales / Mundy
(19) Long live fair Oriana ; Round about her chariot / Gibbons
(20) Sings shepherds all / Nicolson
(21) Fauns, and satyrs tripping / Tomkins
(22) Lady Oriana / Wilbye
(23) Nymphs and shepherds / Marson
(24) Thus bonny boots the birthday / Holmes
(25) When Oriana walk'd to take the air / Bateson
(26) When Oriana walk'd to take the air / Pilkington
(27) With angels face and brightness / Norcome
(28) With wreaths of rose and laurel / Cobbold
Cello parts only
1. Trio: Iphegenia: Gluck
2. Minuet in Sampson: Handel
3. Mozart (in A)
4. Robin Gray
5. The Land of the Seal
6. The Banks of Banna
7. The Lass of Peaty Mills
8. Ariadne: Handel
9. Berenice: Handel
10. Anon.: a piece in E flat, in common time
11. Anon.: a vocal duet(?) 'Dear gentle Maid'
At the end of the book, upside down, is the incipit of a piece in C major, in three movements: Undesig.; Adagio in F, 3/4; All[egr]o ma non troppo, Rondo, in C
* Also includes a page of pink blotting paper with p. date 1824
Liverpool: Hime & Son for the publishers, 1808
1. Thy Voice O Harmony | A Glee by Sammuel Webbe | The words by Congreve
2. Canon: Hey ho to the Greenwood - W. Bird 1589
3. Ye Spotted snakes | A Glee by R. J. S. Stevens | The words from Shakespeare
4. When all alone | Madrigal by Gironimo Converso 1580
5. Hail Hallow'd Fane | A Glee by Lord Mornington | from lines written in Westminster Abbey
6. The fairest Flowers | A Glee by John Danby Prize 1786
7. Underneath this Myrtle | A Glee by Jonathan Battishill | The Words by Cowley
8. Fear no more the Heat | A Glee by Dr. Nares | The words from the Dirge in [Shakespeare's] Cymbeline
9. When winds breathe soft | a Glee by Sammuel Webbe | The words from the Dirge in [Shakespeare's] Cymbeline
10. Hark the hollow woods | A Glee by John Stafford Smith
11. Round: O Absalon my Son: Charles King
12. Hark the Hollow woods | a Duet by John Stafford Smith
13. Welcome Shepherds we'll follow | an Elegy by Dr. Arne | The words by Cunningham on the death of Shenstone
14. Catch: Give me the sweet delights of love | Dr. Harrington
15. Welcome Sweet pleasure | a Madrigal by Tho. Weelkes 1608
16. Round: Hail, hail, green fields | Dr. Green
17. The mighty Conqueror | a Glee by Sammuel Webbe
18. Dissi a l'amata mia | a Madrigal by Luca Marenzio c.1599
19. Love in these Eyes | a Duet by William Jackson | The words altered by Cowley
20. When Bibo thought fit | a Duet by John Travers | the words by Prior
21. Come live with me | a Glee by Samuel Webbe | The Words by Christopher Marlow
22. Round: Sweet enslaver can you tell | L. Atterbury
23. If Love and all the World | a Glee by Sammuel Webbe | The words .. Sir W. Raleigh
24. Wine does wonders | a Glee by John Eccles
25. Flora now calleth forth | a Madrigal by John Stafford Smith | The words from Spenser's Pastorals
26. As now the shades of love | A Glee by Dr. Cooke Prize 1782 | The Words by Thos. J. Matthias
27. Thysis when he left me | a Glee by Dr. Callcott | The words by Gray
28. Round: Hark how the bonny Christchurch bells | Dean Aldrich
29. From blushing Morn | an Elegy by Thomas Linley | The words by Thos. Linley
30. Fairest Isle | a Glee the 1st and 3rd parts by Henry Purcell 1691 | The Words from Dryden's King Arthur
31. There behold the mighty bowl | a Duet by Sammuel Webbe
32. As I saw fair Clora | a Duet by George Hayden
33. Britain's Best Bulwarks | a Glee by Mr. Arne
34. Flow o my tears | a Madrigal by John Bennett 1598
35. How sweet, Lo how Fresh | a Glee by Stephen Paxton Prize 1779
36. Catch: Have you any work for the Tinker brisk maids. | Edmund Nelham 1652
37. Breathe Soft ye words | a Glee by William Paxton | The words from Philips' Pastorals
38. Round [by Antonio Caldara?]: Perche vezzosi rai
39. How sleep the Brave | a Glee by Dr. Cooke Prize 1771 | The words by Collins
40. Melting Airs | a Glee by Dr. Hayes Prize 1763 | The Words by John Hughes
41. In the merry merry month of May | a Glee by Dr. Cook Prize 1773 | The words by Nicholas Breton 1591
42. From the Fair Lavinian Shore | a Glee by Dr. Wilson 1667 | The words altered expressly for this work
43. Catch: Mr. Speaker this tho' 'tis late: Baildon
44. Fairwell to Lochaber | a Glee by Dr. Callcott | The Words by Allan Ramsay
Liverpool: Hime & Son for the publishers, 1808
1. Blest pair of Sirens | a Glee by John Stafford Smith | Prize 1775 | the words by Milton
2. Round: Che penna ch'affanno - Felice Giachini
3. Canst thou love, | a Madrigal by Thomas Ravenscroft 1611
4. Catch: Wilt thou lend me thy name to go a mile. Dr. Nares
5. Swiftly from the Mountain's Brow | a Glee by Sammuel Webbe. Prize 1788
6. When as I look'd | a Madrigal by John Bennett 1599
7. Round: By shady woods and purling streams - J. S. Smith
8. Haste my Nanette | a Duet by John Travers | The words by Prior
9. Surely that's the tender Youth | a Duet by Sammuel Webbe
10. Fair Amora | a Duet by Dr. Arne
11. Round: O fairest maid I own the pow'r: Dr. Nares
12. Amidst the Myrtle | a Glee by Jonathan Battishill
13. Round: How great is the pleasure how sweet the delight Dr. Harrington
14. Arise ye winds | a glee by Sammuel Webbe
15. When Sappho Turn'd | a Glee by John Danby Prize 1781, the words by Smollett
16. In thousand thoughts | An Elegy by Thomas Linley
17. Beviamo tutti Tre | a Glee by Felice Giardini
18. Return my lovely Maid | a Madrigal by Francis Hutchinson MD | Published under the name of Francis Ireland
19. Round: Chi mai d'iniqua stella: Giovanni Bononcini
20. Peace to the Souls | a Glee by Dr. Callcott. (The words from Ossian)
21. Catch: Joan said to John: L. Atterbury
22. Time has not thinn'd | a Duet by Wm. Jackson | The words by Hammond
23. Catch: I cannot sing this catch: Dr. Harrington
24. You gave me your heart | a Glee by Sammuel Webbe Prize 1776 | The words by Dr. Craddock
25. In paper case | a Glee by Dr. Cooke | The words by a child
26. As on a Summer's Day | a glee by John Stafford Smith | The words by Rowe
27. Round: This tomb be thine: Dr Hayes
28. Call forth such numbers | a glee by Dr. Cooke | The words by Garrick
29. Round: I lov'd thee beautiful and kind: Jonathan Battishill
30. Daughter Sweet | a Glee by Sammuel Webbe
31. Catch: Come honest friends. Simon Ives 1560
32. Upon the poplar bough | a Glee by Stephen Paxton. | The words translated from Virgil
33. Catch: To the old long life and treasure: Sam. Webbe Prize 1774
34. Fair Sweet Cruel | a Madrigal by Thomas Ford. 1636
35. Catch: Look neighbours look! Dr. Harrington
36. Let's Drink & Let's Sing | a Catch by Dr. Hayes
37. Round: Lurk lurk o'er the greenwood: Dr. Arne
38. Turn Amarillis | a Madrigal by Thomas Brewer. 1667
39. Round: Turn Amarillis to thy swain: J. Hilton
40. Go Damon go | a Glee by Stephen Paxton
41. Round: Go Damon go: T. Brewer
42. Adieu, Sweet Amarillis | a Madrigal by John Wilbye 1598
43. Round: Adieu sweet Amarillis [Anon.]
44. Turn fair Clora | a Duet by Dr. Harrington
45. Catch: Come hither boy John Hilton
46. Could a man be secure | a Duet by Starling Goodwin
47. Viva tutte & Dolci Momenti [Anon.] | Two Glees with Italian & English words
48. Make haste to meet | a Glee by Dr. Arne Prize 1769
49. Canon: Help me O Lord: Dr. Arne
50. Come fairest Nymph | a Glee by Lord Mornington | The words by Richard West
51. Round: Soft tread ye beauteous nymphs: J. S. Smith
52. Gently touch | a Glee by Dr. Hayes | The air by Geminiani | The words by A. Bradley
53. Hail ever pleasing Solitude | a Glee by Dr. Alcock Prize 1770 | The words by Thomson
54. Round: Haste thee O Lord: Thoms. Ford 1650
1. Beethoven Waltz in G
2. Rans des Vaches - the Celebrated Swiss Pastorale
3. Beethoven Waltz in E flat
4. Rhode [ie Rode?] Air in A
5. Waltz der Donnerweiter in C
6. A National Air, Danish in D
7. Mazurka in A
8. Mozart Waltz in c minor
9. Mandal [ie Mandel / Mendel?] Waltz in C
10. Mazurka in A
11. Beethoven Waltz in E flat
12. Boccherini Minuet in D
13. Aginsky [ie Oginski?] Trois Polonaises. In f: c minor; E flat
14. Abel 6th Overture in D
15. Bolero in B flat
16. Pergolesi Aria from the Grand Mass
17. Earl Douglas [lament?]
18. Winter Air from Castor et Pollux
19. Doctor Boyce's son March in E flat
20. Waltz, Le Joli Richard
21. Duet in D Major - Polonaise and Trio (Piano Duet)
22. Polonaise in E flat, and Trio (Piano Duet)
23. Polonaise in C, and Trio (Piano Duet)
24. Verlag Zemire and Azor [by Grétry?]
25. Steibelt Adagio in C
26. Steibelt Andante in F
27. Pleyel Andante Grazioso in E flat
28. The celebrated trumpet tune (in pencil: 'Played at executions') (Short 2-part fragment of 16 bars)
29. [Trad.] 'My heart is broke since thy departure'
30. Danish Waltz
31. Hassler Allegretto
32. 'If the heart of a man is depressed with care' from [John Gay's] Beggar's Opera
33. Beethoven Waltz in D flat
34. Mazurka 'Storington May 19th 1831' (This is on an added MS)
35. German Waltz in F
36. Beethoven Waltz in D
37. Beethoven Waltz in C
38. Gloucester Chant 25th day morning service
39. Triangle Waltz from Berlin
40. Waltz in G
41. Clementi Waltz in E flat
42. Polacca
43. Untitled piece, slow (in C Major) changing to Common time, Allegretto
44. Untitled, in B flat, Scotch
45. [Martini] Vocal duet beginning 'L'ape e la serpe spesso'
46. Charlie - a Jacobite song. 'Cam'ye by Atholl Lad'
47. Untitled, Isouard. (A duet for two equal voices in Itallan) Ti lascio Irene addio'
48. 'Oh! Nanny wilt thou gang wi' me'
49. Mary's Dream
50. Coming thro' the Rye
51. Paesiello Air chanté par Monsieur Crivelli dans L'Opera de Nina for Piano ou Harp: 'Gia il sol si cella dietro alla montagna'
52. Lord Gregory
53. Cannabich Thema, Andante
54. Tallis Canon (with added ornaments.)
55. Mather Larghetto: 'In early morn without delay'
56. 'What saith this heart o' mine'
57. 'There grows a bonny briar bush (a Jacobite song)
58. Oh! Hame, hame wad I be. (Jacobite song)
59. Loch-na-garr
Longman Lukey & Co. 26 Cheapside c1775
"A collection of songs and catches in two, three, four, and five parts"
(1) Saml. Webbe Glee: When winds breathe soft (a 5)
(2) Anon. A canon: Go to the ant thou sluggard
(3) Thomas Norris B. M. Glee: A Long farewell since we must part (a4)
(4) Warren A Catch for 3 voices: To our musical Club here's long life
(5) Anon. Glee: A full true & particular account (a3)
(6) Mornington, Earl of [Glee:] On a Lady asleep: When for the world's repose (a4)
(7) Battishill Glee: Fill, sweet girls, fill, fill the foaming bowl
(8) Atterbury Glee: Who like Bacchus can control (a3)
(9) Jackson Ballad: Go gentle gales (a5)
(10) Ford Glee: Since first I saw your face (a4)
(11) Anon. Glee: Tell me, gentle Shepherd (a4)
(12) Anon. Catch: See Bob the Play is done
(13) Battishill Round for 3 voices: I lov'd thee beautiful and kind
(14) Tarvis [ie Travers?] Glee: Oft am I by the Women told (a3) [w. Abraham Cowley?]
(15) Smith, Jno. S. The Huntsman Roundelay. What shall we have that kill'd the Deer (a4)
(16) Saml. Webbe Glee: As o'er the varied Meads I stray (a3)
(17) Thos. Norris Glee on the death of the Duke of Cumberland: O'er Williams' Tomb (a4)
(18) Smith, J. S. Glee: Return blest Days (a4)
(19) Boyce, Dr. [Canon:] Alleluja (a3)
(20) S. Webbe Glee: Rise my Joy (a4)
(21) Anon. Catch on a handsome woman with a fine voice but very covetous and proud: So Bright is thy beauty (a3)
(22) Cooke, Ben. Madrigal: In the merry merry month of May (a4)
(23) Cooke, B. Elegy for four voices: How sleeps the Brave
(24) Giardini, F. Glee: Here lies my wife (a4)
(25) Anon. Gabriel John Catch (for3): Under this stone lies Gabriel John
(26) Arne, T. Song from the Tempest fill'd up by Jackson for 4 voices: Where the bee sucks (a5)
(27) S. Webbe, Jun. Glee: From Peace & social Joy Medusa flies (a4)
(28) S. Webbe The Death of Adonis (a5)
(29) Purcel[l], H. To Arms (a4)
(30) Baker, Revd. I (or J) Round for three voices: O! how sweet
(31) Paxton, S. Glee, How sweet, how fresh this vernal day (a4)
(32) Hayes, Dr. A canon: Smoothly glide thou stream of life (a3)
(33) Paxton, S. Glee: Upon the Poplar bough (a4)
(34) Anon. Canon (a3) : Let Hymns of Praise
(35) Cooke, Dr. Glee: As now the shades of Eve imbrown the Scenes (a4)
(36) Anon. Catch for 3 voices: O beauteous eyes
(37) Soaper, F. J. Glee: When first by fond Damon (a4)
(38) Handel For ever blessed be thy holy Name (S/v, kbd)
(39) Cooke, B. Glee: Susanna & the two elders: Fair Susan did her Wifehood well mayntayne (a4)
(40) Danby, Jno. Glee: Awake, awake, Aeolian Lyre awake (a4)
(41) Cooke, Dr. Epitaph on a Dormouse said to be written by a Child: In paper case hard by this place (a4)
(42) Purcell Round for 3 voices, Not a day more than thirty
(43) Danby, Jno. Glee: Again again the balmy Zephyr blows (a4)
(44) Corfe The Lass of Peaty's Mill (a4)
(45) Corfe Roseline Castle
(46) Corfe The yellow hairtt Laddie: In April when Primroses paint (a4)
(47) Corfe What Beauties does Flora disclose (a4)
(48) Hayes, Dr. An Epigram on Woods' Brass Money (a4) [w. Jonathan Swift]
(49) Paxton, S. Glee: Ye Muses inspire me with whimsical fire (a3)
(50) Cooke, Dr. Glee: Call forth such Numbers soft and clear (a4)
(51) Arne, T. A Quartet from a song of Dr. Arne's: Why Chloe still these jealous hearts (a4 with acct)
(52) Greene, Dr. Catch: Hail, hail green fields (a3)
(53) Linley, Thos. Junr. Madrigal: Hark hark the birds melodious sing (a5)
(54) Hayes, Dr. Contraria de eodem: Lubin on his deathbed lies (a3) [w. Matthew Prior]
(55) Battishill, I Glee for 3 voices: Here rests his head
(56) Webbe, Mr. Catch round the table: Now we are all met, let Mirth abound (a3)
(57) Battishill Round: Ye Birds for whom I rear*d this Grove (a3)
(58) Playford, I 1673, A Military Song: March to the field Soldiers (a3)
(59) Mornington, Earl of On walking in Westminster Abbey: Hail hail hallow'd Fane (a4)
(60) Anon. An Elegy: While Grief and Anguish rack my Breast (a3)
(61) Purcell A song for 3 voices: May Apollo's Wit inspire
(62) Atterbury A Catch on the Death of a Country Curate: Rejoice (a4)
London : Boosey and Sons, 24 & 28 Holles Street - see also Note L39/1 and Note L39/15
1. S. C. Foster, Come where my love lies dreaming
2. [Trad.] I'm off to Charlestown [w William Donaldson?]
3. S. M. Grannis, Do they miss me at home?
4. F. Buckley, Kiss me quick and go
5. H. Work, We are coming, Sister Mary
6. S. M. [ie J. M.] Sayles, Beautiful star in heaven so bright
7. P. G. [ie G. P.] Knauff, Wait for the Waggon
8. S. C. Foster, Oh! Willie, we have missed you
9. P. S. Gilmore, Good news from home
10. S. C. Foster, Hard times, come again no more
11. S. C. Foster, Ring de banjo
12. C. Converse, Toll the bell
13. A. Nish, Hoop de dooden do
14. S. C. Foster, Eulalie
15. N. Kneass, Gently down the stream
16. S. C. Foster, Ellen Bayne
17. E. H. Osborne, Gentle Jenny Gray
18. Frank Musgrave, Long ago
19. [Anon. ie John P. Ordway?], Let me kiss him for his mother
20. J. B. Woodbury, Be kind to thy father
Alongside the printed items in this small, unbound pile of music there is i) a small MS book and ii) two loose MS sheets containing a) "Kilmarnock" [by Neil Dougall?] and b) 'Ah Grazie si Rendano' [Mozart - La clemenza di Tito] Chorus (a single line in treble clef) In F. In addition, on a MS sheet (in M.M. Fraser's hand?) inside item 2 (Power's Quadrilles) there are Incipits of three movements of what looks like a Piano concerto in d minor: Allegro non tanto (for stgs., 2 obs., 2 horns); Andante (in F for stgs. only); and Rondo, Allegretto.
L19 MS Music Book : Mary Elizabeth FraserThe inside front cover of this MS volume is labelled "White's .. No. 1 Milton Street, & 3 George Street, Bath," the inside back cover carries the inscription "Organ Music",and several items are inscribed or initialled by Louisa Elizabeth Pilkington
The first few pages are missing, and between items 10 and 11 it appears that a leaf has been excised:
1. Swedish Air
2. Waltz (by Beethoven - see No. 1 in Jane Fraser's MS book of 1818, ie G4 above)
3. Waltz: Himmel [Hummel?]
4. Hymn: 'Rest, spirit, rest'
5. Tyrolienne: Rossini (in G)
6. Valse: W. Brown
7. Hindoostani Air
8. 'Oh! hame,hame wad I be': Jacobite
9. 'There grows a bonnie briar bush': Jacobite
10. Tyrolean Air: J. N. Hummel
11. Kathleen Mavourneen: Czerny
12. 'The Bird's Release' .. (at the end of this song: 'Hayes, June 6th. 1841 - Louisa Elizth. Pilkington')
13. Jetzt gang: Martini. (Duet for sop.& ten. & piano) (Sig. Louisa Elizth. Pilkington)
14. The Angels' Whisper: S. Love Esq.
15. What fairy-like Music. (A duet with accompaniment. Initials LEP)
16. Long, long ago: Thomas Haynes Bayly Esq. (Sig. L. E. Pilkington)
17. Double Chant (in A): Zeta (pinned to p.2 of item 16)
18. Waltz: Lady Anstruther of Balcaskie
19. Galop (in E flat)
20. Walzer: by Wappert [Weippert?] (at end: "August 9th 1841")
21. Musical Snuff Box. ("July 21st 1841")
22. Serenate (Tön in die Nacht")
23. Bird Waltz (in G)
24. Bonnie George Campbell (at end "October 1845")
25. The Rhine
26. Prière pour son Majesté L'Empereur Nicolas
27. The Coal Black Rose
28. An Evening Hymn
29. Song: 'I wish I were where Gaudie rins'
30. Retour de la Tyrolienne
31. The Musical Chair: Revd. W. Lelton. (A chant in c minor)
32. 'Mother oh sing me to rest'
33. Weep not for me: Dale
On final page of vol. are some pencilled rudiments - scales etc.
After the first eleven sides the remainder of the first volume is of blank MS paper, all supplied from Hodsoll, 45 High Holborn with a paper date of 1828.
L30 MS Music Book
1. Waltz by Haydn. Introduction and Thema
2. Treble parts [for what, and from what ??] nos. 1-49
3. Two songs: 'Deinen reitzenden', 'Mein Schatz ist ein Reiter'
4. Vesper Hymn: Lord keep us safe this night [by .John Leland.?]
5. Waltz (the Blanche) -- Russian air: "Da führt auf dem beschnees um Wege -- [overleaf] "Oh Love was never yet without" ("composed by Mrs Moncrieff? to words by] Lord Byron")
6. Psalm 30 arr. with the four parts, and in score
Item 4 has plain paper attached: "With Canon [Henry John?] Burfield's kind regards Villa Clara Oct 25 1887" -- Item 5 has "Found at Castle Fraser May 8th 1871" added in pencil
London : Boosey and Sons, 24 & 28 Holles Street - see also Note L6 and Note L39/15
1. Thompson, H S, Annie Lisle
2. Hart, A, A little more Cider
3. Thompson, H S, Willie's on the Dark Blue Sea
4. O'Donnel, D K, Rock me to sleep, Mother
5. Buckley, F, Softly falls the Moonlight
6. Ordway, J P, Silver moonlight winds are blowing
7. Buckley, F, Forgive & Forget
8. Hart, W R, The day our Mother died
9. Myers, S, Old Aunty Neal
10. Crosby, L H W, Lovely Nell
11. [Anon. ie S. C. Foster?], Lou'siana Belle
12. White, C, Do not go away, my Lady love
13. Correster, W D, Lucy Lee
14. Bishop, T B, Bonnie Allene
15. Christy, E P, Susan Kayre
16. Bishop, T B , Nellie Brawn
17. Bishop, T B, Gentle Millie Gay
18. St John, E, Gentle Hallie
19. Hamill, S, Sally Primer
20. Smith, F W, De Ole kitchen [w W M Byars?]
London : Boosey and Sons, 24 & 28 Holles Street - see also Note L6 and Note L39/1
1. F Buckley, Kiss me Quick and Go!
2. S C Foster, Oh Willie! We have miss'd you
3. S M [ie J M] Sayles, Beautiful Star in Heaven so bright
4. C Converse, Toll the Bell
5. P G [ie G P] Knauff, Wait for the Wagon
6. P S Gilmore, Good news from home
7. Wurzel [ie G F Root], The Hazel Dell
8. S C Foster, Come, Where my love lies dreaming
9. S C Foster, Hard times come again no more
10. H Work, We are coming sister Mary
11. S C Foster, Ring de banjo
12. A Nish, Hoop de dooden do
Printed for I. Walsh in Catherine Street in the Strand
1. C. F. Abel, Love in a Village
2-3. Thomas Arne, Eliza; and Thomas & Sally
4-6. J C Smith, The Enchanter; Judith; The Tempest; and The Fairies