Record ID
204596
Accession number
Cary 631
Creator
Phillips, Henry, 1801-1876, compiler.
Biographical Data
English bass.
Object title
Musical miscellany : autograph manuscript, 1813.
Date
1813.
Inscriptions/Markings
On the front paste-down endpaper: "This was the first Music Book I ever possess'd, and contains many of my compositions when a lad Twelve Years old, illustrated also by me at that time, and with colors which I afterwards us'd to color engravings of Ackerman in the Strand. 14th November 1842 35 Hart Street Bloomsbury Hy Phillips Born at Bristol 13th August 1801."
Notes
Various pieces, mostly for voice and keyboard, by Phillips and others, copied by him into a music book and illustrated by him with 23 watercolor vignettes.
Other named composers include [Stephen] Storace, [Thomas Augustine] Arne, [William] Croft, [John Francis?] Wade, [John] Braham, and [Thomas John] Dibdin.
Other named composers include [Stephen] Storace, [Thomas Augustine] Arne, [William] Croft, [John Francis?] Wade, [John] Braham, and [Thomas John] Dibdin.
Contents
There the silver'd waters / S. Storace -- The glasses sparkle / T.A. Geary -- Awake dearest Ellen / Phillips, H. -- My native land -- Song: Florian in the Devil's Bridge / Braham -- Blow high blow low / Dibdin -- On a couch of roses sleeping ; Adieu ye peaceful glens / Phillips, H. -- Tho war's my pursuit / Emdin, John -- A Highlanders march ; A seranade / Phillips, H. -- Flow thou regal / Storace -- Doubt thou in yon o'er arching sky ; The rejected lover ; Say high gifted Erin ; In a far foreign climate / Phillips, H. -- The Quaker ; Saturday night at sea / Dibdin -- The sailors farewell -- Tom Bowling -- Now Phoebus sinketh in the west -- Friend of the brave -- The sweetest flow'r that blows -- Thro' glades / Cummins -- Recit.: He married the waters ; Air: He layeth -- Aria: [Stabat Mater] Pro peccatis suae gentis -- Dungeons and slavery -- Recit.: God looking forth ; [Aria]: Wave from wave congealed -- I left the bowl for Chloe's lip -- The prophecy. Recit and Air: On lifted rocks / Wade, J. -- Dr. Croft anthem: Behold, behold, God is my salvation ; Flow gently sweet Afton / Phillips, H. -- Ave regina ceolorum -- Young Mary / Dr. Arne -- Duett for 2 bass voices: Agnus Dei -- Catch: Oh I'm pregnant -- In vain sweet maid -- There is no charm in pleasures path -- The wisest men are fools in wine.
Associated names
Storace, Stephen, 1762-1796.
Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778.
Croft, William, 1678-1727.
Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841.
Wade, John Francis, 1711 or 12-1786.
Braham, John, 1774-1856.
Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778.
Croft, William, 1678-1727.
Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841.
Wade, John Francis, 1711 or 12-1786.
Braham, John, 1774-1856.
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