COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1200350
Reference Number:
English MS 1408
Image Title:
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Parent Work Title:
Tabley House Song Book
Date Created:
c1660-1670
Page/Sheet:
47v
Image Sequence Number:
218
Description:
Collection of songs with accompaniment for bass copied ca. 1660-1670, perhaps in Cheshire. Ten staves of five lines. First line: 'You that love to drinke...'. Handwritten signature: 'Thomas Purcel'. This could be the uncle of Henry Purcell (16591695), under whose guardianship he was placed after the death of his father in 1664. Pagination added by Robert Spencer in 1989.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Songs, English -- Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Music
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
286 mm
Item Width:
189 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 79 (2), 1997. Barry Cooper, 'Catalogue of pre-1900 music manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester'
Notes:
Volume contents: 1. Lawes, Henry: Ayres and dialogues, for one, two, and three voyces, 1653; 2. Playford, John: Select musicall ayres and dialogues, 1653; 3. Tabley House Song Book, ca. 1660-1670
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2011-08-08
Multi Page Number:
1090
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
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