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Verney Manuscripts,

  • GB 0210 MSVERNEY
  • Fonds
  • [18 cent.]-[19 cent.]

A collection comprising largely of eighteenth and nineteenth century volumes of music, including vocal music, piano and other instrumental arrangements, dance music, etc., some of which are of Italian and Spanish-American origin. Amongst the composers mentioned are Weber, Beethoven, Rossini, Mozart, Verdi and Mendelssohn. Also included is a nineteenth century volume comprising poetry, hymns and transcripts of correspondence.

Verney, Harry Calvert Williams, Sir, 1881-1974

Music,

A volume of dance and other music by Joseph Labitzky, Ludwig van Beethoven, Sigismund Neukomm, Theodor Döhler, Guiseppe Verdi, Felix Mendelssohn, Josef Lanner, Henri Rosellen, Louis Antoine Julien, etc., and a hymn to words by [Charles] Wesley.

Poetry, letters, etc.

A volume of poetry, which includes translations from the Danish and German (lines by Luther and Schiller) and an address to Napoleon Bonaparte; hymns, including one by J. S. Monsell, 1835. Beginning at the end is a miscellany of sermons, notes on religion, and transcripts of, and extracts from, letters, including an exhortation by Dr. [Hugh] Blair, 1797; a letter from John Hough, bishop of Worcester, 1731; a letter from Eliza Compton to her husband William, Lord Compton, afterwards 1st earl of Northampton, c. 1610-1611; a letter from Dr. [Thomas] Chalmers; extracts from a letter from Dr. [Thomas] Chalmers relating to the payment by the State of Roman Catholic priests in Ireland, 1835; etc.

Music,

A collection of vocal music, with accompaniment for the pianoforte.

Music,

A collection of arias and duets by various composers ('Ariette e duettini di vari autori').

Music,

A composite volume, probably of Spanish-American origin, containing songs with accompaniment for pianoforte or guitar, and a collection of 'Modinhas e Canҫonetas' by various composers dedicated to Snra. D. Thereza Benedicta of Brito de Cunha by Ignacio José Schlegel. Among the composers represented in the volume are Don José Acuna, José-Francisco Edolo, Joao Ribeiro, Alexandre José Pires, Joao Macedo, and Luiz Antonio Barboza Leitao. The volume is lettered on the upper cover and on the spine 'Vocal Spanish'.

Music,

Two volumes containing a collection of music, the former arranged for the pianoforte and the latter for the violin. The composers include Count Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg, Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, Giovanni Pacini, Michele Enrico Carafa, Gaspare Spontini, Ignazio Raimondi, etc.

Music,

A volume of transcripts of music arranged for the pianoforte. Among them is an aria from the opera 'Flavio', and another from the opera 'Sosarme', both by Handel.

Music,

A collection of vocal music, with accompaniment for the guitar, by various composers, from an edition printed at Naples by Luigi Marescalchi.

Music,

A composite volume containing music arranged for pianoforte accompaniment.

Music,

A composite volume containing vocal arias, cavatinas, and duets by Gioacchino Rossini, Giovanni Paisiello, Bonifazio Asioli, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; and printed arias composed by Vincenzo Righini and dedicated by him to the Princess Frederica of Prussia. The volume is lettered on the upper cover and on the spine 'Vocal. Italian'.

Music,

A volume containing 'Rousseau's Dream' by J. B. Cramer; Swiss airs and a Swiss dance; a quadrille; waltzes by Carl Maria von Weber, Balduci [sic, for Boildieu?], Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johan Nepomuka Hummel, etc.; a German drinking song; Gaelic, Tyrolese (one by Joseph Kuffner), Irish, French, Danish and German airs; marches; a pastorale by Franҫois Adrien Boildieu; a harp air; gallopades; a polonaise; Hungarian melody; preludes for the harp by P. M. Meyer ('Not to be copied'); hymn-tunes (to words by Thomas Kelly, William Cowper, John Newton, Joseph Addison, Reginald Heber, etc.); Scotch airs (to words by Miss --- Drinkwater); chants by Sir J. Stepenson; a psalm-tune; a Portuguese song ('modinha'); etc.

Music,

A volume containing hymns, among them one to words by Isaac Watts, and another to words by Reginald Heber; numerous arrangements for the harp including music by Daniel Franҫois Esprit arranged by Robert Nicolas Charles Boscha, arrangements by Jan Ladislav Dussek, and an arrangement of music by Giacomo Meyerbeer; an Irish air by P. J. Meyer; a rondo by J. N. Hummel; music by Meyerbeer arranged by Abraham Louis Niedermeyer; numerous variations by Henri Herz; music by Charles Horn to words by Haynes Bayly; music by Schubert to words by Goethe; music by F. H. F. Berkeley to words by Thomas Hood; music and songs by Carl Maria von Weber, Neil Gow, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, J. P. Knight, J. B. Cramer and others; etc.

Music,

A volume of manuscript and printed vocal music, the latter being arranged for the guitar and/or German flute(s). The songs have been mounted into the volume by stitching or pinning.