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Miscellaneous Collection of Songs from Pope's Eloisa to Abelard, after 1750

By RBML Staff and Meg Hixon

Collection Overview

Title: Miscellaneous Collection of Songs from Pope's Eloisa to Abelard, after 1750

ID: 01/02/02/POST-1650 MS 0027

Creator: Arne, Thomas (1710-1778)

Extent: 5.0 Volumes

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of five manuscript scores entitled Miscellaneous Collection of Songs from Pope's Eloisa to Abelard. The scores, bound separately but in the same unidentified hand, are for voice, first violin, second violin, viola, and basso. Each contains works by Thomas Arne, Samuel Arnold, Jackson of Exeter, Henry Purcell, and Rosina Sacchini. The unknown creator also set selections from Alexander Pope's Eloisa to Abelard to music by George Frideric Handel.

Each volume has the bookplate of Edward Littleton, Baronet.

List of Songs

1. Go, gentle gales (Jackson of Exeter)

2. With Delia ever could I stay (Jackson of Exeter)

3. Blow, blow thou Winter's Wind (Thomas Arne)

4. Ye Shepherds so chearfull and Gay (Jackson of Exeter)

5. The heavy hours are almost past (Jackson of Exeter)

6. Ah! Why must words my Flame reveal? (Jackson of Exeter)

7. All I wish in her obtaining (Thomas Arne)

8. No stars again shall hurt you from above (Henry Purcell)

9. Henry cull'd the flowrets bloom (Rosina Sacchini)

10. Come Hope thou Queen (Samuel Arnold)

11-15. From Pope's Eloisa to Abelard (George Frideric Handel)

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions:

This collection is the physical property of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, may reside with the materials' creator(s) or their heirs.

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library welcomes requests for reproductions made from works in our collections, though restrictions may apply to certain materials. Please contact the library with any questions.

Finding Aid Revision History: Revised by Meg Hixon, September 2016

Other Note: Former shelfmark: MS Q.784.306 M681

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Box and Folder Listing

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