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[Fragment of a song book]
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio M1.A11 .H6 v. 15 v. 15; v. 15 suppl.
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791--Manuscripts.
- Hopkinson, Francis.
- Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791.
- Manuscripts.
- Music--Manuscripts.
- Music.
- Songs with harpsichord--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--18th century.
- Songs with harpsichord.
- Operas--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--18th century--Excerpts--Vocal scores.
- Operas.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Excerpts.
- Vocal scores.
- Songs.
- Penn Provenance:
- Hopkinson, Edward Jr. (donor)
- Hopkinson, Francis
- Hopkinson, Oliver
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (47-84 manuscript pages)
- Production:
- 1755.
- Contained In:
- Hopkinson collection of music. v. 15
- Contents:
- L'amour a mille tourments / Anon. (p. 53)
- Air [unidentified] / Arne (p. 66)
- Atalanta. If love my dearest treasure / Handel (p. 78-79)
- Handel's Water piece (p. 84)
- Occasional oratorio. Prophetic visions strike my eye / Handel (p. 70-74)
- Samson. Great Dagon has subdued our foe ; Let the bright seraphim / Handel (p. 75-77, 67-69)
- Fissa ne squardi miei / Hasse (p. 81-83)
- No more the fabled names confin'd / Anon. (p. 80)
- Duetto [unidentified] / Palma (p. 64-66)
- Alexis, a cantata / Pepusch (p. 60-64)
- Stizzoso mio stizzoso / Pergolesi (p. 54-56)
- Silvia bright nymph / Anon. (p. 57)
- A song in the Triumph of Hibernia / Anon. (p. 58-9)
- Merope. Figlio ascolta / Terradellas (p. 48-50; incomplete)
- Dimmi una volta addio (duetto) / Vinci (p. 47; incomplete)
- Notes:
- Page 1-46, 51 & 52 wanting.
- Hopkinson's signature on back cover.
- Photocopy in suppl.
- Contains songs with keyboard, chiefly arranged from operas, copied by Francis Hopkinson.
- Contents indexed in: Richards, Caroline. An eighteenth century music collection. Thesis (M.A.) -- Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1968.
- OCLC:
- 63549355
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