[Music for bassoon and recipes]

Format:

Manuscript

Musical score

Contributor:

Moyer, Dennis K., former owner.

Moyer, Linda, former owner.

Language:

English

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts.

Manuscripts, American -- 19th century.

Marches (Music)

Hymn tunes.

Recipes.

Scores.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Linda and Dennis Moyer (Zionsville, Pennsylvania).

Sold at auction as part of the collection of Linda and Dennis Moyer at Pook & Pook (Downingtown, Pennsylvania), 10-11 July 2020, lot 353.

Physical Description:

1 manuscript score (78 unnumbered pages) ; 20 x 16 cm + 3 notes.

Production:

[United States] : [producer not identified], [1880s?]

Language Note:

Recipes, titles and notations in English.

Staff notation, with shape note notation used in the opening pages.

Summary:

A 19th-century manuscript of approximately 25 musical pieces and 18 recipes. A fingering chart for the bassoon, complete with a diagram of the instrument, is included near the end of the volume. This chart, and the fact that most of the pieces are in bass clef, suggests that the owner was a bassoon player. Many of the works are popular marches of the time, such as Washington's march, Russian march, and the slow march from The Battle of Prague. Some of the selections appear more than once. The hymn tune, Pilgrim's farewell, appears early in the manuscript (pages [4]-[5]); it closely follows the arrangement for 3 parts and the shape note notation of the work as it appears in the Sacred Harp (1844). The recipes in the manuscript are mainly for cakes, but there are also recipes for taffy, catsup and beer. Laid in are paper fragments with two additional cake recipes. There is evidence suggesting that the manuscript has a provenance in eastern Pennsylvania, possibly in Lehigh County. A notation on page [56] refers to Upper Milford Township and County Lehigh. In addition, laid in the manuscript is a bill from the Hosensack Creamery, which was established in the village of Hosensack, Lehigh County in 1880 (see: History of the counties of Lehigh and Carbon in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Everts & Richards, 1884), page 395). Possibly noteworthy is the inclusion of two musical pieces named after towns in eastern Pennsylvania: Millerstown quickstep and Allentown piece. (Allentown is located in Lehigh County.) A date on the final page of the manuscript appears to be in the 1880s.

Notes:

Ink (chiefly) and pencil on paper, with hand drawn staves that vary in their page orientation. The opening section of music (pages [2]-[8]) has staves that extend across facing pages, resulting in scores that are essentially in oblong format. A later section of music at the back of the volume (pages [38]-[70] ) has staves that run in "landscape" orientation, requiring the performer to turn the volume 90 degrees to read the music. New pieces in this section begin on every other page; if a piece does not extend to the second page, the second page is left blank. Therefore, when performing, the top page is always a new piece. The majority of pieces are in bass clef or written with melody and bass lines. The central section of the volume (pages [9]-[38]) is largely blank pages, except for pages [31]-[36] that contain recipes. The recipes are written upside down (the book must be turned 180 degrees to read them).

Laid in are two paper fragments containing recipes and one bill from the Hosensack Creamery addressed to Mr. H. C. Schernly.

Contemporary binding with marbled boards.

Title devised by cataloger.

Cited as:

Music for Bassoon and Recipes (Ms. Codex 2337). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1551449606