DICTIONARY OF MUSIC - El Atril

LIBEAEIES AND COLLECTIONS OF MUSIC 703
c. Library of the Society of "Writers to the
Signet. The Catalogue, with two Supplements,
appeared in three parts, 1871-91. The last
volume contains a subject-index, in which music
occupies a column and a half, chietiy consisting
of theoretical and historical works, with a small
collection of Scottish airs, etc. Principal Librarian
; J. P. Edmond.
d. A very interesting collection of works
illustrating the national music of Scotland was
formed, during many years of collecting, by the
late Mr. John Glen, who is noticed separately
(see ante, p. 179). The collection contains,
with the exception of a very few of the rarest
works, everything relating to Scottish music
that has been printed down to the early 19 th
century, besides a few MSS. and some collec-
tions of English Country Dances and rare
English and Irish books. For a detailed list
of a great portion of the Library see J. Glen's
Early ScoUish Melodies (1900). The collection
at present (Nov. 1905) belongs to Mr. Glen's
three sons, but it is hoped that it will be
acquired by some Edinburgh Library.
Ely. See vol. i. p. 779a. See W. E.
Dickson: A Catalogue ofAncient Choral Services
and AnthemSf preserved among the Manuscript
scores and Part-tools in the Cathedral Church
of Ely (Cambridge, 1861).
Eton. The College Library possesses a very
fine and valuable JIS. of English sacred music
of the 16th century. See W. B. Squire : On
an Early Sixteenth Century Manuseript of
English Music in the Library of Eton College
{Archaeologia, vol. Ivi., London, 1898).
Glasgow, (o) The Euing Library. This
Library, containing over 5000 volumes, was collected
by the late W. Euing, Esq., of Glasgow,
In 1866 he founded a musical lectureship in
Andei"son's University, Glasgow, now merged in
the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical
College. He bequeathed the whole of his
musical library to the University for the use of
the lecturer and students. It is a large and
valuable collection, p)articularly rich in treatises
and histories of music. The anonymous cata-
logue, which was jirepared and printed in accordance
with Mr. Euing's will, is unfortunately
altogether inadequate, and displays the grossest
ignorance. It fills 256 pages, 140 of which are
occupied with the list of treatises, essays, etc.,
which form the nucleus of the collection. New
buildings for the Technical College are at present
(1905) being erected, which when finished will
be the largest of their kind in the United Kingdom.
The Euing Library will then be more
accessible, and it is hoped that a new catalogue
will be printed. Amongst the ancient music
in this collection the following works may be
mentioned : early editions of Byrd's Psalms,
etc. ; the Corale Constantini (1550-57); Faber's
Melodiae Prudenlianae (1633) ; 3 volumes of
Frescobaldi's works ; Nicolas de la Grotte's
Chansoiis (1575) ; 47 volumes of Practorius's
works (1607-1618) ; 9 volumes of G. de Wert's
works (1583-1589) ; and a valuable and extensive
collection of English psalters and hymnbooks,
including the ' Gesangbuch ' of the
Picard Brethren (1538), rel'erred to in Burney's
History, iii. 31. See Catalogue of the Musical
Library of the late IVm. Euing (GlatSgovf, 1878).
Librarian ; P. Bennett.
(b) The Stillie Musical Library in GlasgoAV
University was collected and bequeathed to
the University by Mr. Thomas L. Stillie, a
well - known musical critic, who died at
Glasgow in 1883. It contains 760 volumes,
including many full scores and modern operatic
works.
Gloucester. The Cathedral Library possesses
several old choir-books containing unpublished
anthems by Rogers, Tye, Wise, Blackwell,
Turner, Pickhaver, Henstridge, Davies, Jefi'eries,
Portman, Parsons, etc., unfortunately wanting
several of the parts ; a complete full service (in
F), and two anthems in MS. bj' Fortunate
Santini ; a full MS. score of Boyce's anthem
' Blessed is he that considereth '
; a few leaves
of illuminated MS. music, and some printed and
MS. church music of the 17th century.
Great Buokham, Surrey. Mr. Adolph
Schloesser's Library contains some interesting
old printed music ; but its chief feature is the
large collection of musical autographs, which
were mostly given either to Mr. Schloesser
personally or to his father, the late Hofkapellmeister
Louis Schloesser, of Darmstadt. Among
the most valuable are examples of Auber,
Beethoven, Berlioz, Cherubini, Chopin, Franz,
Gounod, Liszt, Moscheles. Mozart, Meyerbeer,
Rubinstein, Raft', Sullivan, Robert and Clara
Schumann, and Wagner.
C4REAT Warley, Essex. Miss Willmott lias
an interesting musical Library containing many
rare MSS. and printed works. Among the
former are two sets of part-books of Italian
church music of the early l7th century— one
formerly in the Altenipi Library— containing
many compositions by Palestrina and his school
finely bound volumes of French 18th-century
chansons ; cantatas by Scarlatti ; an autograph
of J. S. Bach and a collection of autographs
chiefly of the 19th century. The printed books
comprise several complete sets and odd partbooks
of English madrigalists of the late
16th and early 17th centuries. Miss Willmott
also owns many interesting musical instruments,
among which are three clavichords, two harpsichords,
tw^o spinets, etc.
Hereford. The principal musical treasure
of the Cathedral Library is the set of 10 volumes
of Barnard's Church Music (1641). Eight of
the volumes are nearly perfect, the remaining
two are in MS., and were compiled with much
care by Mr. John Bishop, of Cheltenham.
There are also a few old organ books and other