DICTIONARY OF MUSIC - El Atril

710 LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS OF MUSIC
{i.e. Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and
Somerset, a natural son of Henry VIII., who
died in 1536). The words of these ballads are
printed in the Yorkshire Arclueological and
TopogrcqMcal Journal, ii. 396. The library
also contains some rare liturgical printed books,
particularly a York Manuals (W. de Worde) of
1509, and a York Missal (Rouen) of 1517.
Rochester. The Music Liljrary of the Cathe-
dral consists of 47S volumes, 84 of which are
in MS. , and contain anthems and services (some
of which are unpublished) by the following composers
:—Hopkins, Henstridge, Loch, Wootton,
Hine, Turner, Elvey, Cliild, Dupuis, Lambert,
Fussell, Mason, Walmisley, Russell, Rogers,
Marsli, and Pratt.
Shenley, Hekts. Mr. Edward Speyer has
a valuable collection of musical autographs,
many of which are of great interest and rarity.
The following are the chief musicians rejjresented:—Albrechtsberger,
Auber, C. P. E. Bach,
J. S. Bach (cantata, 'Wo Gott der Herr') ; Beethoven
(several letters, sketches, and proof-
sheets) ; Bellini, Berlioz, Boccherini, Boieldieu,
Brahms (vocal quartets, op. 112, Nos. 1 and
2, and many letters) ; Biilow, Burney, Cherubini,
Chopin, Clementi, Dalayrac, Donizetti, Elgar,
Farinelli, Gluok (score of aria from ' Issipile '
) ;
Gretry, Handel, Haydn, Joachim, Liszt, Martini,
Mehul, Mendelssohn, Meyerljeer, Mozart and
his family, Paer, Paganini, Philidor, Piccini,
Rousseau, Sacchini, Salieri, Schubert, Schumann,
Spohr, Spontini, R. Strauss, Thalberg, A.
Thomas, Verdi, Wagner, and Weber.
Shekboene. The school Library contains a
few rare musical printed works, including complete
sets of both parts of the ' Selectissimae
Cantiones ' (Nuremberg, 1587) and 'Lectiones
Hiob'(]Sruremberg,1588) of Lasso ; the 'Balletti'
of Gastoldi (Antwerp, 1601) ; 'Paradise Musicale
' (Antwerp, 1596), and the five-part madri-
gals of Marenzio (Antwerp, 1593).
Stonyhuust. This college possesses the original
MS. of de Vice's responses for Holy Week,
MS. music by Cartoni, and a few litanies,
motets, sequences, etc., by Palestrina.
TENBtTRY. St. Michael's College possesses
the Library of the late Rev. Sir F. A. Gore
Ouseley, containing nearly 2000 volumes, mostly
rare full scores and treatises. It includes the
old Palais Royal collection, with the French
royal arms on the covers, consisting of scores
of operas, motets, etc., by LuUy, Colasse, Destouohes,
Lalande, Campra, and many other
French composers. There is also a very large
collection of MS. Italian sacred music of the
Palestrina school, copied from the library of
the Abbate Santini, and a very valuable MS. of
Handel's 'Messiah,' partly in the composer's
own autograph, and partly in that of J. G.
Smith. It was from this copy that Handel
conducted the work on its first performance in
Dublin, and it contains some various readings
and curious annotations in his own handwriting.
Amongst the autographs in this library may be
mentioned a large collection of curious vocal
music, original and selected, in the handwriting
of Dr. Crotch ; a full score of one of Spohr's
symphonies ; and autographs of Orlando di
Lasso, Orazio Benevoli, Blow, Croft, Bononcini,
Travers, Boyce, Arnold, Mozart, Paganini, and
Mendelssohn. This library also contains copies
of all the treatises of Gaforius and a large number
of early MSS. of Purcell's works. For further
information as to this collection see Proceedings
of the Musical Association for 1878-79 and 1881-
1882. Warden: Rev. J. Hampton.
Ware, Herts. St. Edmund's College, Old
Hall. The Library contains a valuable English
manuscript of the 15th century, containing
sacred music by English composers of the
period, including two numbers ascribed to King
Henry VI. For a full account and thematic
catalogue see Sannnelbdnde of the International
Musical Society, ii. (1900-l)pp. 342-92, 719-22.
Librarian : Rev. W. Burton.
WiGAN. The Free Public Library contains
a good collection of works on music, mostly
English publications of the 1 9th century, as
well as a few pianoforte scores of operas, etc.
See Folkard (H. T. ): Music and Musicians. A
list of Books and Pamphlets relating to the
History, Biography, Theory, and Practice of
Music, ^7?-e5eri'efZ in the . . . IVigan Free
Public Library (Wigan, 1903). Librarian:
H. T. Folkard.
Windsor. St. George's Chapel. The Chapel
Library contains a good collection of old church
music, many MS. services and anthems, an interesting
old organ book containing the Benedicite
to Child's service in G (in score), and a
copy of Tomkins's ' Musica Deo Sacra' (1668).
Worcester. The Cathedral Library possesses
a fine Sarum Missal, a MS. Service Book
of the 13th century, and the Primus Contra tenor,
Bassns Decani, Secundus Contratenor, and Tenor
Cantoris of Barnard's Church Music.
York. The Minster Library contains 258
musical works, both printed and MS., besides a
large quantity of anthemsandservices. Amongst
the MSS. the following works may be mentioned
—a collection of duets, glees, etc., by Aldrich,
Wise, Blow, etc. ; an installation ode by Hague ;
Te Deums by Haydn, Neukomm, Schicht, and
' Weber ; The Nativity, ' an oratorio by Homilius ;
amass by Naumann ; 'The Intercession,' an
oratorio by King ; a set of three-part Fancies by
Jenkins ;
eight choir-books (formerly belonging
to W. Gostling), containing the voice-parts com-
plete of a large number of anthems and services
of the 17th century ; a Medius Decani part
(early 17th century) of services by J. and R.
Parsons, Mundy, Shepperde, Morley, and Byrd ;
a sonata for trumpet and strings by Purcell,
and much else of interest. The printed music
includes works of Amner (Sacred Hyinnes,