Taylor, Edward Manuscripts in the Royal College of Music Library 94
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Taylor, Edward Manuscripts in the Royal College of Music Library 94 William Boyce: Recitative ‘Shall then the son of Saturn’ and air ‘The fatal blessing I resign’ from the masque Peleus and Thetis . Copied by Edward Taylor 897 G.F. Handel: Samson , as arranged by Edward Taylor for the 1842 Norwich Festival 2098 Illustrations to 2 nd series of lectures on English Church Music. Lectures 1-3 (late 17 th & early 18 th centuries) 2099 Ditto. Lectures 4-6 (early 18 th century) 2100 Illustrations to 3 rd series of lectures on English Church Music. Lectures 1-6 (18 th century) 2101 Illustrations to 4 th series of lectures on English Church Music (late 18 th and early 19 th centuries) 2102 Illustrations to lectures on English Opera. 1 st series (16 th and 17 th centuries) 2103 Illustrations to lectures on English Opera. 2 nd series (17 th and early 18 th centuries) 2104 Illustrations to lectures on English Opera. 3 rd series (18 th century) 2105 Illustrations to lectures on English Dramatic Music 4 th series (18 th century) 2106 Illustrations to lectures on English Opera. 5th series (18 th century) 2107 Illustrations to lectures on English Opera. 5 th series (late 17 th to early 19 th centuries) 2108 Illustrations to lectures on English Opera. 6 th series (17 th to early 18 th centuries) 2109 Illustrations to lectures on English Opera. 7 th series (18 th and early 19 th centuries) 2110 Illustrations to lectures on English Opera. 7 th series (18 th and early 19 th centuries) 2111 Illustrations to lectures on English Madrigals (16 th and early 17 th centuries) 2112 Illustrations to lectures on the Italian School. 2 nd series (17 th century) 2113 Illustrations to lectures on the Italian School. 3 rd series (17 th and early 18 th centuries) 2114 Illustrations to lectures on the Italian School. 4 th series (18 th century) 2115 Illustrations to lectures on the Italian School. 5 th series (18 th century) 2116 Illustrations to lectures on the German School (18 th century) 2117 Illustrations to lectures on the German School (18 th century) 2118 Ode on the reopening of Gresham College (2 November 1843), for soloists, chorus and piano. Composed and selected by Edward Taylor. 2119 Canons, glees, &c. (1835-56) 2120 Madrigals, &c. Copied and adapted by Edward Taylor. 2121 Songs, &c. Without composers’ names, but probably by Edward Taylor 2142 12 lectures on English Dramatic Music, from the reign of Henry VIII to Handel’s Rinaldo 2143 17 lectures on English Dramatic Music, from the accession of George III to c.1825 [some lectures missing] 2144 2 lectures on Purcell’s King Arthur 2145 3 lectures on Gresham College and three of its Professors of Music (Bull, Aylward and Stevens) 2146 4 lectures on the Flemish School of Music 2147 5 series of lectures on the German School of Music 2148 Lecture on the Musical Celebrations of St Cecilia. 1830 2149 Lecture on the History and Characteristics of Glee-writing (with a letter from W.H. Cummings inserted). 1838 2150 Lecture on the state of music in the reign of Queen Elizabeth (subsequently altered and divided into two lectures) 2151 6 lectures on English Church Music, from the reign of Henry VIII to Dr Boyce. 1847 2152 6 lectures on the English Madrigal Writers 2153 3 series of lectures of English Vocal Harmony. 1848-61 2154 Various fragments of lectures (with some printed syllabuses), delivered between 1840 and 1862 2154a 3 series of lectures of the Vocal Harmony of the Italian School (some duplicate and imperfect) 2168 Thomas Attwood: Letter to ET, 8 November 1837. 2170 William Ayrton: Letter to ET, 16 November 1837. 2193 C.E. Horn: Letter to ET, presenting a glee and cantata, 29 October 1845. 2213 Filippo Pistrucci: Sonnet ‘A Mr. Edward Taylor’, 15 June 1838. 2222 W.F. Street: Letter to ET, 9 November 1837. 2223 Richard Taylor: Letter to ET, 15 November 1837. 2234 T. Arne, arr. H.R. Bishop: A Selection from the Opera of Comus [from the library of ET] 2235 Miscellaneous vocal music, partly illustrations to ET’s Gresham lectures (including canons and glees of his own composition) 2252 H. Purcell: Vocal works, copied by ET. 2258 Includes harpsichord music by Bull and Byrd, copied by ET. 2260 Includes 3 hymns by ET. 2261 Includes canon and 2 choruses by ET 2265 Vocal music, probably mostly composed by ET 2274 Includes glees and a canon by ET. 5209 Lectures on music (Italian music; English dramatic music (2 series); English opera; German music (incomplete)). Acquired from Novello & Co. © Royal College of Music, London 2009 .