Wesley, Samuel Manuscripts in the Royal College of Music Library 639 Dixit Dominus. Antiphon for double choir. Autograph, 13 January 1800. 640(1) Might I in thy sight appear. Sacred song (1807). In the hand of Vincent Novello. 640(2) Air in C minor for organ. Autograph. 640(3) Duet for organ, composed as an introduction to the grand triple fugue in E flat [‘St Anne’] by J.S. Bach. In the hand of Charles Stokes. 674(18) Anglican chant. 674(79) I waited patiently. Anthem for 4 voices, adapted from the Missa pro Angelis , harmonised by Wesley. 679(10) Kyrie (unfinished) from the Missa pro Angelis , harmonised by Wesley. Owned (and copied?) by George Grove. 723(16) What bliss to life. Glee for 3 voices. 822(83) Nella cara. Round for 3 voices. 1039 Works for piano. Autograph. 1) Page of piano duet 2) Sonata in E flat. 8 November 1788. 3) Le Diable à Quatre. Air with Variations. 28 October 1801. 1040 Deus Majestatis. Motet for double choir and orchestra. 1799. Full score. ‘From the original MS. in the possession of C. Stokes’. From the library of Vincent Novello. 1062(76) Benedicamus Domino. For 3 voices. In the hand of George Grove. 1111(49) Parting to Death. Song, with figured bass. Autograph. 1784. 1143(7) Kyrie eleison. For 4 voices. From Missa de Angelis . In the hand of George Grove. 1151(15) Scraps for the Organ (copied from the Author’s MS. In the possession of Miss Ogle). In the hand of J.W. Windsor, 1808. See also MS 1151 1) Aria in D minor 2) Larghetto in B flat 3) Andante in G 4) Vivace in E flat 2130 24 letters from Samuel Wesley to Benjamin Jacob dealing principally with the works of J.S. Bach. 1808-16. Bound with the letters are the printed programmes of 3 concerts given at the Surrey Chapel in 1811, 1812 & 1814, and an autograph epigram by Wesley on J.P. 2141b Late compositions. Mostly autograph. 1) Sketches, fugue subjects, examples of inversion, augmentation, &c. 2) Double chant in B flat major. 5 May 1827. 3) Responses to the Commandments in E major. 22 June 1827. 4) Double chant in D major for the Jubilate, ‘Somers Town Church’. 5) Double chant in E major, ‘Gloria – Psalms sung at Ditto’. 6) Gloria tibi in A major. 7) Who is the trembling sinner. Hymn for SS and continuo. 14 December 1821. 8) Sketches. 9) In radiant splendor. ‘Song – on the Nuptials of the late unfortunate Princess Charlotte’. For soprano and piano. 15 August 1816. 10) Tu es sacerdos. Antiphona pro Sex Vocibus. Short score without text. 6 July 1827. 11) Sketches. 12) Ostende nobis Domine. Antiphona Quatuor Vocibus cantanda. 8 September 1827. 13) Awake my Glory. Psalm 78, for soprano and continuo. 25 October 1827. 14) ‘A Tune’. 1828. 15) Brief keyboard piece in D minor. 24 June 1829. 2141c Early compositions. Autograph. 1) Harsh and untuneful are the notes. Glee for SSA. Lacks first leaf. 31 May 1783. 2) Flutt’ring spread thy purple pinions. ‘A Love Song in the Modern Taste’. For soprano and figured bass. 21 June 1783. 3) When first thy soft lips. Glee for SSA and continuo. 24 June 1783. 4) Parting to death we will compare. Arietta for soprano and keyboard. 12 July 1783. 5) O how to bid my love adieu. Arietta for soprano and keyboard. 14 July 1783. 6) Pale mirror of resplendent light. Arietta for soprano and cembalo. 1 September 1783. 7) Too late for redress. Arietta for soprano and keyboard. 13 September 1783. 8) When we see a lover languish. Aria for soprano and figured bass. 9) The white rob’d hours have long been past. Arietta for soprano and keyboard. 24 September 1783. 10) Thou happy wretch. Serious glee for SSB. 25 September 1783. 11) Magnificat, ‘Per Tre Soprani, e Organo Obligato’. 27 December 1783. 2227 Ye simple souls that stray. Hymn for 4 voices. Autograph. 3073 Autograph letter to William Crotch. 15 May [1809]. 4016 Confitebor tibi Domine. Psalm for soloists, chorus and orchestra. In the hand of S.S. Wesley. 4017 An Ode to St Cecilia. Full score. Autograph. Re-copied 1837. 4018 2 piano sonatas. Autograph. 1) Sonata in B flat. 28 January 1793. 2) Sonata in A flat. 5 October 1794. 4020 Harmony. S.W. 1789. Vocal compositions. Autograph. 1) Anima nostra erepta est. Antiphon for 5 voices. 2) Integer penis (‘In imitation of Horace’). Trio for SSB. 3) What shaft of Fate’s relentless pow’r. For soprano and piano. 4) Levati capita vestra. Antiphon for SATB. 5) The rising sun of freedom. For soprano solo, chorus and figured bass. 6) Thou Jesus art our King. Hymn (from the German) by Charles Wesley. 9) Beneath a sleeping infant lies. Epitaph, for 2 voices and continuo. 10) Qui tollis peccata mundi. For soprano solo and keyboard. 11) Hark! His hands the lyre explore. For soprano and cembalo. 12) When down his throat a man doth chuse. Glee for SSB 13) Blushete me Carolos. Glee for SSB. 1798 14) Little tube of mighty pow’r. Song with figured bass. 12 July 1798. 15) Te decet hymnus. Antiphon for SATB. 19 September 1798. 16) In te Domine speravi. Song for soprano and figured bass. 28 July 1798. 17) Roses their sharp spines being gone. 3-part song. 18) Double chant in C minor. 25 September 1798. 19) Eternal Father of mankind. For SS and organ. Composed for the Cheshunt Charity Children. 17 August 1799. 20) Salve Regina. Antiphon for ATB. 10 September 1799. 21) You are old Father Dennis. Glee for ATB. 22) The glories of our blood and state. Part-song for SATB. 15 October 1799. 23) Single chant in F sharp minor. 24) Double chant in D major. 25) Salve Regina. Antiphona for ATB (the same work as no. 20). 10 September 1799. 26) O sacred bird. Glee for ATB. 4 April 1800. 27) Happy the man. Glee for ATB. 14 March 1800. 28) Beneath these shrubs. Epitaph on a favourite dog, for ATB. 7 June 1800. 29) Requiem aeternam. Introitus in Missa pro Defunctis. Duet for SA and continuo. 18 May 1800. 30) This shall be my rest. Trio for ATB. 4 July 1800. 31) O that I had wings like a dove. For soprano and figured bass. 4021 Vocal and instrumental compositions. Autograph. 1) Venite exultemus Domino. Chant 2) Anima nostra erepta est. Antiphon for 5 voices (see also MS 4020(1)) 4) Single chant in F minor 5) Double chant in D major 6) Gloria from the Jubilate in the Service in F. SATB and figured bass. 7) Aria in D minor for organ (see also MS 1151) 8) Larghetto in B flat for organ (see also MS 1151) 9) Andante in G for organ (see also MS 1151) 10) Vivace in E flat for organ (see also MS 1151) 11) Lento in F major for organ 13) I walked to Camden Town. Burlesca for ATB: for Messrs. Wesley, Salomon and Saust. 20) Minuet in C minor for string quartet (see also MS 5251) 24) Air in E flat for keyboard 26) Here shall the morn. Glee for SATB 28) What tho’ my frail eyelids refuse. For voice and figured bass. 4022 Vocal and instrumental compositions. Autograph. Inscribed ‘Samuel Sebastian Wesley. The Gift of his Father’ and ‘this Book and its exquisite Contents are the property, by gifit of his Father, of Saml. Sebn. Wesley. Exeter.’ 1) In exitu Israel. Antiphon for double choir. 3 May 1810. 2) Carmen Funebre (‘Omnia vanitas’). For SSATB. 3) Tempo di Walcia in D. For piano. 21 November 1818. 4) Gavotta in G minor. For piano. 5) God save the King [with variations]. For organ. 6) Rule Britannia [with variations]. For organ. 7) Fuga in C minor. For organ. 24 July 1826. 8) Tu es sacerdos. Antiphona for SAATTB. 6 July 1827. 9) Who is the trembling sinner. For voice and keyboard. 14 December 1821. 10) Collaudate Dominum. Canon ‘in quinto et octavo’ for ATB. 27 March 1830. 4025 Vocal and instrumental compositions. Autograph unless otherwise stated. (NB the numbering after 24 differs from that in the typescript catalogue which does not differentiate between various short pieces.) 1) Service in F. Te Deum and Jubilate. For SATB and organ. Stichvorlage. 2) Service in F. Magnificat (2 copies, the 2 nd dated 8 November 1822) and Nunc Dimittis. For SATB and organ. 3) O give thanks unto the Lord. Coronation anthem. For SATB and organ. 14 July 1837 7) Father of me and all mankind. Hymn for voice and figured bass. 8) Thus saith the Lord. Hymn for voice and figured bass. 9) Pro peccatis suae. Motet for ATB. 1792. 10) Pro peccatis suae. Motet for ATB. The same work, slightly altered, as no. 9. 11) Ut queant laxis resonare. ‘Hymnus. In Festo Nativitatis S. Johannes Baptistae. For ATB. 12) O remember not our old sins. Duet for SS and continuo. 16 August 1821. See also no. 44. 13) Three hymn tunes with organ interludes (‘Great Milton’, ‘Canterbury’ and ‘Wareham’). 14) Sketches for a fugue in D minor. 15) Thirteen short pieces for organ. 10 July [1816]. 16) 6 Fugues with Introductions, for young Organists. 17) Movement in C and C minor, for organ. 18) 6 short voluntaries for organ. 19) Rondo ‘del Sig. R.S. Sporini’, for piano. 26 October 1833. 20) Jessy of Dunblane – ‘arranged with va[riations] by Signor Pastorelli’. 21) 2 movements in G (the second Vivace), for piano. 23 October 1813. 22) Quick Step in C, for piano.