Cooke, Benjamin, MusD, composer

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referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of vocal and instrumental pieces in score, commenced by Henry Male Dixon in 1759, and continued by John Stafford Smith. The principal pieces are anthems and services by John James, J. Beckwith, Dr. Arnold, -Guise, Dr. Ayrton..., 18th century-19th century British Library
creatorOf ECCLESIASTICAL DOCUMENTS; 1218-1529, 1218-1529 British Library
referencedIn Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet: Original correspondence, chronologically arranged: 17th-18th centt.includes:ff. 1, 19, 116, 195, 217, 252, 262, 267, 273, 330, 353 Sir Thomas Dereham, 4th Baronet: Letters to Sir H. Sloane: 1728-1738.f. 3 John Hazler, Cl... British Library
creatorOf NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. VII. Benjamin Cooke: 'Collection of Sacred Music'; 1847. Vocal scores in the hand of Vincent Novello. Some of the keyboard accompaniments have not been completed. ff. ii+79. Largest size 308 x 240mm. Vincent Novello's binding..., 1774-1847 British Library
creatorOf CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XI. Chants for psalms at morning and evening prayer on thirty successive days; collected aft. 1840(watermark f. 10). Imperfect, by the excision of most of the last leaf (f. 33), which bears the remnants of pencil sketch... British Library
referencedIn Letter of Benjamin Cooke to Peter Collinson, sending the dispensation for his inspection and enclosing a copy of it; 26 Dec. 1761. Paper; ff. 3. Small folio.Benjamin Cooke, of Newport, Isle of Wight: Letters to F. Collinson: 1741, 1761. British Library
referencedIn ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. (Vol. II) ff. 326.(1) 'An account of the Locusts in New England' by Paul Dudley; Roxbury, nr. Boston, 18 Dec. 1733. Followed by letters, etc., relating to the same, 1733-1737. ff. 4-27b. (2) 'Histories of the Epidemick Colds whi... British Library
referencedIn Account of the preceding by the donor. Paper; ff. 2. Small folio.Benjamin Cooke, of Newport, Isle of Wight: Notes by, on Add. Ms 4719, art. 3: bef. 1762. British Library
creatorOf NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. VI. Benjamin Cooke: 'Collection of Secular Music'; copies, 1847. Vocal scores except where stated, some with keyboard accompaniments by Vincent Novello. In the hand of Novello. Dates given below are those of composition as no..., 1847 British Library
creatorOf CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. V. Twenty metrical psalms, for three voices, by William Croft and others; 18th cent. Copies and extracts, aft. 1797 (watermark passim). Words from Old or New Versions, as indicated in the headings. Also includes:-(a) S..., 18th century British Library
creatorOf ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XV; 18th century. Copy. Compositions for Harpsichord, unless otherwise described, mostly not in H-G. Items 49-97 are Minuets for Harpsichord, identified so far as poss..., 18th century British Library
creatorOf NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. CXIII. 'Studies in Vocal Counterpoint'; 1845. With two printed press cuttings relating to the publication of Volume 1 and a letter of 1846 from T. P. [Thomas Pickering?] (ff. vi-vii verso). ff. viii+26. 290 x 234mm. 1. f. 1v...., 1845 British Library
referencedIn 1. "AULD Robin Gray," set to music by William Leeves, Rector of Warington, co. Somerset. Autograph. Enclosed in a letter from Andrew Loder to William Ayrton, editor of the Musical Library; Ashborne, 4 Dec. 1834. f. 1. 2. Score of the "Canon per Augme..., 18th century-1834 British Library
referencedIn BIRCH CORRESPONDENCECorrespondence, etc., of Thomas Birch. The contents may be divided as follows:-(1) Rough drafts of letters (without names of addressees), notes and extracts from books, etc., in Birch's autograph. ff. 1-103 passim, 144, 159, 209-..., 18th century British Library
creatorOf 1. "Sonata per cembalo," by Francesco Geminiani. Autograph. f. 1. 2. Twenty-one short pieces for the harpsichord, by Alessandro Scarlatti. Given by Dr. Benjamin Cooke to his brother John in 1740, as appears by a letter of the former at the end of the..., 18th century-19th century British Library
referencedIn CATCHES and glees by H. Purcell, J. Blow, -Cranford, J. Eccles, T. Ford, [S.] Ives, Jeremiah Clark, -Creed, Dr. H. Aldrich, M. Wise, Dr. [William] Hayes, -Turner, [H.] Lawes, John Hilton, W. Byrd, W. Lawes, Edward Nelham, John Smith, -Stonerd, [R..., approximately 1800 British Library
referencedIn CHURCH Music in score, chiefly in the hand of Vincent Novello, viz. :-1. Responses and a setting of part of Psalm cxix., by Thomas Tallis. 2. "Prevent us, O Lord": anthem, by William Byrd. f. 12. 3. Services and anthems, by Dr. Orlando Gibbons, prece..., 19th century British Library
referencedIn TREATISE on harmony, counterpoint, fugue, etc., by Benjamin Cooke, Mus. D. Autograph. Paper; xviiith cent. Folio., 18th century British Library
referencedIn Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet: Original correspondence, chronologically arranged: 17th-18th centt.includes:ff. 1, 28, 37, 210 Claude Joseph Geoffroy, Le Jeune: Letters to Sir H. Sloane: 1715-1744.: Engl. and Fr.ff. 2, 36, 52, 7 4, 322 Thomas Shaw, Cha... British Library
referencedIn NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. LXXVIII. Secular and sacred vocal and instrumental music; after 1813 (watermark)-1849, n.d. Full, vocal, chorus or instrumental scores. Partly autograph but mostly copies, in the hand of Vincent Novello except where stated. f..., 1813-1849 British Library
referencedIn ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. 285).(1) François de Brémond, M.D., to Dr. C. Mortimer concerning a file rendered magnetical by lightning; Paris, 4 June 1740. English translation. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, 614. ff. 1-2b. (2) 'Some Reflexions on Gener... British Library
referencedIn CALL to remembrance " anthem in organ-score, by Benjamin Cooke, Mus. D. The parts follow, at f. 11. Autograph. Paper; ff. 20. xviiith cent. Quarto.Benjamin Cooke, MusD; composer: Anthem: 18th cent.: Autogr., 18th century British Library
referencedIn SACRED music, principally by English composers, viz. 1. Canons and rounds, by Arne, Thomas Ford, Holder, Dr. B. Cooke, Samuel Webbe, James Elliott, William Savage, and Robert Cooke, with many others unnamed. Some of the former are autograph of the an..., 18th century-19th century British Library
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Upsala, Sweden
New England, America
Norway, Europe
Isle of Wight, England
Arreton, Isle of Wight
Lapland, Northern Europe
Virginia, U.S.A.
London, England
Goslar, Germany
Lincolnshire, England
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Paris, France
London, England
Wittenberg, Germany
Quito, Province of, Ecuador
Dulwich, Surrey
Peru, South America
Gabian, France
Bonsall, Derbyshire
Wittenberg, Germany
Cartagena, S. America
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