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Epithet: the elder, composer and organist

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Epithet: the younger, composer

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referencedIn Correspondence of Leigh Hunt; 1807-1859. Paper; ff. 340.includes:ff. 3-167 passim Thomas Mitchell, translator of Aristophanes: Correspondence with Leigh Hunt: 1807-1816, n.d. ff. 5, 7, 12, 49, 65, 86, 151 Barron Field, lawyer and writer: Letters to ..., 1807-1859 British Library
creatorOf DOVASTON MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS (SERIES II). Vol. IV. Collection of songs, duets, glees, etc., together with a few keyboard pieces or arrangements, mostly from published sources; compiled 1805, 1815-1824. The vocal music includes works by R. J. Stevens, D..., 1805-1824 British Library
creatorOf NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. CXIV. 'Studies in Vocal Counterpoint'; 1845-1849. Some numbers are present in more than one setting. ff. iii+46. Overall size 310 x 244mm. Vincent Novello's binding of 1849, numbered 127b. 1. f. 1. Samuel Webbe the elder: 'St..., 1845-1849 British Library
referencedIn HONE PAPERS, supplementary to Add. MSS. 40108-40122, divided into two main sections, viz.:-A. Correspondence and papers of William Hone, bookseller (d. 1842), 1813-1840, including a draft scheme (ff. 1-3 b) for the reform of Lunatic Asylums in a let..., 1675-1879 British Library
referencedIn 1. INSTRUMENTAL PARTS to "Two Words." f. 1. 2. First violin part of " Keolanthe." f. 127. 3. Instrumental parts of the incidental music to the " Merry Wives of Windsor," composed by Charles Edward Horn, in conjunction with Jonathan Blewitt, Thomas Si..., 19th century British Library
creatorOf 1813-54.ff. 247 + 74a. 312 x 200mm.includes:ff. 1-3r, 7v-8r, 9v-11, 13-14r, 25v, 54, 88v-89r William Horsley, composer: Minutes of general meetings of the Philharmonic Society, approved by: 1813-1818.ff. 2v-3, 23v-24, 32, 43v-46, 49r Samuel Webbe..., 1813-1854 British Library
creatorOf MUSIC PUBLISHING: album of receipts, agreements and letters of musicians, chiefly relating to the firms John and Thomas Preston (John Preston & Son), and Coventry and Hollier; 1773-1863. Mostly receipts for copyright in musical compositions. The sign..., 1773-1863 British Library
creatorOf NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. LXVIII. Samuel Webbe the elder: chant in D minor, and mass, both for unaccompanied voices; 1760, n.d. Copies. The mass perhaps in the hand of Vincent Novello. ff. i+14. 145 x 190mm. Originally unbound, but with binding number..., 1760 British Library
referencedIn COLLECTION Of Songs and portions of operas by Henry Purcell, Jeremiah Clark, William Boyce, and others. At f. 162 is an autograph song by Samuel Webbe. Paper; ff.-165. xviiith, xixth centt. Oblong Folio.Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Odes, mas..., 18th century-19th century British Library
creatorOf NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. LXXI. Samuel Webbe the younger: sacred vocal music; n.d. Autograph chorus and vocal scores. ff. 4. 300 x 242mm. 1. ff. 1-2v. 'Laudate pueri', for four voices. Chorus score. 2. ff. 3-4v. 'Pater noster, tenor or tuba solo.' Voc... British Library
referencedIn PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XVI (ff. 33). Neat copies of madrigals, part-songs, glees, etc., for four or five voices, in parts, a few by Pearsall (or slightly altered by him), but most of them by the English and Italian madrigalists of the 16th century..., 19th century British Library
referencedIn Hodges Family Collection, circa 1790-circa 1909 Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn COLLECTION of glees, catches, and part-songs, by S. Webbe, Callcott, Stevens, Elliott, W. Hawes, and others of the best-known glee-writers of the 18th cent., with some madrigals and other pieces of an earlier style. Five volumes. Paper; ff. 148, 228,..., 19th 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
referencedIn ORIGINAL, LETTERS Of musicians, arranged as in the preceding volume ; 16th-19th centt. The names of writers are given in the Index. Among them are:-Dr. Thomas Augustus Arne. Sir Henry Rowley Bishop. Dr. William Boyce. Orlando Gibbons. Henry Lawes. Ma..., 16th century-19th century British Library
referencedIn CHURCH-music by English composers. Autograph . 1."O be joyfull in God": anthem by William Boyce, Mus. D. organ score, followed by the tenor and drum parts. f. 1. 2. Psalm xc.: anthem in organ score, by John Worgan, Mus. D.; 1782. f. 14. 3. Service in..., 18th century-19th century British Library
referencedIn PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XX (ff. i + 32). Neat copies of madrigals, part-songs, glees, etc., for four or five voices, in parts, a few by Pearsall (or slightly altered by him), but most of them by the English and Italian madrigalists of the 16th cent..., 19th century British Library
referencedIn PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. V (ff. 176). Miscellaneous compositions, chiefly secular, by Pearsall, Paper. XIX cent.includes:ff. 5 b, 84 b, 90, 125-147 passim Sir Walter Scott, Baronet; author: Musical settings of poems by: 19th cent. f. 7 Wartensee, S..., 19th century British Library
creatorOf NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. CXIV. 'Studies in Vocal Counterpoint'; 1845-1849. Some numbers are present in more than one setting. ff. iii+46. Overall size 310 x 244mm. Vincent Novello's binding of 1849, numbered 127b. 1. f. 1. Samuel Webbe the elder: 'St..., 1845-1849 British Library
creatorOf NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. LXXII. Sacred vocal music, by Samuel Webbe the elder except where indicated below; 1771-after 1820 (watermark), n.d. Vocal and chorus scores. Partly autograph. Copies in the hand of Vincent Novello. ff. 20. Largest size 270 x..., 1771-1820 British Library
referencedIn Recommendations for associateship, with signatures of the applicants and those recommending; 1867-1902, n.d. With two recommendations for fellows, 1916, 1924 (ff. 180-1). All but one are entered on printed forms. Arranged alphabetically by name of pe..., 1867-1902 British Library
creatorOf 1816-22.ff. 198. 98 x 160, 178 x 114mm.includes:ff. 13v-14 Domenico Dragonetti, double-bass player and composer: William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Copies of letters to Domenico Dragonetti from William Watts: 1816-44.f. 26 Catherine ..., 1816-1822 British Library
referencedIn Recommendations; 1815-46. All bearing the signatures of those making the recommendation, and most annotated with the dates on which the recommendations were read and with the result. Entered on printed forms from 1820 or 1821 onwards.ff. 218 + 169*. ..., 1815-1846 British Library
referencedIn A COLLECTION of Organ Music, by George Frederick Handel, Arcangelo Corelli, John Stanley, Charles Frederick Abel, -Schmid, Matthew Camidge, and -Berg; transcribed by Samuel Webbe, the celebrated glee-writer, in 1799. Oblong Quarto. Presented by Vin..., 1799 British Library
referencedIn PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XVII (ff. 33). Neat copies of madrigals, part-songs, glees, etc., for four or five voices, in parts, a few by Pearsall (or slightly altered by him), but most of them by the English and Italian madrigalists of the 16th centur..., 19th century British Library
creatorOf NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vols. LXIX, LXX. Samuel Webbe the elder: chants in the hand of Vincent Novello; n.d. Two volumes. Both 95 x 160mm. Early 19th-cent. bindings. British Library
referencedIn Newland/Zeuner Collection, circa 1735-circa 1900 Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn COI,LECTION Of glees, catches, rounds, etc. by Samuel Webbe, sen., John Wall Callcott, John Stafford Smith, Henry Purcell, Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne, William Lawes, and other English composers of the 18th cent. Paper; ff. 53. xixth cent. Oblong Quart..., 19th century British Library
creatorOf NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. LXXII. Sacred vocal music, by Samuel Webbe the elder except where indicated below; 1771-after 1820 (watermark), n.d. Vocal and chorus scores. Partly autograph. Copies in the hand of Vincent Novello. ff. 20. Largest size 270 x..., 1771-1820 British Library
referencedIn Vol. III. ff. 171.includes:ff. 68, 69 (autogr.) Samuel Webbe, the younger; composer: Glees: 18th, 19th centt., 18th century-19th century British Library
creatorOf MUSIC PUBLISHING: album of receipts, agreements and letters of musicians, chiefly relating to the firms John and Thomas Preston (John Preston & Son), and Coventry and Hollier; 1773-1863. Mostly receipts for copyright in musical compositions. The sign..., 1773-1863 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 Correspondence of Leigh Hunt; 1807-1859. Paper; ff. 411.Charles Ollier, publisher: Letters to Leigh Hunt: 1815-1858, n.d.includes:f. 1 Charles Sneyd Edgeworth: Letter to Leigh Hunt: 1842. ff. 3-356 passim John Forster, biographer: Letters to Leigh H..., 1807-1859 British Library
referencedIn PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vol. XVIII (ff. i + 33). Neat copies of madrigals, part-songs, glees, etc., for four or five voices, in parts, a few by Pearsall (or slightly altered by him), but most of them by the English and Italian madrigalists of the 16th c..., 19th century British Library
creatorOf ‘Original letters’: Vianesi – Whitworth (ff. 252); 1816-1913, n.d.includes:f. 1 Auguste Charles Léonard François Vianesi, composer and conductor: Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to [S. Lucas] from Auguste Charles Léonard Fran..., 1816-1913 British Library
creatorOf NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. CXII. Vocal and instrumental arrangements; 1842-1847, n.d. Mostly in the hand of Vincent Novello, some with engraver's markings in pencil. ff. iv+113. Overall size 305 x 245mm. Vincent Novello's binding of 1847, numbered 148a..., 1842-1847 British Library
referencedIn Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990) Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn Vol. XL (ff. 221). 1807-1810.includes:f. 1 Thomas Grenville, bibliophile and statesman: Letter to Sir A. Paget: 1807.f. 2 Peter Isaac Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham: Letter to -: [1807?].f. 3 Colonel William Peacocke, of Llanfair: Letter to S..., 1807-1810 British Library
creatorOf DOVASTON MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS (SERIES II). Vol. III. Collection of songs, duets, glees, etc., together with a few keyboard pieces, mostly from published sources but including items composed by friends; compiled 1803-1813. The vocal music includes works ..., 1803-1813 British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS vocal music, viz. :-1. "When charming Chloe " :madrigal for five voices, in score, by Samuel Webbe. Autograph. f. 1.2. " Daughter sweet of voice and air ": glee for five voices, by Samuel Webbe. Autograph. f 7. 3. The same words, entitl..., 18th century-19th century British Library
creatorOf ENGLISH VOCAL MUSIC: a collection of English vocal music consisting mostly of glees by W. H. Woakes of Hereford; 1st half of 19th cent. Also included are compositions by Dr John Wall Callcott, Sir Henry Bishop, William Knyvett, Stephen Paxton, Samuel... British Library
referencedIn CANONS, catches, and glees, by John Travers, Samuel Webbe, (father and son), Joseph William Holder, John Wall Calcott, John Davy, William Horsley, William Crotch, William Hawes, and James Elliott. Principally autograph. At the end, f. 72, is an "Ode ..., 18th century-19th century British Library
referencedIn CANONS, catches, and glees, by John Travers, Samuel Webbe, (father and son), Joseph William Holder, John Wall Calcott, John Davy, William Horsley, William Crotch, William Hawes, and James Elliott. Principally autograph. At the end, f. 72, is an "Ode ..., 18th century-19th century British Library
referencedIn Foundation book, with signatures and addresses of members; 6 Feb. 1813. With annotations and additions to 1847. The members are numbered 1-59, but some of the later names in this series are inserted in pencil rather than signed, and the series has be..., 1813-1847 British Library
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