Nares, James

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Epithet: composer and organist

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000182

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referencedIn "ANTHEMS, compos'd for the use of the King's Chapel, by James Nares, from 1757 to 1769, etc." Autograph. Paper; XVIIIth cent. Oblong Quarto. [Add. 19,570.], 18th century British Library
creatorOf MS Mus. 1678. Anthems by Handel and others; circa 1790-1850. Anthems, hymns and two secular pieces, in score. Copies in ink. Numbers 1-32 are in the same hand. Most of the pieces are undated. There is an index on f. 1r of the titles of all but ..., approximately 1790-1850 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
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
referencedIn Hodges Family Collection, circa 1790-circa 1909 Library of Congress. Music Division
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
creatorOf MS Mus. 145. MAURICE GREENE AND OTHERS: verse anthems; second half of 18th cent. Ink. One hand is responsible for all of ff. 1-122. ff. 113-125 appear to be a later addition to the volume, of which ff. 123-5 are in two or three different hands. At le... British Library
creatorOf CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. III. 'A Collection of Psalm-Tunes, selected from several eminent Authors, [including Christopher Gibbons, William Boyce, Henry Purcell and William Croft] by John Greenwood' (b. 1795, d. 1837), organist successively of L..., approximately 1821-1837 British Library
referencedIn "ANTHEM alter'd from Dr. Greene, meerly to perpetuate the fine verse 'I go mourning,' the 4 part anthem being never us'd. Per J. N." [Dr. James Nares]: being the anthem,"Put me not to rebuke O Lord," partly in the handwriting of Dr. Nares. Paper; xvi..., 18th century British Library
creatorOf AYRTON PAPERS. Vol. XV (ff. 71). Legal and financial papers of W. Ayrton (ff. 5-46b), W. S. Ayrton (ff. 47-71), and other members of their family; 1771-1877, n.d. Large folio.William Ayrton, writer on music and impresario: Correspondence and papers: ..., 1771-1877 British Library
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St Marylebone, Middlesex
Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire
Peckham, Surrey
Whitkirk, West Riding of Yorkshire
York, Yorkshire
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