Glenn C. Wilcox American tunebooks, 1843,undated.

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Glenn C. Wilcox American tunebooks, 1843,undated.

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Four volumes of handwritten music, 1843 and undated, most apparently copies from other sources, collected in the 1950s through the 1980s by Glenn and Helen Wilcox of Murray, Ky. Most pieces are hymns, including many with words by Charles Wesley and tunes from early Methodist sources, including some by John Wesley. Also included are marches, quicksteps and other dance music, and classical works by Beethoven and Mendelssohn.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

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Felix Mendelssohn, composer of the early Romantic period. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family. He was brought up without religion until the age of seven, when he was bapt...

Wilcox, Glenn C., 1927-

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The Glenn and Helen Wilcox Collection of American Religious Tunebooks is only a portion of the total library built by the Wilcoxes. The full collection includes popular music published on small cards during World War II, classical scores and recordings, etc. The religious tunebook holdings were particularly extensive, comprising approximately 1,932 volumes acquired by the Wilcoxes and some 1,490 volumes from the collection of the late Reverend Charles Atkins, a Congregational minist...

Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788

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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

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Composer. From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to Count Franz von Brunswick, [1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622425 From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to Josef Blöchlinger, [1819 Aug.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622372 From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to the Chevalier Josef de Varena, 1812 July 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622275 From the description...

Wesley, John, 1703-1791

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John Wesley, evangelist and founder of Methodism, was born 17 June 1703, in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, and died 2 March 1791, in London, England. He was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford (1724); was ordained a deacon in the Church of England (1725); and was elected a fellow of Lincoln College (1726). He eventually embarked upon a new ministry, along with his brother, Charles (b. 1707), which resulted in their separation from the Anglican church; they and other "Methodists" served as...

Wilcox, Helen.

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