[Commonplace book], 1829.

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[Commonplace book], 1829.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702176979

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 60 poems, primarily sentimental or elegiac, on such subjects as nature, music, despair, mortality, and death. In addition to poems by William Shakespeare, George Byron, and Letitia Barbauld, the volume also contains poems by John Graves Simcoe, Richard Hole, Hugh Downman, and John Bampfylde, as well as a large number of poems by A. W., including many sonnets, dated between 1772 and 1784, many dedicated to acquaintances whose names have been masked, as well as numerous epitaphs. The collection also contains several poems regarding Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Also included in the volume is an extract from a letter from Mrs. Hutchings to Mrs. Merivale, dated 1822.

1 v. (130 p.) ; 21 x 17 cm.

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Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806

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Downman, Hugh, 1740-1809

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English physician and poet. From the description of Papers, 1773 and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35067573 ...

Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825

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The Serenade from which this movement is taken originally composed for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons, 1781; second version, with the addition of 2 oboes, in 1782 (see callno.: 2329). This transcription 1941.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Adagio, K. V. 375 / Mozart ; transcribed by Zoltán Fekete. [c1941]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42631243 Composed originally for solo piano, 1788. This transcription 1986.--Cf. Fleisher C...

Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron, 1788-1824

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