Collection of organ music, chiefly fugues

Item data

Title

Collection of organ music, chiefly fugues

Names

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 (Composer)
Novello, Vincent, 1781-1861 (Former owner)
Wesley, Samuel, 1766-1837 (Music copyist)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1811 (Questionable)

Table Of Contents

Fugato for the organ [Sonatas, organ, BWV 526, C minor] -- Christe [Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 673] -- Confiteor unum baptisma [Masses, BWV 232, B minor. Confiteor] -- Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam [Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 684] -- In Epiphania Domini. Hymnus. Crudelis Herodes ; Ecce advenit dominator Dominus / [anonymous; chants harmonized with figured bass] -- Fuga a 5 con pedale pro organo pleno [Präludium und Fuge, organ, BWV 552, E♭ major] -- Fuga [Fugues, harpsichord, BWV 955, B♭ major] -- Fuga 23 [Wohltemperierte Klavier, 2. T. Nr. 23. Fuga].

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: Drexel 5453

Subjects

Manuscripts
Organ music
Organ music, Arranged

Genres

Scores

Physical Description

Extent: [38] leaves ; 31 cm
Poor condition.

Abstract

"The whole of this fine collection of organ music is in the hand writing of Sam Wesley, who kindly presented me with the mss. for my organ loft at the Portuguese Chapel, where I have frequently played most of the pieces with him as duetts. He was a great admirer of the fine organ there, which was one of the most exquisitely rich, beautiful and mellow-toned instruments that I have ever heard. For several years, Sam Wesley came almost every Sunday to hear the service, which generally consisted of one of Haydn or Mozart's masses, and afterward he was particularly fond of playing one of the glorious fugues of Sebastian Bach with me, which we adapted extemporaneously for four hands, as a last voluntary -- Vincent Novello, April 1844" -- note on cover.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 914193827
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20733366
Photo Order: 57328
Barcode: 33433099213518
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8a8aaf90-c17a-0134-3c79-00505686a51c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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