MS music score and lyrics of pieces from 'Comus' by Thomas Arne

This material is held atRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland Archives & Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 2607 eim/9
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 26 x 35 cm 33 parts

Scope and Content

MS ink on paper. Many with pencil annotations.

In various - all unidentified - hands.

All pieces by Thomas Arne from his masque, 'Comus' (1738).

  • 'The Dances in 'Comus' Pianoforte Arrangement' [16 pages]
  • 2) 'By dimpled brook' 5 string parts
  • 3) 'Ye fawns & ye dryads' : piano, conductor and 4 string parts
  • 6) 'Preach not me your musty rules': conductor and 4 string parts
  • 7) 'By the rushy fringed bank': one unidentified part in bass clef and 4 string parts
  • 8) 'Shepherd 'tis my office best' : one unidentified part in bass clef and 4 string parts
  • 11) 'Nor on beds of fading flowers' 2 oboes and 4 string parts

Lots of pencil annotations, red pencil numbered parts.

Access Information

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