Williams, Williams: 155 Pieces, 1797
Collection
155 Pieces
Contains works by Billings (12), Read (8), Edson (6), Holdroyd (6), Swan (3), Tans'Ur (3), Brownson (2), Holden (2), Morgan (2), Stephenson (2), Bourgeois, Bull, Carpenter, Goff, Hibbard, King, Strong, Williams and Anonymous (103) US-NH , Misc. Ms. 296
Contains
Original Title: [t.p., p.1:] Book
Material:
  • Source type:
    Source type: Manuscript copy
    Content type: Notated music
    Date:
    1797-1800 (18.ex)
    Publishing, printing and production information:
    Place: Connecticut (Groton) [verified]
    Material:
    Format, extent: scores and parts: 181p.
    Dimensions: 13 x 21 cm
    Watermark description:
    Britannia; J. Whatman
    Notes:
    Oblong octavo bound in full limp leather, considerably worn. Contemporary newspaper extracts from New London used as endpapers with notices dated December [17]97.; State of preservation: Browned throughout, heavily in places. Some pages chipped at edges with slight loss of text or notation in several instances. Tears to some pages, 2 paste-downs. Some staining.
    Binding note:
    Binding note: Bound and sewn.
    Copyist: [Verified]
Former owner: [Verified]
Provenance note: Williams, Ann
Notes: Unpaginated.
Notated in ink on hand-ruled staves with text and staff lines to several tunes in red.
p.121: John A Williams | Book Gorton [sic] Con
Blank verso of last leaf: Ann Williams Groton
Babylon and Qan Tan, which occur near end of ms., may be earliest pieces in shape-note notation.
Library (siglum) shelfmark: Misc. Ms. 296
RISM ID no.: 900004448
Last update: October 16, 2022