File 02 - A Musical miscellany from early Sharon

1 ms. score (28 p.) : pencil + 7 parts : ink

Kathleen McMorrow (A2024-02)

File consists of the manuscript scores and parts for music selected and transcribed by John Beckwith as part of the "Heritage Celebration" program at Music at Sharon (July 9, 1983). The selections were:

• March (Lady of the Lake) and Quick-step : for oboe, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, and bass (optional) / Anonymous (Doan manuscript)
• Anthem and duet (Psalm 134) : for soprano and alto duet with oboe, bassoon, organ, violin, viola, cello, and SATB chorus / Anonymous (Coates manuscript)
• Hymn : Shirland : for SATB chorus and organ / Samuel Stanley (Doan part-book, Coates collection)
• Two hymns from Colonial Harmonist / Mark Burnham:
  • Resurrection : for SATB a cappella
  • Hermitage : for clarinet in A (optional), bassoon, viola, cello, bass (optional), and SATB chorus
• Hymn : St. Ann's : for oboe, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, organ, and SATB chorus / William Croft
• Glee : Melting airs : for TTBB chorus a cappella / William Hayes
• Three dances / Anonymous (Coates manuscript)
  • Drops of brandy : for bassoon, piano or harmonium, violin, viola, and cello
  • Buy a broom : for bassoon, horn, piano, and cello
  • Bath waltz : for oboe, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, and cello
• Two songs / traditional Irish
  • The Harp that once thro' Tara's halls : for baritone solo with horn, violin, viola, and cello / text by Thomas Moore
  • The Girl I left behind me : for tenor solo with oboe, bassoon, piano/harmonium, violin, viola, and cello
• Joshua. The Great Jehovah is our awful theme : for oboe, bassoon, horn, organ, violin, viola, cello, and SATB chorus / G.F. Handel.

• English

Text in English.

Beckwith's arrangements of "March, Lady of the Lake, and Quick-step" and "Hermitage" were reused in the "Musical Toronto: A Concert Party" program at Roy Thomson Hall (June 20, 1984). Other arrangements in this set, with additional parts, were included in the "Sharon Remembered" concert (July 6, 1991):

• "Bath waltz" with additional parts for piano, B-flat clarinet, and bass
• "Drops of Brandy" with additional parts for flute, oboe, B-flat clarinet, and bass
• "Buy and Broom" (unaltered)
• "The Harp that once thro' Tara's Halls" with an additional part for clarinet in A and bassoon
• "Hermitage" (unaltered).

Version of "The Harp that once thro' Tara's Halls" for mezzo-soprano solo with harp and piano published by Gordon V. Thompson (1987).