Two volumes of services copied by J.S. Bumpus

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Mus. c. 424-5
  • Dates of Creation
    • late 19th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Latin.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Two volumes of services in score with figured bass for the organ, copied by J.S. Bumpus. The volumes include scores by John Bishop, William Child, Benjamin Cooke, Robert Cooke, William Croft, Thomas Deane, Charles King, Richard Langdon , Benjamin Rogers, Robert Shenton, and George Walsh.

Administrative / Biographical History

J.S. Bumpus (fl 1891-1913) was an antiquarian and writer on cathedral music and ecclesiology. See the Grove Dictionary of Music for further details.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Bought by the Library in 1982.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

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