Contains the following items:
'Hear my Prayer' composed by J Kent, performed at the funeral of Her Late Majesty by desire of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, newly arranged … by W Knyvett [1821?];
'Lord to Thee Each Night and Day' air from Theodora by GF Handel, arranged by T Greatorex;
Milton's 'Bright Morning Star' as a duet for soprano voices … composed and inscribed to his friend Charles Hague, Mus.D, by William Carnaby (W Mitchell, London);
'What tho' I trace' from the oratorio of Solomon, by GF Handel, arranged by T Greatorex;
'Oft on a plat' air in L'Allegro et Il Pensieroso by GF Handel, arranged by T Greatorex;
'Let me wander not unseen' from L'Allegro et Il Pensieroso by GF Handel, arranged by T Greatorex [1819?];
'Peace to thee, Generous Swain' from Sterne, set to music by William Carnaby (C Mitchell, London). Includes printed catalogue of Carnaby's vocal works;
'Fair Aurora prithee stay' … [from] Artaxerxes by Dr Arne (G Walker, London);
'I know that my Redeemer liveth', air in Messiah by GF Handel, arranged by T Greatorex;
'Pleasure my Former Ways' from the opera of Time & Truth by GF Handel, arranged by T Greatorex;
'What Sweeter than the new blown Rose?' duet in … Joseph by GF Handel, arranged by T Greatorex [1819?];
'If Guiltless Blood' recitative and air from … Susanna by GF Handel, arranged by T Greatorex;
'Lord to thee each night and day' air from … Theodora by GF Handel, arranged by T Greatorex;
'Fond Flatt'ring World Adieu!' recitative and air in … Theodora by GF Handel, arranged by T Greatorex;
'Pious Orgies' from … Judas Maccabeus composed by GF Handel, arranged by William Knyvett [1817?];
'Hush ye Pretty Warbling choir' recitative and air in … Acis & Galatea by GF Handel, arranged by T Greatorex;
'The Smiling Dawn', recitative and air … in Jephthah by GF Handel, arranged by T Greatorex;
'Rejoice Greatly O Daughter of Sion' … from The Messiah by GF Handel, arranged by William Knyvett;
'Ye Sacred Priests' … from Jephthah by GF Handel, arranged by William Knyvett;
'Where E'er You Walk', … from Semele by GF Handel, arranged by William Knyvett;
'Here Amid the Shady Woods' … from Alexander Balus by GF Handel, arranged by T Greatorex, [1819?];
'The Mariner's Song' set as a glee for 3 Voices, words by Allan Cunningham, music by GF Graham (Preston, London);
'The Night is Rainy or The Shepherd's Cot' … sung by Mrs Salmon, Mr Evans & Mr Welsh … at the Argyll Rooms, by Thomas Welsh;
'Hither Fairy Queen' canzonet … as sung … by Mrs Salmon for whom it was composed by TA Rawlings [c. 1820];
'They Tempt Me Not!' sung by Miss R Corri, 'Oh Smile & All Your Cares Shall End' and 'Oh 'Tis Love' … sung by Miss R Corri and Mrs Baker from Matchbreaking or the Prince's Present, by MP Corri, words by I Kenney (C Wheatstone, London);
'Huntsmen Rest, Thy Chace is Done' … in continuation of the song 'soldier Rest Thy Warfare O'er' from The Lady of the Lake written by Walter Scott, sung by Mrs Vaughan, composed by J Mazzinghi (Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co, London & Dublin);
'Come Hither Thou Little Foot Page' … sung by Miss M Tree and Mrs Longhurst and 'With Hawk & Hound' … sung by Messrs Goulden, Pyne, Pearman & Isaacs in … Maid Marian, by Henry Bishop (Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co, London & Dublin). Stamped 'HRB';
'Farewell to Northmaven', Claud Halcro's song in the novel of The Pirate [by Walter Scott], set to music by Dr John Clarke (Birchall & Co, London, [1822]);
'Anna Marie, Love' song of the Knight & Wamba in … Ivanhoe [by Walter Scott], set to music by Dr John Clarke (Birchall & Co, London, [1820]);
'O Thou Shalt be the Star Love!', words by JR Planche, music by CM Sola (Birhall & Co, London, [1822]);
'Concealed Love' a canzonetta for a tenor … as sung … by Mr Vaughan, words from Metastasio, composed by V Novello (Clementi & Co, London, [1807?]).