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Aria Sebaldina. 9th Variation. Pachelbel. For organ.

"French Pavane" for recorder, Lady Chapel organ and Harrison organ arranged by Peter Hurford. In F major. Metronome marking: 60 beats per minute.
Three drafts.

"Sunny Bank"song for voices and piano or organ in G major. Metronome marking dotted crotchet = 88.

Alternative "(+ better!) lay-out" of 2 sections of the Scherzo (beginning and bars 41-46).

"A Prelude upon Nicaea" for organ. Metronome marking: 72 beats per minute.
Full draft in ink, and pencil sketch of a fragment in pencil.

Five Verses on a melody from the Paderborn Gesangbuch (1765) for organ in A major.
Incomplete draft. It has verses 1, 2, 3 and the beginning of 4.

"Noël Nouvelet". A Carol for Christmas and Epiphany from the Oxford Choral Songs Series Panel. French Carol (probably 16th Century) arranged by Peter Hurford. For voices and organ in E minor.
Two drafts: one incomplete in pencil and one complete in ink (publisher's copy) including single page with the words in typewriting.

"Wassail Song" (Oxford Carol Book 15), arranged by Peter Hurford. For two voices and piano or organ.

"Come, love we God" A Carol for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass choir or a choir of boys or girls only. Words: Shann MS (1611). In F major. Metronome marking: 120 beats per minute.

"Passingala" (Op. 8) for organ.

Letters between Peter Hurford and the editors of Oxford University Press regarding the proofs of Making Music on the Organ [Published by Oxford University Press in 1990], and Organ Illustrations made by Peter Hurford.

Typewritten copy with pen markings of a paper titled: "Blundell's Music School".
Speech given by Peter Hurford the 6th of October 2007. 3 pages.
Also: typewritten page with: Specification of organ in chapel built by Hele Plymouth.

"Litany to the Holy Spirit" for voices in unison and organ (or piano). In E major. Words by Robert Herrick.
Published by Oxford University Press. In the series:The Oxford Choral Songs.

Firts Item: First two pages: Fugue in E minor (Chromatique!) for piano (?). Metronome marking: Andante espressivo.
Pages 3 and 4: Exposition and first middle entry group of FRCO fugue for String Trio (violin, viola and violoncello).
Second Item: Fugue in E minor (another hand written version of the first pages of the First Item with minor variations).

"Two Dialogues" for Organ. No. 1 (metronome marking: 84 beats per minute) and 2 (metronome marking: minim = 76) in G major, written in ink. Dialogue 1 (in pencil, different from Dialogue 1 in ink) and Dialogue 2 (in pencil, the same as Dialogue 2 in ink).

"Paean" for organ in A major. Metronome marking: 112 beats per minute.
Two drafts: one complete in ink, and one incomplete in pencil.

Bristol Suite for organ in D major. I: [untitled], II: Contra, III: Dance, IV: Division, V: Ground, VI: Epilogue.
There are two loose sheets ( one manuscript, one a photocopy with some rewriting in green ink) containing a re-layout of bars 18 to 24 of V: Ground.

D. J.'s Fancy for organ [?] in D major.

"Scherzo" from the Suite for organ "Laudate Dominum", Metronome marking: minim = 120. "Ein' feast Burg" No. 2 [2nd. set] for organ. Incomplete draft of "Nun Danket alle Gott".

"Scherzo" for organ manuals only. [From the Suite for organ "Laudate Dominum"]. Metronome marking: minim = 120.

"When I lie within my bed..." [incipit]. Oxford Easy Anthems E 164 for voices (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) and organ or piano in E major.
There is one loose page with some additional bars and a photocopy with the last page of the manuscript that includes an alternative ending for the last two bars.

"The Holy Son" (A Christmas Carol), words by Henry More (1614-1687) for unaccompanied voices (soprano, alto, tenor, bass).

Draft in pencil of a work for organ (9 pages).

"Christ hath a garden", words by Isaac Watts, revised by Robert Bridges. For four voices (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) in C minor.

"For thee, O dear country". For soprano and tenor voices, and organ in E major. Words: Bernard of Morlaix c. 1140.
Hillands. Arranged by Peter Hurford.
Two copies: One has four pages, and the other one is reduced to fit in two pages.

Handwritten musical illustrations for incorporation into text of Making Music on the Organ. [Published by Oxford University Press in 1990].

Handwritten and typewritten manuscripts of speeches as "The President's Address to the Royal College of Organists", between January 1981 and July 1982. Printed version of the speech from July 1982 published in The Musical Times.

Piece for keyboard in D minor.

"O Mortal Man, remember well", words traditional, for four voices in E minor.

"Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine", accompaniment arranged for four hands in E flat major.

"Come live with me", words by Christopher Marlowe, for soprano and keyboard in G major.

Two songs set to Anonymous 16th Century Words for voice and keyboard. 1. "Balow" in B minor (metronome marking: 104 beats per minute). 2. "The Knight of the Grail" in C major (metronome marking: dotted crotchet = 80).

Draft of what it appears to be three different pieces: "Full knee deep lies..." [Tennyson] for soprano, alto, tenor and bass (incomplete) in E flat major, metronome marking: 100 beats per minute; A piece for string quartet (violin I, violin II, viola and violoncello) in D minor; another work for string quartet in which, at the top left of the page it reads: "Last 11 bars of a fugue, introducing stretto on pedal points" in A minor; and a fragment of a full orchestral score in C minor [all the pieces might relate to the same work (?) or at least the vocal part with the orchestral (?)].

Drafts of two works. One for piano [?] in G major, and the other one a song "O saw ye Bonie Lesley..." [poem by Robert Burns] for tenor and keyboard in F major.

"The Enchantment". Words by Thomas Otway. Song for soprano and piano in A flat major.

"Ha'nacker Mill". Words by Hilaire Belloc. For tenor and piano in G minor.
Two drafts: one in ink and one in pencil.

"The Upside Down Song" for voice and keyboard in G major. Number 27 of: 30 20th-century Hymn Tunes by Joseph Weinberger.

"Organ Estampie" for organ. Metronome marking: 116 beats per minute.

Fugue for organ in D minor.

Handwritten Index and other annotations of Making Music on the Organ. [Published by Oxford University Press in 1990].

"The Maturing Organist", article reprinted from The Musical Times, December 1982.

Typewritten copy with pen markings of a paper titled: "Organ music before Bach".
14 pages of text and 3 pages of Bach excerpts.

"Es ist ein Ros entsprungen..." [incipit] for voice in E major.

"In dulci jubilo". Words: anonymous, 1544, from DDT. I. xxxiv, p.8, for four voices (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) in A major.

"Victorian Love Song". Anonymous, arranged by Peter Hurford. Song for two voices in C major.

Music booklet with several songs: "Precamur Sancti Domini" for four voices (two altos, tenor and bass) in E major; "Te lucid ante terminum" for four voices (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) in B flat major; "Ha'nacker Mill", words by Hilaire Belloc for voice and keyboard in G minor; "O thou wert born to please me..." [incipit] for two voices and keyboard; "To stop the train..." [incipit] for voice in G major; "There once was a man..." [incipit] for voice in G minor.

"A ditty for Karen". Song for voice and piano in D major. Lyrics and music by Peter Hurford.

Sketch of a piece for keyboard [?].