Text set / O bee joyfull. /Dr. Blow.

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Title: O bee joyfull. /Dr. Blow.
Creator: Blow, John, -1708.
Contributor: Bumpus, John S. (John Skelton), 1861-1913, former owner.
Date Created and/or Issued: before 1708
Contributing Institution: UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection: Early Modern English Manuscripts from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Scope/Content: Manuscript anthem for vocals and organ by John Blow. Lyrics are devotional in nature: praising God, his works, and relationship with mankind, with references to the parting of the Red Sea in the book of Exodus. This score appears to be in Blow's hand and is signed "Finis John Blow." All pages are hand ruled.
Citation/Reference: Bumpus, John S. A history of English cathedral music.volume 1, p. 134.
Condition: Linen over boards imitative of contemporary Cambridge-style binding, with gilt lettering on upper cover.
Type: text
Form/Genre: Scores
Extent: 12 pages, bound ;35 cm
Identifier: ark:/21198/n17g94
f MS.1969.003
Subject: Music--England--Early works to 1800.
Place: England
Location: CLUW

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