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Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the song "The Normandy Maid" on one side and the notation and dance instructions for "[Stony] Point Reel" on the other. The sources for both songs are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "The Normandy Maid" is in B-flat major and 4/4 time; "[Stony] Point Reel" is in G major and 2/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the songs "The General", "General's Salute" and "Trip to Reneleagh" [usually spelled "Ranelagh"] on the front. The reverse side has the notation and lyrics for a song labeled as both "The Soldier's Song" and "Lilies of France" as well as an additonal melody for "The General's Salute". Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "The General" and "General's Salute" are both in G major and 4/4 time; "Trip to Raneleagh" is in D major and 2/4 time; "The Soldier's Song"/"Lillies of France" is in D major and 4/4 time; The alternative melody to "The General's Salute" is either in G mixolydian or is missing the key signature, and is in 4/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the songs "The Drum", which is labeled a "country dance", "Bath New Assembly-Room Minuet" and "Lady Betty Montague's Minuet" on the front. The reverse side has notation for the songs "Miſs [Miss] Townsend's Minuet" and "Lady Smith's Minuet". Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "The Drum" is in F major and 6/8 time; "Bath New Assembly-Room Minute" is in E-flat major and 3/4 time; "Lady Betty Montague's minuet" is in G major and 3/4 time; "Miſs [Miss] Townsend's Minuet" is in B-flat major and 3/4 time; Lady Smith's Minuet is in D major and 3/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the song "None as Pretty", which is labeled as a "country dance", on the front. The reverse side has notation and lyrics for an unidentfied song which appears to be a variant of the ballad "On Springfield Mountain" as well as the notation and lyrics for the song "Water Parted From the Sea". Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "None as Pretty" is in C major and 2/4 time; The unidentified song is in G major and 6/8 time; "Water Parted From the Sea" is in G major and 3/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript folio with five variations of the melody for "Yanky Doodle" on the front. The inside pages contain notation and lyrics—in English and Dutch—for five versions of the song, "Hier Komt Paul Jones Aan" as well as an additional melody for "Yankee Doddle". The back page is blank. Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; The variations on "Yanky Doodle" is in D major and 2/4 time, as is the additonal version on the inside pages; The versions of "Hier Komt Paul Jones Aan" are in, from left to right: G major and 4/4 time, C major and 4/4 time, two in F major and 4/4 time, and D major and 2/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript folio with the notation and lyrics for the songs "The Whistling Plowman" and "Pray Goody Please to Moderate" on the front. The inside pages contain notation for the songs "The Bear"—which is labelled as an English Dance—"French Dance", "The Bonnet"—which is labelled as a Californian Dance—and "The Black Dance", which is labelled as a contradance. The back page has the notation for the songs "Cinderella" and "The Flowers of Edinburgh", both of which are labelled as contradances. Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "The Whistling Plowman" is in C major and begins in 4/4 before changing meter to 3/4; "Pray Goody Please to Moderate" is in F major and 4/4 time; "The Bear" is in G major and 6/8 time; "French Dance" is in G major—with the B section entirely in D major—and 6/8 time; "The Bonnet" is in C major and 2/2 time; "The Black Dance" is in G major and 2/2 time; "Cinderella" is in D major and 2/2 time; "Flowers of Edinburgh" is in G major and 2/2 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript folio with the notation for the songs "Merry and Wise"—as well as its lyrics—"Lord Cathcart's Favorite", and "We With Fun the Stocking Throw" on the front. The inner pages contain the notation for the songs "Vous L'Ordonne[z]", "Miss Dawson's Whim", "La Belle Laitere", "Robin Hood", "La Don Juan", "And They're A Noddin', "A[oo]ns Darais" and "The Spanish Curtis". The back page has notation for the song "Birmingham Lasses". Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Merry and Wise" is in G major and begins in 4/4 before changing meter to 12/8 time; "Lord Cathcart's Favorite" is in G major and 6/8 time; We With Fun the Stocking Throw" is in D major and 9/8 time; "Vous L'Ordonne[z] is in F major and 2/4 time; "Miss Dawson's Whim" is in G major and 6/8 time; "La Belle Laitere" is in G major and 6/8 time; "Robin Hood" is in G major and 2/4 time; "La Don Juan" is in D major and 6/8 time; "And They're a Noddin" is in G major and 2/4 time; "A[oo]ns Darais" is in G major and 2/4 time; "The Spanish Curtis" has an A section in G major and a B section in G minor and is in 2/4 time; "Birmingham Lasses" is in G major and 6/8 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript folio with the notation for the songs "The Princess Royal--the New Way", "Britons! Strike Home"—as well as its lyrics—and "Deserter" on the front. "Deserter" is labelled as an "opera dance" from 1772-73; this song possibly comes the well-known French comic opera Le déserteur. The inner verso page has notation and lyrics for "How much Superior Beauty Awes", with an additional note reading "--Love in a Village" (1762)". This song comes from Act 3 of the opera Love in a Village, composed by Thomas Arne. The inner recto page has notation for two songs called "Linnet", "East India Nightingale", "Skylark", and "Rising of the Lark"—all of which come from John Walsh's 1717 collection of recorder tunes "The Bird Fancyer's Delight"— as well as "Haunted Tower", which is taken from the song "Finale: The banished ills of heretofore" from the 1789 opera "The Haunted Tower". The back page has notation for another version of "Linnet" as well as the song "The Duke of York's Favorite Troop". Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "The Princess Royal--the New Way" is in G minor and 4/4 time; "Britons! Strike Home" is in C major and 3/4 time; "Deserter" is in D major and 4/4 time; "How much Superior Beauty Awes" is in G major and 2/4 time; Both versions of "Linnet" on the inner page are in G major and 4/4 time; "East India Nightingale" is in G major and 3/4 time; "Skylard" is in D major and 3/4 time; "Rising of the Lark" is in D major and 2/4 time; "Haunted Tower" is in G major and 2/4 time; the third version of "Linnet" is in G minor and 2/4 time; "The Duke of York's Favorite Troop" is in D major and 3/8 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript folio with the notation for the song "French Minuet" on the front. The inner pages contain notation for the songs; "Gavotte Pastorale de Martini"—which is the Gavotte from Giovanni Battista Martini's Sonata No. 12—"The Spanish Patriot", and "The London Assembly". The back has notation and lyrics for "By the Gayly-Circling Glass", which comes from Act 1 of Thomas Arne's opera Comus. Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "French Minuet" is in G minor and 3/4 time; "Gavotte Pastorale de Martini" is in F major and 2/4 time; "The Spanish Patriot" is in C major and 6/8 time; "The London Assembly" is in B-flat major and 2/4 time; "By the Gayly-Circling Glass" is in D major and 4/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript folio with the notation for the songs "Parodie du Minuet Jupin dis le Matin", "La Princesse", and "The Restauration: or the Coventry Song" on the front. The inner pages contain notation and lyrics for the songs; "A New Song", "The Favorite"—a "Chaconne danced by her Majesty Queen Anne"—and two minuets by John Playford and Henry Purcell for "Music's Handmaid", a book on harpsicord. The back page contains notation for the song "Rigadoon" by Henry Purcell. Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Parodie du Minuet Jupin dis le Matin" is in F major and 3/4 time; "La Princesse" is in D major and 6/8 time; "The Restauration: or the Coventry Song" is in C major and 4/4 time; "A New Song" is in D major and 4/4 time; "Bath The Favorite" is in C major and 3/4 time; Playford and Purcell's minuets are in A minor / 3/4 time and D minor / 3/4 time, respectively; "Rigadoon" is in C major and 4/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript folio with the notation for the songs "Mrs. Hamilton of Bangour's Minuet" and "The [Ladies] Farewell" on the front. The inner pages contain notation for the songs; "Handel's Quick March", "Tekeli", "Tink a Tink", "Turkish March", "[Federal] March", "The Recueille", "Handel's Clarinet", "Clementina", "Baltimore" and "White Cockade". The back page contains notation for the songs "Mrs. Nicolson's Minuet" and "The Muses Retreat" . Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Mrs. Hamilton of Bangour's Minuet" is in E-flat major and 3/4 time; "The [Ladies] Farewell" is in C major and 4/4 time; "Handel's Quick March" is in D major and 2/4 time; "Tekeli" is in F major and 6/8 time; "Tink a Tink" is in G major and 2/4 time; "Turkish March" is in C major and 2/4 time; "[Federal] March" is in A minor and 4/4 time; "The Recueille" is in D major and 4/4 time; "Handel's Clarinet" is in G major and 4/4 time; "Clementina" is in G mixolydian and 6/8 time; "Baltimore" is in G mixolydian and 6/8 time; "White Cockade" is in C major and 4/4 time; "Mrs. Nicolson's Minuet" is in B-Flat major and 3/4 time; "The Muses Retreat is in G mixolydian and 4/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with three variants of the melody for "Yankee Doodle". A note at the bottom of the page gives the sources for each variant. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; Variants one and two are in G major; variant three is D major; all three variants are in 4/4.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the song "OGNADNAF". Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "OGNADNAF" is in D major and 6/8 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the songs "Petronella" and "Killiecrankie". Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Petronella" is in F major and 2/4 time; "Killiecrankie" is in C major and 2/2 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the songs "Whistling Rufus" and "Devil's Dream". Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Whistling Rufus" is in G major and 4/4 time; "Devil's Dream" is in G major and 4/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the song "Rakes of Mallow" on the front. The back page contains crossed out notation. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Rakes of Mallow" is in G major and 2/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the song "Sellinger's Round" on the front. The back page contains notation for the songs "Shoo-Fly" and "Captain Junior". Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Sellinger's Round" is in G major and 6/8 time; "Shoo-Fly" is in F major and 2/4 time; "Captain Junior" is in D mixolydian and 6/8 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the song "Getting Upstairs" on the front. The back page contains notation for the songs "Shepherd's Holiday" and "Uncle Jim". Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Getting Upstairs" is in A major and 2/2 time; "Shepherd's Holiday" is in G minor and 6/8 time; "Uncle Jim" is in A major and 6/8 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the song "Lady Round the Lady" on the front. The back page contains a single line of untitled notation. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Lady Round the Lady" is in D major and 4/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the songs "Mr. Isaac's Maggot" and "Listen to the Mocking Bird" on the front. The back page contains notation for the songs "Roxburgh Castle" and "Red River Valley". Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Mr. Isaac's Maggot" is in C major and 3/2 time; "Listen to the Mocking Bird" is in G major and 4/4 time; "Roxburgh Castle" is in A major and 4/4 time; "Red River Valley" is in G Major and 4/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the song "Wait for the Wagon". Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Wait for the Wagon" is in G major and 4/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript folio with the notation for the songs "Lady Harriet Hope's Reel" and "Hampstead Bells". Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Lady Harriet Hope's Reel" is in F major and 4/4 time; "Hampstead Bells" is in B-flat major and 6/8 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the song "Golden Slippers" on the front. The back page contains notation for the songs "The Badger Gavotte" and "Little Brown Jug". Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Golden Slippers" is in G major and 2/4 time; "The Badger Gavotte" is in F major and 4/4 time; "Little Brown Judge" is in C major and 2/4 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript with the notation for the song "Rock Valley" on the front. The back page contains a crossed out notation for the song "A Trip to Paris". Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "Rock Valley" is in C major and 6/8 time.
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection

Osgood, Bessie

A music manuscript folio with the notation for the songs "The Lover's Complaint", "A Minuet", and "Bristol Fair" on the front. The inner pages contain notation and lyrics for the songs; "A Minuet; from Vienna", "Hie to Cambridge, in Passing Farewell", "The Sow in the Sack", "Captain [Unintelligible]'s Minuet", and "The Braes of Ballandine". The back page contains notation for the songs; "Minuet - by Simon Stubley", "Buningford Assembly", "Morton's Maggot", "Lockhing's Whim, or the Conjurer", and "Steg Knetter'd at the Sneck Band". Sources and some dancing figures are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; "The Lover's Complaint" is in G major and 3/4 time; "A Minuet" is in G major and 2/4 time; "Bristol Fair" is in G major and 6/8 time; "A Minuet; from Vienna" is in A major and 3/4 time; "Hie to Cambridge, in Passing Farewell" is in D major and 12/8 time; "The Sow in the Sack" is in A major and 4/4 time; "Captain [Unintelligible]'s Minuet" is in G minor and 2/4 time; "The Braes of Ballandine" is in G major and 3/4 time; "Minuet - by Simon Stubley" is in G major and 3/8 time; "Buningford Assembly" is in G major and 12/8 time; "Morton's Maggot" is in D major and 4/4 time; "Lockhing's Whim, or the Conjurer" is in A major and 2/4 time; "Steg Knetter'd at the Sneck Band" is in G major and 6/8 time.