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Milton, John, 1608-1674 (poet)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1608 - 1674

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

'The poems by S.L. Sassoon, with illustrations', 28 Mar. 1897

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/6/1
Scope and Contents Notebook containing poems written and illustrated by Sassoon, when aged ten. An inscription on the cover reads 'The poems by S.L. Sassoon for Mamsy March 28th 1897'. The poems are largely on nature and include extracts taken from works by John Milton and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. They are transcribed in fair hand with occasional annotations or excising and are illustrated with coloured drawings. Contents include: Title pages with illustration: /1-2. Frontispiece illustration for...
Dates: 28 Mar. 1897
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

Two photocopies of manuscripts of Walter Leigh's song 'Now the Bright Morning Star' (text by John Milton)., 1927

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/271/2
Scope and Contents

Item 2a is a working manuscript, with crossings-out. Following the end of the compositionis a further page that appears to be a working-out of musical ideas for this same piece. It is in three voices, but without text. Item 2b is a fair copy manuscript, with just a few textual crossings-out. Its first page is signed "W.L. 1927".

Dates: 1927

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Subject
Oratorios 2
Musical theatre 1
Songs 1