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3 unusual facts about Henry Atkinson manuscript


Henry Atkinson

Henry Atkinson manuscript, compiler of an early (1694-5) music manuscript in Northumberland

Henry Atkinson manuscript

The maunuscript is now in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, and is held in the Northumberland Record Office.

The manuscript includes a version of Purcell's Britons, Strike Home!, from Bonduca which was first performed in October 1695, and which Atkinson presumably copied out after this point.



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