Details
COOKE, Robert (1768-1814). Autograph music manuscripts, a large collection of glees, catches and other vocal compositions, the majority in four parts, many signed and dated, Dorset Court [London], Brighton, and n.p., 1784-1811, approximately 42 works (some incomplete), with revisions and sketches, a few compositions transcribed in a different contemporary hand, altogether approximately 230 pages, 4to and oblong 4to (240 x 315mm), in Cooke's hand (light soiling, some sections with wear to margins), apparently bound up from Cooke's loose papers into three gatherings, two in paper wrappers. Provenance: Joseph Warren (ownership inscriptions on wrappers).
Cooke, organist and composer, was the son of Dr Benjamin Cooke (1734-1793), succeeding his father as organist of St Martin-in-the-Fields in 1793. He was appointed organist at Westminster Abbey on the death of Samuel Arnold in 1802, a post which he held until his death: he was found drowned in the Thames at Millbank on 22/23 August 1814, and it was assumed that he had taken his own life. One of the first members of the Philharmonic Society, Cooke's religious compositions include an evening service in C (1806) and a collection of chants for daily use in Westminster Abbey. He published a collection of eight glees in 1805, and three of his thirty-three glees won Catch Club prizes.
Cooke, organist and composer, was the son of Dr Benjamin Cooke (1734-1793), succeeding his father as organist of St Martin-in-the-Fields in 1793. He was appointed organist at Westminster Abbey on the death of Samuel Arnold in 1802, a post which he held until his death: he was found drowned in the Thames at Millbank on 22/23 August 1814, and it was assumed that he had taken his own life. One of the first members of the Philharmonic Society, Cooke's religious compositions include an evening service in C (1806) and a collection of chants for daily use in Westminster Abbey. He published a collection of eight glees in 1805, and three of his thirty-three glees won Catch Club prizes.
Special notice
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.