This was a heavily used item at the beginning of my recorder playing career on HMS Victorious in the early 1960's. This blank manuscript music book was given to me by REA 1 Jim Randall on leaving the ship whilst she was still in the Far East. He had previously let me use his modest collection of recorder music for practice purposes. Not having photocopiers in those days, it meant that I had to copy out by hand any music I wanted to preserve. When writing these lines now (April 2003) and looking through my old manuscript, I am amazed at how I was then able to write (copy-out would be the better word) literally pages of sheet music with a fountain pen and not make a single mistake. Dear surfer, I present you with a copy of a
Prelude by
Francesco Gasparini.
The manuscript also contains 4 preludes by
Johann C. Pepusch, a prelude by
John Banister, a prelude by
Henry Purcell, a prelude by
Tomaso G. Albinoni, a prelude by
Giuseppe Torelli, a prelude by
Godfrey Keller, a prelude by
Nicola, a prelude by
Nicolini Cosma, a Sonata in G by
James Hook and 2 capricios by good old
Anon.
