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1681. Add MS 39570

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" ALLGEMEINES CHORAL-BUCH, geordnet nach der Liederfolge des neuen Hildburghäusischen Gesangbuchs, vierstimmig ausgesetzt mit Vor- und Zwischenspielen . . . von J[ohann] C[aspar] Rüttinger, Hofmusikus und Organist an der Waisenkirche zu Hildburghaussen " : a collection of 274 chorales for 4 voices, in compressed score, with figured bass and preludes and interludes for organ. The majority are original compositions, but 85 are by various composers, mainly of the 16th to 18th centt., some of wh...
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Bookplates: Griffin (Ralph), F.S.A.: 20th cent. Johann Kaspar Rüttinger, organist at the Orphanage church, Hildburghausen: Choral-Buch: early 19th cent.: Germ.: Probably autogr. William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Bookplates. Bookplates: Cummings (William Hayman), Mus.D. d.1915. includes: ff. 3...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

1682. Add MS 39571

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HANDEL'S Passion-Music of 1716, in score, in an abridged form. The words are taken, with slight alterations in the recitatives, from Russell Martineau's translation of Brockes' libretto made for the Händel-Gesellschaft. Paper; ff. 38. XIX cent. Oblong folio. Presented by R. A. Streatfeild, Esq.
Scope & Content:
George Frideric Handel, composer: Passion music: 1716.: Abridged copy, 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

1683. Add MS 39572

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COLLECTION of anthems, in score, begun by R[ichard] Guise in 1768, and apparently in his hand. The composers are Henry VIII (?), W. Mundy, O. Gibbons, Tallis, Byrd, Tye, Bull, Child, Blow, R. Parsons, Weldon, Stroud, C. King, Jeremiah Clark, Church, Boyce, [E.] Blake, Aldrich, and Goldwin. At f. 131 there are some chants by R. Cooke and James Turle (1836). Paper; ff. i + 131. A.D. 1768, etc. Quarto. Bookplate of arms of Robert Smith [of St. Paul's Churchyard]. Presented by the same.
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Bookplates: Smith (Robert), of St. Paul's Churchyard.: 18th-19th cent. Richard Guise: Wrote (?): in 1768. Robert Smith, of St Paul's Churchyard: Bookplates of arms (two types, one having motto underneath): 18th-19th cent. includes: f. 2 Henry VIII of England: Anthem attrib. to.: Copy, circ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1768
Extent:
1 item

1684. Add MS 39679

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LETTERS and post-cards addressed to William Barclay Squire by Sir George Grove, 1878-1898, chiefly relating to the publication of the latter's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Paper; ff. 183. 8vo. Presented by Wm. Barclay Squire, Esq.
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William Barclay Squire, CVO; Deputy Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Letters to, from Sir G. Grove: 1878-1898. Sir George Grove, musicologist: Letters to W. B. Squire: 1878-1898.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-1898
Extent:
1 item

1685. Add MS 39680

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LETTERS and post-cards to William Barclay Squire, relating, chiefly to materials for articles in Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and the Dictionary of National Biography, from the following :- (a) Sir Frederick A[rthur] G[ore] Ouseley, 2nd Bart. 1879, 1889. ff. 1, 61 ;- (b) Sir Leslie Stephen, 1883-1890. ff. 6, 8, 12, 18, 20, 35, 72 ;- (c) Charles E[dward] Stephens, 1883. f. 10;- (d) Edmund Gurney, 1884. ff. 14, 15;- (e) Dr. F[rederick] J[ames] Furnivall, 1884, 1888, 1909. f...
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William Barclay Squire, CVO; Deputy Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Letters to, from musicians: 1879-1909. includes: ff. 1, 61 Reverend Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, 2nd Baronet composer: Letters to W. B. Squire: 1879, 1889.ff. 6, 8, 12, 18, 20, 35, 72 Sir Leslie Stephen, KCB...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1879-1909
Extent:
1 item

1686. Add MS 39765

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Vol. I, ff. i + 183, xviii cent Baron Emanuele d' Astorga,; composer: Songs and duets: 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1687. Add MS 39765-39766

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Title:
SONGS and duets, in score, by Baron Emanuele d'Astorga
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In two volumes. Paper; ff. i + 183, i + 80. xviii cent.. Presented by William Barclay Squire, Esq.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 items

1688. Add MS 39766

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Vol. II, ff. i + 80, xviii cent Baron Emanuele d' Astorga,; composer: Songs and duets: 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1689. Add MS 39774

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" THE MESSIAH," in score, by Handel: an early copy. Paper; ff. 244. xviii cent. Oblong quarto. Half-bound in red morocco, 19th cent. Presented by William Barclay Squire, Esq.
Scope & Content:
George Frideric Handel, composer: The Messiah: 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1690. Add MS 39815

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Title:
VOCAL COMPOSITIONS, in score, viz. (a) Motets, etc. by [Giovanni Matteo] Asola, Steffani, Padre Martini, - Posse, and [Ignaz Xaver von] Seyfried. ff. 1, 5, 16, 27, 32 ;- (b) a chorus adapted from the "Heilig" by C.P.E. Bach. f.40 ;- (c) A song adapted by Edward Taylor(?) from John Bennet (1600?). f.51 ;- (d) Operatic numbers by Giuseppe Curci and Traetta(?). ff. 53, 62;- and (e) Three Pianoforte sonatas, anonymous (water mark 1805). f. 68. Paper; ff. 87. Oblong folio. Late XVIII-XIX centt. F...
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includes: f. 1 Giovanni Matteo Asola: Motet: circ. 1800.f. 5 Agostino Steffani, composer: Motet: aft. 1797.f. 16 Giovanni Battista Martini, composer: Motet: early 19th cent.f. 27 Posse: Motet: 19th cent.f. 32 Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried: Motet: aft. 1843.f. 40 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

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