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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40636
Title:: SELECTION from the musical remains of Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Mus.Doc. (b. 1810-d. 1876), coisisting mainly of sketches; of his compositions arranged as follows:-(a) Anthems. f. 1;- (b) Chants. f. 37;-(c) Hymns. f. 38;-(d) Masses. f. 44;- (e) Services. f. 58;-(f) Sacred songs. f. 67;-(g) Secular songs. f. 73;-(h) Organ solos. f. 90. Partly autogr. Included also, at the end (ff. 125-151), are compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Wesley, J[ohn ?] S[ebastian ?] Wesley, H[enry Thom...
Scope & Content:: Hymns: Hymn tunes by S. S. Wesley, etc.: 19th cent. Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Mus.D: Musical remains: 1832-1875.: Partly autogr. Music: Selection from the musical remains of S. S. Wesley, with works of other composers: 18th-19th centt. includes: f. 1-19 b Mrs Stretton: Song dedicated to: 18...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century-19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40657
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Scope & Content:: Vol. I, ff. 50, Cantus. includes: ff. 4-5 Robert? Chetwoode: String trios: early 17th cent. ff. 7 b-8, 13 b Thomas Holmes: Trios for viols: early 17th cent. f. 14 Nicholas Grey: Trio for viols: early 17th cent. f. 19 b Thomas Ford, alias Foord: Quartet for viols: early 17th cent. ff. 20 b, 21 ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40657-40661
Title:: COMPOSITIONS for two, three, four, five and six viols, in parts, in the hand of William Lawes (d. 1645), by composers of the 16th and 17th centuries, including, in addition to Lawes himself, Thomas Lupo, [Robert ?] Chetwoode, Thomas Holmes, John Cooper al. Coprario al. Coperario, Nicholas Guy, John Ward, Thomas Ford, Simon Ive al. Ives, Alfonso Ferrabosco, Dr. John Bull, and William White. In additidn the MSS. contain arrangements for viols of madrigals by Claudio Monteverde, Luca Marenzio, ...
Scope & Content:: William White: Music for viols: early 17th cent. John Ward: Music for viols: early 17th cent. Shirley family; of Staunton Harrold, Leicestershire: Book-stamp, with arms: 17th cent. Music: Compositions for viols, in hand of W. Lawes: early 17th cent. Thomas Lupo: Quartets, quintets and sextet...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40658
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Scope & Content:: Vol. II, ff. 50, Alto. includes: ff. 4-5 Robert? Chetwoode: String trios: early 17th cent. ff. 7 b-8, 13 b Thomas Holmes: Trios for viols: early 17th cent. f. 14 Nicholas Grey: Trio for viols: early 17th cent. f. 19 b Thomas Ford, alias Foord: Quartet for viols: early 17th cent. ff. 20 b, 21 b...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40659
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Scope & Content:: Vol. III, ff. 35, Tenor. includes: f. 5 b Thomas Ford, alias Foord: Quartet for viols: early 17th cent. ff. 6 b, 7 b Simon Ive, alias Ives: Quartets for viols: early 17th cent. f. 12 b John Bull, composer: D. String quartet: early 17th cent. ff. 20, 27, 27 b Claudio Monteverdi, composer: Madri...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40660
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Scope & Content:: Vol. IV, ff. 50, Bassus. includes: ff. 4-5 Robert? Chetwoode: String trios: early 17th cent. ff. 7 b-8, 13 b Thomas Holmes: Trios for viols: early 17th cent. f. 14 Nicholas Grey: Trio for viols: early 17th cent. f. 19 b Thomas Ford, alias Foord: Quartet for viols: early 17th cent. ff. 20 b, 21...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40661
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. V, ff. 35, Quintus. includes: ff. 5, 12, 12 b Claudio Monteverdi, composer: Madrigals, arranged for viols: early 17th cent. ff. 10 b-11 b, 13, 14 Luca Marenzio, composer: Madrigals, arranged for viols: early 17th cent. f. 11 b Orazio Vecchi, composer: Madrigal, arranged for viols: early 1...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40728
Title:: MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS of E[dward] A[lexander] MacDowell, Professor of Music, Columbia University, two photographs of whom are on ff. 1, 2. Holograph. 1. "Ländliche Suite f. grosses Orchester. . . . Op. 37." Draft of the first number ("In einem verwünwschten Walde") of the work for full orchestra, published in 1891 as "Suite für grosses Orchester. Op. 42," and consisting of four numbers to which a fifth was added in a later edition (J. F. Porte, Edward MacDowell. 1922, p. 86 O. G. Sonneck, Ca...
Scope & Content:: Edward Alexander MacDowell, composer: Musical compositions: [circ. 1891].: Autogr. includes: ff. 1, 2 Edward Alexander MacDowell, composer: Photographs of: n.d.ff. 1, 2 ART. ILLUMINATIONS AND DRAWINGS PORTRAITS: Edward Alexander MacDowell, d. 1908.: Photogr.f. 21 County of Durham: Addres...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1890-1891
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40881
Title:: "WALD NYMPHEN" (op. 20), an overture for full orchestra, by William Sterndale Bennett [Knt. 1871], composed at Leipzig, 12-26 Nov. 1838, and first performed at the Gewandhaus 23 Jan. 1839 (J. R. Sterndale Bennett, Life of William Sterndale Bennett, 1907, pp. 86-88). For Schumann's-opinion of the work see Add. MS. 35027, f. 29. Holograph. Paper; ff. iii + 24. 9.1/4 in. x 11.3/8 in. A. D. 1838. Bookplate of the composer. Puttick and Simpson's sale-cat., 18 Oct. 1923, lot 387.
Scope & Content:: Bookplates: Bennett (Wiilliam dale), knt.: 1871; 1838. Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer: Bookplate: 1838. Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer: Overture, " Wald Nymphen," for orchestra: 1838.: Autogr.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Nov 1838
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 41091-41092
Title:: PERUGINI COLLECTION. Vols I (ff. 55) and II (ff. 48). Secular and sacred vocal solos, duets, trios and quartets, with pianoforte or organ accompaniments, by Leonardo Perugini; 1835, 1837 and n.d. Italian and Latin; mostly holograph. At the end of Vol. II (f. 31) is an arrangement for four voices, by the same, of a composition of F[?rancesco] P[?erugini], followed (f. 43) by a "Tarantella Napoletana" of the latter. The pieces in Vol. I, ff. 4 b, 6, 24 b, and 29 b, were published at various da...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1835-1837
Extent:: 2 items

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