ITALIAN VOCAL MUSIC. Vol. I. Italian canzoni (many of which are Venetian), excerpts from Italian operas and other music; circ. 1817 (ff. 6, 20b). Composers of whom works are included, other than those mentioned below, are:-Count Palmela (ff. 2b-3), Giuseppe Farinelli (ff. 6-13), G. B. Scharmann ...
ITALIAN VOCAL MUSIC. Vol. II. Miscellaneous copies of arias, etc., from Italian operas, and other music; 1776-1824. Composers of whom works are included are:--Louis von Esch (ff. 7- 10b), Niccolo Piccinni (ff. 11-17), Count Luigi Moretti y Gascon (ff. 18-25), Vittorio Trento (ff. 26- 29), Giusep...
ITALIAN VOCAL MUSIC. Vol. III. A collection of Venetian canzonette, notturni, etc.; circ. 1816. Included are settings by Gabriele Melia (ff. 5-6, 57-58), Benedetto Luzzi (ff. 23-30), Pierre Begrez (ff. 31-32), Ferdinando Sor (ff. 35-40b), Giovanni Battista Peracchini (a setting of 'Ninetta caret...
'A CHORAL FANTASIA', op. 51, by Gustav Holst: a setting for soprano solo, chorus, organ and orchestra of verses from Robert Bridges's 'Ode to Music'; 1930. Autograph. 'First Complete Sketch' entitled 'Choral Fantasia' (f. 1), in condensed score, with a number of revisions and indications of instrumentation. See also Add. MS. 57903, autograph full score; Bodleian Library, MS. Don.c.21, autograph vocal score. The work was written for the Three Choirs Festival and was first performed in Glouces...
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Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: 'A Choral Fantasia', op. 51: 1930.: Autogr.
SANTLEY COLLECTIONS. Vol. I (ff. 147). Unpublished compositions (autograph except where stated) by Santley; 1865-1892, n.d.:-(1) 'Ad te levavi animam meam', for unaccompanied chorus; 9 July 1885. ff. 1-5b;- (2) 'Ascendit Deus', for chorus and organ. ff. 6-17b;-(3) Copy of the preceding. ff. 18...
MUSICAL COLLECTIONS OF SIR CHARLES SANTLEY, baritone singer and composer (b. 1834, d. 1922). Compositions and arrangements in score, with copies owned by him of settings by other composers, mostly for baritone with piano or orchestra; 1831-1909. Three volumes. Presented by the Royal Philharmonic Society (transferred from the Department of Printed Books).
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Charles Santley, singer; Knight 1907: Compositions and musical collections: 1831-1909.
Vol. II. J. F. Barnett (signature, f.2), ff. 1-5b; H. Bedford (signature, f. 6), ff. 6-11; J. Benedict, ff. 12-15b; G. F. Handel, ff. 17-24; B. Marcello, ff. 25- 30b; P. Mazzoni (signature, f. 39), ff. 31-39; A. L. Niedermeyer, ff. 40- 45; G. Oberhoffer (signature, f. 47), ff. 46-47; H. Purcell,...