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601. Add MS 29248

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Add MS 29248
Title:
Marcantonio Cesti: 'La Dori', opera
Scope & Content:
'La Dori': Opera, consisting of prologue and three acts, by Marcantonio Cesti, 1663. The instruments employed in the introductory sinfonia, the ritornellos, and the accompaniment to the concluding sextet are evidently strings, the recitatives, airs, etc., being accompanied by a figured bass for h...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1663
Extent:
1 volume (82 folios)

602. Add MS 29248/1

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Add MS 29248/1
Title:
Detached former binding of Add MS 29248 (Marcantonio Cesti: 'La Dori')
Scope & Content:
The former Morocco binding with rich gilt tooling, now stored separately from the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1663
Extent:
1 set of covers

603. Add MS 29261

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Add MS 29261
Title:
Original letters of musical composers and others. Also included is part of a symphony by Hector Berlioz.
Scope & Content:
Original letters of musical composers and others; 1778- 1861:- 1. [Karl Philipp Emanuel] Bach to -; Hamburg, 3 Jan. 1778. Germ. f. 1. 2. [Joseph] Rouget de Lisle to [? Mare François] Guillois; 24 Mar. 1820. Fr. f. 2. 3. L[uigi] Cherubini to the Baron de Bruyers St. Michel, [François André]...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1778-1861
Extent:
1 volume

604. Add MS 29289

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Add MS 29289
Title:
A collection of single parts of services, and single parts of anthems
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-119b passim. Single parts of Church Services (altus, unless the contrary is stated). The number of voices for which they are written is not generally indicated. 1. Morning Service. Imperfect at the beginning. '[Robert] Parsons.' f. 1. 2. Second evening Service, apparently in F. By the same...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1629?
Extent:
1 volume

605. Add MS 29291

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Add MS 29291
Title:
A collection of part-songs, canons, catches, glees, parts of services, vocal trios and duets, as well as some instrumental music
Scope & Content:
ff. 3-56 passim. Part music, for 4 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score; 18th cent. 1. 'Hark, jolly shepheards.' 'Thos Morley.' [1594.] f. 3. 2. 'Dare you haunt' ('The Fayries daunce'). 'Thos Ravenscroft.' [From .] '1614.' f. 10. 3. 'Awake, sweet Love.' This and nos. 4-6 [from the ],...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

606. Add MS 29297

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Add MS 29297
Title:
Incidental music in 'The Cadi of Bagdad'. An opera in 3 acts by Thomas Linley, junior.
Scope & Content:
Incidental Music in 'The Cadi of Bagdad,' in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for horns, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and strings, in score, by Thomas Linley, jun. [1756-1778]. Autograph. Characters: Abdullah, Cadi, Selima, a Dyer, Zemzonde(?), and Omar.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1775?-1778?
Extent:
1 volume (95 folios)

607. Add MS 29298

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Add MS 29298
Title:
Treatise on harmony, counterpoint, fugue, etc., by Benjamin Cooke, Mus. D. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
Includes examples of harmony, apparently by Dr. Benjamin Cooke.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (102 folios)

608. Add MS 29365

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Add MS 29365
Title:
MEMORANDA of agreements between the proprietors of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, and various musicians; 3 Sept. 1818- 18 Sept. 1820. Those for the year 1818 are signed by [Sir] Henry R[owley] Bishop, musical manager of the theatre. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:
London Theatres: Agreements of the proprietors of the same with musicians: 1818-1820. includes: ff. 1,32 Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, composer: Agreements, as music-manager of Covent Garden, with musicians: 1818.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1818-18 Sep 1820
Extent:
1 item

609. Add MS 29366

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Add MS 29366
Title:
The cantus parts to a collection of anthems, motets, madrigals, and fancies
Scope & Content:
Unless otherwise stated, this volume contains the cantus part to the following compositions. passim. Anthems, etc., apparently in the hand of Alfonso Ferrabosco, the elder, whose monogram appears at the end of his own compositions. 1. 'Put me [not] to rebuke' (for 5 voices). 'Tho. Wilkinson.' f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

610. Add MS 29366-29368

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Add MS 29366-29368
Title:
The cantus, bassus, and quintus parts of a collection of anthems, motets, madrigals, and fancies, for five and six voices
Scope & Content:
By Richard Deering, Thomas Wilkinson, Orlando Gibbons, Alfonso Ferabosco, and others. Add MS 29366 contains the cantus part.Add MS 29367 contains the bassus part. Add MS 29368 contains the quintus part.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
3 volumes

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