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1. Add MS 5036

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Add MS 5036
Title:
A collection of motets, madrigals and parts of masses. Collected by University of Oxford.
Scope & Content:
Prefixed is a letter from Gabriel Mathias to the trustees of the British Museum, containing an extract from the will of James Mathias esq from which it appears that this volume, as well as Add MS 5037-5062, are in the handwriting of Henry Needler esq, their previous owner. The manuscripts were p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 5039

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Title:
A score of the complete work ‘Madrigali Sprirituali’ Bk. II, by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Scope & Content:
‘Delli Madrigali spirituali à cinque voci, di Gio. Petro Luigi Prenestino {Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina}, maestro di Cappella di. St Pietro di Roma. 1594’. Appears to have been copied from a printed book. In the hand of Henry Needler (d. 1760).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 5050

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Title:
Madrigals by Don Aurelio Della Faya
Scope & Content:
'Il Primo [Libro] de Madrigali A Cinque Voci De Don Aurelio Delia Faya...Maestro di Cappella della Citta di Lanciano. Novamente Composto e dato in Luce. Con Privilegio. In Venetia, Appresso Francesco Rampazetto.' With dedication to Giovanni Battista Marina, 1564. In score, in the hand of Henry N...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 5054

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Add MS 5054
Title:
A collection of motets, madrigals, full anthems, portions of masses, psalms (or choruses), canons and duets, as well as examples of a litany, a grace, a service, a miserere, and a stabat Mater. In score.
Scope & Content:
1. Sanctus and Gloria in Excelsis, in B minor, parts of a service, for 3 solo voices and 4-part chorus, by Dr. {William} Croft. ff. 3-5b. 2. 'La Spagnola'. A madrigal. (à 3), begins 'Al rigor d'un bel Sembiante'; with the alternative words 'Al splendor di due pupille' written underneath. 'Agost...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 5055-5056

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Add MS 5055-5056
Title:
A collection of duets, with a bass for harpsichord, in score
Scope & Content:
Mostly by Abbate Agostino Steffani. Others have been attributed to Petro Torri, Stradello, Pistocchi, Feroci, Bernardo Pasquini, and C. L. P. Grua. An Index is prefixed to both volumes.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
2 volumes

6. Add MS 5057

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Title:
Duets and arias by Italian composers
Scope & Content:
Arias and (nos. 1, 2) duets, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, in score, in the hand of Henry Needler (d. 1760). They appear to be all taken from Operas. 1. 'Date (sc. 'Da te') lungi, ò volto amato.' Anonymous. f. 2. 2. 'Cara, addio.' 'Gennaro Manna, 1748.' f. 6. 3. 'Bastan gl' ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 5321

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Add MS 5321
Title:
Songs and cantatas, in score, by George Frideric Handel
Scope & Content:
1. 'Acis and Galatea'; serenata for solo voices and 5-part chorus (the 3 middle parts assigned in the 1st chorus to alto and 2 tenors, in the others to 3 tenors), with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, and strings, in score. The aria, 'Consider, fond shepherd' (at f. 67), is here ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 5322

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Title:
Twelve duets, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by George Frideric Handel
Scope & Content:
Nos. 1-11 are supposed to have been composed at Hanover in 1710-1712. They are included, but in a different order, in the first series published by the Händel-Gesellschaft. No. 12 is there replaced by 'Langue, geme' (no. 11); it is also excluded from the second series published by the same socie...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 5329-5332

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Add MS 5329-5332
Title:
Duets, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by Agostino Steffani
Scope & Content:
Apparently transcribed for [Charles] John Stanley (bookplate).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
4 volumes

10. Add MS 5334

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Add MS 5334
Title:
George Frideric Handel: 'Il Sylla', opera
Scope & Content:
'Il Sylla': Opera in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, flutes, bassoons and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Giovanni Buononcini {Handel}. The MS is in the hands of W. T. (see: f. 26b). Characters: Cœlia, Flavia, Lepidus, Metellus, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

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