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701. Egerton MS 3306

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3306
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. VI (ff. 235). S-Z. includes: ff. 1-9 Charles Camille Saint Saëns, composer: Letters to P. Pitt: 1909-1913.: Fr. f. 11 Joseph Salmon: Letter to P. Pitt: 1927.: Fr. f. 12 M. Salmon ten Hang: Letter to P. Pitt: 1927.: Fr. ff. 15-35 G. Mario Sammarco, singer: Letters to P. Pitt: early 20th ce...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1892-1929
Extent:
1 item

702. H.1286.b.(5*.)

Reference (shelfmark):
H.1286.b.(5*.)
Title:
LUIGI GORDIGIANI: ‘Le tre nazioni: scherzo a tre voci, con accompagnamento di P.F.’; circa 1850. For two tenors, bass and piano. Beginning ‘Yes! Oui! Ja! Viva la società!’. Probably autograph. Dedicated ‘à Lord Vernon’, and bound in a volume of printed songs with the Vernon bookplate. Pages trimmed at top and bottom. Purchased, Dec. 1977. ff. 5. Largest size 306 x 217mm.
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: George John Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon; afterwards Warren: Armorial bookplate of George John Venables-Vernon: circa 1850. Luigi Gordigiani, composer: 'Le tre nazione': scherzo a tre voci by Luigi Gordigiani: circa 1850: Ital: probably autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 item

703. Harley MS 1265

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1265
Title:
Collection of compositions, including Cantatas, Arias, for a soprano voice, with figured bass for harpsichord, in score, and suspected from Operas, by authors including: Giacomo Carissimi, Giovanni Francesco Tenaglia, Luigi Ross, Allesso Scarlatti, Carlo Manelli, Henry Firmin, Allesso Stradella, Domco Gabrielli, Mario Marazzoli, and Carlo Ludovici
Scope & Content:
passim. Cantatas, Arias, etc., for a soprano voice, with figured bass for harpsichord, in score. 1. 'Ferma; lascia ch' io parli': Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots. 'Giacomo Carissimi.' f. 1. 2. 'A la Rota.' This and nos. 3-16 are by 'Luigi Rossi.' f. 37. 3. 'Questo picciolo Rio.' f. 63. 4. 'Ste...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

704. Hirsch 199.-M.1356a

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch 199.-M.1356a
Title:
The Hirsch Collecton
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts from the music library of the industrialist and collector Paul Hirsch (1881-1951). Administrative context: Hirsch's music library in Frankfurt am Main, Germany was one of the finest private libraries of its kind. Hirsch began to assemble his collection in 1896, focussing in particu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1160-1925
Extent:
76 items

705. Hirsch II.46.

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch II.46.
Title:
Scope & Content:
VINCENZO BELLINI (b.1801, d.1835): ‘La Sonnambula’, opera in 2 acts to a libretto by Felice Romani, after A. E. Scribe and J. Aumer; circa 1850. Full score, in ink. Italian.Copy, in several hands, with performance markings in pencil and red and blue crayon, on pages ruled with 16 staves. Cuts in...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
2 items

706. Hirsch II.213.

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch II.213.
Title:
Scope & Content:
GAETANO DONIZETTI (b.1797, d.1848): ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after Sir Walter Scott; circa 1850. Full score, in ink. Copy in several hands on pages ruled with between 10 and 20 staves (a 21st stave has been added by hand at the bottom of ff. 23...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Italian
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
2 items

707. Hirsch II.565.

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch II.565.
Title:
Scope & Content:
JOHANN SIMON MAYR (b.1763, d.1845): ‘Elisa, ossia Il Monte di S. Bernardo’, opera in 1 act to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi; 1815 (dated, vol. 2, f. ii). Full score, in ink. Copy, on pages ruled with between 10 and 16 staves. Italian. The front of each volume bears the stamp ‘Gran magazzino di mus...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
2 items

708. Hirsch II.566.

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch II.566.
Title:
Scope & Content:
JOHANN SIMON MAYR (b.1763, d.1845): ‘I Misteri Eleusini’, ‘Dramma Serio’ in 2 acts to a libretto by Giuseppe Bernadoni; circa 1805. Full score, in ink. Copy, on pages ruled with between 10 and 14 staves. Italian. The title pages are inscribed ‘In Roma presso Gaetano Rosati. In Via Babuino No. 11...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
2 items

709. Hirsch II.698.

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch II.698.
Title:
Scope & Content:
VOCAL MUSIC; early 19th cent. Copy in ink, in a single hand, on pages ruled with 10 or 12 staves. Italian. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946. ff. ii + 184. 240 x 298mm. Contemporary red leather binding with gold tooling featuring a trumpet motif. Marbled endpapers. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

710. Hirsch II.920.

Reference (shelfmark):
Hirsch II.920.
Title:
Scope & Content:
GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Rigoletto’, opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo; 2nd half of the 19th century. Full score, in ink. Copy in several hands on pages ruled with between 10 and 24 staves. Comprises the complete three-act version in Italian together with t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 19th century
Extent:
4 items

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