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Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1386
Title:: Jacques Offenbach: 'Ba-ta-clan', re-orchestrated by Stephen Oliver. Full score of 1989 version
Scope & Content:: Full score of 1989 revision, photocopy of Novello edition.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1989
Extent:: 1 volume (i + 120 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1387
Title:: Jacques Offenbach: 'Ba-ta-clan', re-orchestrated by Stephen Oliver. Vocal score of 1989 version
Scope & Content:: Vocal score of 1989 revision, photocopy.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1989
Extent:: 1 volume (ii + 95 pages)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1499-1516
Title:: Peter Maxwell Davies Manuscripts, Part II: Press archive
Scope & Content:: Papers relating to works and performances by Peter Maxwell Davies. Mostly reviews and articles with some programmes and correspondence. Press cuttings and photocopies. Some relate to the St Magnus Festival, Orkney, which the composer co-founded in 1977, and some to the chamber music ensemble 'The...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:: 1955-2006
Extent:: 18 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1526
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Scope & Content:: MS Mus. 1526. Correspondence A–G. ff. 214. includes: f. 1 Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, barrister and comic writer: J. G. Lewis, autograph collector: Letter to J. G. Lewis from Gilbert Abbott A Beckett: 1857: Autogr. f. 2 E. F. V. About, writer of plays: Signature: n.d.: Fr: Autogr. ff. 3-6 Sir W...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:: [1819-1897]
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1526-1528
Title:: Letters from musicians addressed to George Frederick Anderson and Sir William George Cusins, successive Masters of the Queen’s Musick; 1819, 1834-1897, n.d.
Scope & Content:: MSS Mus. 1526-1528. With a few related letters to other correspondents. Purchased from Lisa Cox, 2 Aug. 2005. Three volumes. Various sizes. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:: 1819-1897
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1527
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Scope & Content:: MS Mus. 1527. Correspondence H–P. ff. 313. Bound in two volumes: ff. 1-153 (H–McG); ff. 154-313 (MacP–P). includes: f. 1 Anna Maria Hall, author: Miss Bowen: Letter to Miss — Bowen from Anna Maria Hall: n.d.: Autogr. ff. 2-3, 6-8 Sir Charles Hallé, pianist and conductor: George Frederick Ande...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, German, Hungarian, and Italian
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1562
Title:: MS Mus. 1562. Princess Elizabeth’s Songbook: A selection of music owned by Elizabeth, 3rd daughter of George III, afterwards Landgravine and Princess of Hesse Homburg; 1795. Ink scores, copies, in various hands. With English, French, German and Italian words. Inscribed on engraved passepartout title page, f. 1r, ‘Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth 1795’. The music is mostly for solo high voice with accompaniment for keyboard instrument. In some cases the accompaniment is wanting...
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 2r. Johann Adolf Hasse, composer: Paolo Antonio Rossi, writer of plays: 'Solitario bosco', for voice and keyboard instrument, composed by Johann Adolf Hasse, words by Paolo Antonio Rossi: 1795: Ital: Copy.ff. 4v-8r Louisa Theodosia Jenkinson, née Hervey; 1st wife of Robert Bank...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, German, and Italian
Date Range:: 1795
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1570
Title:: MS Mus. 1570. Jefte in Masfa: excerpts from the oratorio by François Hippolyte Barthélemon (b. 1741, d. 1808), for solo voices, chorus and piano, with words by Abbate Luigi Semplici; [circa 1827]. Proofs of the vocal score corrected by the composer’s daughter, Cecilia Maria Henslowe née Barthélemon. Text in Italian, annotations in English. Published as Selections from the oratorio of Jefte in Masfa by Clementi, Collard and Collard in 1827. The music was commissioned by Leopold I, Grand ...
Scope & Content:: François Hippolite Barthélemon, violinist: Cecilia Henslowe, née Barthélémon; daughter of F H Barthélémon: Leopold I; Grand Duke of Tuscany; Duke of Lorraine, later Emperor Leopold II: Abbate Luigi Semplici, librettist: Selections from the oratorio 'Jefte in Masfa' by François Hippolite Barthéle...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: [c 1827]
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1588
Title:: MS Mus. 1588. François Hippolyte Barthélemon (b. 1741, d. 1808): six arias for soprano and strings, words by Pietro Metastasio; second half of the 18th cent. Full score in ink, copy.Italian. No other manuscript of these pieces is known. The contents are: ff. 1-6r. ‘Conservati fedele’; - ff. 6v-18v. ‘Vo solcando un mar crudele’; - ff. 19-23v. ‘Per pieta bell’idol mio’; - ff. 24-34v. ‘Lo sequitai felice’; - ff. 35-39v. ‘Son sventurato ma pure o stelle’; - ff. 40-51v. ‘L’onda dal mar’ divis...
Scope & Content:: François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, composer: Miss Blosset, singer: Arias by François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, dedicated to Miss — Blosset: second half of the 18th cent.: Ital: Copy. includes: ff. 1-6r. Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio, poet and librettist: François-Hippolyte Barthél...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1596
Title:: MS Mus. 1596. Autograph music manuscripts: Works and parts of works by M. Carafa, G. Henschel, P. Radcliffe, A. Schnittke, R. Sessions and E. Thiman; [1835-1985]. The Henschel and Thiman pieces were presented by N. J. T. Tyroll-Evans, 19 Sept. 2003, and the Radcliffe piece by Donald Tyson, 29 Oct. 2007. The Carafa, Sessions and Schnittke manuscripts were purchased from J. & J. Lubrano, 20 Nov. 2007. ff. 12. Largest size 313 x 290mm. 1. f. 1. Michele Carafa: ‘Già la notte s’avvicina’, f...
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1. Prince Michele Enrico Francesco Vincenzo Aloisio Paolo Carafa di Colobrano,; composer: Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio, poet and librettist: 'Già la notte s'avvicina', for voice and piano , composed by Michele Carafa, words by Metastasio: 1835: Ital: Autogr.ff. 2-...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1835-1990
Extent:: 1 item

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