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1. Add MS 4909

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HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. I (ff. 106). Transcripts made for Dr. Johann Christoph Pepusch of the musical portions of Cotton MS. Tiberius B. ix; early 18th cent. Viz.:-Treatises:- (a) compiled by Robert de Handlo from Franco of Paris. ff. 1-11;- (b) by Egidius de Muris. ff. llb-17b;- (c) by Walter ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 4909-4923

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Title:
Musical collections of Sir John Hawkins.
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts from the library of Sir John Hawkins, 18th-century writer on music. The manuscripts date from the early 16th to the 18th centuries, with most being 18th-century copies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Latin
Date Range:
[1500-1799]
Extent:
15 volumes

3. Add MS 4912

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HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. IV (ff. 160). Transcript made for Dr. Pepusch of the greater part of the musical treatises in the Waltham Abbey MS. (i.e. Lansdowne MS. 763), which was written by John Wylde circa 1460; early 18th cent. Latin and English. The names of the writers are given in the Index o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4914

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Hawkins Collection. Vol. VI. 'Brevis Musicae Isagoge', by Johann Fries of Zurich
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Settings of works by classical authors, for 4 equal voices, scored from 1555. From the printed edition, the dedication of which is dated 1554, it appears that only one of the parts (retained from the original edition of 1550) was by Frisius himself, the other three being added by his friend Hen...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (15 folios)

5. Add MS 4916

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HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. VIII (ff. 31). Quotations from the 'Deipnosophistae' of Athenaeus, concerning ancient musical instruments; 18th cent. Latin. Athenaeus, of Naucratis: Extracts rel. to musical instruments, from his 'Deipnosophistae': 18th cent.: Lat.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 5036

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A collection of motets, madrigals and parts of masses. Collected by University of Oxford.
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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

7. Add MS 5036-5062

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A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works
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A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works. Prefixed to Add MS 5036 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 these volumes are all...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
27 volumes

8. Add MS 5037

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A collection of motets and fragment of masses by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
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Motets, in score, by Palestrina for several Sundays and Festivals . Unless the contrary is stated, they are for 5 voices. Nos. 1-13 and 15-17 are from the Offertoria, 1593. Also in this volume are fragments for 3 voices (unless the contrary is stated), from Masses by Palestrina. In the hand of H...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 5038

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Motets for various festivals by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
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1. [‘Motecta Festorura,’ Book i, 1590], for 4 voices, in score, by Palestrina. The nine missing numbers are given in Add MS 5037 (ff. 102-122b). ff. 2-69b. 2. 'Messa in canone‘; consisting of ‘Kyrie,’ ‘Gloria‘ and 'Credo,’ for 4 voices, in score, apparently by Palestrina. In the hand of Henry N...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 5040

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Title:
A collection of masses by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Giovanni Francesco Anerio
Scope & Content:
'Messe A Quattro Voci . . . Con il Basso Continuo per l'organo di novo diligentemente corretta Da Francesco Gannini. In Roma, Per il Mascardi, 1689.’ In score. In the hand of Henry Needler. The four Masses were published together in 1635. The first three are by Palestrina. Appears to have been c...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume