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1. Add MS 17798

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Add MS 17798
Title:
Compositions for violins, and bass, in the hand of William Lawes
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-11b. Bass part of sixteen compositions ('fantazias' airs, pavans, and an 'In nomine '), for 5 viols, in the hand of William Lawes, who has signed nos. 1, 4, and 16. Described in Add MS 29410-29415 as '5 pts of Mr. Will. Lawes' Fantazies and aires to the Organn.' ff. 12-25b. Compositions ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (25 folios)

2. Add MS 22597

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Add MS 22597
Title:
Tenor and treble parts and incidental music for a collection of compositions, by various composers.
Scope & Content:
(String Quintets, Motets and a Carol, in the same hand, Song in 'Don Quixote,' by R. Courteville, in a later hand.) ff. 3-15, 18-21b, 53 Tenor part of the following Anthems: — [late 16th cent.]. 1. 'The Lorde blesse vs.' 'R. White.' Attributed by Tudway, in Harley MS 7339, f. 34b, to Matthew Wh...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume (53 folios)

3. Add MS 23623

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Add MS 23623
Title:
Collection of 17th-century compositions by Dr. John Bull, and possibly others
Scope & Content:
ff. 181. Compositions, apparently for Organ (see no. 26), by Jan Bull, sc. Dr. John Bull, with the possible exceptions of nos. 2, 9-12, 47, and 50-52. Transcribed on two staves of 6 lines shortly before and after his death, 18 January-16 November, 1628, etc., and probably composed while he was o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Dutch, English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1628
Extent:
1 volume (181 folios)

4. Add MS 31922

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Add MS 31922
Title:
A collection of songs, ballads, and instrumental pieces, composed early in the reign of Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
passim. Compositions for 3 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in parts, apparently written early in the reign of Henry VIII (see for 1882-1887, p. 7). {Severeal published by the Roxburghe Club in 1912} {See J. E. Stevens 'Rounds and Canons from an early Tudor Song Book', Music and Letters,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume (129 folios)

5. Egerton MS 3512

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3512
Title:
Thomas Tallis: motet 'Spem in alium'
Scope & Content:
In forty parts with accompaniment for a thorough bass. Adapted to English words 'Sing and glorifie heavens high Majesty' in honour of Princes Henry and Charles, sons of James I. Arranged in full score in five groupings of eight similar voices (and not in choirs of five different voices) with the...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 6 folios)

6. R.M.20.h.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.h.7
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Psalms (Latin) I. Autograph
Scope & Content:
‘Laudate pueri Dominum’ (Psalm 112) in F (HWV 236) (H-G. XXXVIII, No. I). Points of note: 1. f. 3. ‘Qui sicut Dominus’ (H-G., p. 7). Marked ‘ad[agio]’.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1702?
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)

7. R.M.20.h.8

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R.M.20.h.8
Title:
Henry Purcell: Autograph manuscript of anthems, welcome songs and solo songs
Scope & Content:
Purcell’s ‘Score Booke containing severall Anthems wth symphonies’. At f. 85 the volume is reversed, and beginning at the other end the title reads ‘Score booke. Anthems welcome songs and other songs all by my father’. There is an inaccurate and incomplete table of contents. All the music is in ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1680-1690
Extent:
1 volume (245 folios)

8. R.M.22.a.22

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R.M.22.a.22
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Bianchi (Francesco). Domine ad adjuvandum me festina. Autograph. ‘A 4o Fatto da me Francesco Bianchi in Cremona alli 2o d’Agosto nell’Anno 1773’. With symphonies and accompaniment for oboes, horns, strings and figured bass for organ, in score. In 1873 the property of W.G....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1773
Extent:
1 item

9. R.M.23.k.6

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.k.6
Title:
Scope & Content:
(1-7.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Duets; 17th century, 18th century. Paper. [ff. 158]. 1. 124 ff. [ff. 1-124]. Steffani (Agostino): Duetti. A collection of 14 duets, with bass accompaniment, in score. i). ff. 1-6. Dolce e per voi soffrire. ii). ff. 7-15. Io mi parto o cara vita. iii). ff. 15b...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

10. R.M.24.d.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.24.d.2
Title:
The Baldwin Collection of Motets, etc.: circa 1600, unless otherwise dated.
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. A volume in the script throughout of John Baldwin of Windsor (excepting ff. 87b-89), containing 203 motets, instrumental pieces, canons and contrapuntal exercises by various 16th century composers, some in score, some in separate parts. There are prefatory and concluding ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1590-1606
Extent:
1 item