Charles Villiers Stanford: Mass in G for soli, chorus, orchestra and organ, op.46; 1892. Full score. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, composer, teacher and conductor: Mass in G, op.46: 1892: Lat and Eng: Autogr.
Manuscripts are listed below. Catalogue records for printed music in this loan (Music Loan 109.A1–X6) are in the Current Music Catalogue. Lent by the B.B.C., 2000, 2001.
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: ‘Salve Regina [in C minor]. For one Soprano 2 Violins one Tenor and a Bass'; 18th cent. Copy. Score, in ink, with modern pencil annotations. pp. 17. Folio. Bookplate of Godfrey E. P. Arkwright. Published Walsh, [c. 1750]. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, composer: 'Sal...
Music manuscripts from the Royal Music Library. c 1590 – 1903. The Royal Music Library was deposited on loan in the British Museum in March 1911 by George V, and presented outright on 27 November 1957 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As well as about 1000 manuscripts, the collection contains...
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Music Collections
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English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Tallis (Thomas). Spem in alium; late 18th century. Motet in 40 parts, in score. With a newspaper cutting pasted on to the flyleaf containing information about its transcription. Once the property of Robert Bremner. Paper. ff. 9. Robert Bremner, music publisher: Music ma...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Invocazione all’Armonia; Dec. 14, 1843. ‘Coro con soli’, and orchestra. Full score, made by Sir Michael Costa and initialled by him. [For another copy not in the hand of Costa see R.M.18.a.10.]. Paper. ff. 22. Sir Michael Costa,...
George Frideric Handel: Psalms (Latin) I. Autograph
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‘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]’.
Henry Purcell: Autograph manuscript of anthems, welcome songs and solo songs
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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 ...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Negri [Domenico Francesco?]. O sing praises to our God; 18th century. ‘Negri’s Anthem’ for 5 solo voices, chorus, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 2 horns, drums and strings. Separate parts only. [For a score of this anthem see R.M.24.d.14.]. Paper. 41 parts in a loose c...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Pergolesi (Giovanni Battista). The Lord saith (arranged from Dixit Dominus); 18th century. Motet for solo voices and chorus; with oboes, bassoons, trumpets, horns, tympani and strings. Separate parts only. [See R.M.24.e.2. for a score with a bass for organ]. Paper. 21 pa...