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1. Add MS 29321

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Add MS 29321
Title:
Symphonies and short musical pieces by Muzio Clementi. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-29b, 31. Sketches by Muzio Clementi. 1. 'Sinfonia 4a 'in D minor (Andante sostenuto and Allegro vivace), for drums, trombones, trumpets, horns, clarinets, oboes, flutes, bassoons, and strings, in score. f. 1. 2. 'Sinfonia 2' in D (Adagio and an unfinished Allegro), for the same instruments...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 31052

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Add MS 31052
Title:
'Libussan's Wahl'. Am overture by Carl Friedrich August Billert.
Scope & Content:
'Libussan's Wahl': overture for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 3 trombones, drums, and strings, in score, by Carl Friedrich August Billert. Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (17 folios)

3. Add MS 32074

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Add MS 32074
Title:
A collection of overtures and concertos for strings and harpsichord
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-20b. Overtures for 2 violins, viola, and double bass, with a bass (partly figured) for harpsichord, in parts, by [Johann Gottlieb] Graun, 'Maistro di Concerto' [in Berlin]; 1768 (?). The present MS. appears to have been transcribed in 1768 by Fr.... C.…. 1. In F. f. 1. 2. In D. f. 8. 3. In...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1768?-1781?
Extent:
1 volume (71 folios)

4. Add MS 32226

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Add MS 32226
Title:
Volume I of a collection of orchestral compositions by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-70. Overtures for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, drums, and strings, in score, by Hummel; 18th-19th cent. 1. 'Freuden-Fest Ouverture, mit Benützung dreyer Volkslieder ('God save the King,' Haydn's 'Gott erhalte den Kaiser,' and Hummel's 'Volkslied aller Deutschen'), z...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (203 folios)

5. Add MS 32226-32229

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Add MS 32226-32229
Title:
A collection of orchestral compositions, in full score, including overtures, variations, and arrangements by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
Add MS 32229 contains the string part of a quartet. The pianoforte part can be found in Add MS 32231, as well as a quartet arrangement of Beethoven's septet, 1827, continued in Add MS 32230
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
4 volumes

6. Add MS 34537

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Add MS 34537
Title:
A concert-overture, and compositions for pianoforte by Sir William George Cusins
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-2. Mélodie in A, by Sir William George Cusins; [1855]. [Published in 1855.] Autograph. ff. 3-10. 'Queen Mab': scherzo for 4 hands in E, by Sir William George Cusins, ended 16 January, 1863. Autograph; 1863. Dedicated to W. B. Richmond. Published. ff. 11-34. 'Les Travailleurs de la iner':...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1855]-1868
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

7. Add MS 34538

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Add MS 34538
Title:
Sir William George Cusins: 'King Lear', overture
Scope & Content:
'King Lear': overture for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, drums, and strings, in score, by [Sir] William George Cusins, 1862. Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 volume (19 folios)

8. Add MS 35010

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Add MS 35010
Title:
Overtures by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
The scores and some of the parts are autograph. 1. In D, 1778; for horns, oboes, strings, and organ, in score and parts. f. 1. 2. In C, 1780; for horns and strings, in score and parts. f. 20. 3. In E, about 1834 (watermark); for flutes, oboes, bassoons, trumpets, horns, trombones, drums, and ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1778-c 1834
Extent:
1 volume (111 folios)