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1. Add MS 4920

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HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. XII (ff. 40). 'Utile e breue (sic) regule di canto compostte per Maestro Zoanne di Spadari [Giovanni di Spataro] da Bologna'; 1510. Giovanni di Spataro, of Bologna: 'Utile e breve regule di canto': 1510.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1510
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 4922

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HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. XIV (ff. 22). 'Regole per il contrappunto', possibly part of the joint work of Giovanni Maria and Giovanni Bernardino Nanini, Regole ... per fare contrappunto, 1619; 17th cent. Belonged, before 1778, to John? Stafford Smith. Giovanni Maria Nanino, composer: 'Regole per ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 10445

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A collection of compositions for strings, as well as melodies, and instrumental arrangements of songs and ballets
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ff. 1, 13b, 26. Twenty-five pieces, of which all except the first are taken from the 'Royall Consort' by 'William Lawes' (conf. Add MS 31433, etc.); 2nd half of the 17th century. They consist of Courantes, Sarabands, Airs, etc., written for 3 instruments. 1st and 2nd trebles and 'Breaking Base' ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 22597

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Tenor and treble parts and incidental music for a collection of compositions, by various composers.
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(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)

5. Add MS 29246

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Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, madrigals, masses, motets, and pieces originally written for string ensembles
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Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, the following madrigals, masses, motets, etc., in Italian tablature. They appear to be arranged, roughly speaking, according to the number of voices, for which they were originally written, namely; 1-4, for two voices; 5-78, for 3 voices; 79 to end, fo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
after 1611
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)

6. Add MS 29247

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Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, anthems, madrigals, and motets
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Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, the following anthems, madrigals, and motets, in Italian tablature. They appear to be arranged, roughly speaking, according to the number of voices, for which they were originally written, namely; 1-72, for 5 voices; 73 to end, for 6 voices. 1. 'Prostr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
after 1611
Extent:
1 volume (77 folios)

7. Add MS 31390

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'A booke of In nomines and other solfainge songs of v: vj vij: and viij: parts for voyces or Instrumentes', written in direct, transverse, and reversed staves, so that all can sing, or play, at once.
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Compare with the layout of John Dowland's First Book. of Aires, printed in 1597. The contents are chiefly motets, and include also Italian, English, and French songs. Among them are the following:- 1. Mr Parson his Songe." f. 10 b. 2. Si grand e la pieta." f. 13 b. 3. "Vraie deu damour" f....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume (128 folios)

8. Add MS 35021

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, book 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, book 2. 21 of the 24 preludes and fugues of the second book of the ‘Well-Tempered Clavier’, BWV 870-872, 875-880, 882-893. All the music is in the hand of the composer, with the exception of the preludes and fugues in C minor, D mino...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1739-1742]
Extent:
22 folios

9. Add MS 37763

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 'Six Quartetts dedicated to Haydn'
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Autograph manuscript of six Mozart's string quartets. f. 1. String quartet in G major, K. 387 (31 December 1782). f. 14. String quartet in D minor, K. 421 (June 1783). f. 23. String quartet in B flat major, K. 458 (9 November 1784). f. 34. String quartet in E flat major, K. 428 [1783?]. f. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1782-1785
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

10. Add MS 37764

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Title:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String quartet in D major, K. 499.
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript of Mozart's string quartet in D major, K. 499 (the 'Hoffmeister' quartet).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1786
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14 folios