(1-2.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Purcell (Henry). Operas; 18th century. For voices and instruments, in score. Both are incomplete in places. Paper. 1. 59 ff. The Indian Queen. 2. 64 ff. The Tempest. Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Music manuscripts: late 17-18th cent: Copies.
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Purcell (Henry). King Arthur; 18th century. Opera for voices and instruments, in score. With ff. 1-3b, 80-92b, 100, and 140b-143b in a different hand. Paper. ff. 147. Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Music manuscripts: late 17-18th cent: Copies.
(1-3.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Purcell (Henry). Music from the operas; 18th century. In score. Paper. 1. 72 ff. The Fairy Queen. For voices and instruments. Very incomplete and the last act in a different hand. 2. 35 ff. Bonduca. For voices and instruments. Incomplete in places. 3. 7 ff. So...
(1-7.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Purcell (Henry). Music from the operas; 18th century. In score. Paper. 1. 25 ff. The Libertine. For voices and instruments, with a figured bass, incomplete. 2. 29 ff. (Timon of Athens) The Masue in Timon of Athens. For voices and instruments. In the hand of Jer...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Bach (Johann Sebastian). Chorales; 19th century. A collection of 136 of ‘Johann Sebastian Bachs vierstimmige Choral Gesänge’, without words, compressed into short score for piano. With an index at the end. Paper. ff. 59. Johann Sebastian Bach, composer: Chorales, withou...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Bonno (Giuseppe). Te Deum; 18th century. Set for solo voices and 4-part chorus; with accompaniment for oboes, clarinets, trumpets, drums and strings, and a figured bass for organ. Paper. ff. 24. Giuseppe Bonno, composer: Te Deum: 18th cent: Lat: Copy.
(1-2.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Vocal music; 18th century. Paper. 1. 66 ff. Borgo (Giovanni): Operatic songs. A collection of 7 songs for solo voice; accompanied by oboes, horns and strings, with an unfigured bass. All but the 5th, ‘Minaccia altero’, are possibly from his opera ‘Adriano in Sir...
R.M.24.f.4-9. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Byrd (William). Gradualia, Book II; 18th century. A late copy of the 1610 edition of the Gradualia, Book II, including the composer’s preface. Nos. 40, 42 and 43 are missing or incomplete in every book. 6 partbooks. In the same hand as R.M.24.f.10-15. and R.M.24.h.1-6. Paper. Six volumes.
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William Byrd, composer: Music manuscripts: circa 1600-18th cent: Eng, Lat: Copies.