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Collection Area Music Collections Place London, United Kingdom

1. Add MS 28971

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Add MS 28971
Title:
SONGS for Vauxhall; 1800-1803. The words by W. Upton, M. P. Andrew, and others; the music by James Hook. Full scores, in the handwriting of Hook. Paper. Oblong Quarto.
Scope & Content:
London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Songs, with music, for Vauxhall: 1800-1803. William Upton: Words of songs for Vauxhall: 1800-1803. Music: Songs for Vauxhall: 1800-1803. James Hook, composer; d.1827: Music for Vauxhall songs: 1800-1803. M- P- Andrew: Words for Vauxhall songs: 1800-1803.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1803
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 34007

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Add MS 34007
Title:
Miscellaneous compositions and papers by Clementi, Samuel Wesley, James Hook and others
Scope & Content:
(1). Compositions by Muzio Clementi ff. 1-23b passim. Pianoforte duets — some of them only sketched — by Muzio Clementi. Autograph. About 1784 (see f. 3)1, 2. Nos. 1 and 2 of VI Sonates pour le Pianoforte à quatre mains. At the top of f. 3 is written 'First published in London, 1784. Tulit alte...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (84 folios)

3. Add MS 36572-36577

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Add MS 36572-36577
Title:
A Collection of Operas, Incidental Music, etc., mostly in parts, formerly belonging to the English Opera House [Lyceum], where most of the operas were performed between 1834 and 1841. Supplementary to the collection contained in Add. 33799-33819. Presented by Mrs. Walter Arnold.
Scope & Content:
London, England: Operas performed at the Lyceum theatre: 1834-1841.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1834-1841
Extent:
6 items

4. Add MS 37522

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Add MS 37522
Title:
COLLECTION of Songs and other vocal compositions; with a bass for harpsichord, etc., in score, by Drs. Arne, Boyce and Pepusch, Handel, Henry Carey, and others. Most of them appear to have been written for Marylebone, Ranelagh, or Vauxhall Gardens, including a song (f. 53 b) in honour of the taking of Martinique [1762]. Paper; ff. 56. Oblong octavo. Belonged to Francis Fortescue in 1782, and acquired from Rev. - Littlehales by T. W..Taphouse, of Oxford, in 1904.
Scope & Content:
Music: Collection of English songs, etc.: 18th cent. (after 1762). includes: ff. 5 b, 13 (?), 22 b Henry Carey, composer: Songs: circ. 1762.ff. 18, 42 b, 43 b Thomas Augustine Arne, composer: Songs: circ. 1762.ff. 20 b, 21 b, 53 b Vauxhall Gardens, Surrey: Songs written for performance a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 69448 A

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Add MS 69448 A
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Scope & Content:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS'S 'PILGRIM'S PROGRESS'. Vol. I A. Correspondence, related papers and newspaper cuttings; 1950-1951. Partly typewritten. ff. 220. British Library arrangement. 1. ff. 1-78v. Letters to Burton, mostly from Coghill, but with a letter from Vaughan Williams (f. 52), and letters fr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950-1951
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 69448 B

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Add MS 69448 B
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Scope & Content:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS'S 'PILGRIM'S PROGRESS'. Vol. I B. Photographs of the stage sets at the Royal Opera House; 1951. ff. 10. 152 x 206mm. London, England: Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Hal Burton, theatre designer: Correspondence, papers and photographs of Hal Burton rel. to 'The Pilgrim's ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951
Extent:
1 item