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1. Add MS 5036-5062

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Add MS 5036-5062
Title:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works
Scope & Content:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works. Prefixed to Add MS 5036 is a letter from Gabriel Mathias to the trustees of the British Museum, containing an extract from the will of James Mathias esq, from which it appears that these volumes are all...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
27 volumes

2. Add MS 5054

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Add MS 5054
Title:
A collection of motets, madrigals, full anthems, portions of masses, psalms (or choruses), canons and duets, as well as examples of a litany, a grace, a service, a miserere, and a stabat Mater. In score.
Scope & Content:
1. Sanctus and Gloria in Excelsis, in B minor, parts of a service, for 3 solo voices and 4-part chorus, by Dr. {William} Croft. ff. 3-5b. 2. 'La Spagnola'. A madrigal. (à 3), begins 'Al rigor d'un bel Sembiante'; with the alternative words 'Al splendor di due pupille' written underneath. 'Agost...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 5319-5337

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Add MS 5319-5337
Title:
Manuscript music presented by Sir John Hawkins
Scope & Content:
A collection of manuscript music formerly owned by Sir John Hawkins, chiefly copied by Mr. John Stanley
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
19 volumes

4. Add MS 5323

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Add MS 5323
Title:
George Frideric Handel: 'Utrecht Te Deum' and 'Jubilate'
Scope & Content:
Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate, composed by George Frederic Handel in 1713. 'Written for solo voices and chorus of from 4 to 7 voices, with accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, bassoon, flutes (occasionally), and strings, in full score.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 9071-9077

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Add MS 9071-9077
Title:
A collection of pieces by Henry Purcell
Scope & Content:
Includes Anthems, Services, Chants, Hymns, Motets, Canons, Duets, and Songs. Also included are two chants attributed to Thomas Purcell. All transcribed by Vincent Novello.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1829-c 1832
Extent:
7 volumes

6. Add MS 9072

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Add MS 9072
Title:
A collection of anthems, and a service, by Henry Purcell
Scope & Content:
passim. Transcripts made by Vincent Novello for his edition of Purcell’s Sacred Music, 1829-1832, with some additional notes for the Musical Antiquarian edition of 1846; about 1831-1832. They comprise, besides other works, the following Anthems, in score : — Verse Anthems, unless the contrary is...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1829-c 1831
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 9073

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Add MS 9073
Title:
A collection of anthems, chants, hymns, and a service, by Henry Purcell
Scope & Content:
passim. Transcripts made by Vincent Novello for his edition of Purcell’s Sacred Music, 1829-1832, with some additional notes for the Musical Antiquarian edition of 1846; about 1831-1832. They comprise, besides other works, the following Anthems, in score : — Organ-part of the following Anthems :...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1829-c 1832
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 9075

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Add MS 9075
Title:
A service by Henry Purcell
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-45b. A service, in score, by Henry Purcell, transcribed by Vincent Novello. Te Deum and Jubilate in D, in full score. 'Composed for St Cecilia's day, 1692.' (From a MS belonging to Joseph Moore of Birmingham.)
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1829-c 1831
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 10338

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Add MS 10338
Title:
A collection of anthems, songs, duets, trios, services, cantatas, motets, and other pieces, in the hand of George Jeffreys
Scope & Content:
ff. 4-13. 'Fantazies,' or Fancies, for strings and organ, in score, by George Jeffreys. 1-6. Six 'of 3 Parts for the Violls and the Virginall.' Autograph. In the 5th Fantasia, a few notes have been added to the virginal part to make it suitable for playing on the organ. f. 4. 7. Another 'of 2 pa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
after 1669
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 14341

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Add MS 14341
Title:
A collection of pieces by Samuel Wesley, including motets, anthems, portions of services, a part-song, a canon, a chorus, a sacred song and the melodies of 4 hymns
Scope & Content:
ff. 2b, 20. Portions of Services, in score, by Samuel Wesley. 1. Responses to the Litany composed in 1806 (Add MS 34999, f. 117); the first part consisting of the melody with figured bass; the second part beginning 'From our enemies defend us,' and written for 4 voices, in score, the bass part b...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
before 1843
Extent:
1 volume