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1. Harley MS 1265

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1265
Title:
Collection of compositions, including Cantatas, Arias, for a soprano voice, with figured bass for harpsichord, in score, and suspected from Operas, by authors including: Giacomo Carissimi, Giovanni Francesco Tenaglia, Luigi Ross, Allesso Scarlatti, Carlo Manelli, Henry Firmin, Allesso Stradella, Domco Gabrielli, Mario Marazzoli, and Carlo Ludovici
Scope & Content:
passim. Cantatas, Arias, etc., for a soprano voice, with figured bass for harpsichord, in score. 1. 'Ferma; lascia ch' io parli': Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots. 'Giacomo Carissimi.' f. 1. 2. 'A la Rota.' This and nos. 3-16 are by 'Luigi Rossi.' f. 37. 3. 'Questo picciolo Rio.' f. 63. 4. 'Ste...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 3187

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3187
Title:
Short instrumental pieces. Two part books for 'mean-viall' and 'base-viall'. Volume 1.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (28 folios)

3. Harley MS 3187-3188

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3187-3188
Title:
Short instrumental pieces. Two part books for 'mean-viall' and 'base-viall'.
Scope & Content:
A collection of instrumental pieces without titles and (with one exception) anonymous. The 'Mean-Viall' and 'Base-Viall' parts. Owing to the fragmentary character of many of the compositions and the fact that a considerable number of leaves has been torn out in each volume, it is impossible to gi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
2 volumes (28, 32 folios)

4. Harley MS 3188

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3188
Title:
Short instrumental pieces. Two part books for 'mean-viall' and 'base-viall'. Volume 2.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (32 folios)

5. Harley MS 7337

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7337
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 1.
Scope & Content:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. The Anthems included are: —1. 'I call and cry to thee, O Lord' (5 parts); originally written (as well as the three following) to Latin words. 'Tho. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (196 folios)

6. Harley MS 7337-7342

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7337-7342
Title:
'A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Composed by the best masters, and collected by Thomas Tudway, D.M., Musick-Professor to the University of Cambridge, a.d. mdccxv.'
Scope & Content:
Services and anthems collected by Thomas Tudway, D.M., Musick-Professor to the University of Cambridge, 1715, and afterwards brought down to the end of Queen Anne's reign. In score. In six volumes. In a short introduction addressed to Edward, Lord Harley [2nd Earl of Oxford, 1724], for whom the ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:

6 volumes (196, 254, 244, 268, 294, 383 folios)

7. Harley MS 7338

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7338
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 2.
Scope & Content:
'A Collection of … Services and Anthems, both ancient and modern … beginning at the Restauration of K. Charles II. . . . collected . . . a.d. mdccxvi.' Preceded by another introduction to Lord Harley, giving an account of the innovations made by Charles II in the royal Chapel and of their influe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (254 folios)

8. Harley MS 7339

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7339
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 3.
Scope & Content:
Anthems and Services 'before and since the Restauration of King Charles the IId, mdccxvi '; preceded by an introduction alluding briefly to the royal and otherwise distinguished persons who have written music, among whom the collector specially mentions Henry VIII, the Emperor Leopold I, and the...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (244 folios)

9. Harley MS 7340

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7340
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 4.
Scope & Content:
Services and Anthems . . . from ye Reformation . . . . down to ye Accession of Queen Anne . . . . [collected] a.d. mdcc[x]vii '; preceded by a short introduction treating chiefly of the composition and rendering of church music. The Anthems are: —1. 'O sing unto ye Lord a new song' (full anthe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (268 folios)

10. Harley MS 7341

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7341
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 5.
Scope & Content:
'Services and Anthems Compos'd for the most part in the Reigne of . . . Queen Anne. Collected a.d. mdccxviii.' The Anthems are: —1. 'Is it true that God will dwell with men' (verse anthem for 3 voices). 'Dr. Tho. Tudway, designed for ye opening of St. Pauls Church. And sung at ye opening of Ki...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (294 folios)

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