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1. Sloane MS 1021

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1021
Title:
Commonplace book of Johannes Stobaeus, containing musical compositions and instructions for the lute
Scope & Content:
Commonplace book of Johannes Stobaeus (or Stobäus), Kapellmeister to the Elector of Brandenburg, compiled at Königsberg in and shortly before 1640. The book contains vocal and instrumental music, writings on music and drawings of instruments. Many of the pieces are probably Stobaeus's compositio...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1640
Extent:
1 volume

2. Sloane MS 2329

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2329
Title:
John Taverner: Praelectiones musicae in aedibus Greshamensibus.
Scope & Content:
Autograph draft of lectures on music, in Latin and English, by John Taverner, Professor of Music at Gresham College, London. 1610/11.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1610/11
Extent:
1 volume (82 folios)

3. Sloane MS 3992

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 3992
Title:
Collection of untitled 17th-century musical compositions for two viols
Scope & Content:
Collection of 16 short pieces, without titles, in score. Written on 2 staves of 5 and 6 lines respectively, evidently intended for 2 viols. The treble part on folio 9 is a duplicate of that on the preceding page, with a slight variation in the 2nd bar.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

1 volume (10 folios)