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2. 785.a.9.
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 785.a.9.
- Title:
- MUSICAL EXAMPLES, ETC.; 1730. Bound at the end of the printed volume (by J. C. Pepusch) A Short Treatise on Harmony (J. Watts, 1730) and comprising ‘Examples in Notes referring the [MS.] Figures in the Margin & serving to explain every Example (either in Figures, or in Letters, or in Words,) that is mentioned in this Treatise on Harmony. 1730.’ Sir John Hawkins (who bequeathed the volume to the British Museum in 1789) states that these examples are in the hand of [Joshua] Steele, being ‘taken fr...
- Scope & Content:
- Johann Christoph Pepusch, composer: James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn: Musical examples , probably in the hand of James Hamilton, to accompany and explain A Short Treatise on Harmony by Johann Christoph Pepusch: 1730.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1730
- Extent:
- 1 item
3. 785.k.7.(9.)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 785.k.7.(9.)
- Title:
- DANCE TUNES; about 1710. With figures or diagrams showing how they were to be danced; explanatory of A Small Treatise of Time and Cadence in Dancing…By John Weaver…(1706), bound at the beginning of the volume. Bequeathed by Sarah Sophia Banks and presented by Lady Banks, 1818. Paper; ff. 8. 230 x 165mm. Including:— 1. f. 1b. ‘La Nouvelle Gaillarde Par Mr [Louis] Pécour’. 2. ff. 5b-6. ‘The Friendship by Mr Isaac’.
- Scope & Content:
- includes: f. 1v Louis Guillaume Pécour, dancing-master and choreographer: 'Nouvelle Gaillarde': circa 1710: Copy.f. 5v Isaac, musician: Dance tune, 'The Friendship': circa 1710: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1710
- Extent:
- 1 item
4. 785.k.7.(10.)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 785.k.7.(10.)
- Title:
- DANCE TUNES; about 1710. With figures or diagrams showing how they were to be danced; explanatory of A Small Treatise of Time and Cadence in Dancing…By John Weaver…(1706), bound at the beginning of the volume. Bequeathed by Sarah Sophia Banks and presented by Lady Banks, 1818. Paper; ff. 4. 230 x 165mm. Including:— 1. f. 1. ‘The Morris by Mr Isaac’. 2. f. 4b. ‘Rigadoun’. Without music.
- Scope & Content:
- includes: f. 1 Isaac, musician: Dance tune, 'The Morris': circa 1710: Copy.f. 4v Music: Rigaudon, dance tune: circa 1710.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1710
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. 1562/293.
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1562/293.
- Title:
- CARL CZERNY: catalogue of works, op.401 – op.753; circa 1850. Appended to a printed catalogue, Carl Czerny’s sämmtliche Original-Compositionen von opus 1 bis 300 [Vienna: Diabelli, 1834?]. The list includes opus number, title, price and publisher, and is incomplete from op.600 onwards. Purchased, 30 Oct. 1979. ff. 10. Largest size 395 x 267mm.
- Scope & Content:
- Carl Czerny, composer: Catalogue of works: circa 1850: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Extent:
- 1 item
6. 1784.a.13
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1784.a.13
- Title:
- Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, Washington, [1865]
- Scope & Content:
- Photographs
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1865
- Extent:
- Printed, 2 vols.
7. 1784.a.13.1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1784.a.13.1
- Title:
- Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, Washington, [1865], vol. 1
- Scope & Content:
- Printed
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1865
- Extent:
- Printed
8. 1784.a.13.2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1784.a.13.2
- Title:
- Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, Washington, [1865], vol.2
- Scope & Content:
- Printed
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1865
- Extent:
- Printed Book
9. 3433.bb.10.
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 3433.bb.10.
- Title:
- PSALM MELODIES; after 1734. Bound at the front of the printed collection The Psalms of David…by I. Watts, 9th ed. (printed for Richard Ford and Richard Hett, 1734). Melodies, most of them with a bass written in score, inserted in MS. in a contemporary hand between pp. 4 and 5 of Tunes in the tenor part fitted to the several metres [of the Psalms] engraved by Francis Hoffman. Purchased, 8th Oct. 1863. Paper; ff. 7 + pp. viii, 319, [21]. 150 x 90mm. 1. f. 3r. Ps. 75, ‘Common Metre’; – Ps. 133; – P...
- Scope & Content:
- Music: Psalms: Psalm tunes: after 1734.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- after 1734
- Extent:
- 1 item
10. 3437.g.19.
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 3437.g.19.
- Title:
- PSALM TUNES; after 1712. Added in MS. on inter-leaves to the printed volume The Whole Books of Psalms…by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others (Printed by William Pearson, 1712). Those marked a, below, are for 4 voices and, unless the contrary is stated, taken from an edition of Thomas Ravenscroft’s Whole Book of Psalmes; those marked b, from John Playford’s 3-part setting of the same collection (? chiefly the 1713 edition); and those marked a, b, from both these latter works. At the beginn...
- Scope & Content:
- Robert Parsons, composer: Thomas Tallis, composer and organist: John Ward, composer: Thomas Morley, composer and writer: Music: Psalms: Thomas Ravenscroft, composer and editor: John Playford, the elder; composer and music-publisher: Giles Farnaby, composer: John Farmer, composer: John Bennet, compos...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- after 1712
- Extent:
- 1 item