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R.M.21.a.5-7. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Bach (Johann Christian). 11 concertos; 18th century. A numbered set of 12 instrumental concertos, lacking no. 1. Paper. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Johann Christian Bach, composer: Instrumental music: 18th cent: Copies.
R.M.21.a.11-12. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Bach (Johann Christian). Carattaco; 18th century. Opera in 3 acts. Separate instrumental parts. The voice and first horn parts are missing from the set. In the same hand throughout. Paper. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:
Johann Christian Bach, composer: 'Carattaco', parts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
R.M.21.a.17-26. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Hasse (Johann Adolf). 9 Overtures; 18th century. A numbered set of 9 overtures or sinfonias, in separate parts only. Paper. Ten volumes.
Scope & Content:
Johann Adolf Hasse, composer: Vocal music: 18-early 19th cent: Ital, Lat: Copies.
R.M.21.b.4-6. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Porpora (Nicolo Antonio). 6 Concertos; late 18th century. A numbered set of 6 ‘concerti a 3’ for 2 violins and cembalo (figured bass). Separate parts only. Paper. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Nicola Porpora, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
R.M.21.b.18-21. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Stamitz (Carl). 6 Quartets; late 18th century. ‘Sei Quartetti per due Violini, Viola e Violoncello …’. Paper. Four volumes.
Scope & Content:
Carl Stamitz, composer: Instrumental music: late 18-early 19th cent: Copies.
R.M.21.b.22-52. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Mederitsch (Johann) called Gallus. Macbeth; after 1795 (the date of composition). Incidental music to Macbeth, with a German text of the Shakespeare play, and the sung solo parts and choruses for the witches. Separate parts only. Paper. Thirty-one volumes.
Scope & Content:
Johann Mederitsch, called 'Gallus'; composer: 'Macbeth', incidental music: aft 1795: Copy.
R.M.21.c.5-9. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. 7 Overtures; 18th century. Separate parts for strings and cembalo (figured bass) of 7 overtures, all anonymous in the text. No. 6 is by Pescetti, and also, possibly, nos. 1, 4, 5 and 7. Paper. Five volumes.
Scope & Content:
includes: No. 6 Giovanni Battista Pescetti, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
R.M.21.c.10-15. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. Concertos; 18th century. Separate parts of a numbered set of 12 concertos for string quartet; nos. 5 and 9-12 also with oboe obbligato. No. 11 ‘con corni o vero oboe’. In the same hand throughout. Paper. Six volumes.
R.M.21.c.16-25. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Rosetti (Franz Anton). 5 symphonies; 18th century. Separate parts. In the same hand throughout. [Nos. 23, 20, 25, 16 and 26 in the thematic list in the Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern, XII, 2]. Paper. Ten volumes.
Scope & Content:
Franz Anton Rösler, composer: Instrumental music: 18th cent: Copies.