MADRIGALS, glees, catches, rounds, and part-songs, by English composers, principally of the 18th cent. In score; many in duplicate, a few in parts. Three volumes. Included are..- An Italian catch, by F. Giardini. Vol. i., f. 24 b;-Two songs and a minuet and gavot. Printed. Vol. i., f. 41 ;-Two autograph glees by Samuel Webbe. Vol. iii., ff. 68, 69. Vol. ii. consists exclusively of glees, etc., by R. J. S. Stevens. Paper; ff. 43, 214, 171. xviiith, xixth centt. Oblong Folio.
" Gli Orazi e Curiazi " : an opera in two acts, in score. Two volumes. A note on the fly-leaf of vol. i. states that " this copy coutains the recitatives which were not printed." Paper ff. 157, 197. Circ. 1800. Obl. Folio.
'Il Matrimonio Segreto' an Opera buffa in two acts, in score, by Domenico Cimarosa.
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2 volumes (248, 212 folios). 'Il Matrimonio Segreto': Opera buffa in 2 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, trumpets, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord or pianoforte, in score, by Domenico Cimarosa [1792] Characters: Fidalma, Paol...