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1. Add MS 4900

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Title:
Banks collection. Vol. XLIV. Miscellaneous writings, ornamented with initials, portraits of saints, royal arms, etc., cut from a printed book.
Scope & Content:
The principal items are:- (1) Fragments of a transcript of a calendar (latest date 1537), for the months of May to October, giving the dates on which fairs are held in those months in various towns of England and Wales (Carmarthen). A few dates are also given in the lives of British sovereigns...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

2. Add MS 5054

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A collection of motets, madrigals, full anthems, portions of masses, psalms (or choruses), canons and duets, as well as examples of a litany, a grace, a service, a miserere, and a stabat Mater. In score.
Scope & Content:
1. Sanctus and Gloria in Excelsis, in B minor, parts of a service, for 3 solo voices and 4-part chorus, by Dr. {William} Croft. ff. 3-5b. 2. 'La Spagnola'. A madrigal. (à 3), begins 'Al rigor d'un bel Sembiante'; with the alternative words 'Al splendor di due pupille' written underneath. 'Agost...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 5329-5332

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Title:
Duets, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by Agostino Steffani
Scope & Content:
Apparently transcribed for [Charles] John Stanley (bookplate).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
4 volumes

4. Add MS 9077

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Add MS 9077
Title:
A collection of anthems, songs, and duets by Henry Purcell
Scope & Content:
passim. Transcripts made by Vincent Novello for his edition of Purcell’s Sacred Music, 1829-1832, with some additional notes for the Musical Antiquarian edition of 1846; about 1831-1832. They comprise, besides other works, the following Anthems, in score : — Sacred songs or hymns for solo, with ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1831-c 1832
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 11587

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Scope & Content:
ff. 2-17. Fragments of Masses, in score, in the hand of Dr. Charles Burney: — 1. ‘Visibilium omnium’ and ‘Et in terra pax’ (6 voices), from the Mass, 'Gloria tibi, Trinitas.’ ‘Johannes Taverner.’ Copied ‘from the Oxford Music-School set of Books, which . . . belonged to the Chapel Royal in the t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 22099

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Title:
Collection of sacred and secular compositions, including hymns and catches for voice, and incidental music, and an arrangement by Henry Purcell for Queen Mary’s birthday in 1693; predominantly by English and Italian composers.
Scope & Content:
Short pieces on two staves, apparently written, or arranged, for Harpsichord. Several of them are in A Choice Collection of Ayres for the Harpsichord, 1700. [about 1704-1707.]. 1. Movement from 'Sonata 12' (the last of the set published in 1683). 'H. Purcel.' f. 2. 2. Prelude in A minor. 'Lock.'...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
late 17th century-early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (90 folios)

7. Add MS 22100

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Title:
Collection of sacred and secular compositions by authors including Blow, Purcell, Gibbons, and Weldon.
Scope & Content:
ff. 3-73 passim. Songs with chorus, etc., for various occasions, with accompaniments for strings (unless the contrary is stated), in score. Except no. 1, they are by Dr. John Blow. 1. 'A Song to welcome home his Majesty from Windsor, 1680,' begins 'Welcome vicegerent of the Mighty King.' 'Purcel...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1682
Extent:
1 volume (123 folios)

8. Add MS 25075

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Title:
A collection of dance music, songs, numbers from operas, a catch, a duet, and a glee
Scope & Content:
passim. Numbers from Operas; either arranged for pianoforte, or with pianoforte accompaniment in score; about 1799. Apparently made by Maria Jackson, alias Egerton [? Maria, daughter of Thomas Scott Jackson, afterwards wife of Sir John Grey-Egerton, 8th Bart., whose nephew. Sir Philip de Malpas ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 25076

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Title:
A collection of dance music, songs, numbers from operas, musical exercises, a number from an oratorio, and a duet
Scope & Content:
ff. 3-26. Numbers from Operas; either arranged for pianoforte, or with pianoforte accompaniment in score; about 1799. Apparently made by Maria Jackson, alias Egerton [? Maria, daughter of Thomas Scott Jackson, afterwards wife of Sir John Grey-Egerton, 8th Bart., whose nephew. Sir Philip de Malpa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 27640

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Title:
A collection of songs and duets by John Wall Callcott
Scope & Content:
passim. Songs, with instrumental accompaniments, in score, by Dr. [John Wall] Callcott; 1786-1815. Autograph. Written for horns (except in nos. 1 and 5), oboes, flutes (in no. 4), bassoons (except in nos. 3 and 7), trumpets (in nos. 3, 6, and 7), drums (in nos. 3 and 6), and strings. 1. 'Sisters...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1786-1815
Extent:
1 volume