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1. 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.
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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

2. Add MS 5336

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A collection of catches, canons, madrigals, vocal trios, vocal quartets, and some organ voluntaries
Scope & Content:
passim. Rounds and Catches. Nos. 1-9, 12, 13, 16, 18, 24, 31, 34, 36, and 38 are for 4 voices; the others for 3 voices (unless the contrary is stated). Nos. 1-19, 21-31, are in score, and are taken from three works by Thomas Ravenscroft, viz.: — (1609), (1609), and (1611). 1, 2. 'Trole the bo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (46 folios)

3. Add MS 5337

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A collection of incidental music from operas, madrigals, sonatas, catches, glees, a duet from an oratorio and a canon
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The contents of this MS. are in different hands. ff. 1-42. Incidental music, by Henry Purcell, in score; early 18th cent. The symphonies are written for flutes, oboes, strings, etc., and, in the case of no. 2, for trumpets also. 1. [The Masque in] 'Timon of Athens' [1694]. f. 1. 2. 'The Musick ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 11583

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Add MS 11583
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A collection of madrigals, chansons, and motets
Scope & Content:
Madrigals and chansons for 2 or more voices, in score. Nos. 1-5 are for 2 voices, and nos. 6-10 for 3 voices; they are scored from Add MS 5465. Nos. 11-17 are for 5 voices. 1. 'Ha, my herte.' Anonymous. f. 1b. 2. 'What causyth me wofull thoughtis.' 'William Newark.' f. 2b. 3. 'So far I trow.' By...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1782
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 11586

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A collection of motets, songs, extracts from masses, part of a Magnificat, part of a sonata, examples of harmony, and other vocal compositions
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Motets, in score, for 5 voices; before 1782. In the hand of Dr. Charles Burney. Nos. 2, 3 are inserted in vol. ii of his History of Music, 1782. Leaves are missing after ff. 15, 37 and 38. 1. ‘O sacrum con vivium.’ ‘Thomas Tallis‘ (from a MS. copy, dated 1581, at C. C. C, Oxford. Printed in 1575...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 11587

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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

7. Add MS 17786

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Add MS 17786
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Collection of 17th-century sacred and secular vocal and instrumental compositions, by English composers, arranged in five, six, and seven parts, across six volumes.
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Vocal and instrumental compositions. Vol. I. passim. [String quintets, Anthems Carols Madrigals String sextets] Fantasias or Fancies, etc., for 5 instruments, in parts. 1. 'De la courte'; in two parts. Robert Parsons.' f. 1. 2. Fancy. 'Byrd.' f. 2b. {also in 29996 f. 211} 3. 'A toy.' An...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 17th century
Extent:
1 of six volumes (Part book)

8. Add MS 17787

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Add MS 17787
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Collection of 17th-century sacred and secular vocal and instrumental compositions, by English composers, arranged in five, six, and seven parts, across six volumes.
Scope & Content:
Vocal and instrumental compositions. Vol. II. passim. [String quintets, Anthems Carols Madrigals String sextets] Fantasias or Fancies, etc., for 5 instruments, in parts. 1. 'De la courte'; in two parts. Robert Parsons.' f. 1. 2. Fancy. 'Byrd.' f. 2b. {also in 29996 f. 211} 3. 'A toy.' A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 17th century
Extent:
1 of six volumes (Part book)

9. Add MS 17788

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Add MS 17788
Title:
Collection of 17th-century sacred and secular vocal and instrumental compositions, by English composers, arranged in five, six, and seven parts, across six volumes.
Scope & Content:
Vocal and Instrumental compositions. Vol. III. passim. [String quintets, Anthems Carols Madrigals String sextets] Fantasias or Fancies, etc., for 5 instruments, in parts. 1. 'De la courte'; in two parts. Robert Parsons.' f. 1. 2. Fancy. 'Byrd.' f. 2b. {also in 29996 f. 211} 3. 'A toy.' ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 17th century
Extent:
1 of six volumes (Part book)

10. Add MS 17789

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Add MS 17789
Title:
Collection of 17th-century sacred and secular vocal and instrumental compositions, by English composers, arranged in five, six, and seven parts, across six volumes.
Scope & Content:
Vocal and Instrumental compositions. Vol. IV. passim. [String quintets, Anthems Carols Madrigals String sextets] Fantasias or Fancies, etc., for 5 instruments, in parts. 1. 'De la courte'; in two parts. Robert Parsons.' f. 1. 2. Fancy. 'Byrd.' f. 2b. {also in 29996 f. 211} 3. 'A toy.' A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 17th century
Extent:
1 of six volumes (Part book)