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1. Add MS 29997

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Title:
Sketches of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, including C sharp minor quartet, Op. 131, composed in 1826.
Scope & Content:
Sketches of musical compositions in the hand of Beethoven. The volume may be divided into two portions, of which the former (ff. 2-5) contains what appear to be sketches of the C-sharp minor quartet, op. 131; and the latter, miscellaneous sketches, most of them apparently dating from the end of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

1 volume (42 folios)

2. Add MS 30310

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Compositions by George Frederic Handel, in full score. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-12b. Cantata, begins 'Lungi dal mio bel Nume'; for a treble voice, with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. [By Handel.] 'Roma. Il dì 3 di Marzzo, 1708.' Autograph. No. 25 of the Händel-Gesellschaft's edition of the Cantatas. HWV 127a. At f. 8 begins a transcript of the song in a lat...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

1 volume (62 folios)

3. Add MS 30387

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Title:
Dance and other music in lute notation, composed by Silvio Leopold Weis and Sigismund Weis, of Prague, in 1717-1724
Scope & Content:
Passim. Collection of solos for Lute. 1717-1724. The 'Weis' whose name is put to so many of them is probably Sylvius Leopold Weiss, but a few may be by his brother Sigismund, who was also a lutist, and by whom there is a composition on f. 33b. Probably other pieces besides those ascribed to them...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1717-1724
Extent:

1 volume (159 folios)

4. Add MS 31576

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Concertos, or portions of concertos, in score, including works by Handel, Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Xavier? Richter, Giovanni Battista Martini, Nicolò Jommelli, Francesco Geminiani.
Scope & Content:
passim Movements from concertos by Handel (op. 3 and op. 6). passim Concertos, or portions of concertos, in score (some of them in short score, with figured basses). Except where the contrary is stated, they are by Handel, namely nos. 1-6, 11-14, 18, and 19, from op. 6 ['Twelve Grand Concertos...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (122 folios)

5. Add MS 31577

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Harpsichord compositions predominantly by Handel; also including pieces by Johann Christoph Pepusch, William Babell, Jean Baptiste Loeillet, and Francesco Mancini.
Scope & Content:
passim. Collection of pieces for the Harpsichord by composers of the first half of the 18th century. Except where the contrary is stated, they are by Hendell (sc. Handel), and are taken from his Suites de Pieces, vols, i and ii (published respectively in 1720 and 1733), to which the volumes and ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (50 folios)

6. Add MS 31579

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Title:
Chamber music, in parts, by Benedetto Marcello.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-15 Concerto in D for violin, with 2 violins, viola, and violoncello, and a bass (occasionally figured for harpsichord), in parts, by Benedetto Marcello, who describes himself as 'Nob[ile] Ven[eziano].' Autograph. The first violin part is in duplicate. ff. 16-49b 'Sinfonie a Quatro,' in p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1st half 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (49 folios)

7. Add MS 31630

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Title:
Motets and Concertos, in score, by Johann Adolf Hasse.
Scope & Content:
ff. 87. Twelve Concertos [Op. 3] for violin, with flute, oboe, and strings, in score, by [Johann Gottlieb] Hasse, slightly compressed from the edition published by Walsh about 1760.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 volume (87 folios)

8. Add MS 32184-32237

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Title:
Original compositions, for the most part unpublished, by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
In the case of works in full scores, the music for wind instruments will generally be found at the end of the volume.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
54 volumes

9. Add MS 32317

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Compositions for the viola d'amore, and other instruments, in separate parts, including, a partie or suite by Johann Georg Hoffmann, composed in 1733 (f. 1); a concerto by Karl Michael, Ritter von Esser (f. 7); a sonata, by Karl Stamitz (f. 24) ; three solos, with piano-forte accompaniment, by Eduard Zillmann (f. 37) ; an arrangement of a scena from Richard Wagner's "Tannhaüser," by Karl Amadeus Mangold (f. 50). At f. 55 is an adagio for flute and pianoforte, composed by Johann Joachim Quant...
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Passim. Compositions for the viola d'amore with orchestral accompaniment.1. Concerto in D, with 2 flutes, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, and basso, in parts. 'Carl Michael Ritter von Esser.' ff. 7-23b.2. Sonata in E flat (Allegro, Romance, Allegro), with 2 flutes, 2 horns, 2 violins, 2 violas, and b...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1884
Extent:

1 volume (56 folios)

10. Add MS 32345

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Title:
Composition for flute with orchestral accompaniment, by Carl Müller
Scope & Content:
Compositions for flute, with flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, drums, and strings, in score, by Carl Müller. Transcribed in, or shortly before, 1884.1. Concertante in E. f. 1. 2. Fantasia on themes by [Friedrich] Silcher and [Carl Gottlieb] Reissiger. f. 35.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1884
Extent:

1 volume (52 folios)