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1. Add MS 5319-5337

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Add MS 5319-5337
Title:
Manuscript music presented by Sir John Hawkins
Scope & Content:
A collection of manuscript music formerly owned by Sir John Hawkins, chiefly copied by Mr. John Stanley
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
19 volumes

2. Add MS 5321

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Add MS 5321
Title:
Songs and cantatas, in score, by George Frideric Handel
Scope & Content:
1. 'Acis and Galatea'; serenata for solo voices and 5-part chorus (the 3 middle parts assigned in the 1st chorus to alto and 2 tenors, in the others to 3 tenors), with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, and strings, in score. The aria, 'Consider, fond shepherd' (at f. 67), is here ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 5326

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Add MS 5326
Title:
Maurice Greene: 'The song of Deborah and Barak'
Scope & Content:
‘The Song of Deborah and Barak': a short work, of the nature of an oratorio, for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, and strings, in score, by Dr. [Maurice] Greene. Apparently in the hand of Dr. Boyce. It begins ‘Attend, ye princes.’
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1732
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 5328

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Add MS 5328
Title:
Charles John Stanley: 'The Choice of Hercules'
Scope & Content:
'The choice of Hercules'; for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with overture and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, oboes, bassoons, strings, and organ, in score, by [Charles] John Stanley, whose bookplate, with arms, is at the beginning of the MS. A much shorter work than Handel's serenata with t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 10338

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Add MS 10338
Title:
A collection of anthems, songs, duets, trios, services, cantatas, motets, and other pieces, in the hand of George Jeffreys
Scope & Content:
ff. 4-13. 'Fantazies,' or Fancies, for strings and organ, in score, by George Jeffreys. 1-6. Six 'of 3 Parts for the Violls and the Virginall.' Autograph. In the 5th Fantasia, a few notes have been added to the virginal part to make it suitable for playing on the organ. f. 4. 7. Another 'of 2 pa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
after 1669
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 14399

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Add MS 14399
Title:
A collection of mostly English songs, as well as some lute music, cantatas and duets
Scope & Content:
passim. Songs for a treble voice, with a bass figured for harpsichord; except in no. 13, which is unaccompanied. Nos. 1-7 are in the hand of Matthew Lock. 1. 'Cupid once, when weary grown.' By Pelham Humfrey. [In , 1679.] f. 4b. 2. 'Cloris, qui domptetout le nionde.' Anonymous. f. 5b. 3. 'Hark, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 19647

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Add MS 19647
Title:
Songs in full score, composed for Vauxhall Gardens, by James Hook.
Scope & Content:
Songs, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings and other instruments mentioned below, in score, written by J[ames] Hook for Vauxhall. Autograph. 1. 'To sing about love I know is the plan'; with oboes, horns, bassoons, etc., 1786. f. 27. 2. 'Farewell, ambitious, gilded Toys'; written for '...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785-1798
Extent:
1 volume (108 folios)

8. Add MS 22100

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Add MS 22100
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)

9. Add MS 22271

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Add MS 22271
Title:
Compositions for various instruments, by Domenico Sarri.
Scope & Content:
ff. 117. 'Rida il mar': serenata for 4 solo voices, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes and strings, and a bass for harpsichord, in score, by Domenico Sarri. Apparently composed in joint honour of the Emperor Charles VI and his infant son Leopold, who only survived his birth (13...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1716
Extent:
1 volume (117 folios)

10. Add MS 29397

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Add MS 29397
Title:
A collection, largely of songs, duets and catches
Scope & Content:
passim. Songs for the most part unaccompanied, but occasionally with a bass for harpsichord, in score. Many are taken from John Playford's , 1673-1683, the , 1685, and other collections of that period. See indices by Thomas Oliphant at the beginning and end of the volume. 1. 'The bright Clarinda...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1682?-1690?
Extent:
1 volume