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31. c.105.u.

Reference (shelfmark):
c.105.u.
Title:
THREE MINUETS; late 18th cent. A single leaf containing three minuets, probably for solo flute, bound with the printed collection The Overture, Songs, &c. in The Deserter ... adapted for the German Flute, by Monsigny, Philidor and Dibdin (Longman and Broderip, circa 1785). Cropped at the edges. Purchased, June 1969. f. 1 + pp. 28. Largest size 159 x 232mm.
Scope & Content:
includes: f. i Music: 3 minuets: late 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

32. C.167.k. (1-3)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.167.k. (1-3)
Title:
New Cathedral Psalter Chants
Scope & Content:
'New Cathedral Psalter Chants Nos 81a. 82a. 83a.' (cover title). Music and correspondence pasted into a printed volume comprising copies of three publications by Novello and Company, bound together: 'The new Cathedral psalter chants: the St. Paul's Cathedral Chant Book', 'The new Cathedral psalt...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1909
Extent:
372 folios

33. C.549.vv.

Reference (shelfmark):
C.549.vv.
Title:
JAMES TURLE: two hymn tunes; 1870- c 1890. Inserted into an annotated copy of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, composed by James Turle ... collected and edited by his daughter S. A. Turle (Novello, 1885). One, pasted onto the front flyleaf, is a copy of an ‘Offertory Hymn’ composed in 1876 and setting the words ‘Praise to Jesus, Lord and God’; the other, attached to p. 31, is probably an autograph of the tune ‘Zennor’ (no. 21 in this publication), dated 1870 and setting the words ‘O Lord of heaven, and...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. i-ii James Turle, organist, composer and writer; d.1882: Two hymn tunes: 1870-1890: Partly autogr.?, partly copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1870-c 1890
Extent:
1 item

34. Case.35.g.12.

Reference (shelfmark):
Case.35.g.12.
Title:
MUSICAL ANNOTATIONS; after 1532. Added in several hands to the printed volume Hymnorum cum notis opusculum usui insignis ecclesie Sarum subserviens (Antwerp: Christophorus Ruremunden, 1532/3). The annotations comprise the chant ‘Asperges me’ (f. i v), several musical phrases in square and mensural notation (f. 188) and the hymn ‘Intra deserti subteris annis cibium’, written in square notation (f. 188v), as well as marginal additions to rubrics in Latin and English (ff. lxxvi, lxxxvi, lxxxvii...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. i v Psalms: 'Asperges me', written into a printed Sarum Hymnal: after 1532: Lat.f. 188v Hymns: 'Intra deserti subteris', written on the back page of a printed Sarum Hymnal: after 1532: Lat.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
after 1532
Extent:
1 item

35. Case.61.i.1.

Reference (shelfmark):
Case.61.i.1.
Title:
LETTERS TO SIR GEORGE SMART; 30 August 1818. From Granville Sharp (f. 1v; signed ‘G #’) and G. Ambrogetti (f. 2). Written on the blank inner leaves of a bill for a concert at the Assembly Rooms, Cheltenham, at which Smart was to preside. In a volume of oratorio bills mainly for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; 1813-1821. Presented, July 1873. ff. 2. 335 x 206mm.
Scope & Content:
Granville Sharp, philanthropist: Giuseppe Ambrogetti, singer: Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Letters, written on a concert bill, to Sir George Thomas Smart from Granville Sharp and Giuseppe Ambrogetti: 1818: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1818
Extent:
1 item

36. Case.111.g.6.

Reference (shelfmark):
Case.111.g.6.
Title:
JAN SEVERIN ALUSIUS: ‘Tagh fra os Kiere Gjesst, Vore synder och Ondshafh stor’, hymn; 1652.
Scope & Content:
Danish. The words and melody only, added to a blank page (p. 426) of a printed Danish Gradual, En Almindelig Sangbog, ed. Niels Jesperssøn (Copenhagen: Laurentz Benedicht, 1573). Signed and dated, ‘Janus Severini Alusius Diaconus, 28 Augusti 1652’. The book is heavily annotated throughout with c...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1652
Extent:
1 item

37. Case.175.b.38.

Reference (shelfmark):
Case.175.b.38.
Title:
CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS ON MUSIC IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM LIBRARY; 1883. In one unidentified hand throughout, arranged alphabetically by author. The date appears on the binding. A note on the front flyleaf reads ‘Brought from London – 1921 By Samuel Karraker, Cornell BA –18’. Presented, 14 Oct. 1961. 298 x 238mm.
Scope & Content:
British Museum: Catalogue of printed books on music in the British Museum Library: 1883.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1883
Extent:
1 item

38. Cup.404.c.1.

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.404.c.1.
Title:
Cup.404.c.1. NATIONAL GALLERY CONCERTS: a collection of programmes, lists of performances and other materials; 1939-48. For notebooks of Dame Myra Hess, see Adds. 57730 A, B, 57731 A, B, and for press cuttings relating to her see Adds. 59859-59861. Parts 1-11 bequeathed under the terms of the will of Dame Myra Hess, 22 July 1972; part 12 presented by Dr Howard Ferguson, 18 Aug. 1973. Sixteen volumes and three boxes.
Scope & Content:
London; National Gallery: Programmes, lists of performances and other materials of the National Gallery Concerts: 1939-48: Partly printed; partly typewritten.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939-1948
Extent:

12 items

39. Cup.404.c.1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.404.c.1/1
Title:
Scope & Content:
DAILY PROGRAMMES; 1939-46. Partly printed, partly typewritten, with annotations recording attendance and receipts for each concert, as well as notable events of the day, in the hand of Howard Ferguson. Seven volumes. 305 x 240mm. Quarter leather bindings with marbled boards. includes: vols. 3...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939-1946
Extent:
1 item

40. Cup.404.c.1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.404.c.1/2
Title:
Scope & Content:
WEEKLY PROGRAMMES; 1939-46. Printed. 187 x 146mm. Quarter leather binding with marbled boards.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939-1946
Extent:
1 item