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31. Add MS 70763

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Add MS 70763
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Scope & Content:
CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxvii. Miscellaneous arrangements; 1973-1981, n.d. ff. 18. Largest size 342 x 271mm. 1. ff. 1-2. Pierre Degeyter: ‘The Internationale’, arranged for unison voices with trumpet, oboe, clarinet and ’cello, or substitute instruments; 1973. Short score. Pencil and ink. 2....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1973-1981
Extent:
1 item

32. Add MS 71437

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Add MS 71437
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Scope & Content:
MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. clxxxvi. Arrangements by Peter Maxwell Davies (ff. 1-101, 103), and works by pupils and associates (ff. 102, 103v-125), for orchestra except where stated; 1959-1961, n.d. The pupils’ works are autograph except where stated. ff. i+127. Various sizes. 1. ff. 1-19...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1959-1962
Extent:
1 item

33. Egerton MS 995

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Egerton MS 995
Title:
A collection of madrigals and anthems, in parts
Scope & Content:
passim. Madrigals, mostly by Italian composers, but with English words, taken from the collections by T. Watson (1590), N. Yonge (, 1588, 1597), and T. Morley (1597). Unless the contrary is stated, they are for 5 voices. Four parts only, generally treble, alto, 'quinto,' and bass. {A number of l...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1604
Extent:
1 volume

34. Egerton MS 2009-2012

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2009-2012
Title:
Glees and madrigals for five voices, the tenor parts wanting; some being the compositions of William Byrd
Scope & Content:
The altos originally formed part of another set. Among the pieces are some having reference to historical events and characters, as-The murder of the two princes by the Duke of Gloucester, Jane Shore, Lady Jane Grey, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, etc. Includes: Part-song on the death of Queen ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
4 volumes

35. Egerton MS 3665

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Egerton MS 3665
Title:
THE TREGIAN ANTHOLOGY Collection of madrigals, motets, fantasias, etc., mostly by Italian and English composers of the 16th and early 17th centuries, transcribed in score by Francis Tregian (d. 1619), the compiler of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book.The contents fall into the following main sections:- (1) Villanelle for three voices by Marenzio, Coperario, Orologio, Caccini and anonymous. Some of the anonymous items can be identified among the published works of Anerio, Gastoldi, Giovanelli, N...
Scope & Content:
Francis Tregian, d 1619 compiler of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: Transcribed: bef. 1619. includes: f. ib Press-marks: D-5 - l-Lib: 18th cent.ff. 1-6 Luca Marenzio, composer: Villanelle: bef. 1619.ff. 5b-6, 7b-10 passim Ruggiero Giovanelli, composer: Villanelle: bef. 1619.ff. 6b, 7b, 8, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1619
Extent:
1 item

36. Egerton MS 3722

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Egerton MS 3722
Title:
CERTIFICATE BY WILLIAM BYRD, the composer (b. 1543, d. 1623), testifying that Dorothy Tempest, wife of Michael Tempest who had been attainted for his part in the Northern Catholic Rebellion in 1570, is alive and in good health; 17 Oct. 1581. Autograph. The certificate was sent to Robert Petre, of the Court of Exchequer, with a covering letter (Public Record Office, Records of the Exchequer of Receipt, E. 407/72), to enable arrears of an annuity granted to Mrs Tempest by the Queen to be paid....
Scope & Content:
William Byrd, composer: Certificate conc. Dorothy Tempest: 1581.: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1581
Extent:
1 item

37. Egerton MS 3767

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Egerton MS 3767
Title:
TREBLE PART-BOOK containing twenty-one services by twelve English composers, and, reversing the volume, fifty-four anthems by twenty-three of the same (words only of that on ff. 136b-136 rev.,); 16th-18th cent. Copies, early 18th cent. Indexes of services at ff. 2-2b, and of anthems at ff. 174b-173b rev. A connection with Chichester Cathedral is suggested by the binding and by the inclusion of four services and six anthems by Thomas Kelway (d. 1749), organist of Chichester Cathedral 1733, an...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 4-8, 140-138 (rev.), 156-155b (rev.) Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Service and anthems: 17th cent: Copies, early 18th cent.ff. 8b-15, 86-91, 130-129 (rev.), 143b-143 (rev.), 159-157 (rev.), 162b-161 (rev.) John Blow, composer and organist: Services and anthems: 17th ce...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

38. K.2.f.13.

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K.2.f.13.
Title:
CONSORT FANTASIAS; circa 1590. The tenor parts of nine unidentified consort fantasias in four parts, bound with William Byrd’s Liber primus sacrarum cantionum quinque vocum. Tenor (Thomas East, 1589). With a letter from Arthur S. Boston to R. Thurston Dart; 1956. Purchased from Richard Macnutt, 17 June 1996. pp. [ii]+30 + ff. i+4. 217 x 153mm.
Scope & Content:
includes: f. i. Robert Thurston Dart, King Edward Professor of Music, University of London: Arthur S. Boston, of Bebington, county Cheshire: Letter to Robert Thurston Dart from Arthur S. Boston: 1956: Autogr.ff. 1-4 William Byrd, composer: Tenor parts of nine anonymous pieces, appended to B...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1590
Extent:
1 item

39. R.M.23.l.4

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R.M.23.l.4
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Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Cosyn (Benjamin). The Cosyn Virginal Book; early 17th century. There is a list of contents, signed by Cosyn, prefaced to the volume, which contains 90 compositions, in Cosyn’s hand, for the virginal (ff. 2-111) and, in another hand, 4-part services in score (ff. 112-146)....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

40. R.M.24.c.11

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R.M.24.c.11
Title:
Scope & Content:
(1-26.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Vocal music; end of 17th century. All in score. Paper. 1. 5 ff. Byrd (William): Laudate pueri. Motet for 6 voices. From the Tallis and Byrd Cantiones, 1575. 2. 2 ff. Byrd (William): Memento homo. Motet for 6 voices. From the Tallis and Byrd Cantiones, 1575. 3...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item