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11. Add MS 35043

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Add MS 35043
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A collection of dance tunes, numbers from incidental music, pieces for violin, duets, trios and odes
Scope & Content:
passim. Dance-tunes, etc., for the violin or flute, written in England, and most of them anonymous; about 1694-1697. Many of them are probably arrangements from Incidental music. 1. 'A new dance,' immediately followed by Minuet and Gigue. f. 5. 2. 'The old Riggadoon,' and 'Prince Lewis's March '...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1694-c 1697
Extent:
1 volume (125 folios)

12. Add MS 40139

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Add MS 40139
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DANCES, marches, and other arrangements for harpsichord or spinet. The only composers named are George Spencer, Dr. Croft, Handel, and Papusch; but some of the anonymous pieces have been identified as the compositions of John Eccles, Francesco Mancini, and Henry Purcell. Paper; ff. I + 49. After A.D. 1714 (f.6b). Oblong octavo. 18th cent. calf binding, blind-tooled. An old press-mark OM/9. Presented by Ronald Assheton Coates, Esq.
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Press-marks: om / 9: aft. 1714. Music: Dances, marches, etc. for harpsichord or spinet, mostly English: 18th cent. Bindings ENGLISH: Calf, blind-tooled: 18th cent. includes: ff. 8 b, 16 b, 31 b, 38 b George Spencer: Harpsichord music by: 18th cent.f. 19 b William Croft, composer and orga...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1714
Extent:
1 item

13. Add MS 41205

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COLLECTION of dance tunes, etc., mainly by English composers of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, apparently written or arranged for the harpsichord. Said (f. ii) to be in the hand of John Barrett [Music Master at Christ's Hospital; d. 1719]. Many of the compositions are anonymous; of those to whom authorship has been attributed the majority are by Henry Purcell and Dr. John Blow. Some of the pieces have been published from this MS. by E. Pauer, Old English Composers. In that w...
Scope & Content:
William Barclay Squire, CVO; Deputy Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Subscribed, towards purchase of: in 1925. Music: Music composed or arranged for harpsichord: 18th cent. John Barrett, music-master al Christ's Hospital: Transcribed (?): 18th cent. includes: ff. 1, 9, 13 b-20 b, 22 ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of 18th century
Extent:
1 item

14. Add MS 47446

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Add MS 47446
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A COLLECTION of song and dance tunes, mostly treble part only, originally made by 'William Pitt June ye 12th. 1722' (cf. the index of tunes at ff. 1-2), with somewhat later additions at ff. 14b-35 passim, including a suite for two flutes, and, reversing the volume, ff. 79, 81-80b. The composers named or identified are Handel (ff. 7b, 22, 47b, 69b, 96, 100, 103b), Babell (f. 11b), Banister (ff. 12, 26, 40, 44, 52, 53b), Eccles (f. 13b), Barrett (ff. 14, 43b, 54, 77b), Purcell (ff. 15b, 17b, 2...
Scope & Content:
William Pitt: Transcribed: circ.1722. includes: ff. 7b, 22, 47b, 69b, 96, 100,103b George Frideric Handel, composer: Minuets, etc.: bef. 1722.f. 11b William Babel, composer: Minuet: bef. 1722.ff. 12, 26, 40, 44, 52, 53b John Banister, composer: Dance tunes, etc.: bef. 1722.f. 13b John ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1722
Extent:
1 item

15. Add MS 47846

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MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. IV (ff. i+15). Keyboard music, etc.; late 17th-early 18th cent. Anonymous except for a cebel by Jeremiah Clarke at ff. 2-3, but the following can be identified:- ff. 3b-4, 'Happy Groves' by [John?] Barrett (cf. Add. MS. 47446, f. 14); ff. 5-6b, variations called 'Old Sim...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

16. Add MS 49599

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Add MS 49599
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‘Recueil de Synphonie de Plusieurs Maistres’: collection of sixteen sonatas and a chaconne for various combinations of trumpets, oboes and strings.
Scope & Content:
‘Recueil de Synphonie de Plusieurs Maistres’ (see f. i). Collection of sixteen sonatas and a chaconne, in parts, for various combinations of trumpets, oboes and strings; early 18th century. Copied in a single hand, except for f. 122. Described as ‘Recueil de Synphonie de Plusieurs Maistres’ (see...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

17. Add MS 61420

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BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vol. CCCXX (ff. 117). Accounts, correspondence and papers as Groom of the Stole, Mistress of the Robes and Keeper of the Privy Purse to Queen Anne; 1695-circ. 1717. As follows: — (1) Warrants, etc., for admission to her offices; 1702. Mostly signed, with seals en placard. ff. 1-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1695-c 1717
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 63626

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Add MS 63626
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STONELEIGH ABBEY MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. I. 'The Song book of Mr Montriot'; late 17th-early 18th cent. Comprising anthems with solo bass vocal parts by Aldrich, Child and others, incompletely scored, mostly with the bass vocal line only given in the choruses. At the end (ff. 73-133), volume reve...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

19. R.M.24.d.6

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R.M.24.d.6
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Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Eccles (John). St. Cecilia’s Song (‘Oh Harmony, to thee we sing’); 18th century. Possibly autograph, signed by Eccles. Hymn to Harmony, for solo voices and chorus; with symphonies, ritornelli and accompaniment for trumpets, oboes, flutes, drums and strings, and a figured ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

20. Tyson MS 2

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Tyson MS 2
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Trio Sonatas and Suites; circa 1697-1704. Parts, in ink. ff. 1-18 is an incomplete set of parts, all in the same hand, for a set of twelve trio sonatas by Matthew Novell (published as Sonate da Camera or Chamber Musick. Being a Sett of Twelve Sonata’s, London, Excud: et Sculp: Tho Cross. Junr. P...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1697-1704
Extent:
1 item