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1. a.30.a.

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a.30.a.
Title:
DANCES FOR THE VIOLIN OR FLUTE: with instructions for the flute; 1732-42. Bound after the printed volume The Compleat Tutor to the Violin, the Fifth book (Ino. Young, 1727). Ink, in various different hands. Inscribed ‘Robert Needham 1732’ (f. v). Purchased, 20 Nov. 1950. ff. xvi + 37. 110 x 215mm. Comtemporary mottled calf boards with simple blind-stamped design. 1. f. i. ‘Prince Eugene’s March’. Printed in John Playford, The Dancing Master, ... Volume the Second (Printed by W. Pearson, [1...
Scope & Content:
Music: Dances, with instructions for the flute: 1732-42. includes: f. 24 Maurice Greene, organist and composer: Henry Carey, composer: Tune of the song, 'The busy fly', sometimes attributed to: 1732: Copy.f. 26 George Frideric Handel, composer: 'A Minuet by Mr Handell': 1732: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1732-1742
Extent:
1 item

2. A.909.

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A.909.
Title:
VOCAL MUSIC; end of 18th cent. A collection of sacred and secular tunes bound after a printed copy of A Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes…By…Henry Boyd [1793]. Nos. 1-6 are of a sacred character, and, with the exception of the last, unaccompanied and anonymous. The names given in brackets to the first five, after the manner of hymn-tunes, are misleading, as they bear no resemblance to that class of composition. Purchased, 5 June 1891. Paper; pp. 154. 130 x 210mm. 1. pp. 105-6. ‘O T...
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William Boyce, composer and organist: Thomas Augustine Arne, composer: Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Music: John Worgan, Mus. Doc.; composer: Fenick, alias Fenwick; composer: George Frideric Handel, composer: A collection of sacred and secular vocal music by (amongst others) John Worgan,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 16023

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Add MS 16023
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AGRIPPINA, an Opera, by George Frederic Hendel [Handel]. xviiith cent. Oblong Quarto. [16,023.] George Frideric Handel, composer: Agrippina an Opera.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 16024

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Add MS 16024
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IL PAST0R FIDO, an Opera, by George Frederic Hendel [Handel]; dated 1713. Oblong Quarto. [16,024.] George Frideric Handel, composer: Il Pastor Fido, an Opera: 1713.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1713
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 16108

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Add MS 16108
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MUZIO SCÆVOLA, an Opera, the first Act by Signr. Pipo [or rather, Attilio Ariosti], the second by Giovanni Bononcini, and the third by G. F. Handel. xviiith cent. Oblong Quarto. [16,108.] George Frideric Handel, composer: Muzio Scævola, an Opera the third act by him. Giovanni Bononcini, compos...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 17855

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Add MS 17855
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SONGS and choruses for "the Messiah," by Geo. Fred. Handel, and anthems by Dr. Maurice Greene. Paper; XVIIIth cent. Oblong Quarto. [Add. 17,855.] George Frideric Handel, composer: Songs and choruses for the "Messiah". Music: Songs, etc., for the "Messiah" by G. F. Handel. Music: Anthems, etc....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 24182

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Add MS 24182
Title:
AUTOGRAPH letters of the following:- 1. Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre, to Henry III. of France; [1586]. Fr. f. 1. 2.Elizabeth, Queen of England, to the Duc de Nevers; Nonsuch, 27 Aug. 1595. Fr. Signed; with seal. f. 3. 3. Jacques Benigne Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux; Germigny, 3 Nov. 1692. Fr. f. 5. 4. William III. of England; Namur, 8 July, 1695. Fr. f. 7. 5. William Blathwayt [Secretary at War] to [George] Stepnoy [Envoy to the Elector of Brandenburg]; [circa 1690], f. 9. ...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Henry III of Navarre: Letter from Marguerite, his wife, to her brother, Henri III., of France: 1586.: Fr. f. 1 Henry III of France: Letter to, from his sister Marguerite: 1586.: Fr. f. 3 Luigi Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers; Governor of Champagne: Letter to, from - Qu. Elizabeth: 1595.:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1586-1821
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 24307

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Add MS 24307
Title:
A collection of arias from Italian operas, songs, and other anonymous melodies
Scope & Content:
passim. Arias from Italian Operas of the first half and middle of the 18th century, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings (unless the contrary is stated), in score. 1. 'Vedrò fra poco.' In the hand of John Christopher Smith. Imperfect at the beginning. This and nos. 2-4 are by Handel. f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 27593

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Add MS 27593
Title:
REMINISCENCES of Samuel Wesley, the composer; being accounts of his own family and early life, interspersed with notes and anecdotes on the history of music, chiefly in England, and with notices of John Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Frederic Händel, and other composers. Autograph; partly re-written in another hand. Paper; circa 1836. Folio.
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Samuel Wesley, Mus. D: Reminiscences: circ. 1836.: Autogr. Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart, alias Wolfgang Amadeus; composer: Notice of, by S. Wesley: circ. 1836. Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Notice of, by Wesley: circ. 1836. George Frideric Handel, composer: Notice of, by S. Wesl...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1836
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 27741-27744

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Add MS 27741-27744
Title:
The separate instrumental parts of the 'Messiah' by George Frideric Handel
Scope & Content:
The first three volumes are printed, with MS. additions and corrections by Sir George T. Smart. Vol. i contains the 7 first violins' part, Vol. ii contains the 7 second violins' part, Vol. iii contains the parts for 4 violas and 6 violoncellos and basses. Vol. iv contains the wind parts (1st an...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1813
Extent:
4 volumes