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31. Add MS 29996

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Title:
Motets, madrigals, fancies, by Thomas Tomkins and others, interspersed with political verses and satires, recipes etc.
Scope & Content:
Motets, madrigals, fancies, etc., annotated throughout by Thomas Tomkins, with some of his own compositions. The composers named are - Kyrton, ff. 6, 7 b. John Redford, ff. 6 b, 11, 17, 22 b, 36, 37, 40 b, 42 b. Richard Wynslate, f. 20. - Avere [Avory], f. 25. Philip Apprys [Price], of St. Paul'...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:

1 volume

32. Add MS 29997

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Title:
Sketches of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, including C sharp minor quartet, Op. 131, composed in 1826.
Scope & Content:
Sketches of musical compositions in the hand of Beethoven. The volume may be divided into two portions, of which the former (ff. 2-5) contains what appear to be sketches of the C-sharp minor quartet, op. 131; and the latter, miscellaneous sketches, most of them apparently dating from the end of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

1 volume (42 folios)

33. Add MS 30273

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Title:
Collection of glees, catches, rounds, etc. by Samuel Webbe, sen., John Wall Callcott, John Stafford Smith, Henry Purcell, Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne, William Lawes, and other English composers of the 18th century
Scope & Content:
Rounds, catches and cries for three or four voices. Around 1833 (watermark, f. 35). f. 2. ‘Non nobis, Domine’; for 3 voices, in score, attributed to William Byrd; followed by two ‘Amens,’ for 3 and 4 voices. ff. 4, 5b. Glees for 3 voices, in score, by Dr. Henry Harington. 1. 'What shall we si...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1833
Extent:
1 volume (53 folios)

34. Add MS 30342

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Title:
MISCELLANEOUS tracts, in French, viz. :- 1. " Des fondemens de l'estat et des moiens de regner, traduict d'Italien en Francois." f. 2. 2. Gencalogies of noble families of France. f. 12. 3. " Advis de Mr. de Vill." [Nicholas de Neufville, Seigneur de Villeroi] on the means of quieting the disorders of the kingdom circ. 1588. f. 58. 4. " Mémoire touchant les Cérémonies on precedence in State ceremonies. f. 67. 5. " Testament de feu Monseigneur [François, Due d'Anjou] frère du Roy"; 8 ...
Scope & Content:
Valentine Vickers: Survey and valuation of Worfield, co. Salop: 1789, 1811. includes: f. 2 Political Tracts: Des fondemens de l'estat et des moiens de regner: 18th cent. f. 12 History of France: Genealogies of noble families: 17th or 18th cent.: Fr. f. 12 Genealogies: Noble French families: 17...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

1 volume (191 folios)

35. Add MS 30392

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Title:
Sketch-book of compositions by Dr. William Crotch
Scope & Content:
ff. 3, 3b, 39b, 40b. Fugues for Organ or Pianoforte, by Dr. William Crotch. Autograph. What hand S. H. (whose initials appear on ff. 40 and 41) had in them does not appear. 1, 2. In C, and G minor; composed at Oxford in 1790. ff. 3, 3b. 3, 4. In B flat, composed at Bath in 1791. The second one i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1795
Extent:

1 volume (96 folios)

36. Add MS 30485

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Title:
Pavans, galliards and songs for the virginals by William Bird, Thomas Tallis, James Harding, Thomas Weelkes, Dr. John Bull and others; taken principally from Lady Nevill's virginal book.
Scope & Content:
'Extracts from Virginal Book— Lady Nevill's' (so described in an 18th-century hand, on the remains of what appears to be the original vellum cover), containing a few pieces from that collection, of which the original is in the possession of the Marquis of Abergavenny. Written on two staves of 6 ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:

1 volume (119 folios)

37. Add MS 30930

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Title:
Henry Purcell: Autograph manuscript of fantazias, sonatas and sacred part-songs.
Scope & Content:
The vocal music, for between three and five voices and continuo, has been copied from one end of the manuscript (folios 3r-29v) and the instrumental music from the other (folios 72v-30r reversed).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1678-1690
Extent:
1 volume

38. Add MS 30930, ff 1-29v

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Title:
Henry Purcell: Devotional songs for three, four and five voices, with continuo.
Scope & Content:
ff. 3-29. Anthems in score, from miscellaneous autograph vocal and instrumental music by Henry Purcell.1. 'Plung'd in ye confines of dispair' (3 voices). f. 3. 2. 'O all ye people, clap your hands' (4 voices). f. 4. 3. 'When on my sick bed I languish' (3 voices). f. 6. 4. 'Lord, not to us' (3 vo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1678-1690
Extent:
29 folios

39. Add MS 30933

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Title:
Anthems, services and canons by English composers of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, collected by William Flackton. Volume 3.
Scope & Content:
f. 3-133. 'Services collected by W[illia]m Flackton, Vol. 3d'. Many of them in the hand of Daniel Henstridge, organist of Canterbury cathedral. In score. The Canon formed by the Gloria Patri to the Jubilate in no. 1 is inscribed on the composer's monument at Westminster Abbey (see f. 122).1. Who...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (173 folios)

40. Add MS 31239

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Title:
A collection of pieces transcribed, and mostly composed by, Samuel Wesley.
Scope & Content:
f. 1b. 'Faint is my head‘: 4-part Hymn, in score, the melody being in the tenor; the music by Dr. William Boyce, the words by the Rev. C[harles] Wesley; about 1825-1829. ff. 4b-10, 11b, 12b. Double Chants (with one exception), for 4 voices, with a compressed score for organ below, in score, mos...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1825?-1829?
Extent:
1 volume (48 folios)