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1. Add MS 5036-5062

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Add MS 5036-5062
Title:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works
Scope & Content:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works. Prefixed to Add MS 5036 is a letter from Gabriel Mathias to the trustees of the British Museum, containing an extract from the will of James Mathias esq, from which it appears that these volumes are all...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
27 volumes

2. Add MS 5054

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Add MS 5054
Title:
A collection of motets, madrigals, full anthems, portions of masses, psalms (or choruses), canons and duets, as well as examples of a litany, a grace, a service, a miserere, and a stabat Mater. In score.
Scope & Content:
1. Sanctus and Gloria in Excelsis, in B minor, parts of a service, for 3 solo voices and 4-part chorus, by Dr. {William} Croft. ff. 3-5b. 2. 'La Spagnola'. A madrigal. (à 3), begins 'Al rigor d'un bel Sembiante'; with the alternative words 'Al splendor di due pupille' written underneath. 'Agost...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 11581-11591

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Add MS 11581-11591
Title:
Extracts from various early musical writers, by Charles Burney, Mus. Doct., with remarks and criticisms by him
Scope & Content:
Also includes extracts and examples of various compositions.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
11 volumes

4. Add MS 14340

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Add MS 14340
Title:
A collection of motets, graces, sacred songs, hymns, glees, a secular song, a vocal trio, an organ duet, an organ solo, a string quartet
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-36 passim. Motets, etc., for 4 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score, by S[amuel] Wesley; 1798-1814. Autograph. 1. ‘Anima nostra erepta est’: antiphon for 5 voices, with ad libitum accompaniment for the organ, f. 2. 2. ‘Levate capita vestra.’ ‘1798.’ f. 7. 3. ‘Constitues eos pri...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1788-1814
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 27645

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Add MS 27645
Title:
A collection of glees, catches, duets, motets, canons, graces, a madrigal, an anthem, and a song
Scope & Content:
passim. Glees (for 4 voices, unless the contrary is stated), in score, by J. W. Callcott; 1783-1806. Autograph. 1. 'Go, plaintive Breeze' (à 5). f. 2. 2. 'Adonis is no more.' f. 7. 3. 'She, midst the Lightning's Blaze.' f. 9. 4. 'Venit summa dies.' f. 11. 5. 'Hear how the Nightingales' (à 5). '1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 30952

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Add MS 30952
Title:
Songs written and composed by Charles Dibdin for his Table, or Sans Souci, Entertainments. Volume 2.
Scope & Content:
Passim. Songs chiefly from Dibdin's musical dramas. In score. Unless the contrary is stated, the accompaniments are for horns, oboes, and strings.1. 'Goblin, Elf and Spright'; with trumpets, etc. f. 3. 2. 'Good Massa Lieutenant'; without horns. [From 'The Round Robin,' 1811.] f. 6. 3. Air (Alcme...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (195 folios)

7. Royal Appendix MS 31

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Royal Appendix MS 31
Title:
Collection of sacred and secular Motets, including two for Christmas Day, Chansons, Madrigals, and mealtime Graces, suspected by Derick Gerarde.
Scope & Content:
Vol. I. ff. 67. Late XVI cent. passim. Motets for 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 voices, in parts, apparently all by Derick Gerarde, though his initials are only appended to a few of them. The MS. certainly belonged to him (see vol. i, f. 1, etc.); and, though the words of most of the pieces have been set t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 of 5 volumes (Part books) (67 folios)

8. Royal Appendix MS 31-35

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Royal Appendix MS 31-35
Title:
Collection of sacred and secular Motets, including two for Christmas Day, Chansons, Madrigals, and mealtime Graces, suspected by Derick Gerarde.
Scope & Content:
passim. Motets for 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 voices, in parts, apparently all by Derick Gerarde, though his initials are only appended to a few of them. The MS. certainly belonged to him (see vol. i, f. 1, etc.); and, though the words of most of the pieces have been set to music by many of the French an...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
5 volumes (67, 66, 67, 63, 72 folios)

9. Royal Appendix MS 32

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Royal Appendix MS 32
Title:
Collection of sacred and secular Motets, including two for Christmas Day, Chansons, Madrigals, and mealtime Graces, suspected by Derick Gerarde.
Scope & Content:
Vol. II. ff. 66. Late XVI cent. passim. Motets for 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 voices, in parts, apparently all by Derick Gerarde, though his initials are only appended to a few of them. The MS. certainly belonged to him (see vol. i, f. 1, etc.); and, though the words of most of the pieces have been set ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 of 5 volumes (Part books) (66 folios)

10. Royal Appendix MS 33

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Royal Appendix MS 33
Title:
Collection of sacred and secular Motets, including two for Christmas Day, Chansons, Madrigals, and mealtime Graces, suspected by Derick Gerarde.
Scope & Content:
Vol. III. ff. 67. Late XVI cent. passim. Motets for 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 voices, in parts, apparently all by Derick Gerarde, though his initials are only appended to a few of them. The MS. certainly belonged to him (see vol. i, f. 1, etc.); and, though the words of most of the pieces have been set...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 of 5 volumes (Part books) (67 folios)