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261. Add MS 32411

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Title:
Musical extracts [by Johann Christian Lobe?], mostly specimens of fugues and canons.
Scope & Content:
passim. Examples of Harmony in various forms of composition, chiefly fragmentary and in compressed score, collected by Johann Christian Lobe, the flutist. The principal ones are:— 1-4. Four, including one from 'Titus.' 'Mozart.' f. 3. 5. Part of a movement from a symphony in E-flat . 'Haydn.' f....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1818
Extent:

1 volume (69 folios)

262. Add MS 32435

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Title:
Opera selections in full score
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-156. Numbers from Operas, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, strings, and other instruments mentioned below, in score. 1. 'Un' Amante sventurato': recitative and aria, with trumpets, horns, etc. [Possibly from 'Achille in Sciro,' 1781.] '[Giuseppe] Sarti.' f. 1. 2. 'Guarda, liet...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (119 folios)

263. Add MS 32461

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Title:
Love in a tub: a pastoral ballet. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; November 23rd, 1808: (The Ballet by Mr. D'Eguille:) composed by Henry R. Bishop.
Scope & Content:
Love in a Tub: a Pastoral Ballet, as Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, November 23rd, 1808. (The Ballet by Mr. D'Egville.) Composed by Henry R. Bishop, for an orchestra of drums, trombones, trumpets, horns, bugle-horn, clarinets, flutes, oboes, bassoons, harp, and strings. In score. Au...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1808
Extent:

1 volume (50 folios)

264. Add MS 32581

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Title:
Pietro Torri: Briseide. Musical drama.
Scope & Content:
'Briseide: Drama per Musica da recitarsi nel Teatro Elettorale d' Hannover per il Carnevale dell' Anno 1696. Poesia da Sigr Conte Palmeri, Musica dell' Sigr Pietro Torri'; in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, bassoons, and strings (including viola di gamba)...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
ca 1696
Extent:

1 volume (100 folios)

265. Add MS 32587

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Harpsichord compositions by Francesco Geminiani and Alessandro Scarlatti. - Piano compositions by, or transcribed by, Johann Baptist Cramer. - Catches and glees by William P. Stevens.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-15. Pieces for the Harpsichord. Before 1740. Belonged to S[arah] S[ophia] Banks, sister of Sir Joseph Banks, in 1767, 1768. Oblong quarto and octavo.1. Sonata in B minor. 'Francesco Geminiani.' Apparently autograph. f. 1. 2-5. Harpsichord arrangement of nos.1-3 (wanting in each case the la...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (45 folios)

266. Add MS 32588

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1. Te Deum, in full score, by Dr. William Boyce. 2. Cantatas, with a figured bass, by Nicolo Antonio Porpora. 3. Sonate da camera per cimbalo, by Abbate Pietro Crispi. 4. Eight sonatas for the harpsichord, by Johann Schwanberg. . 5. "Die Prüfung": overture, in full score, by Ludwig Spohr (op. 15 a).
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-36b. Te Deum 'No. 5,' in D, in full score, by Dr. William Boyce. Autograph. 18th century. ff. 37-68b. Cantatas for a single voice, with figured bass, in score, by Porpora, being the first nine of the twelve cantatas published in London, in 1735. The initial words are given in the Index. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (130 folios)

267. Add MS 32669

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Sketch-books of compositions by Michael William Balfe, 1836-1865. Volume 1.
Scope & Content:
Passim. Sketch-book of Musical compositions by Michael William Balfe, containing chiefly fragments of Operas. About 1836 (watermark)-1843.1. 'Stretta (sc. Stretto), per finale.' f. 3b. 2. 'Tu devi scendere'; from an Opera in which one of the characters appears to be Costantino. f. 4b. 3. 'Ah, ch...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1836-1843
Extent:

1 volume (113 folios)

268. Add MS 32670

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Title:
Sketch-books of compositions by Michael William Balfe, 1836-1865. Volume 2.
Scope & Content:
Passim. Fragments of Operas, from a sketch-book of musical compositions by Michael William Balfe. 1. Terzetto and finale to 'Adelwina.' ff. 1, 2. 2. A melodramatic scene, begins 'A wither'd flower.' f. 2b. 3. 'Oh, Extacy.' [From 'Joan of Arc,' 1837.] f. 3. 4. End of a chorus, apparently begins '...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1836-1843
Extent:

1 volume (49 folios)

269. Add MS 32671

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Title:
Sketch-books of compositions by Michael William Balfe, 1836-1865. Volume 3.
Scope & Content:
Passim. Fragments of operas from a sketch-book of musical compositions by Michael William Balfe. 1. 'Programme of 'Elfrida'; 8 Nov. 1840. Characters: Romito, Gabriella, Amleto, etc. f. 1. 2. Fragment from 'Joan of Arc ' [1837]. f. 2. 3. Sketches for 'Elfrida.' ff. 2-19 passim, 20-28b. 4. 'Caba...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
c 1837-c 1843
Extent:

1 volume (45 folios)

270. Add MS 32672

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Title:
Sketch-books of compositions by Michael William Balfe, 1836-1865. Volume 4.
Scope & Content:
Passim. Fragments of Operas from a sketch-book of musical compositions by Michael William Balfe. 1843 (watermark)-1861. 1. 'The voice of our country.' f. 1. 2. Finale to Act ii of 'Elfrida.' f. 2. 3. Selections [from 'The Maid of Honour,' 1847]. ff. 3-8b. 4. 'Ah, costui mi servirà.' f. 11 (see ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843-1865
Extent:

1 volume (95 folios)