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1. Add MS 23623

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Add MS 23623
Title:
Collection of 17th-century compositions by Dr. John Bull, and possibly others
Scope & Content:
ff. 181. Compositions, apparently for Organ (see no. 26), by Jan Bull, sc. Dr. John Bull, with the possible exceptions of nos. 2, 9-12, 47, and 50-52. Transcribed on two staves of 6 lines shortly before and after his death, 18 January-16 November, 1628, etc., and probably composed while he was o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Dutch, English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1628
Extent:
1 volume (181 folios)

2. Add MS 29486

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Add MS 29486
Title:
Organ accompaniments to music founded on the church tones, chiefly by Giovanni Gabrieli
Scope & Content:
Organ compositions, written on two staves of 5 lines each. They are founded on the ecclesiastical modes, and are apparently all of them (except nos. 93-95) by Giovanni Gabrieli (see f. 51b), copied in a French hand (see ff. 35b, 36, etc.) after his death. At f. 81 is the note, "Finis Tonorum 27 ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1618
Extent:

1 volume (84 folios)

3. Add MS 30392

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Add MS 30392
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)

4. Add MS 31577

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Add MS 31577
Title:
Harpsichord compositions predominantly by Handel; also including pieces by Johann Christoph Pepusch, William Babell, Jean Baptiste Loeillet, and Francesco Mancini.
Scope & Content:
passim. Collection of pieces for the Harpsichord by composers of the first half of the 18th century. Except where the contrary is stated, they are by Hendell (sc. Handel), and are taken from his Suites de Pieces, vols, i and ii (published respectively in 1720 and 1733), to which the volumes and ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (50 folios)

5. Add MS 37027

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Add MS 37027
Title:
Collection of miscellaneous compositions, in score, including dramatic works, and music for the Funeral of Queen Mary by Henry Purcell; motets, by André Campra; 'A Dirge for Funerals'; by Miss Steemson, Organist at Lancaster, and Psalm Tunes, and other compositions by: Dr. Christopher Gibbons, Dr. William Turner, Henry Purcell, Tallis, Pelham Humphries, Dr Green, Dr. John Blow, A. Batten, Dr. Child, Thomas Purcel, and others.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 56. Dramatic compositions, in score. 1. The music in the 'Tempest'; with oboe, flute ('traversa'), and strings. Acting copy, ff. 1-18. It includes the following numbers, all of which (with the exception noted below) appear, along with several others, in the only extant editions (Goodison'...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)

6. Add MS 37074

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Add MS 37074
Title:
Collection of vocal and instrumental compositions, in score, probably by Reverend Robert Creyghton.
Scope & Content:
ff. 4-6b Series of seven short unnamed pieces for Lute, apparently in the hand of the Rev. Robert Creyghton, D.D., who has signed four with his initials, and added the date 1727 on the first and the last pages. ff. 7-8b. 'Hark! How ye pleasant thunder-tempest sounds'; with a bass for harpsicho...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1727
Extent:
1 volume (101 folios)