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1. Add MS 27636

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Add MS 27636
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A collection of overtures, odes, an anthem, and part of a service, by John Wall Callcott
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ff. 3, 130. Overtures for horns, oboes (or flutes), 2 violins, viola, and bass, in full score, by John Wall Callcott, from a volume of early works composed by him at Kensington Gravel Pits, in 1784-5 (see note at beginning); 1784, 1785. 1. Overture in C, dated Jany 7, 1784; 'perform'd for the fi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1784-1785
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 30393

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Orchestral overtures and sinfonia by William Crotch, followed by the overture from Henri IV, opera by Johann Paul Egidius Martini, arranged for piano by William Crotch. Autograph.
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ff. 1-30. Overture for trumpets, drums, flutes, oboes, and strings, in A, in score, by William Crotch. Autograph. ff. 31-63b. 'Sinfonia' in F, for trumpets, drums, trombones, flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, bassoons, and strings, in score, by William Crotch, 1814. ff. 64-94. Overture in G, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795-1815
Extent:

1 volume (100 folios)

3. Add MS 30950

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Eighteen operatic overtures, in full score; four sonatas adapted for the harpsichord or piano; and other miscellaneous pieces, by Charles Dibdin. Autograph.
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ff. 1, 6, 136b, 139. Portions of dramatic pieces. Unless the contrary is stated they are for an orchestra consisting of oboes, horns, and strings, in score. 1. Overture to 'The Miniature'; with bassoons, etc. f. 1. 2. Overture to 'Robin Hood'; followed by several orchestral numbers from the same...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (140 folios)

4. Add MS 31708

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Add MS 31708
Title:
Symphonies, in score, by Haydn.
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Vol. I. ff. 1-152b Symphonies, for horns, oboes, flutes, bassoons, clarinets, and drums (in no. 1), and strings, in score, by Haydn. 'All revised by the Composer, and performed at Salomon's Concerts [started in 1786?], under Haydn's direction.' 1. 'Sinfonia in C' ['L'ours ']. f. 2. 2. 'Sinfonia...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (165 folios)

5. Add MS 31709

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Compositions, in full score, by Haydn.
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Vol. II. ff. 85. Compositions, in full score, by Haydn. [Published about 1785, as Sei Sinfonie a grand orchestra, opera xxxv.] For a further description see Add MS 32174, where they are given in somewhat different order, above (p. 24). 1. In G minor. f. 2. 2. In D. f. 13. 3. In G. f. 26. 4. In...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (85 folios)

6. Add MS 32184-32237

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Add MS 32184-32237
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Original compositions, for the most part unpublished, by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
In the case of works in full scores, the music for wind instruments will generally be found at the end of the volume.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
54 volumes

7. Add MS 32396

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Instrumental music:- 1. "Herrmannschlaeht ou La bataille de Teutobourg, ouverture à grand Orchestre," in full score, by Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chelard; 1835. 2. "Sinfonia a 2 violini, brazzia, et basso continuo," in parts, by Friedrich Joseph Kirmair. 3. Six string quartets, in score, by Ordeniz [Charles Ordonetz ?] (op. 2).
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ff. 1-37b. Overture to 'Herrmannschlacht,' ou 'La bataille de Teutobourg'; for harps, flutes (piccolo, etc.), oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, ophicleide, drums, cymbals, and strings, in score, by A, H. [J. B.] Chelard [1835]. ff. 38-45. 'Sinfonia à Violinis (sic) Primo et Secondo, Brazzia...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (74 folios)

8. Add MS 32397

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Instrumental music:- 1. "Concerto a clavicembalo concertante," with strings, in parts, by Karl Heinrich Graun. 2. Serenata, for 9 instruments, in parts, by [Pietro Pompeo ?] Sales. 3. Overture to "Aloise," in full score, by Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer. (Copied from the original MS. at Cassel).
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ff. 1-13b. Concerto in D (Allegro non troppo, Adagio, and Allegro assai) 'a Clavecimbalo concertante, 2 Violini, Alto Viola, e Violoncello,' in parts, by [Karl Heinrich] Graun. 18th century. ff. 14-24b. 'Serenata a 9' (2 flutes, 2 horns, strings, and harpsichord), in parts, by [Pietro Pompeo] S...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (48 folios)

9. Add MS 32410

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Instrumental music, in full score: 1. Overture to Lord Byron's "Sardanapalus," by Otto Bach, 1858. - 2. Concert-overture in E flat, by Karl Matthias Kudelski. - 3. "Le duel," for violin and violoncello, with orchestral accompaniment, by Alexis Lwoff (op. 8).
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ff. 1-36. 'Overture zu Lord Byron's Tragödie Sardanapal, componirt für grosses Orchester' (triangle, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, drums, harps, and strings), by O[tto] Bach, 27 Jan. 1858. In score. Apparently autograph. ff. 37-65b. Overture, in E flat, f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

1 volume (66 folios)

10. Add MS 33570

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Add MS 33570
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Compositions by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, in full score, viz.- 'Fortunatus and his Sons', ' Roland for an Oliver', music for the Coronation of Charles X, the 'Waterloo' Cantata, the coronation music in Shakespeare's 'Henry the Fourth' , and the 'National air of Greeks', also probably arranged by the same composer.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-138. The Music in the following dramatic works for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with trumpets, horns, clarinets, flutes, oboes, bassoons, drums, trombones, and strings, and also (in nos. 1, 2) harp and bells, in score, by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop. Other instruments employed are mentioned ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 19th century
Extent:

1 volume (216 folios)