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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 36738
Title:: FRANZ SCHUBERT'S "Fantasia" Sonata, for pianoforte, op. 78, dated Oct. 1826. Autograph, and signed. With the signature also (f. 1) of the publisher, Tobias Haslinger.
Scope & Content:: ff. 18. 'Sonate fürs Pianoforte allein — Oct., 1826. Franz Schubert '— sc. the Sonata in G, op. 78, usually called the Fantasia, no doubt from the word Fantasie written in pencil in the hand of Tobias Haslinger the publisher, who has put his name in ink at the foot of the page. Autograph. The beg...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Oct 1826
Extent:: 1 volume (18 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 36986
Title:: Two Musical treatises by John Octobi, or Hothby (fl. 1470), " anglicus, ordinis Carmelitai.um," sc. (1) " Tractatus quarundam regularum artis musices." Chiefly in Latin, but with a few pages in Italian towards the end. f. 2;-(2) " La Caleopea [legale] redutta sotto breuita." f. 35. Paper; ff. 42. Written in Italy, circ. 1500. Belonged to Zacharia da uilla Calandrina, or Callamandrina. 5 1/2 in. x 4 in.
Scope & Content:: John Hothby: Musical treatises: circ. 1500. includes: ff. 30-32 Draycot, Staffordshire: Views: 19th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1500
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37056
Title:: Robert Alexander Schumann's Sonata in F minor: "Concert pour piano seul", dedicated to Ignaz Moscheles.
Scope & Content:: Sonata in F minor (the original MS.), described by the composer, on a slip pasted in at the beginning of the MS., as 'Concert pour Piano seul composé et dedié a Mr. Ignace Moscheles par Robert Schumann. Œuv. 14.' For this he afterwards substituted (f. 19), at the request of Haslinger the publish...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, and Italian
Date Range:: 5 Jun 1836
Extent:: 1 volume (25 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37327
Title:: JOURNAL kept on the third voyage of Captain James Cook to the South Seas; 20 Feb.-30 Mar. 1778,16 Jan.-1 May, 1779. There is no internal evidence to indicate the author, but he was probably John Law, surgeon on the "Discovery" (see the list of officers in A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, etc., 1784, vol. i., p. 11). The two sections begin at opposite ends of the MS. The earlier entries (ff. 48-52) are very brief, but those from 16 Jan. 1779 onwards (ff. 1-47) are fuller, and interesting detail...
Scope & Content:: Voyages and Travels: Journal of Capt. Cook's third voyage, by J. Law: 1778-1779. John Law, surgeon of HMS 'Discovery': Journal on Capt. Cook's last voyage: 1778-1779. Diaries and Memoranda: J. Law, surgeon of H.M.S. " Discovery": 1778-1779. Captain James Cook: Journals of his third voyage, by...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1778-1779
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37528
Title:: An account of Cook's third and last voyage (1776-1779) by Thomas Edgar, Master of the Discovery: 'A JOURNAL of a Voyage undertaken to the South Seas on discoveries by His Majesty's Ships Resolution and Discovery, Captains James Cook and Chas. Clerke, Esqrs., Commanders, kept by Thomas Edgar, Master'
Scope & Content:: The account is preceded by the dimensions of the vessel, a list of her officers and crew, and brief notes of proceedings from 10 Feb. 1776, when the two vessels were put in commission, down to 22 July. The actual Journal begins on 1 Aug., when the "Discovery" sailed from Plymouth to join the "Re...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1776-1778
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37639
Title:: Messe Solennelle (Ste. Cécile), in full score, by Charles François Gounod.
Scope & Content:: ff. 41. Messe Solennelle (Ste. Cécile), in D, written by Charles Gounod, for 3 solo-voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, 4 bassoons, 4 horns, [cornets-à-] pistons, trombones, kettle-drums, cymbals, big drum, 6 harps, strings, and organ, in ful...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: after 1852
Extent:: 1 volume (41 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37766
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Scope & Content:: LETTERS and papers relating to the ownership of the Mozart quartets contained in the preceding MSS., Add. 37763-37765. They consist of (1) A list of Mozart autographs in the possession of J. A. Stumpff, in his own hand, followed by a printed copy of the same. ff. 1, 2;-(2) The sale-catalogue of ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1847-1854
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37832
Title:: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, copied and illuminated by William Morris
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in the translation by Edward Fitzgerald, first published in 1859, handwritten and decorated by William Morris (b. 1834, d. 1896) in 1872. The figures depicted in the decorated borders were designed by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones (b....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1872
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37943
Title:: Oscar Wilde, autograph draft of Lady Windermere's Fan: Acts I-IV
Scope & Content:: Copyright: © Estate of Oscar Wilde. Autograph draft of Oscar Wilde's play, Lady Windermere's Fan, with corrections and annotations. Incomplete and differing greatly from the published version. First performed at the St James's Theatre, 20 February 1892, and published 1893.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1891]
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37944
Title:: Oscar Wilde, autograph draft of A Woman of No Importance, titled Mrs Arbuthnot, with corrections and additions
Scope & Content:: Copyright: © Estate of Oscar Wilde. Autograph draft of Oscar Wilde's play, A Woman of No Importance, titled Mrs Arbuthnot, with many corrections and additions. Gerald Arbuthnot is named Aleck in Acts I-III, but Gerald in Act IV; Hester is named Mabel throughout. First performed at the Haymarket ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1892-1893]
Extent:: 1 volume

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