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Language French Name Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759

1. Add MS 14207

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Add MS 14207
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A collection of duets, songs, excerpts from operas, and a canon
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Vocal compositions, apparently all of them taken from operas, with accompaniments, mostly in score; 18th cent. Unless the contrary is stated, they are for a single voice, with accompaniments for strings. 1. 'Tergi quegl' occhi belli': chorus, with oboes, horns, bassoons, etc., from 'La Zelinda, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 24182

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Add MS 24182
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AUTOGRAPH letters of the following:- 1. Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre, to Henry III. of France; [1586]. Fr. f. 1. 2.Elizabeth, Queen of England, to the Duc de Nevers; Nonsuch, 27 Aug. 1595. Fr. Signed; with seal. f. 3. 3. Jacques Benigne Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux; Germigny, 3 Nov. 1692. Fr. f. 5. 4. William III. of England; Namur, 8 July, 1695. Fr. f. 7. 5. William Blathwayt [Secretary at War] to [George] Stepnoy [Envoy to the Elector of Brandenburg]; [circa 1690], f. 9. ...
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includes: f. 1 Henry III of Navarre: Letter from Marguerite, his wife, to her brother, Henri III., of France: 1586.: Fr. f. 1 Henry III of France: Letter to, from his sister Marguerite: 1586.: Fr. f. 3 Luigi Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers; Governor of Champagne: Letter to, from - Qu. Elizabeth: 1595.:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1586-1821
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 31487-31489

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Add MS 31487-31489
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CANTATAS, and a few duets and terzets, with occasional instrumental accompaniment, chiefly by Giovanni Domenico Pacini, Alessandro Melani, Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni [Maria?] Buononcini, Alessandro Stradella, Gregorio Cola, Emmanuele, Baron d'Astorga, and G. F. Handel. Three volumes. Paper; ff. 198, 185, 154. Early xviiith cent. Oblong Folio.
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Alessandro Scarlatti, composer: Secular music: 18th cent. Giovanni Domenico Pacini: Cantatas: 18th cent. Alessandro Melani: Secular music: 18th cent. George Frideric Handel, composer: Cantatas, etc.: 18th cent.: Fr. Gregorio Cola, composer: Cantatas: early 18th cent. Giovanni Bononcini, com...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
3 items

4. Add MS 31669

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Add MS 31669
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ENGLISH duets, chiefly by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne and William Jackson, of Exeter, transcribed in score by Richard James Samuel Stevens; 1797. Included also are compositions by Handel (ff. 43, 45 b), John Christopher Smith (f. 30), Stephen Storace (f. 37) and the transcriber (ff. 32 b, 34). Pap...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 33965

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Add MS 33965
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Original letters of musicians, arranged as in the preceding volume. Among them are letters of:- Dr. Thomas Augustus Arne, Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, Dr. William Boyce, Orlando Gibbons, Henry Lawes, Matthew Locke, André Ernest Modeste Grétry, Hector Berlioz, François Adrien Boieldieu, François Gounod, Étienne Henri Méhul, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frederic Handel, Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt, Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Robert Alexander Schumann, Louis Spoh...
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includes: f. 1 E- T- Allan, husband of Mad. Caradori-Allan: Letter to P. F. Laporte: 1834. ff. 1, 372 Pierre François Laporte, actor and impresario: Letters to him: 1832-1841.: Fr. f. 3 Thomas Augustine Arne, composer: Letter to G. Woodfall: n.d. f. 3 George Woodfall, Printer: Letter to, from D...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Polish, and Swedish
Date Range:
16th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (418 folios)

6. Add MS 45102

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Add MS 45102
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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:- A. Song, 'If 'tis love to wish you near', composed by Ladislas Joseph Philip Paul Zavertal, 28 June 1885, with autograph title-page. The words are by Charles Dibdin (see The Professional Life of Mr Dibdin, 1803, i, pp. 112- 113). Supplementary to Add. MS. 43867. ff. 1-4. Presented by Henry George Farmer, Mus.D. B. Autograph papers of Mandell Creighton, Bishop of Peterborough (1891) and (1897) of London; n.d. As follows:-(1) Draft, with some correcti...
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includes: ff. 1-4 Ladislas Joseph Philip Paul Zavertal, composer; son of Václav Hugo Zavertal: Song, 'If 'tis love to wish you near': 1885.: Partly autogr.f. 5 Reverend Cuthbert Creighton, son of Mandell Creighton: Letter to H. I. Bell: 1937.ff. 6-12 Mandell Creighton, Bishop of Peterboro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1200-1937
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 50845

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Add MS 50845
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SONGS, TRADITIONAL AIRS, ETC., mostly by 18th and early 19th cent. English and French composers, including Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, Thomas Augustine Arne and Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, copied by Eliza Lane; signed and dated '30th Janry 1819' (f. 1). Preceded by an index of titles (ff. 2, 2b), 'An approved method of tuning the Piano Forte' (ff. 7-8b) and fragments of printed Quadrilles (ff. 4-6). Includes (ff. 18-19) notes on a visit to co. Wicklow, 1817, and on MS. translations from the Irish made...
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Eliza Lane: Copied: bef. 1819. includes: ff. 3-6 Music: Quadrilles,: circa 1819: Fragments, mostly printed.ff. 7-8b Music: `An approved methods of tuning the Piano Forte': n.d: Copy, bef. 1819.ff. 9-10b, 86-87, 101-102 George Frideric Handel, composer: Songs, etc.,: n.d: Copies, bef. 181...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Jan 1819
Extent:
1 item

8. R.M.18.b.2

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R.M.18.b.2
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. 19th century. Presented by Mrs. R. Carter and Miss Marshall. ff. 1-45 are in English, in the handwriting of Julian Marshall, but probably translated or adapted from Victor Schoelcher; ff. 47-370 are in French, probably copied from the same author; f. 371 is in English, in...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

9. R.M.21.g.20

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R.M.21.g.20
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Nüske (J.A.). The Nüske-Aniad; 19th century. ‘A collection of vocal melodies, consisting of celebrated airs by the leading foreign and English musicians; the works of each supplying one song: adapted to the guitar, with, relatively, full harmonies in the accompaniments’. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

10. R.M.24.l.3

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R.M.24.l.3
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Miscellaneous vocal and instrumental music, Vol. III.; 19th century. A Victorian collection of 56 songs with piano accompaniment, and piano music, by various composers. Paper. ff. 93. 1. f. 1. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Felix): Gruss. Song. 2. f. 2. Anon: Das Lied der Vöge...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item