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1. Add MS 5036-5062

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Add MS 5036-5062
Title:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works
Scope & Content:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works. Prefixed to Add MS 5036 is a letter from Gabriel Mathias to the trustees of the British Museum, containing an extract from the will of James Mathias esq, from which it appears that these volumes are all...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
27 volumes

2. Add MS 5054

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Add MS 5054
Title:
A collection of motets, madrigals, full anthems, portions of masses, psalms (or choruses), canons and duets, as well as examples of a litany, a grace, a service, a miserere, and a stabat Mater. In score.
Scope & Content:
1. Sanctus and Gloria in Excelsis, in B minor, parts of a service, for 3 solo voices and 4-part chorus, by Dr. {William} Croft. ff. 3-5b. 2. 'La Spagnola'. A madrigal. (à 3), begins 'Al rigor d'un bel Sembiante'; with the alternative words 'Al splendor di due pupille' written underneath. 'Agost...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 11581-11591

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Add MS 11581-11591
Title:
Extracts from various early musical writers, by Charles Burney, Mus. Doct., with remarks and criticisms by him
Scope & Content:
Also includes extracts and examples of various compositions.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
11 volumes

4. Add MS 11582

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Add MS 11582
Title:
A collection of masses, motets, madrigals, a stabat mater and a miserere, in the hand of Dr. Charles Burney
Scope & Content:
ff. 2b, 12-59 and 95. Masses, or portions of Masses, for 4 voices (unless the contrary is stated), scored by Dr. Charles Burney. Some of them appear in vol. ii of his 'History of Music', 1782. The names of the Masses and of their composers are: — 1. ‘L'Omme Armé.’ ‘Josquin [des Près].’ There are...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1782
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 11585

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Add MS 11585
Title:
A collection of madrigals, carols, motets, graces, trios, quartets, and examples of harmony
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-34. Madrigals, etc., in score. Unless the contrary is stated, they are for 3 voices and unaccompanied. 1. 'Che (sic) prend' amor a gioco'; with accompaniments for 2 strings and a figured bass for harpsichord. 'Cavalier Tarquinio Merula, maestro di capella nella Chiesa Maggiore di S. Maria ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1782
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 11587

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Add MS 11587
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Scope & Content:
ff. 2-17. Fragments of Masses, in score, in the hand of Dr. Charles Burney: — 1. ‘Visibilium omnium’ and ‘Et in terra pax’ (6 voices), from the Mass, 'Gloria tibi, Trinitas.’ ‘Johannes Taverner.’ Copied ‘from the Oxford Music-School set of Books, which . . . belonged to the Chapel Royal in the t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 17802

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Add MS 17802
Title:
One of four volumes of a collection of Motets, Masses, Te Deum, and Kyrie, in parts, by 16th century English composers, including: T. Tallis, John Munday, John Taverner, John Shepherde, R. Barbar, J. Redforde, J. Ensdale, C. Okeland, Alcoke, W. Birde, Van Wilder, Hake, and Pye.
Scope & Content:
Vol. I. Mid to late 16th Century. 'Te Deum'; for 4 voices, in parts. Anonymous. ff. 2-5 Collection of Motets, etc., all of which appear to be for 4 voices, by English composers, most of whom flourished about 1554-1565, which latter is the probable date of the first parts of the volumes. The ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 of four volumes (Part book)

8. Add MS 17802-17805

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Add MS 17802-17805
Title:
One of four volumes of a collection of Motets, Masses, Te Deum, and Kyrie, in parts, by 16th century English composers, including: T. Tallis, John Munday, John Taverner, John Shepherde, R. Barbar, J. Redforde, J. Ensdale, C. Okeland, Alcoke, W. Birde, Van Wilder, Hake, and Pye.
Scope & Content:
Mid to Late 16th Century. Collection of Motets, etc., all of which appear to be for 4 voices, by English composers, most of whom flourished about 1554-1565, which latter is the probable date of the first parts of the volumes. The second parts may have been written a few years later, including a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
4 volumes (Part books)

9. Add MS 17803

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Add MS 17803
Title:
One of four volumes of a collection of Motets, Masses, Te Deum, and Kyrie, in parts, by 16th century English composers, including: T. Tallis, John Munday, John Taverner, John Shepherde, R. Barbar, J. Redforde, J. Ensdale, C. Okeland, Alcoke, W. Birde, Van Wilder, Hake, and Pye.
Scope & Content:
Vol. II. Mid to Late 16th Century. Collection of Motets, etc., all of which appear to be for 4 voices, by English composers, most of whom flourished about 1554-1565, which latter is the probable date of the first parts of the volumes. The second parts may have been written a few years later, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 of four volumes (Part book)

10. Add MS 17804

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Add MS 17804
Title:
One of four volumes of a collection of Motets, Masses, Te Deum, and Kyrie, in parts, by 16th century English composers, including: T. Tallis, John Munday, John Taverner, John Shepherde, R. Barbar, J. Redforde, J. Ensdale, C. Okeland, Alcoke, W. Birde, Van Wilder, Hake, and Pye.
Scope & Content:
Vol. III. Mid to Late 16th Century. Collection of Motets, etc., all of which appear to be for 4 voices, by English composers, most of whom flourished about 1554-1565, which latter is the probable date of the first parts of the volumes. The second parts may have been written a few years later,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 of four volumes (Part book)