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21. Add MS 29340

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Title:
Michael William Balfe: Volume II of 'Les Quatre Fils Aymon', opera
Scope & Content:
'[Les] Quatre Fils Aymon': Opera in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, trumpets, horns, bassoons, trombones, triangle, drums, harp, and strings, in score, by M. W. Balfe [1844]. Mostly autograph. Characters: Ivon, Olivier, Richard, Alard, Renaud, H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
1 volume (280 folios)

22. Add MS 31555

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Title:
Selections from Operas and similar works, by Handel, transcribed roughly, in score, by Michael Rophino Lacy.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-98, 109-125b. Portions of Operas, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, etc., and (in the recitatives) basses, generally tigured, for harpsichord, in score, by Handel; apparently all of them transcribed by Michael Rophino Lacy from the originals at Buckingham Palace. 1. Arias, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (284 folios)

23. Add MS 31565

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Title:
Handel's 'Orlando': Opera in 3 Acts, probably transcribed by John Christopher Smith the younger.
Scope & Content:
ff. 132. 'Orlando': Opera in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, horns, bassoons, and strings (including 'violette marine,' sc. viole d' amore), and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Handel, 1733 [composed in 1732]. The handwriting very much resemb...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (132 folios)

24. Add MS 31676

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Title:
'Recueil D'Airs,' including a duet predominantly figured for harpsichord, in score, by anonymous authors.
Scope & Content:
Vol. I. passim. 'Recueil D'Airs,' including a duet (no. 22), with a bass (in almost all cases figured) for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous. 1. 'Manes des Rois' [from 'Tancrède,' 1702]; by A. Campra. f. 14. 2. 'La nuit ramène en vain le repos.' f. 14b. 3. 'Diffère d'un moment, chère ombre.' f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (76 folios)

25. Add MS 31677

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Title:
French vocal compositions, apparently predominantly taken from Operas, by anonymous authors.
Scope & Content:
Vol. II. French vocal compositions, most of which, if not all, appear to be taken from Operas. Except where the contrary is stated, they are for a single voice without accompaniment, and anonymous; ff. 2b-15 are in the hand of Jean Jacques Rousseau, and the others were probably written at his ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1752-1753
Extent:
1 volume (58 folios)

26. Add MS 32039-32045

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Title:
Compositions of Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, grandson of J. S. Bach.
Scope & Content:
Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
7 volumes

27. Add MS 32175

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Title:
A collection of operatic pieces in score
Scope & Content:
1. 'L'Isle de Merlin': comic opera (? in 1 Act), with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, horns, bassoons, and strings. 'Ch. [W. von] Gluck' [1758]. Characters: Scapin, Argentine, Diamantine, Pierrot, Merlin, a Philosopher, etc. f. 2. 2. Recitative (Cleopatra) and aria, 'A voti mie...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (205 folios)

28. Add MS 32178

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Title:
A collection of numbers from operas, choruses, songs, and a pianoforte solo
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-51, 56, 70-111. Numbers from Operas, with strings, etc., in score; late 18th cent. 1, 2. Trio, 'Ach, lasset mich'; and duet, 'Veillons, mes sœurs'; in compressed harpsichord score. From '[Zémire et] Asor' [1771]. 'Grétry.' ff. 1, 3. 3. Prayer and cavatina, 'Alma Dea'; with flutes, horns, e...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (138 folios)

29. Add MS 32181

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Title:
A collection of music by Franz Xaver Süssmayr and part of a requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-19 passim. Songs, with pianoforte or harpsichord accompaniment, in score or compressed score, by Franz Xaver Süssmayr; late 18th cent. Autograph. 1. 'Je t'aime autant'; sung by [P. J.] Garat. f. 1. 2. 'Te bien aimer': reply to the above, f. 2. 3. 'Le petit ménage,' begins 'La fortune at se...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (252 folios)

30. Add MS 32181-32182

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Add MS 32181-32182
Title:
A collection of vocal and instrumental compositions of Franz Xavier Süssmayer, and part of a requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Scope & Content:
Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
2 volumes