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Project / Collection Sloane Collection Language German Subject Lute music

1. Sloane MS 1021

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1021
Title:
Commonplace book of Johannes Stobaeus, containing musical compositions and instructions for the lute
Scope & Content:
Commonplace book of Johannes Stobaeus (or Stobäus), Kapellmeister to the Elector of Brandenburg, compiled at Königsberg in and shortly before 1640. The book contains vocal and instrumental music, writings on music and drawings of instruments. Many of the pieces are probably Stobaeus's compositio...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1640
Extent:
1 volume

2. Sloane MS 2923

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2923
Title:
Personal collection of traveller Engelbert Kæmpfer relating to late 17th-century Persia, including dance music, and Russian travel diaries
Scope & Content:
Includes: ff. 3b-36, 101b-115. Compositions for Lute. The initials J. A. K. (appended to nos. 1, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 19, 28, 47, 50, 62 and 63) are supposed to be those of J. A. Kämpfer, no doubt a relation of Engelbert Kämpfer, the traveller, in whose hand most of the rest of the MS is. Detai...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (115 folios)