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1. Add MS 29906

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Title:
Giacomo Meyerbeer: Jephta's Gelübde
Scope & Content:
Score and words of 'Jephtas Gelübde, Ernsthafte Oper in drey Aufzügen, gedichtet vom Professor Aloys Schreiber, in Musik gesezt von J[acob] Meyerbeer'. First produced at Munich in 1812. A 'serious opera,' in three acts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
1 volume (347 folios)

2. Add MS 29997

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Title:
Sketches of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, including C sharp minor quartet, Op. 131, composed in 1826.
Scope & Content:
Sketches of musical compositions in the hand of Beethoven. The volume may be divided into two portions, of which the former (ff. 2-5) contains what appear to be sketches of the C-sharp minor quartet, op. 131; and the latter, miscellaneous sketches, most of them apparently dating from the end of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

1 volume (42 folios)

3. Add MS 31629

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Title:
"I Pellegrini al Sepolchro": Oratorio for Good Friday, written for the Electoral chapel at Dresden, by Johann Adolf Hasse; in score, with German words added.
Scope & Content:
ff . 90. 'I Pellegrini Al Sepolcro di N[ostro] S[ignore],' with the German title, 'Passions Oratorium. Die Pilgrimme auf Golgatha,' by Hasse, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, bassoons, strings, and harpsichord, in score. The characters are Albino,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (90 folios)

4. Add MS 32039

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Title:
A cantata and an oratorio by Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-24b. ‘Vater unser,’ so-called oratorium for tenor and bass, with chorales, accompanied by horns, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and strings, in score; by W[ilhelm Friedrich Ernst] Bach. Autograph. It begins with the words ‘Du hast deine Säule dir aufgebaut.’ ff. 25-66b. 'Die Kindheit Jesu. Ein...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (66 folios)

5. 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

6. Add MS 32139

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Title:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 'Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes', oratorio
Scope & Content:
Oratorio ['Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes'], composed by Wolfgang Mozart in March, 1766. It is written for solo voices, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, flutes, horns, bassoons, trombones, and strings, in score. The characters are Christianity, Worldliness, Righteousness, and M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 volume (109 folios)

7. Add MS 32174

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Title:
A collection of numbers from operas, string quartets, cantatas, and a symphony
Scope & Content:
passim. Numbers from operas, with oboes, flutes and bassoons (in nos. 1, 2), horns and strings; 1782, etc.. 1, 2. Instrumental numbers, without titles, viz. the overtures to 'L' Isola disabitata,' 1779 (ff. 33-71 passim), and to 'La Vera Costanza,' 1779 (ff. 35-72 passim), written by Franz Josep...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)

8. Add MS 32184-32237

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Add MS 32184-32237
Title:
Original compositions, for the most part unpublished, by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
In the case of works in full scores, the music for wind instruments will generally be found at the end of the volume.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
54 volumes

9. Add MS 32187

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Title:
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: 'Der Durchzug durch's rothe Meer', oratorio
Scope & Content:
Oratorio ['Der Durchzug durch's rothe Meer'], in two parts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, guitar, harp, strings, and drums, in score [by J. N. Hummel]. Autograph. The principal characters are Moses, Aaron, t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (125 folios)

10. Egerton MS 2727

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Egerton MS 2727
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven: 'Christus am Oelberge', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'Christus am Oelberge': a short Oratorio, for 3 solo voices (Christ, a Seraph, and Peter), and Choruses of Disciples and Soldiers, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, bassoons, trombones, drums and strings, in score, by Ludwig van Beethoven, in whose hand are a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
after 1800
Extent:
1 volume (155 folios)