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Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.24.i.16-R.M.24.i.18
Title:: R.M.24.i.16-18. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Weideman (Charles Frederick) Entradas and Minuets for the Balls at Court; late 18th century. A collection in 3 vols. (the first two bound uniformly) of sets of 6 or 7 short instrumental pieces, mainly minuets, written or collected especially for Royal Birthdays, etc., from 1761 to 1787. All in short score, with a figured bass, but intended for instruments (woodwind, horns, etc.). ff.1-2 in vol.III are in a different hand, and the last set in the book i...
Scope & Content:: Carl Friedrich Weideman, composer: Music manuscripts , in the hand of Carl Friedrich Weideman: 18th cent. Carl Friedrich Weideman, composer: Entradas and Minuets: 18th cent: Autogr.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: Late 18th century
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.24.k.11-R.M.24.k.13
Title:: R.M.24.k.11-13. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Trios; 18th century. A numbered set of 15 string trios. With an index at the beginning of the first violin and cello parts for nos. 1-11 only. Nos. 12-15 can probably be presumed to be by Giardini. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:: Felice Giardini, composer: Instrumental music: 18-19th cent: Copies. includes: No. 6 Giuseppe Sammartini, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital, Eng: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal Appendix MS 23-25
Title:: Collection of secular and sacred Motets, including one for Christmas Day, Madrigals, a Miserere, an Anthem, suspected composed by Derick Gerarde, and in parts.
Scope & Content:: passim. Superius, contra-tenor, and tenor parts of a collection of Motets, etc., made, if not composed, by Dyricke Gerarde, whose name occurs (in that form) at the end of vol. i, and the beginning of vol. ii. The folios are the same in each volume, unless the contrary is stated. 1. ‘Angelus Domi...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, and Italian
Date Range:: Late 16th century
Extent:: 3 volumes (Part books: 44, 42, 43 folios respectively)

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal Appendix MS 26-30
Title:: Collection of sacred and secular Motets, including one for Christmas Day, and Madrigals, in parts, suspected by Derick Gerarde.
Scope & Content:: passim. Chansons, etc., for 4, 5, and 6 voices, in parts, by Derick Gerarde. Autograph(?). The five volumes contain respectively 'superius,' contra-tenor (and 'medius'), tenor (and 2nd bass), bass, and 'quintus' (and 'sextus') parts. Unless the contrary is stated, they are for 5 voices. 1. 'Die ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: Late 16th century
Extent:: 5 volumes (26, 26, 27, 25, 27 folios)