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1. Add MS 5054

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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.
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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

2. Add MS 5337

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A collection of incidental music from operas, madrigals, sonatas, catches, glees, a duet from an oratorio and a canon
Scope & Content:
The contents of this MS. are in different hands. ff. 1-42. Incidental music, by Henry Purcell, in score; early 18th cent. The symphonies are written for flutes, oboes, strings, etc., and, in the case of no. 2, for trumpets also. 1. [The Masque in] 'Timon of Athens' [1694]. f. 1. 2. 'The Musick ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 11581

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A collection of excerpts, exercises, canons, songs, and anthems, in the hand of Dr. Charles Burney.
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Examples of Harmony in the hand of Dr. Charles Burney. 1. 'Exempla (Discant) quatuor vocum.' '[J.] Froschius,' 1535. f. 2b. 2. Fuga ad Minimam'; in 4 parts. 'Jodocus Pratensis.' From Glarean (p. 453), 1547. f. 4. Reversing the volume. 3. Extemporaneous Bass. 'Crotch' (æt. 4). f. 41b. 4-6. Three ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 11584

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A collection of chansons, madrigals, motets, canons, and part of a Magnificat
Scope & Content:
Chansons, etc., mostly for 4 voices, scored from early editions by Dr. Burney. 1. 'Queste non son piu lagrime.' 'Rolando di Lassus, 1555.' f. 2b. 2. 'Sto, core mio.' By the same, 1555. f. 3. 3. 'Tu, traditora.' By the same, 1555. f. 3b. 4. 'En espoir vis.' By the same, 1555. f. 4. 5. 'Canzona Vi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1782
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 11585

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A collection of madrigals, carols, motets, graces, trios, quartets, and examples of harmony
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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 11588

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A collection of madrigals, canons, sonatas, songs, portions of operas, and other short compositions transcribed by Dr. Charles Burney
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-16. 'Recercari (10) et Canzoni (5) Francese (sic) fatte sopra diversi oblighi in partitura da Girolamo Frescobaldi .... Libro Prirno. 1615.' Transcribed and commented on by Dr. Charles Burney. ff. 16b-66b passim. Madrigals, etc, in score, transcribed by Dr. Charles Burney, and included i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 11589

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Part of a catalogue of the Tudway Collection, a treatise, part of a transcript of the 'Regole del contrappunto pratico di Nicola Sala', and some motets
Scope & Content:
The MS. contains parts of a thematic Catalogue of the works in the Tudway Collection, and of a musical treatise. ff. 19b-24b. 'Chants from the Studij di Palestrina’: short pieces of harmonized plain-song, transcribed by Dr. Charles Burney. The following are the names of the composers: — '[? Gio...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1794
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 11590

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Add MS 11590
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Part of a transcript by Dr. Charles Burney of the 'Regole del contrappunto pratico di Nicola Sala'
Scope & Content:
Only a few unimportant headings have been omitted. This is continued in Add MS 11589 and 11591.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
after 1794
Extent:
1 volume (100 folios)

9. Add MS 11591

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A collection of songs, numbers from operas, and part of a transcript of the 'Regole del contrappunto pratico di Nicola Sala'
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-22. Transcript by Dr. Charles Burney of the 'Regole del contrappunto pratico di Nicola Sala' . . . 1794, only a few unimportant headings having been omitted. This is continued in Add MS 11589 and 11590. ff. 23-66 passim. Numbers from Operas, in full score, transcribed by Dr. Charles Burne...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
after 1794
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 14166

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Title:
Compositions by Alessandro Scarlatti, Domenico Scarlatti, and Giuseppe Scarlatti
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 25, 68b. Sacred Latin compositions, in score, by Alessandro Scarlatti; early 19th century. Nos. 2, 3 are in the hand of G. Sigismondo. 1. ‘Memento, Domine, David,’ with 'Gloria Patri ‘ (4 voices), f. 1. 2. 'Tu es Petrus': antiphon (8 voices, with figured bass), f. 25. 3. ‘Lætatus sum’; de...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume