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1. MS Mus. 131-132

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 131-132
Title:
MSS Mus. 131-132. FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN: ‘Il Ritorno di Tobia’ (Hob.XXI:1): oratorio (words Giovanni Gastone Boccherini); circa 1783. Full score, in Haydn’s original version of 1775, before the revision of 1784. Copy, in ink, in at least two different hands. Each volume of the score is bound with a title page bearing the title in French within an ornate printed border, and the inscription ‘Chez Louis de Rossi Marchand de Musique a Rome au Theatre de la Valle’, suggesting that the copy was produc...
Scope & Content:
Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Giovanni Gastone Boccherini, librettist: 'Il Ritorno di Tobia' by Franz Joseph Haydn, to words by Giovanni Gastone Boccherini: circa 1783: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:
2 items

2. MS Mus. 133 A-K

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 133 A-K
Title:
Miscellaneous Letters of Musicians, etc.; 19th – 20th cent.
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 133 A-K. ff. 196. Largest size 350 x 243mm. British Library arrangement.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:

11 items

3. MS Mus. 133 G

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MS Mus. 133 G
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Scope & Content:
G. ‘Synopsis of the Productions at the Fenice, Venice – from the start, Prepared by an Amateur’; mid 19th cent. Italian. Written in black (for operas) and red ink (for ballets) in two different hands, the first covering the years 1792-1807 and the second 1808-52. The title is written in penci...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 item

4. MS Mus. 140

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 140
Title:
MS Mus. 140. GIUSEPPE SARTI: ‘D’Emirena la voce: Scena con strumenti ed Aria del Sig: Giuseppe Haydn’; late 18th cent. Recitative (‘D’Emirena la voce’) and Aria (‘Deh m’aspetta un sol momento’) for soprano and Duet (‘Idol mio ti vivi ancora’) for two sopranos, with two oboes, two horns, two violins, two violas and bass. Copy, in ink. The scena is here attributed to Haydn, but is in fact taken from Sarti’s opera ‘Attalo, Re di Bitinia’ (words, Antonio Salvi), first performed at the Teatro di ...
Scope & Content:
[Giuseppe?] Sarti, composer: Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Antonio Salvi, librettist: 'D'Emirena la voce', scena for two sopranos and orchestra by [Giuseppe?] Sarti, to words by Antonio Salvi, attributed to Franz Joseph Haydn: late 18th cent.: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. MS Mus. 143

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 143
Title:
MS Mus. 143. LEONARDO VINCI AND OTHERS: arias and duets; circa 1731. Score, written in ink in the same hand throughout, on ten staves per page, with an index in the same hand on f. 1. Unless otherwise stated, all the pieces are arias by Leonardo Vinci (b. circa 1696, d. 1730) and are scored for soprano, two violins, viola and basso continuo. Nos. 1-6 and 8-16 are from his opera ‘Alessandro nell’Indie’, first performed at the Teatro delle Dame, Rome, in 1730; for a complete score of the opera...
Scope & Content:
Leonardo Vinci, composer: Arias by L. Vinci and others, mainly from Vinci's 'Alessandro nell'Indie': circa 1731: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 28-9 George Frideric Handel, composer: 'Caro vieni al mio seno' from 'Poro': circa 1731: Ital: Copy.ff. 77-80 Giovanni Battista Costanzi, composer: A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1726-1736
Extent:
1 item

6. MS Mus. 149-152

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 149-152
Title:
MSS Mus. 149-152. CHARLES DIBDIN THE ELDER: music manuscripts; circa 1767-1814. Autograph scores, in ink, including some copies of other composers’ works. Unless otherwise stated, the words are by Dibdin, only the first verse of airs is written, and the scoring of airs and choruses is for voices, horns, oboes and strings, and of recitatives for voice and bass. Supplements the Dibdin collection at Add. 30950-30970. Other collections of Dibdin’s manuscripts are at Southampton Public Library, t...
Scope & Content:
Charles Dibdin, composer and dramatist: Music manuscripts: circa 1767-1814: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
c 1767-1814
Extent:
4 items

7. MS Mus. 152

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 152
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 152. CHARLES DIBDIN AND OTHERS: album of songs and keyboard music; circa 1800. Partly autogr., partly copies, partly printed. ff. 1-11 are in the same hand. The printed items have been trimmed and pasted into the volume, and no publication details are retained. Inscribed ‘A. Dibdin’ (per...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 item

8. MS Mus. 166 A-D

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 166 A-D
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 166. 18th cent. – 1933. ff. 40.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-1933
Extent:

4 items

9. MS Mus. 166 B

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 166 B
Title:
Scope & Content:
B. VINCENZO BELLINI: ‘Scena e Cavatina [from Act I of] Norma’; circa 1830. Score. Copy, written in ink on paper ruled with sixteen staves. The movements are the duet with chorus ‘Sediziose voci’ and solo with chorus ‘Casta Diva’; the latter is incomplete. Presented by Rabah Loulou, Esq., 14 Nov....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 item

10. MS Mus. 168-185

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 168-185
Title:
A. Operatic Works.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
[1892-1921]
Extent:
18 items