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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22040
Title:: ORIGINAL letters of Girolamo Tiraboschi; 1781-1790. Ital,. Paper. Quarto.
Scope & Content:: Girolamo Tiraboschi, Cavaliere: Letters to various persons: 1781-1790.: Ital.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 1781-1790
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22043
Title:: ORIGINAL letters of Cardinals; 1601-1819, viz.: 1. Alessandro Albani, to the Empress Maria Theresa; Rome, 31 Oct. 1750. Ital.; with seal. f. 2. 2. L[eonardo] Antonelli; Rome, 6 Aug. 1806. Ital. f. 6. 3. Cæsar Baronius; Rome, 17 May, 1601. Lat. f. 8. 4. [Jean Baptiste] de Belloy, Archevêque de Paris, to the Minister of Finance; 10 Jan. 1808. Fr. f. 10. 5. François Joachim de Pierre de Bernis [signature to a passport]; Rome, 6 Aug. 1769, 7 May, s.a., 14 May, 1774. Fr. ff. 13, 15, 16. ...
Scope & Content:: Court of Rome: Letters of cardinals: 1601 -1819. François Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Abbé, Comte, afterwards Cardinal: Letters to the Duc d'Aiguillon: 1774.: Fr. includes: f. 2 Alessandro Albani, Cardinal 1721: Letter to the Empress Maria Theresa: 1750.: Ital. f. 2 Francis I and Maria There...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1601-1819
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22046
Title:: MISCELLANEOUS autograph letters, etc.; 1475-1809, viz.: 1. Loysius de Pulcis [Luigi Pulci], the poet, to Nicolo Strozzi ?; 13 Oct. 1475. Ital. f. 1. 2. [Aimeri d'Amboise] Commander of Rhodes, to Pope [Julius II.], describing the movements of the Turks; Aug. 1511. Lat. f. 2. 3. Gonzalvo [Hernandez de Cordova y Aguilar] to M. de Lude, Chevalier de l'ordre du Roy, etc.; Camp at Egros, 2 Sept. 1515. Fr. f. 3. 4. Robert Stuart to [Anne Duc de Montmorency] Constable of France, respecting the...
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1 Nicolo Strozzi: Letter to, from L. de Pulcis: 1475.: Ital. f. 1 Luigi Pulci, Italian poet: Letter to Nicolo Strozzi: 1475.: Ital. f. 2 Aimeri d' Amboise, Grand Master of the order of St John of Jerusalem: Letter to Julius II.: 1511.: Lat. f. 2 Julius II; Pope: Letter to, from the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Swedish
Date Range:: 1475-1809
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22052
Title:: 1. ORlGlNAL letters, chiefly French, to Armand Jean Du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu; 1610-1633, from De Bourges; Paris, 2 May, s.a., f. 2. J. C. Hauffourd; 10 Dec. 1610, f. 3. E. Durand; Luçon, 12 Nov. 1610, f. 4. Nicolas Orceau; Luçon, 12 Nov. 1610, f. 6. De Remefet; 2 Feb. 1611, f. 8. Mercier; Poictiers, 8 Feb. 1611, f. 10. The Canons and Chapter of Luçon; 16 Apr. 1614, f. 11. Mauvilain; Luçon, 4 June, 1614, f. 13. Jean Caroque Bothal (?), Vicar-General, and others, deputies of the dioce...
Scope & Content:: Armand Jean Du Plessis, Bishop of Luçon, afterwards Cardinal, Duc de Richelieu: Letters to: 1610-1633.: Fr. includes: f. 2 de Bourges: Letter to Card. Richelieu: n.d.: Fr. f. 3 J- C- Hauffourd: Letter to Card. Richelieu: 1610. f. 4 E- Durand: Letter to Card. Richelieu: 1610. f. 6 Nicolas Orcea...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1610-1634
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22099
Title:: Collection of sacred and secular compositions, including hymns and catches for voice, and incidental music, and an arrangement by Henry Purcell for Queen Mary’s birthday in 1693; predominantly by English and Italian composers.
Scope & Content:: Short pieces on two staves, apparently written, or arranged, for Harpsichord. Several of them are in A Choice Collection of Ayres for the Harpsichord, 1700. [about 1704-1707.]. 1. Movement from 'Sonata 12' (the last of the set published in 1683). 'H. Purcel.' f. 2. 2. Prelude in A minor. 'Lock.'...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: late 17th century-early 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume (90 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22101
Title:: Early 18th-century operatic music
Scope & Content:: ff. 94. 'Arie con Stromenti Dell' Opera intitolata 'La Pastorella.' Rappresentata da' Pupazzi Nel Palazzo del Sig. Ambasciator di Venezia, 1705—Atto P[ri]mo del Sig. [Carlo] Cesarini, Atto 2o Del Sig. Giannino (sc. Giovanni detto del Violone), Atto 3o del Sig. [?Giovanni Battista] Bononcini con I...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1705
Extent:: 1 volume (94 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22102
Title:: Operatic music, for various instruments, by Giovanni Battista Buononcini.
Scope & Content:: ff. 181. 'Il Xerse': Opera in 3 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, strings (lute, archlute, etc.), and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Giovanni Battista Buononcini [1694]. Characters: Xerse, Artamene, Elviro, Romilda, Adelanta, Eumene, Amastre, Clito, Aristone and ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: late 17th century-early 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume (181 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22103
Title:: Operatic music for various instruments, by Alessandro Scarlatti; the words by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni.
Scope & Content:: ff. 276. 'La Statira': Opera in 3 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, strings and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Alessandro Scarlatti; the words by Cardinal [Pietro] Ottoboni. Characters: Oronte, Alessandro, Statira, Demetrio, Perinto, Campaspe, and Apelle.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1st half 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume (276 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22104
Title:: Italian compositions by Giovanni Bononcini and Alessandro Scarlatti.
Scope & Content:: ff. 1-84. Cantatas, etc., with accompaniments for strings (unless the contrary is stated), and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. No. 1 was written at Rome in 1700. 1. 'La Luccioletta,' begins 'Mentre il suo caro gregge' 'Priore Pacieri' f. 1. 2. 'Mentre Clori'; with flutes. Anonymous. f....
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: c 1700
Extent:: 1 volume (133 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22105
Title:: Operatic music for various instruments by Francesco Feo, written for the Teatro della Valle, at Rome, in 1730.
Scope & Content:: ff. 122. 'L' Andromacca': Opera in 3 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, oboes, strings, and harpsichord, in score, by Francesco Feo, written for the Teatro della Valle [at Rome], in 1730. The recitativi secchi are omitted.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: c 1730
Extent:: 1 volume (122 folios)

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