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2021. Add MS 31222

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Title:
A collection of pieces by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
f. 2b. 'Kyrie,’ for 4 voices, with a bass for organ, in score, intended for a Mass, ‘De Sancta Cruce,’ by Samuel Wesley; about 1780. Autograph. ff. 3b-26. Antiphons, etc., with a bass for organ (unless the contrary is stated), in score, by Samuel Wesley; 1780, 1781. Autograph. 1. ‘Sacerdos et ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 volume (49 folios)

2022. Add MS 31226

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Title:
A collection of cantatas, anthems and motets, as well as sections of a mass, and a service
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-62. Italian Cantatas, with a bass. Nos. 1-9, 14, are by Benedetto Marcello; nos. 10-12, by Handel. 1. 'Dimando a voi pietà.' f. 1. 2. 'Ecco, à funesto occaso.' f. 5. 3. 'Pecorelle che pascete.' f. 10. 4. 'Nasce il sole.' f. 14. 5. 'Senza il caro e dolce sguardo.' f. 18. 6. 'Messaggier deUe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (106 folios)

2023. Add MS 31227

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Title:
Excerpts of an opera by Christoph Willibald von Gluck
Scope & Content:
Recitative (Asteria) and Cavatina, 'Ah, l' ho presente ognor,' from 'Il Telemac[c]o' [1750], by Gluck; with pianoforte accompaniment and vocal embellishments by Pio Cianchettini, London, 1820.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 volume (5 folios)

2024. Add MS 31244

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Scope & Content:
LETTERS and papers of James II., Mary of Modena, and James Edward Stuart; 1688-1711. 1. " Orbis Catholici festivissimus plausus ": an " elogium " on the birth of the Prince of Wales, by Fr. Paulus de Marianis a S. Flora, Augustinianus; 1688. f. 1. 2. James II. to Innocent XII.; St. Germain, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1688-1711
Extent:
1 item

2025. Add MS 31244-31248

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Title:
LETTERS and papers transferred to Cardinal Gualterio by the Executors of Cardinal Alessandro Caprara [ob. 1711], Protector of the English Catholics at Rome. Five volumes. The contents are :-
Scope & Content:
Alessandro Caprara, d 1711 Cardinal 1706: Correspondence with the Stuarts, and Jacobite papers in his charge: 1688-1715. Filippo Antonio Gualterio, Cardinal: Correspondence and papers of Card. Caprara transferred to: 1711. James II of England: Stuart papers of Cardinals Caprara and Gualterio: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1686-1715
Extent:
5 items

2026. Add MS 31310

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Title:
A collection which includes a magnificat, a song, a cantata, a madrigal, and a concerto
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-20. ‘Magnificat’ with ‘Gloria Patri,’ in F; for 2 choirs of 4 voices each, with accompaniments for 2 orchestras, consisting of trumpets, oboes, and strings, in score, by [G. A.] Fioroni; 18th cent. Apparently autograph. ff. 21-36. ‘Mein Odem ist schwach‘: a short sacred composition, cons...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)

2027. Add MS 31318 B

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B. Map of Europe, Asia Minor, and Africa as far south as Cape Rosso, with the Red Sea, and coast of Arabia; ornamented with drawings of figures, flags, etc., in gold and colours. Ital. Vellum; 3 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 7 1/2 in. Transferred from the Dept of Printed Books (Section of Maps).
Scope & Content:
Portolan chart attributed to Jacobo Russo, probably produced in Messina, Italy in the 16th century. The chart is made of two pieces of vellum lapped and pasted on a N/S line through Bugia, North Africa. Contains illustrations of Madonna and child; in Africa elephants, camels, palm trees, Atlas M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

2028. Add MS 31507

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Title:
Cantatas with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Alessandro Scarlatti.
Scope & Content:
Vol I ff. 129. Cantatas with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Alessandro Scarlatti. Apparently the last volume of a collection of his songs arranged alphabetically. 1. 'Và pur lungi da me.' f. 2. 2. 'Vaga Eliza,' 1708. f. 15. 3. 'Vieni, ò Caro Mirtillo,' 1708. f. 22. 4. 'Vn sol' g...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1708-1799
Extent:
1 volume (129 folios)

2029. Add MS 31508

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Add MS 31508
Title:
Cantatas with a figured bass, in score, by Alessandro Scarlatti.
Scope & Content:
Vol. II. ff. 2-65b. Cantatas with a figured bass, in score, by Alessandro Scarlatti. 1. 'Al fin m' ucciderete.' f. 2. 2. 'Bella, dunque, n' andrai.' f. 10b. 3. 'In amorosi ardori.' f. 15. 4. 'Dormono l' aure.' f. 22. 5. 'Ti uorrei credere.' f. 30. 6. 'Clori, mia cara.' f. 38b. 7. 'Pastorella i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1st quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (81 folios)

2030. Add MS 31530

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Title:
" PORSENNA " : an opera in three acts
Scope & Content:
ff. 163. ['Porsenna']: Opera in 3 Acts, with instrumental symphonies and accompaniments (apparently strings only), in score. According to the original fly-leaf, it was attributed to Scarlatti or Lotti. This may suggest it is the opera of that name assigned by Clément and Larousse (Dictionnaire L...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1700-1725
Extent:
1 volume (163 folios)

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