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5521. IOR/R/15/2/692

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/692
Title:
‘File 28/10 (a) War. Foreigners, Anti-British Activities, etc. Father Irzio Luigi Magliacani (Roman Catholic Priest in Bahrain)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the presence in Bahrain during the War of an Italian Roman Catholic priest, Irzio Luigi Magliacani. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior; Lieutenant-Colonel Arn...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
11 May 1931-22 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

5522. IOR/R/15/5/179-235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/179-235
Title:
File 4: Kuwait State
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait State files contain correspondence regarding a number of different topics that are related to the development of the state of Kuwait, the running of its government, political reform and Kuwait's relations with its neighbours and Britain. These files largely contain correspondence bet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1921-1949
Extent:
57 files (6,644 folios)

5523. IOR/R/15/5/214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/214
Title:
File 4/26 Izzat Jaffer
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the activities and standing of Izzat Jaafar ['Izzat Jafar], the Secretary of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Much of the correspondence concerns allegations that Jafar was an agent of the Italian Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Italian
Date Range:
1 Apr 1940-24 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (135 folios)

5524. IOR/R/15/6/173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/173
Title:
File 6/33 Foreign Interests: Relations with Italy
Scope & Content:
This file contains a translation of a letter sent from the Italian Legation in Baghdad to the Sultan of Muscat inviting him to attend an exhibition that was proposed to take place in Rome in 1942, and a letter that was drafted by him in response to this invitation. The file also contains a bi-l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
30 Apr 1938-14 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

5525. K.1.g.10.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.1.g.10.
Title:
WRITINGS ON MUSIC; after 1531. A comparison of the initial notes for each mode in the theory of Pietro Aaron, Stefano Vanni and Franchino Gafori, with musical examples showing syncopes and cadences. Aaron’s theories correspond to those in his untitled pamphlet published in Venice in 1531. Bound with two printed treatises: Bonaventura de Brixia, Regula Musice Plane (Mediolani: per I. M. de Ferrariis, 1507) (K.1.g.10.(1.)) and Tractatus Musices (Venetijs: J. B. Sessa, [1510?]) (K.1.g.10.(2.))....
Scope & Content:
Pietro Aaron, writer on music: Stefano Vanni, writer on music: Franchino Gafori, writer on music: Writings on music by Pietro Aaron, Stefano Vanni and Franchino Gafori: after 1531: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1531
Extent:
1 item

5526. K.4.f.5.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.4.f.5.
Title:
SEBASTIANO FESTA AND PHILIPPE VERDELOT: two madrigals; after 1542. Written on the blank final leaves of the four printed part-books of Benedictus Appenzeller, Superius (Contratenor) (Tenor) (Bassus) Des chansons a quattre parties (Anuers: Henry Loys & Iehan de Buys, 1542) in a contemporary hand. The first piece, ‘O passi sparsi’ by Sebastian Festa, is written on ff. 27v-28 of each volume, which have been printed with blank staves. It is written with lozenge-shaped notes, in imitation of ...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 27v-28 Francesco Petrarca, poet: Sebastiano Festa, composer: 'O passi sparsi' by Sebastiano Festa , to words by Francesco Petrarca: after 1542: Ital: Copy.f. 28v Philippe Verdelot, composer: 'Fedele et bel cagnuolo': after 1542: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1542
Extent:
1 item

5527. K.4.g.3.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.4.g.3.
Title:
SEBASTIANO FESTA: ‘Perch’al viso d’amor portava’ (words, Petrarch); after 1542. Written on the versos of the title pages of the four printed part-books of Quatuor vocum musicæ modulationes numero xxvi. (Antuerpiae: Apud Guilielmum Vissenacum, 1542) in a contemporary hand, and not attributed here to the composer. The piece is also found in Moteti e canzone libro primo (Rome, 1520 or 1521) and as item 24 in Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale, MSS. Magl. XIX, 164-167. For a modern edition after the...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1v Francesco Petrarca, poet: Sebastiano Festa, composer: 'Perch'al viso d'amor' by Sebastiano Festa, to words by Francesco Petrarca: after 1542: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1542
Extent:
1 item

5528. K.7.c.26.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.7.c.26.
Title:
ANTONIO SALIERI: ‘Divertimenti vocali’; circa 1803. A printed edition of Venti otto divertimenti vocali con accompagnamento di piano-forte (Vienna: Thadé Weigl, [circa 1803]), with one autograph leaf inserted between pp. 6-7 of the parte prima, bearing a conclusion to no. 1 (‘O vezzosissima figlia di Giove’) intended to replace that printed on p. 7. Purchased, Oct. 1971. pp. [i]+37+6*, [i]+36, [i]+42. 236 x 325mm.
Scope & Content:
includes: p. 6* Antonio Salieri, composer: Alternative ending to 'O vezzosissima figlia di Giove': circa 1803: Ital: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 item

5529. Kings MS 319

Reference (shelfmark):
Kings MS 319
Title:
Librettos of two works described as 'Drama per Musica.', by Attilio Ariosti, and Nicolò Piccini.
Scope & Content:
ff. 64. Librettos of two works described as 'Drama per Musica.' 1. 'Il Vespasiano.' [Words by N. Haym, music by Attilio Ariosti, 1724.] Characters: Vespasiano (Giuseppe Boschi), Tito (Senesino), Domiziano (Margarita Durastante), Arricida (Francesca Cuzzoni), Gesilla (Anastasia 'Rombinson,' sc....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1724-1774
Extent:
1 volume (64 folios)

5530. Lansdowne MS 683

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 683
Title:
Political register compiled in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Political register, containing notes, lists, tables and records concerning political and military matters during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Possibly compiled by, or for the use of, a minister of state. ff. 1r-3r Table of contents. Titled ‘A table of the matters contayned in this booke’. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1558-1603
Extent:

1 volume

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