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1. Add MS 5036-5062

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Add MS 5036-5062
Title:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works
Scope & Content:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works. Prefixed to Add MS 5036 is a letter from Gabriel Mathias to the trustees of the British Museum, containing an extract from the will of James Mathias esq, from which it appears that these volumes are all...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
27 volumes

2. Add MS 5057

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Add MS 5057
Title:
Duets and arias by Italian composers
Scope & Content:
Arias and (nos. 1, 2) duets, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, in score, in the hand of Henry Needler (d. 1760). They appear to be all taken from Operas. 1. 'Date (sc. 'Da te') lungi, ò volto amato.' Anonymous. f. 2. 2. 'Cara, addio.' 'Gennaro Manna, 1748.' f. 6. 3. 'Bastan gl' ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 5319-5337

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Add MS 5319-5337
Title:
Manuscript music presented by Sir John Hawkins
Scope & Content:
A collection of manuscript music formerly owned by Sir John Hawkins, chiefly copied by Mr. John Stanley
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
19 volumes

4. Add MS 5334

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Add MS 5334
Title:
George Frideric Handel: 'Il Sylla', opera
Scope & Content:
'Il Sylla': Opera in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, flutes, bassoons and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Giovanni Buononcini {Handel}. The MS is in the hands of W. T. (see: f. 26b). Characters: Cœlia, Flavia, Lepidus, Metellus, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Add MS 5337

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Add MS 5337
Title:
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

6. Add MS 10338

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Add MS 10338
Title:
A collection of anthems, songs, duets, trios, services, cantatas, motets, and other pieces, in the hand of George Jeffreys
Scope & Content:
ff. 4-13. 'Fantazies,' or Fancies, for strings and organ, in score, by George Jeffreys. 1-6. Six 'of 3 Parts for the Violls and the Virginall.' Autograph. In the 5th Fantasia, a few notes have been added to the virginal part to make it suitable for playing on the organ. f. 4. 7. Another 'of 2 pa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
after 1669
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 11581-11591

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Add MS 11581-11591
Title:
Extracts from various early musical writers, by Charles Burney, Mus. Doct., with remarks and criticisms by him
Scope & Content:
Also includes extracts and examples of various compositions.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
11 volumes

8. Add MS 11588

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Add MS 11588
Title:
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

9. Add MS 11591

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Add MS 11591
Title:
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 11608

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Add MS 11608
Title:
A collection of songs, motets, duets, canons, anthems and part-songs
Scope & Content:
passim. Duets and dialogues, the latter with a bass, in score. 1. Dialogue (Strephon and Daphne), begins 'Come, my Daphne.' 'William Lawes.' f. 2. 2. Another (treble and bass), begins 'What if I dye.' By the same, f. 7b. 3. 'Come, Cloris; hye wee to ye Bower.' 'Henry Lawes.' f. 8b. 4. Dialogue (...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1656-1659
Extent:
1 volume