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1. Add MS 11581

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Add MS 11581
Title:
A collection of excerpts, exercises, canons, songs, and anthems, in the hand of Dr. Charles Burney.
Scope & Content:
Examples of Harmony in the hand of Dr. Charles Burney. 1. 'Exempla (Discant) quatuor vocum.' '[J.] Froschius,' 1535. f. 2b. 2. Fuga ad Minimam'; in 4 parts. 'Jodocus Pratensis.' From Glarean (p. 453), 1547. f. 4. Reversing the volume. 3. Extemporaneous Bass. 'Crotch' (æt. 4). f. 41b. 4-6. Three ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 volume

2. 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

3. Add MS 14244

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Add MS 14244
Title:
Lessons in playing and accompanying on the harpsichord, written for 1 or 2 hands, by Alessandro Scarlatti. Also included is an anonymous cantata
Scope & Content:
Lessons in playing and accompanying on the harpsichord, written for 1 or 2 hands, by Alessandro Scarlatti 'Caualiere, Po Maestro della Real Cappella di Napoli '; 1715 (see f. 38b); about 1715. The only two pieces named are 'Follia' (f. 32b) and Toccata (f. 36b). The 'Cadenze' and 'Arpeggi per Ce...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

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