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1. 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

2. Add MS 5321

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Add MS 5321
Title:
Songs and cantatas, in score, by George Frideric Handel
Scope & Content:
1. 'Acis and Galatea'; serenata for solo voices and 5-part chorus (the 3 middle parts assigned in the 1st chorus to alto and 2 tenors, in the others to 3 tenors), with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, and strings, in score. The aria, 'Consider, fond shepherd' (at f. 67), is here ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. 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

4. Add MS 14113-14121

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Add MS 14113-14121
Title:
Operas, in full score, more or less complete, by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
Chiefly Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1711-c 1760
Extent:
9 volumes

5. Add MS 14120

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Add MS 14120
Title:
An opera and a cantata by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-154. 'Angelica [e Medoro]': described by Fétis as an 'Azione teatrale'; in two parts, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes (short and long), trombe da caccia, and bassoons, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score; 1720. [By N. A. Porpora.] Part i was begun on 7 August, and Par...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1712-1720
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 14122

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Add MS 14122
Title:
Two serenatas for solo voices and 4-part chorus by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
Two Serenatas for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, trumpets, oboes, strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Nicolò Porpora. Part of the first and the whole of the second are autograph. 1. 'Odi mi, Alcide.' f. 1. 2. {'Festa d'Imeneo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1736
Extent:
1 volume (140 folios)

7. Add MS 14127

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Add MS 14127
Title:
A collection of cantatas and a motet by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
passim. Cantatas, with accompaniments for instruments and a figured bass for organ, in score; 1726 etc. By Nicola Porpora, ‘Maestro delle Figlie del Coro del Pio Ospedale d'Incurabili. 1731. In Venezia.’ Almost entirely Autograph. All written for solo voices, with a chorus of 4 mixed voices (unl...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1726-1745
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 14148

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Add MS 14148
Title:
A collection of sacred cantatas by Francesco Feo
Scope & Content:
passim. Sacred cantatas, etc., with a figured bass for harpsichord or organ (unless the contrary is stated), in score, by Francesco Feo; 1725-1738. 1. 'Manus tuæ fecerunt me'; with psaltery and harpsichord. f. 1. 2. 'Confitebor tibi, Domine'; with horns, oboes, strings, and organ, in parts. f. 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

2 volumes

9. Add MS 14162

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Add MS 14162
Title:
A collection of vespers, motets, songs, cantatas, and a trio from an intermezzo
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-46b. 'Salmi brevij,' i.e. Vespers of the Virgin (omitting the 'Lauda, Jerusalem'); for 4 voices, with accompaniments for strings and organ, by Domenico Auletta. Scored by Giuseppe Sigismondo, in 1809. ff. 47-140b passim. Motets for several voices, with instrumental symphonies and accompan...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 14197

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Add MS 14197
Title:
A collection of songs and cantatas, as well as an extract of music for cembalo
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-133b. Sacred compositions for one voice; about 1725. Unless the contrary is stated, they are only accompanied by a bass (generally figured) for harpsichord or organ, in score, and are anonymous. 1. 'Salve, Regina,' in F; with separate violin, horn, and trumpet parts. In the hand of Camillo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume