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11. Add MS 14229

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Add MS 14229
Title:
A collection of cantatas, songs, pieces from operas, vocal trios, and a duet
Scope & Content:
Cantatas for a single voice (soprano, unless the contrary is stated), with a bass (frequently figured) for harpsichord, in score; about 1723-1732. 1. 'E fia pur uero, ò Dio.' This and nos. 2-5 are by 'Caualiere Alessandro Scarlatti.' f. 69. 2. 'O uoi, di queste selue abitatrici.' Belonged to — B...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

12. Add MS 22271

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Add MS 22271
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Compositions for various instruments, by Domenico Sarri.
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ff. 117. 'Rida il mar': serenata for 4 solo voices, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes and strings, and a bass for harpsichord, in score, by Domenico Sarri. Apparently composed in joint honour of the Emperor Charles VI and his infant son Leopold, who only survived his birth (13...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1716
Extent:
1 volume (117 folios)

13. Add MS 29249

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Add MS 29249
Title:
A collection of cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti
Scope & Content:
Cantatas, with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Alessandro Scarlatti. They are for a soprano voice, except no. 1, which is for a contralto. The present volume forms part (letter L) of a series containing the composer's Italian Cantatas in alphabetical order, and was probably compiled...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1725?
Extent:
1 volume (164 folios)

14. Add MS 29397

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Add MS 29397
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A collection, largely of songs, duets and catches
Scope & Content:
passim. Songs for the most part unaccompanied, but occasionally with a bass for harpsichord, in score. Many are taken from John Playford's , 1673-1683, the , 1685, and other collections of that period. See indices by Thomas Oliphant at the beginning and end of the volume. 1. 'The bright Clarinda...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1682?-1690?
Extent:
1 volume

15. Add MS 30246

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Add MS 30246
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Selected vocal pieces, in score, by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-6b. 'Dall' Oriente'; for treble, 2 tenors, and a bass, with pianoforte accompaniment, in score, by Rossini. Autograph. 1823. Dedicated to the Countess Sant' Antonio. ff. 7-1 3b. Song ['Il pianto delle Muse in morte di Lord Byron,' 1824], for a tenor voice, with a sextet (? Muses) and 3-pa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st half of 19th century
Extent:

1 volume (27 folios)

16. Add MS 30382

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Add MS 30382
Title:
Anthems and songs collected, and many of them composed, by Henry Bowman. The names of the other composers are Johann Felice Sances, P. Nadal Monferrato, Richard Deering, Giovanni Giacoppo Carissimi, Maria Marini, - Cassati, John Blow, Henry Purcell Giovanni Rovetta, - Silvestro, Michael Wise, and Henry Lawes.
Scope & Content:
Passim. Anthems for 3 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score, viz.1. ['Awake up, my glory']: the end only. M. Wise. f. 2. 2. 'Wake sleeping ones': a Dialogue between the Angel and the Soul; with chorus. 'H[enry] B[owman].' Autograph. f. 43b. 3. ''Sing vnto the Lord, O yee Saints': fune...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1680-1686
Extent:

1 volume (94 folios)

17. Add MS 31310

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Add MS 31310
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A collection which includes a magnificat, a song, a cantata, a madrigal, and a concerto
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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)

18. Add MS 31535

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Add MS 31535
Title:
Madrigals and Cantata for 2 voices, in score, by Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari.
Scope & Content:
Vol. I. ff. 65. xviiith cent. Add MS 31535 'Madrigali a due, Del Sigre Gio. Carlo Ma. Clari,' 1740, 1741, and a cantata for 2 voices by the same composer; with a bass for harpsichord, in score. 1. 'Fuoco...è la chioma bionda.' f. 2. 2. 'Quando col mio.' f. 7b. 8. 'Dov' è...quell' Vsignolo.' f....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1741
Extent:
1 of three volumes (65 folios)

19. Add MS 31555

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Add MS 31555
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Selections from Operas and similar works, by Handel, transcribed roughly, in score, by Michael Rophino Lacy.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-98, 109-125b. Portions of Operas, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, etc., and (in the recitatives) basses, generally tigured, for harpsichord, in score, by Handel; apparently all of them transcribed by Michael Rophino Lacy from the originals at Buckingham Palace. 1. Arias, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (284 folios)

20. Add MS 31567

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Add MS 31567
Title:
Handel's "Il Convito d'Alessandro": the Serenata "Alexander's Feast" with an Italian version of the libretto.
Scope & Content:
ff. 161. 'Il Convito d' Alessandro'; sc. an Italian version of 'Alexander's Feast,' for solo voices and choruses of 4 and 6 voices, with overture and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord or organ, in score, by Hendel, sc. Han...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (161 folios)