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1. Add MS 5036

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Add MS 5036
Title:
A collection of motets, madrigals and parts of masses. Collected by University of Oxford.
Scope & Content:
Prefixed 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 this volume, as well as Add MS 5037-5062, are in the handwriting of Henry Needler esq, their previous owner. The manuscripts were p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

2. 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

3. Add MS 5039

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Add MS 5039
Title:
A score of the complete work ‘Madrigali Sprirituali’ Bk. II, by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
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‘Delli Madrigali spirituali à cinque voci, di Gio. Petro Luigi Prenestino {Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina}, maestro di Cappella di. St Pietro di Roma. 1594’. Appears to have been copied from a printed book. In the hand of Henry Needler (d. 1760).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 5050

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Add MS 5050
Title:
Madrigals by Don Aurelio Della Faya
Scope & Content:
'Il Primo [Libro] de Madrigali A Cinque Voci De Don Aurelio Delia Faya...Maestro di Cappella della Citta di Lanciano. Novamente Composto e dato in Luce. Con Privilegio. In Venetia, Appresso Francesco Rampazetto.' With dedication to Giovanni Battista Marina, 1564. In score, in the hand of Henry N...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 5054

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Add MS 5054
Title:
A collection of motets, madrigals, full anthems, portions of masses, psalms (or choruses), canons and duets, as well as examples of a litany, a grace, a service, a miserere, and a stabat Mater. In score.
Scope & Content:
1. Sanctus and Gloria in Excelsis, in B minor, parts of a service, for 3 solo voices and 4-part chorus, by Dr. {William} Croft. ff. 3-5b. 2. 'La Spagnola'. A madrigal. (à 3), begins 'Al rigor d'un bel Sembiante'; with the alternative words 'Al splendor di due pupille' written underneath. 'Agost...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Add MS 11582

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Add MS 11582
Title:
A collection of masses, motets, madrigals, a stabat mater and a miserere, in the hand of Dr. Charles Burney
Scope & Content:
ff. 2b, 12-59 and 95. Masses, or portions of Masses, for 4 voices (unless the contrary is stated), scored by Dr. Charles Burney. Some of them appear in vol. ii of his 'History of Music', 1782. The names of the Masses and of their composers are: — 1. ‘L'Omme Armé.’ ‘Josquin [des Près].’ There are...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1782
Extent:
1 volume