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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 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Add MS 11585

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Add MS 11585
Title:
A collection of madrigals, carols, motets, graces, trios, quartets, and examples of harmony
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-34. Madrigals, etc., in score. Unless the contrary is stated, they are for 3 voices and unaccompanied. 1. 'Che (sic) prend' amor a gioco'; with accompaniments for 2 strings and a figured bass for harpsichord. 'Cavalier Tarquinio Merula, maestro di capella nella Chiesa Maggiore di S. Maria ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1782
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 14166

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Add MS 14166
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Compositions by Alessandro Scarlatti, Domenico Scarlatti, and Giuseppe Scarlatti
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 25, 68b. Sacred Latin compositions, in score, by Alessandro Scarlatti; early 19th century. Nos. 2, 3 are in the hand of G. Sigismondo. 1. ‘Memento, Domine, David,’ with 'Gloria Patri ‘ (4 voices), f. 1. 2. 'Tu es Petrus': antiphon (8 voices, with figured bass), f. 25. 3. ‘Lætatus sum’; de...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 14189

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Add MS 14189
Title:
Sacred music in score, by Leonardo Leo, Nicola Zingarelli, Francesco Feo (autograph), Giovanni Carolo Maria Clari, and Martino Martini
Scope & Content:
f. 1-27. 'Miserere mei, Deus‘; for 2 choirs of 4 voices each, with a figured bass for the organ, in score, by Leonardo Leo. Said to be in the hand of Giuseppe Sigismondo; 18th-19th cent. ff. 27b, 28. Melody, with figured bass, of the antiphon, 'Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 14190

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Add MS 14190
Title:
A volume, chiefly of sacred music in score, by Palestrina, Pasquale Cafaro (autograph), Alessandro Scarlatti, and David Perez
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-13b. 'Missa Papi Marcello’ (sic), for 6 voices, in score, by Palestrina; 1820. ff. 14-40b. 'Sacro lauro coronate'; a so-called Motet for solo voices and 2 choirs of 4 voices each, with accompaniments for flutes, oboes horns trumpets, and strings, with a figured bass for the organ, in scor...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
c 1750-1820
Extent:
1 volume