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1. Add MS 27932

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Add MS 27932
Title:
A collection of arias, songs, hymns, airs, and other melodies
Scope & Content:
passim. Arias, etc., with a figured bass for harpsichord (except where the contrary is stated), in score; first half of 18th cent., etc. 1. 'A soldier and a sailor' [from 'Love for love,' by John Eccles, 1695]. f. 3b. 2-4. Three arias, the first with an additional violin part, from 'Rinaldo,' by...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 30246

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Add MS 30246
Title:
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)

3. Add MS 31549

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Add MS 31549
Title:
Two cantatas, and end-chorus of the Opera "Sanzio", by Antonio Caldara.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-3b. 'Senti, deh, senti, oh Clori': Cantata for a soprano voice, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by Antonio Caldara. Autograph. At the end is written '20 Maggio, 1715, in Roma; et è una grande ragazzata.' [1715.] ff. 4-10. 'Amor del gran Sancio': concluding chorus (à 4), with accom...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (10 folios)