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51. Add MS 14227

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Add MS 14227
Title:
A collection of cantatas, as well as an aria from an opera
Scope & Content:
Cantatas, etc., for a single voice (generally soprano), with a bass (frequently figured) for harpsichord, or (nos. 4-7) vpith strings, in score; about 1718-1729, etc. 1. 'Quando vegio un Gelsomino.' This and nos. 2, 3 are by 'Caure Alessandro Scarlatti.' f. 3.2. 'Amo, ma L' Idol mio.' f. 7. 3. '...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

52. 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

53. Add MS 14230

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Add MS 14230
Title:
Arias for soprano, taken from 'Demetrio', an opera
Scope & Content:
Arias for soprano, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, oboes, flutes, and strings, in score, from an Opera ['Demetrio '] by an anonymous composer, probably of the middle of the 18th ceatury. 1. 'Non v' è piu barbaro.' f. 1. 2. 'Dice, che t' è fedele.' f. 15. 3. 'Nacqui all' af...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (84 folios)

54. Add MS 14231

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Add MS 14231
Title:
Arias and a duet, with symphonies and accompaniments, from an opera
Scope & Content:
Arias and a duet, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, and occasionally also trumpets, or with lute and violoncello obbligati, in score, from an anonymous Opera, in which two of the characters are Arbace and Ciro. It was perhaps called 'Ciro,' but is identical with neither of Metastas...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (56 folios)

55. Add MS 14232

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Add MS 14232
Title:
'Partenope', an opera. Probably by Leonardo Vinci
Scope & Content:
'Partenope': opera in 3 acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes and strings, and occasionally trumpets and drums, in score, by Leonardo Vinci(?). The signature on f. 2 is not easily legible, but the date of this composer's 'Partenope' (1723) appears to suit the present MS, and no one ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1723
Extent:
1 volume (150 folios)

56. Add MS 14233

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Add MS 14233
Title:
Portions of two operas
Scope & Content:
Portions of two operas, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, strings, and other instruments mentioned below, in score. 1. Acts i and ii of an opera [?'Andromacca e Pirro'], apparently by T. G. or G. T. [possibly Giacomo Tritto, who wrote an opera of that name]. The bass is occasionally...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (155 folios)

57. Add MS 14234

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Add MS 14234
Title:
'Componimento Drammatico che introduce ad un ballo Cinese': an Italian opera, in score
Scope & Content:
With symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, horns, oboes, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous. Possibly autograph (see end). Characters: Lisinga (Ercole Paganini produced an opera called 'Lisinga' at Florence, in 1808), Sivene, and Tangia.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (112 folios)

58. Add MS 14235

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Add MS 14235
Title:
Portions of two operas, in score
Scope & Content:
Portions of two anonymous dramatic works, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings and a bass (occasionally figured) for harpsichord, in score. 1. Act i of a piece in the Neapolitan dialect in which the characters are Don Pompeo Squinsaglio, Don Claudio, l' Abbate, Ernellina, Leandro, Co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (83 folios)

59. Add MS 14236

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Add MS 14236
Title:
Francesco Gasparini, Leonardo Leo and unidentified others: 'L'Eumene', an opera in score in three acts
Scope & Content:
'L' Eumene': opera in 3 acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. The text is altered from Apostolo Zeno's work of that name, the characters being the same, with the addition of the part of Rosinda and the suppression of that of...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (163 folios)

60. Add MS 14237

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Add MS 14237
Title:
'Il Caligola', an opera in 3 acts, in score
Scope & Content:
'Il Caligola': opera in 3 acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings(?) and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous. In the same hand as Add MS 14238, and probably by the same composer [?G. A. Boretti]. The characters are: Gelosia, Costanza and Delirio (in the prologue); Ca...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (144 folios)