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81. Add MS 24305

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Title:
A selection of arias and a quartet from the operas 'Lucio Vero' and 'Sesostri' by Francesco Gasparini
Scope & Content:
The principal arias, and one quartet, in the Operas 'Lucio Vero' [1719] and 'Sesostri' [1710], by Francesco Gasparini, in score. The instruments employed in the accompaniments, etc., to the former opera are a mandola (sc. cithern), trumpets, flutes, and strings, with a bass occasionally figured, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1719?
Extent:
1 volume (92 folios)

82. Add MS 24306

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Title:
The overture and twelve arias 'Eumene'. An opera by Nicolò Jommelli.
Scope & Content:
Overture and twelve arias, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, oboes, flutes (once), and strings, in score, from 'Eumene' [1746], by Nicolò Jommelli. They are: 1. 'Parto, è uer.' f. 20b. 2. 'Con mio, con tuo dolore.' f. 28. 3. 'Corri con asta.' f. 33b. 4. 'Al caro Idolo mio.' f. 45...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (157 folios)

83. Add MS 24307

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Title:
A collection of arias from Italian operas, songs, and other anonymous melodies
Scope & Content:
passim. Arias from Italian Operas of the first half and middle of the 18th century, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings (unless the contrary is stated), in score. 1. 'Vedrò fra poco.' In the hand of John Christopher Smith. Imperfect at the beginning. This and nos. 2-4 are by Handel. f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

84. Add MS 25072

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Title:
A collection of operatic songs
Scope & Content:
Operatic songs, with accompaniments for horns, bassoons, strings, and other instruments mentioned below, in score. 1. Cavatina (Rosina), begins 'Non son bella'; with oboes, flute solo, etc., '[Sebastiano] Nasolini.' f. 1. 2. Aria seria, 'Di furor per me s' accende'; with oboes, etc. From 'Elfr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (69 folios)

85. Add MS 25073-25078

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Title:
A collection of various British dance tunes, songs, airs, and other pieces
Scope & Content:
Collections of English, Irish and Scottish, songs, numbers from operas, dance tunes, airs, and other pieces from various composers, compiled around 1790.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
6 volumes

86. Add MS 25075

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Title:
A collection of dance music, songs, numbers from operas, a catch, a duet, and a glee
Scope & Content:
passim. Numbers from Operas; either arranged for pianoforte, or with pianoforte accompaniment in score; about 1799. Apparently made by Maria Jackson, alias Egerton [? Maria, daughter of Thomas Scott Jackson, afterwards wife of Sir John Grey-Egerton, 8th Bart., whose nephew. Sir Philip de Malpas ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

87. Add MS 27932

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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

88. Add MS 29248

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Title:
Marcantonio Cesti: 'La Dori', opera
Scope & Content:
'La Dori': Opera, consisting of prologue and three acts, by Marcantonio Cesti, 1663. The instruments employed in the introductory sinfonia, the ritornellos, and the accompaniment to the concluding sextet are evidently strings, the recitatives, airs, etc., being accompanied by a figured bass for h...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1663
Extent:
1 volume (82 folios)

89. Add MS 29274

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Title:
A collection of arias, duets, and a cantata, by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
Scope & Content:
Arias, duets, etc., with symphonies and accompaniments for strings and (in the last number) for trombe da caccia, also, in score, by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Also included is a cantata by Pergolesi. {Nos. 1, 11, 14, 15, 16 & 20, are from 'Il prigioniero superbo'; nos. 2, 8, 17, from 'Lo ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

90. Add MS 29287

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Title:
Franz Joseph Haydn: 'Armida', opera
Scope & Content:
'Armida: Drama Eroico in tre Atti Del Sigre Giuseppe Hayden' [1782]; with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, oboes, flutes, clarinets, trumpets, bassoons, drums, and strings, in score. The beginning of Act iii (before f. 285) is wanting. Characters: Idreno, Armida, Rinaldo, Ubaldo, Zelmira,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (364 folios)