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1. Add MS 14110

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Add MS 14110
Title:
A collection of songs, duets, madrigals, and solfeggi
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-41. Ten of the set of twelve Duets, with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Francesco Durante; late 18th century. ff. 42b, 161, 177. Three secular songs; late 18th century. 1. Melody of 'Ne' di felici': a short Aria, with accompaniment for several instruments. Anonymous. Evident...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 14197

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Add MS 14197
Title:
A collection of songs and cantatas, as well as an extract of music for cembalo
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-133b. Sacred compositions for one voice; about 1725. Unless the contrary is stated, they are only accompanied by a bass (generally figured) for harpsichord or organ, in score, and are anonymous. 1. 'Salve, Regina,' in F; with separate violin, horn, and trumpet parts. In the hand of Camillo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 14244

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Add MS 14244
Title:
Lessons in playing and accompanying on the harpsichord, written for 1 or 2 hands, by Alessandro Scarlatti. Also included is an anonymous cantata
Scope & Content:
Lessons in playing and accompanying on the harpsichord, written for 1 or 2 hands, by Alessandro Scarlatti 'Caualiere, Po Maestro della Real Cappella di Napoli '; 1715 (see f. 38b); about 1715. The only two pieces named are 'Follia' (f. 32b) and Toccata (f. 36b). The 'Cadenze' and 'Arpeggi per Ce...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 14245

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Add MS 14245
Title:
A collection of solfeggi, keyboard solos, portions of oratorios, and the opening bars of a Stabat Mater
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-29b. A work ['Lettioni per noteggiare a Voce Sola, con il Suo Basso continuo'] by Giuseppe Montuoli, copied at Naples in 1726 [from the work published at Lucca in 1702]; 1726. ff. 30-33. Portions of several melodies, most of them with a bass for harpsichord, in score; 1st half of 18th cen...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 14396

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Add MS 14396
Title:
A collection of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Xaver Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn and Sigismond Neukomm.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-13v. Franz Xaver Mozart: "Ich bin der erste Buffo", op. 13. Aria, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, horns, clarinets, drums, and strings, in score, composed in 1808 for a private performance of his father's "Der Schauspieldirektor." Autograph. It was written for the com...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume

6. Add MS 25073-25078

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Add MS 25073-25078
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

7. Add MS 25075

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Add MS 25075
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

8. Add MS 30382

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Add MS 30382
Title:
Anthems and songs collected, and many of them composed, by Henry Bowman. The names of the other composers are Johann Felice Sances, P. Nadal Monferrato, Richard Deering, Giovanni Giacoppo Carissimi, Maria Marini, - Cassati, John Blow, Henry Purcell Giovanni Rovetta, - Silvestro, Michael Wise, and Henry Lawes.
Scope & Content:
Passim. Anthems for 3 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score, viz.1. ['Awake up, my glory']: the end only. M. Wise. f. 2. 2. 'Wake sleeping ones': a Dialogue between the Angel and the Soul; with chorus. 'H[enry] B[owman].' Autograph. f. 43b. 3. ''Sing vnto the Lord, O yee Saints': fune...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1680-1686
Extent:

1 volume (94 folios)

9. Add MS 31154

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Add MS 31154
Title:
An opera and a sonata
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-203. 'Lucio Vero': Opera in 3 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, horns, oboes, trumpets, bassoons, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by [T.] Trajetta, sc. Traetta {Antonio Sacchini: cf. Add MS 31718-31719}. Characters: Lucio Vero, Berenice, Vologe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (207 folios)

10. Add MS 31573

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Add MS 31573
Title:
Rough transcripts, by Rophino Lacy, of a collection of compositions of Handel's works, including: "Magnificat, del Rd. Sigr. Erla", and "Long live the Queen", and various others.
Scope & Content:
ff 1-32b. 'Magnificat’ in A minor; for 2 choirs, with accompaniments for oboes, strings, and organ, in score. Transcribed by Michael Rophino Lacy from the Sacred Harmonic Society's copy (now in the possession of the Royal College of Music). At the top of this copy is written 'Del Rd Sigr Erba,’ ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (81 folios)