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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 27157
Title:: Astronomical and calendrical notes by Aviad Sar Shalom ben Menachem Simson Basila
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Hebrew and Italian
Date Range:: 1690-1709
Extent:: 45 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 29248
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)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 30310
Title:: Compositions by George Frederic Handel, in full score. Autograph.
Scope & Content:: ff. 2-12b. Cantata, begins 'Lungi dal mio bel Nume'; for a treble voice, with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. [By Handel.] 'Roma. Il dì 3 di Marzzo, 1708.' Autograph. No. 25 of the Händel-Gesellschaft's edition of the Cantatas. HWV 127a. At f. 8 begins a transcript of the song in a lat...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume (62 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 32181
Title:: A collection of music by Franz Xaver Süssmayr and part of a requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Scope & Content:: ff. 1-19 passim. Songs, with pianoforte or harpsichord accompaniment, in score or compressed score, by Franz Xaver Süssmayr; late 18th cent. Autograph. 1. 'Je t'aime autant'; sung by [P. J.] Garat. f. 1. 2. 'Te bien aimer': reply to the above, f. 2. 3. 'Le petit ménage,' begins 'La fortune at se...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: French, German, and Italian
Date Range:: 18th century-19th century
Extent:: 1 volume (252 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 32377
Title:: Collection of In nomines, etc., without words, followed (at f. 26) by sacred compositions in parts, and (at f. 78) by three Italian songs; by English composers of the 16th century.
Scope & Content:: ff. 2-25b passim, 75b, 76. Single parts (? for treble viol) of the following 5-part compositions.1. Piece ['Browning . . . The leaves be green'], wanting the beginning. 'Byrd.' f. 2. 2. Piece unnamed. Anonymous, ib. 3. 'Preludium.' 'Byrd.' ib. 4. 'Le Bergyre.' Anonymous. f. 5b. 5. 'Non vy dette....
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1584
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 34113
Title:: Compilation of treatises on natural philosophy and mechanics, and numerous mechanical designs.
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a compilation of treatises on natural philosophy and mechanics along with numerous mechanical designs, principally selections from the works De ingeneis (1433) and De machinis (1449) by the Sienese engineer Mariano Taccola (b. c. 1382, d. c. 1458), and the Codicetto (?14...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half 15th century-1st quarter 17th century
Extent:: A paper codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35156
Title:: Giuseppe Verdi: 'Attila', opera
Scope & Content:: 'Attila': Opera in 4 Acts, for solo voices and chorus (from 2 to 8 voices, and once in unison), with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes (including ottavino), oboes, clarinets, horns, trumpets, corno inglese, bassoons, trombones, serpent, drums, harp, and strings, in full score, by Giuseppe ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: c 1846
Extent:: 1 volume (246 folios)

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