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1871. Add MS 29248

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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)

1872. Add MS 29249

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Add MS 29249
Title:
A collection of cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti
Scope & Content:
Cantatas, with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Alessandro Scarlatti. They are for a soprano voice, except no. 1, which is for a contralto. The present volume forms part (letter L) of a series containing the composer's Italian Cantatas in alphabetical order, and was probably compiled...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1725?
Extent:
1 volume (164 folios)

1873. Add MS 29255

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Add MS 29255
Title:
"L'ARTE del navigare con il regimento della Tramontana, e del sole; e la vera regola et osservanza del flusso e reflusso delle acque, sotto breue compendio ridotta per Agostino Cesareo;" in three parts, with coloured diagrams. Preceded by a prefatory epistle to Ferrante Somma, dat. 1585, and a sonnet. Paper; end of the xvith cent. Small Quarto.
Scope & Content:
Ferrante Somma: Prefatory epistle to, from A. Cesareo: 1585.: Ital. Navigation: Treatise on, by A. Cesareo: 1570.: Ital. Agostino Cesareo: L' arte del navigare, etc.: 1570, 1585.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

1874. Add MS 29261

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Add MS 29261
Title:
Original letters of musical composers and others. Also included is part of a symphony by Hector Berlioz.
Scope & Content:
Original letters of musical composers and others; 1778- 1861:- 1. [Karl Philipp Emanuel] Bach to -; Hamburg, 3 Jan. 1778. Germ. f. 1. 2. [Joseph] Rouget de Lisle to [? Mare François] Guillois; 24 Mar. 1820. Fr. f. 2. 3. L[uigi] Cherubini to the Baron de Bruyers St. Michel, [François André]...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1778-1861
Extent:
1 volume

1875. Add MS 29274

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Add MS 29274
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

1876. Add MS 29287

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Add MS 29287
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)

1877. Add MS 29291

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Title:
A collection of part-songs, canons, catches, glees, parts of services, vocal trios and duets, as well as some instrumental music
Scope & Content:
ff. 3-56 passim. Part music, for 4 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score; 18th cent. 1. 'Hark, jolly shepheards.' 'Thos Morley.' [1594.] f. 3. 2. 'Dare you haunt' ('The Fayries daunce'). 'Thos Ravenscroft.' [From .] '1614.' f. 10. 3. 'Awake, sweet Love.' This and nos. 4-6 [from the ],...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

1878. Add MS 29300 A-Y

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Add MS 29300 A-Y
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS autograph letters, etc. (acquired at various times in 1873-1876).
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Reading Abbey; Berkshire: Letter relating to its suppression: temp. Henry VIII. f. 2 Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Lord Keeper: Letter to, from Sir W. Temple: 1668. f. 11 George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer: Correspondence with Sir R. Abercromby: 1797. ff. 11, 12 General Sir Ralph Abe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[16th century-19th century]
Extent:
22 items

1879. Add MS 29300 C

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Add MS 29300 C
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Scope & Content:
C. Andrea di Leiny to Stefano d'Oria, Signore di Dolceacqua; Turin, 26 Oct. 1575. Ital. f. 9. Presented by Kenneth Cornish, Esq. includes: f. 9 Andrea di Leiny, Conte di Frusario: Letter to S. Doria: 1575.: Ital. f. 9 Stefano Doria, di Dolceacqua: Letter to, from A. di Leiny: 1575.: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
26 Oct 1575
Extent:
1 item

1880. Add MS 29300 E

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Add MS 29300 E
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Scope & Content:
E. 1. Richard Carew of Anthony to John Dunbarre; Anthony [co. Cornwall], 3 Apr. 1615. Lat. Signed. f. 13. 2. William Combe to Mrs. Swinney; Lambeth Road, 5 Dec. 1816, 20 Aug. 1821, ff. 14, 17. 3. G[eorge] Fitz Clarence [natural son of William IV.] to [James Graham Duke of Montrose, Lord Cham...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
3 Apr 1615-10 Jul 1830
Extent:
1 item

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