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1. Add MS 4914

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Title:
Hawkins Collection. Vol. VI. 'Brevis Musicae Isagoge', by Johann Fries of Zurich
Scope & Content:
Settings of works by classical authors, for 4 equal voices, scored from 1555. From the printed edition, the dedication of which is dated 1554, it appears that only one of the parts (retained from the original edition of 1550) was by Frisius himself, the other three being added by his friend Hen...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (15 folios)

2. Add MS 5036

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Title:
A collection of motets, madrigals and parts of masses. Collected by University of Oxford.
Scope & Content:
Prefixed is a letter from Gabriel Mathias to the trustees of the British Museum, containing an extract from the will of James Mathias esq from which it appears that this volume, as well as Add MS 5037-5062, are in the handwriting of Henry Needler esq, their previous owner. The manuscripts were p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 5037

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Title:
A collection of motets and fragment of masses by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Scope & Content:
Motets, in score, by Palestrina for several Sundays and Festivals . Unless the contrary is stated, they are for 5 voices. Nos. 1-13 and 15-17 are from the Offertoria, 1593. Also in this volume are fragments for 3 voices (unless the contrary is stated), from Masses by Palestrina. In the hand of H...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 5038

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Title:
Motets for various festivals by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Scope & Content:
1. [‘Motecta Festorura,’ Book i, 1590], for 4 voices, in score, by Palestrina. The nine missing numbers are given in Add MS 5037 (ff. 102-122b). ff. 2-69b. 2. 'Messa in canone‘; consisting of ‘Kyrie,’ ‘Gloria‘ and 'Credo,’ for 4 voices, in score, apparently by Palestrina. In the hand of Henry N...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 5042

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Title:
A collection of sacred compositions by Orlando di Lasso
Scope & Content:
Sacred Latin compositions, scored by Needler from the following printed works by Orlando di Lasso. I. ‘Novæ Aliquot .... ad Duas Voces Cantiones .... Londini. Excudebat Thomas Este. 1598.’ These are 24 in all, for cantus and bassus, the last 12 being without words, ff. 1-19b. II. ‘Moduli Nondu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 5043

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Title:
A collection of motets and carols by Jean Mouton
Scope & Content:
‘Ioannis Moreton, Sameracensis, Musici præstantissimi, selecti aliquot moduli, et in 4, 5, 6, et 8 vocum harmoniam distincti. Liber primus. Parisiis, ap Adr. Le Roy et Rob. Ballard, 1555’. Scored by Needler. Also included are three carols, in score. 1. ‘Quæramus cum pastoribus,’ with second p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 5044

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Title:
A collection of sacred compositions by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Scope & Content:
1. ‘Laudate, pueri.’ A motet, with ‘Gloria Patri,’ for 5 voices, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, and a figured bass for organ, in score, by G. B. Pergolesi; before 1760. It also has oboes and trumpets. f. 2. 2. ‘Confitebor.’ A motet, with ‘Gloria Patri,’ for 5 voices, with symph...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 5046

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Add MS 5046
Title:
A collection of masses, motets, and a requiem by Duarte Lobo, in the hand of Henry Needler
Scope & Content:
‘Edvardi Lupi [i.e. Lobo] Lusitani Civis Olisiponensis, in Metropolitana ejusdem urbis Ecclesia Beneficiarij et Musices præfecti. Liber Missarum, 4, 5, 6, et 8 vocibus. Autoerficæ, ex office. Plantin. 1621’ with a copy of the original dedication prefixed, in which the composer styles himself 'ar...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 5048

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Title:
Domenico Francesco Negri: 'Gloria in Exclesis'
Scope & Content:
'Gloria in excelsis Deo‘; for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, and strings, and a figured bass for organ, in score, by — Negri. Evidently the same setting of these words as that contained in the Royal College of Music (No. 1759 in the catalogu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 5051

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Title:
A collection of motets for 5 voices
Scope & Content:
‘Liber primus Sacrarum Cantionum quinque vocum, vulgo Moteta vocaut, ex optimis quibusq hugeis œtatis musicis selectarum. Antverpiæ, ap. Tilemaurum Susato, 1546’. Scored by Henry Needler. Appears to have been copied from a printed book. 1. 'Salve quæ roseo'; with second part, 'Hunc tibi ille pa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume