Search

Language Latin Subject Songs Level [40] File

1. Add MS 4900

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 4900
Title:
Banks collection. Vol. XLIV. Miscellaneous writings, ornamented with initials, portraits of saints, royal arms, etc., cut from a printed book.
Scope & Content:
The principal items are:- (1) Fragments of a transcript of a calendar (latest date 1537), for the months of May to October, giving the dates on which fairs are held in those months in various towns of England and Wales (Carmarthen). A few dates are also given in the lives of British sovereigns...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

2. Add MS 5044

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5044
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

3. Add MS 11581

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 11581
Title:
A collection of excerpts, exercises, canons, songs, and anthems, in the hand of Dr. Charles Burney.
Scope & Content:
Examples of Harmony in the hand of Dr. Charles Burney. 1. 'Exempla (Discant) quatuor vocum.' '[J.] Froschius,' 1535. f. 2b. 2. Fuga ad Minimam'; in 4 parts. 'Jodocus Pratensis.' From Glarean (p. 453), 1547. f. 4. Reversing the volume. 3. Extemporaneous Bass. 'Crotch' (æt. 4). f. 41b. 4-6. Three ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 11585

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 11585
Title:
A collection of madrigals, carols, motets, graces, trios, quartets, and examples of harmony
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-34. Madrigals, etc., in score. Unless the contrary is stated, they are for 3 voices and unaccompanied. 1. 'Che (sic) prend' amor a gioco'; with accompaniments for 2 strings and a figured bass for harpsichord. 'Cavalier Tarquinio Merula, maestro di capella nella Chiesa Maggiore di S. Maria ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1782
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 11586

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 11586
Title:
A collection of motets, songs, extracts from masses, part of a Magnificat, part of a sonata, examples of harmony, and other vocal compositions
Scope & Content:
Motets, in score, for 5 voices; before 1782. In the hand of Dr. Charles Burney. Nos. 2, 3 are inserted in vol. ii of his History of Music, 1782. Leaves are missing after ff. 15, 37 and 38. 1. ‘O sacrum con vivium.’ ‘Thomas Tallis‘ (from a MS. copy, dated 1581, at C. C. C, Oxford. Printed in 1575...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 11588

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 11588
Title:
A collection of madrigals, canons, sonatas, songs, portions of operas, and other short compositions transcribed by Dr. Charles Burney
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-16. 'Recercari (10) et Canzoni (5) Francese (sic) fatte sopra diversi oblighi in partitura da Girolamo Frescobaldi .... Libro Prirno. 1615.' Transcribed and commented on by Dr. Charles Burney. ff. 16b-66b passim. Madrigals, etc, in score, transcribed by Dr. Charles Burney, and included i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 14125

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 14125
Title:
A collection of songs, a motet, a symphony, a concerto and a sonata, by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-138. Sacred Songs, with accompaniments for strings and a figured bass for harpsichord or organ, in score, by Nicolo [Antonio] Porpora; apparently written for his pupils (Angiola Moro, etc.); 1728-1745. Nos. 1-7, 9, 10, and 12 are autograph. 1. 'In coelo stellæ claræ fulgescant': 'mottetto ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 14129

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 14129
Title:
Motets, songs and a te deum by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-29b. 'Te Deum'; in, C, for 4 voices, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, and strings, and a figured bass for organ, in score, by Nicolo Porpora; about 1756. With autograph title. ff. 30, 39, 46. Three settings of the 'Regina cœli'; for female voices, with symphonies an...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1742-c 1756
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 14131

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 14131
Title:
Seperate vocal and instrumental parts to sacred compositions of Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-114. Motets, in parts, by Nicolo Porpora. Unless the contrary is stated, they consist of the vocal, string and organ parts. 1. ‘Siste gradus, ingrata’; for 4 voices, with horn and oboe parts, etc. f. 1. 2. ‘Turba in motu.’ The string parts for 2nd orchestra only (for score, see Add MS 1412...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 14137

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 14137
Title:
A collection of sacred music by Niccolò Jommelli
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-35. 'Te Deum'; for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, horns, trumpets, and strings, and a figured bass for the organ, in score, by Nicolo Jommelli, 1746. ff. 36-158b. Motets, with figured basses for organ, in score, by Nicolò Jommelli. Nos. 3-29, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume