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1. R.M.

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.
Title:
Royal Music Library Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Music manuscripts from the Royal Music Library. c 1590 – 1903. The Royal Music Library was deposited on loan in the British Museum in March 1911 by George V, and presented outright on 27 November 1957 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As well as about 1000 manuscripts, the collection contains...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
[1560-1927]
Extent:

1264 items

2. R.M.4.g.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.4.g.1
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Tallis (Thomas). Spem in alium; late 18th century. Motet in 40 parts, in score. With a newspaper cutting pasted on to the flyleaf containing information about its transcription. Once the property of Robert Bremner. Paper. ff. 9. Robert Bremner, music publisher: Music ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. R.M.18.a.5

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.18.a.5
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Invocazione all’Armonia; Dec. 14, 1843. ‘Coro con soli’, and orchestra. Full score, made by Sir Michael Costa and initialled by him. [For another copy not in the hand of Costa see R.M.18.a.10.]. Paper. ff. 22. Sir Michael Costa,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1843
Extent:
1 item

4. R.M.20.h.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.h.7
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Psalms (Latin) I. Autograph
Scope & Content:
‘Laudate pueri Dominum’ (Psalm 112) in F (HWV 236) (H-G. XXXVIII, No. I). Points of note: 1. f. 3. ‘Qui sicut Dominus’ (H-G., p. 7). Marked ‘ad[agio]’.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1702?
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)

5. R.M.20.h.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.h.8
Title:
Henry Purcell: Autograph manuscript of anthems, welcome songs and solo songs
Scope & Content:
Purcell’s ‘Score Booke containing severall Anthems wth symphonies’. At f. 85 the volume is reversed, and beginning at the other end the title reads ‘Score booke. Anthems welcome songs and other songs all by my father’. There is an inaccurate and incomplete table of contents. All the music is in ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1680-1690
Extent:
1 volume (245 folios)

6. R.M.21.b.53

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.21.b.53
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Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Negri [Domenico Francesco?]. O sing praises to our God; 18th century. ‘Negri’s Anthem’ for 5 solo voices, chorus, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 2 horns, drums and strings. Separate parts only. [For a score of this anthem see R.M.24.d.14.]. Paper. 41 parts in a loose c...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. R.M.21.b.54

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.21.b.54
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Pergolesi (Giovanni Battista). The Lord saith (arranged from Dixit Dominus); 18th century. Motet for solo voices and chorus; with oboes, bassoons, trumpets, horns, tympani and strings. Separate parts only. [See R.M.24.e.2. for a score with a bass for organ]. Paper. 21 pa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. R.M.21.d.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.21.d.1
Title:
Scope & Content:
(1-2.) ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Sacred music; 19th century. Paper. 1. 15 ff. Bishop (Sir Henry Rowley): Grand National Hymn for the King; after 1830. For solo voices, chorus, and military band with organ, in full score. ‘The Poetry by Thomas Haynes Bayley’. 2. 20 ff. Nencini (Andrea): Mass in ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

9. R.M.21.d.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.21.d.2
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. [Music for Bassethorns I.]; early 19th century. A book of mainly anonymous music for bassethorns with various instruments, consisting of 2 divertimenti, followed by a numbered set of 85 short pieces. Separate parts only. Paper. ff. 170. 1. ff. 3-11. Divertimento f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

10. R.M.21.e.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.21.e.7
Title:
Scope & Content:
(1-6.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Various movements from operas; late 18th–early 19th century. All in score. Paper. 1. 23 ff. Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus): (La Clemenza di Tito) Overture; late 18th century. For woodwind, clarini, horns, timpani and strings. 2. 11 ff. Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus): (Co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item