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31. Add MS 35005

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 35005
Title:
A collection of glees, songs, portions of odes, duets, part-songs, and other compositions by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-21b. Portions of three Odes; about 1823 (watermark). The watermark of No.1 is 1794. 1. Parts for violoncello, 2nd oboe, and 2 trumpets, of the Ode on St. Cecilia's day (see Add MS 35004), by Samuel Wesley. Autograph. f. 1. 2. Fragments of the vocal score, with pianoforte accompaniment, of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (193 folios)

32. Add MS 37027

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 37027
Title:
Collection of miscellaneous compositions, in score, including dramatic works, and music for the Funeral of Queen Mary by Henry Purcell; motets, by André Campra; 'A Dirge for Funerals'; by Miss Steemson, Organist at Lancaster, and Psalm Tunes, and other compositions by: Dr. Christopher Gibbons, Dr. William Turner, Henry Purcell, Tallis, Pelham Humphries, Dr Green, Dr. John Blow, A. Batten, Dr. Child, Thomas Purcel, and others.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 56. Dramatic compositions, in score. 1. The music in the 'Tempest'; with oboe, flute ('traversa'), and strings. Acting copy, ff. 1-18. It includes the following numbers, all of which (with the exception noted below) appear, along with several others, in the only extant editions (Goodison'...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)

33. Egerton MS 2458

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2458
Title:
A collection of motets, a stabat mater, and a psalm
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-39. 'Seuiat tellus': 'mottetto' for a treble voice, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes and strings, in score, written by G. F. Hendel (sc. Handel). According to a note on f. 2 in the hand of the Rev. E. Goddard, a later possessor, the MS. formerly belonged to the Colonna family a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (99 folios)

34. Sloane MS 3752

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 3752
Title:
Miscellaneous volume containing material on alchemical and chemical processes and experiments, English poetry and operatic extracts, English chronicles and history, mathematics, and domestic receipts
Scope & Content:
Includes: ff. 1, 8-11b, 19-24, 26, 29, 32-133b. Alchemy: General collections and anonymous treatises and processes in prose and verse; in chronological order: 14th-18th centt. ff. 2-7b. Poetry ENGLISH: 'The Songs In ye Theater of Musick' [published by Henry Playford, 1685], including (a-c) Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume