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A collection of quartets, sonatas, divertimenti, symphonies and other pieces of orchestral music
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ff. 1-54b. Six Quartets (op. 50), for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello, in parts, by Haydn; about 1787. In the hand of his amanuensis, J. Radnitzky, and evidently those sent to William Forster for publication in London, and called by him op. 44. At the beginning is pencilled, presumably in the ...
A collection of sonatas for a pianoforte with two manuals by Francesco Durante
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1. Allegretto in G. f. 1b. 2. Allegro, Andante, Allegro; in C minor. f. 5. 3. Two movements, in G (common time) and F (3/4 time). f. 9. 4. Movement in Common time and Allegro, in A. f. 13. 5. Movement in 2/4 time, in C. f. 17. 6. Movement in 3/8 time, in A. f. 21.
A collection of compositions for organ, including fancies by Giovanni Coperario [John Cooper, music master to the children of James I
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Collection of compositions for the Organ, written on two staves of 6 lines each. 1. 'Io son feritta' (sc. ferito); slightly resembling a madrigal of that title by Palestrina. This and nos. 2-13 are 'Mr. Coperario his Fanceys of 5 parts '; the composer being elsewhere in the MS. called 'Giouani ...
Variations on Giovanni Paisiello's 'Nel cor più,' with additional accompaniments for violin and violoncello, by Niccolò Paganini
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'In Cuor più non mi sento (sc. Paisiello's 'Nel cor più'): Thema con Variazioni per Violino con Accompagnamenti di Violino, e Violoncello,' in parts, by Niccolo Paganini. Autograph. ff. 3-9. With a letter from the composer to L. G. Germi, 19 Feb. 1835. f. 1
Trio for pianoforte, flute, and violin, op. 63, composed by Carl Maria von Weber, and dedicated to his friend Philip Jungh, Doctor of Music at Prague; Holterwitz
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'Trio fur Pianoforte, Flote und Violonzell . . . seinem Freunde, Herrn Phil. Jungh., Dr. M. in Prag, gewidmet von Carl Maria von Weber. Op. 63.' In score, signed at the end 'D. 25. July, 1819, Holterwitz, C. M. Weber.'
Frédéric Chopin: Two polonaises, op. 40, no. 1 in A (ff. 2-3), and no. 2 in C minor (ff. 4-5v), for pianoforte
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Autograph. Composed on the Island of Majorca, 1838-1839, and published in 1840. Autograph title page (f. 1) '2 Polonaises pour le piano forte dediées a Mr. Jules Fontana par Chopin. Oe[u]v. 40 [altered from 39]'. In some bars the music is not written out but indicated by numbers and letters. Som...
An earlier binding (18th century?) for Egerton MS 3145, of stamped brown leather on beech boards covered with badly worn green velvet with impressions of corner-pieces and bosses. This binding appears to have been made for a larger manuscript and is now kept separately.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Date Range:
18th century
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Leather, beech, and velvet binding formerly attached to Egerton MS 3145 (Epistles and Revelation (Gregory-Aland 699; Scrivener paul. 266; von Soden δ 104), concluding portion of the manuscript of the entire New Testament of which Add. MS 28815 is the earlier portion)
Detached binding formerly attached to Egerton MS 3157
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Detached binding formerly attached to Egerton MS 3157, of wooden boards covered in tooled dark brown leather, with one central metal boss on each board.
