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1. Add MS 10445

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Add MS 10445
Title:
A collection of compositions for strings, as well as melodies, and instrumental arrangements of songs and ballets
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 13b, 26. Twenty-five pieces, of which all except the first are taken from the 'Royall Consort' by 'William Lawes' (conf. Add MS 31433, etc.); 2nd half of the 17th century. They consist of Courantes, Sarabands, Airs, etc., written for 3 instruments. 1st and 2nd trebles and 'Breaking Base' ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 29246

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Add MS 29246
Title:
Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, madrigals, masses, motets, and pieces originally written for string ensembles
Scope & Content:
Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, the following madrigals, masses, motets, etc., in Italian tablature. They appear to be arranged, roughly speaking, according to the number of voices, for which they were originally written, namely; 1-4, for two voices; 5-78, for 3 voices; 79 to end, fo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
after 1611
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)

3. Add MS 29247

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Add MS 29247
Title:
Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, anthems, madrigals, and motets
Scope & Content:
Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, the following anthems, madrigals, and motets, in Italian tablature. They appear to be arranged, roughly speaking, according to the number of voices, for which they were originally written, namely; 1-72, for 5 voices; 73 to end, for 6 voices. 1. 'Prostr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
after 1611
Extent:
1 volume (77 folios)

4. Add MS 30513

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Add MS 30513
Title:
The Mulliner Book: a collection of music for the virginals
Scope & Content:
A collection of music for virginals, with one short piece for four voices, and nine pieces for cittern, probably all in the hand of Thomas Mullliner, master of St Paul's choir. On ff. 2, 8, 51, 110, 116 are memoranda by John Stafford Smith, organist of the Chapel Royal, about 1800. f. 1b. 'The...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[between 1545-1570]
Extent:

1 volume (129 folios)

5. Add MS 31390

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Add MS 31390
Title:
'A booke of In nomines and other solfainge songs of v: vj vij: and viij: parts for voyces or Instrumentes', written in direct, transverse, and reversed staves, so that all can sing, or play, at once.
Scope & Content:
Compare with the layout of John Dowland's First Book. of Aires, printed in 1597. The contents are chiefly motets, and include also Italian, English, and French songs. Among them are the following:- 1. Mr Parson his Songe." f. 10 b. 2. Si grand e la pieta." f. 13 b. 3. "Vraie deu damour" f....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume (128 folios)

6. Add MS 31992

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Add MS 31992
Title:
A collection of miserere, anthems, motets and madrigals, in Italian lute notation
Scope & Content:
A collection, similar to Add MSS 29246, 29247, in Italian tablature; Probably after 1611 (date of latest known published compositions). In the first part of the MS. (ff. 3-55) nos. 1 to 81, and a few others named below, are by William Byrd, those marked with an asterisk, from Psalms, Sonets, and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (99 folios)

7. Add MS 37472

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Title:
Seven cuttings from illuminated manuscripts
Scope & Content:
A collection of seven cuttings from illuminated manuscripts: f. 1r-v: A leaf from a prefatory cycle of miniatures, 24 square panels with scenes from the life of Christ. f. 2: a cutting from a Gradual,with a historiated initial, 'I'; f. 3: a cutting from a Gradual,with a historiated initial, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
12th century-15th century
Extent:

Parchment cuttings in cardboard mounts

8. Add MS 37472, f 1

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Add MS 37472, f 1
Title:
Picture leaf from a Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: A leaf with part of a prefatory cycle of miniatures, formerly part of a Psalter that is now Trinity College, Cambridge, MS R.17.1 (the 'Eadwine Psalter'). Other leaves from the same manuscript are now New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M 724 and M 521, and London, Victoria and Albert ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 parchment folio in a window mount

9. Add MS 37763

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Add MS 37763
Title:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 'Six Quartetts dedicated to Haydn'
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript of six Mozart's string quartets. f. 1. String quartet in G major, K. 387 (31 December 1782). f. 14. String quartet in D minor, K. 421 (June 1783). f. 23. String quartet in B flat major, K. 458 (9 November 1784). f. 34. String quartet in E flat major, K. 428 [1783?]. f. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1782-1785
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

10. Add MS 37764

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Add MS 37764
Title:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String quartet in D major, K. 499.
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript of Mozart's string quartet in D major, K. 499 (the 'Hoffmeister' quartet).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1786
Extent:

14 folios