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Subject Cantatas Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 5319-5337

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Add MS 5319-5337
Title:
Manuscript music presented by Sir John Hawkins
Scope & Content:
A collection of manuscript music formerly owned by Sir John Hawkins, chiefly copied by Mr. John Stanley
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
19 volumes

2. Add MS 10338

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Add MS 10338
Title:
A collection of anthems, songs, duets, trios, services, cantatas, motets, and other pieces, in the hand of George Jeffreys
Scope & Content:
ff. 4-13. 'Fantazies,' or Fancies, for strings and organ, in score, by George Jeffreys. 1-6. Six 'of 3 Parts for the Violls and the Virginall.' Autograph. In the 5th Fantasia, a few notes have been added to the virginal part to make it suitable for playing on the organ. f. 4. 7. Another 'of 2 pa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
after 1669
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 14399

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Add MS 14399
Title:
A collection of mostly English songs, as well as some lute music, cantatas and duets
Scope & Content:
passim. Songs for a treble voice, with a bass figured for harpsichord; except in no. 13, which is unaccompanied. Nos. 1-7 are in the hand of Matthew Lock. 1. 'Cupid once, when weary grown.' By Pelham Humfrey. [In , 1679.] f. 4b. 2. 'Cloris, qui domptetout le nionde.' Anonymous. f. 5b. 3. 'Hark, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 19647

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Add MS 19647
Title:
Songs in full score, composed for Vauxhall Gardens, by James Hook.
Scope & Content:
Songs, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings and other instruments mentioned below, in score, written by J[ames] Hook for Vauxhall. Autograph. 1. 'To sing about love I know is the plan'; with oboes, horns, bassoons, etc., 1786. f. 27. 2. 'Farewell, ambitious, gilded Toys'; written for '...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785-1798
Extent:
1 volume (108 folios)

5. Add MS 22271

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Add MS 22271
Title:
Compositions for various instruments, by Domenico Sarri.
Scope & Content:
ff. 117. 'Rida il mar': serenata for 4 solo voices, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes and strings, and a bass for harpsichord, in score, by Domenico Sarri. Apparently composed in joint honour of the Emperor Charles VI and his infant son Leopold, who only survived his birth (13...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1716
Extent:
1 volume (117 folios)

6. Add MS 29249

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Add MS 29249
Title:
A collection of cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti
Scope & Content:
Cantatas, with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Alessandro Scarlatti. They are for a soprano voice, except no. 1, which is for a contralto. The present volume forms part (letter L) of a series containing the composer's Italian Cantatas in alphabetical order, and was probably compiled...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1725?
Extent:
1 volume (164 folios)

7. Add MS 29397

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Add MS 29397
Title:
A collection, largely of songs, duets and catches
Scope & Content:
passim. Songs for the most part unaccompanied, but occasionally with a bass for harpsichord, in score. Many are taken from John Playford's , 1673-1683, the , 1685, and other collections of that period. See indices by Thomas Oliphant at the beginning and end of the volume. 1. 'The bright Clarinda...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1682?-1690?
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 29480

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Add MS 29480
Title:
‘Stille Feier‘: a Cantata for Good Friday, written for solo voices and 4-part chorus with organ obbligato, in score
Scope & Content:
'GESANG am heiligen Charfreitag, von 4 Singstimmen sammt einer obligaten Orgel, in Musik gesetzt,' beginning, 'Stille feier banger Todes-stunden.' The name of the composer is erased.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

1 volume (38 folios)

9. Add MS 30246

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Add MS 30246
Title:
Selected vocal pieces, in score, by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-6b. 'Dall' Oriente'; for treble, 2 tenors, and a bass, with pianoforte accompaniment, in score, by Rossini. Autograph. 1823. Dedicated to the Countess Sant' Antonio. ff. 7-1 3b. Song ['Il pianto delle Muse in morte di Lord Byron,' 1824], for a tenor voice, with a sextet (? Muses) and 3-pa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st half of 19th century
Extent:

1 volume (27 folios)

10. Add MS 30382

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Add MS 30382
Title:
Anthems and songs collected, and many of them composed, by Henry Bowman. The names of the other composers are Johann Felice Sances, P. Nadal Monferrato, Richard Deering, Giovanni Giacoppo Carissimi, Maria Marini, - Cassati, John Blow, Henry Purcell Giovanni Rovetta, - Silvestro, Michael Wise, and Henry Lawes.
Scope & Content:
Passim. Anthems for 3 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score, viz.1. ['Awake up, my glory']: the end only. M. Wise. f. 2. 2. 'Wake sleeping ones': a Dialogue between the Angel and the Soul; with chorus. 'H[enry] B[owman].' Autograph. f. 43b. 3. ''Sing vnto the Lord, O yee Saints': fune...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1680-1686
Extent:

1 volume (94 folios)