R.M.21.a.11-12. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Bach (Johann Christian). Carattaco; 18th century. Opera in 3 acts. Separate instrumental parts. The voice and first horn parts are missing from the set. In the same hand throughout. Paper. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:
Johann Christian Bach, composer: 'Carattaco', parts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
R.M.21.a.17-26. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Hasse (Johann Adolf). 9 Overtures; 18th century. A numbered set of 9 overtures or sinfonias, in separate parts only. Paper. Ten volumes.
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Johann Adolf Hasse, composer: Vocal music: 18-early 19th cent: Ital, Lat: Copies.
R.M.21.b.4-6. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Porpora (Nicolo Antonio). 6 Concertos; late 18th century. A numbered set of 6 ‘concerti a 3’ for 2 violins and cembalo (figured bass). Separate parts only. Paper. Three volumes.
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Nicola Porpora, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
R.M.21.b.18-21. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Stamitz (Carl). 6 Quartets; late 18th century. ‘Sei Quartetti per due Violini, Viola e Violoncello …’. Paper. Four volumes.
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Carl Stamitz, composer: Instrumental music: late 18-early 19th cent: Copies.
R.M.21.b.22-52. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Mederitsch (Johann) called Gallus. Macbeth; after 1795 (the date of composition). Incidental music to Macbeth, with a German text of the Shakespeare play, and the sung solo parts and choruses for the witches. Separate parts only. Paper. Thirty-one volumes.
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Johann Mederitsch, called 'Gallus'; composer: 'Macbeth', incidental music: aft 1795: Copy.
R.M.21.c.5-9. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. 7 Overtures; 18th century. Separate parts for strings and cembalo (figured bass) of 7 overtures, all anonymous in the text. No. 6 is by Pescetti, and also, possibly, nos. 1, 4, 5 and 7. Paper. Five volumes.
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includes: No. 6 Giovanni Battista Pescetti, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
R.M.21.c.10-15. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. Concertos; 18th century. Separate parts of a numbered set of 12 concertos for string quartet; nos. 5 and 9-12 also with oboe obbligato. No. 11 ‘con corni o vero oboe’. In the same hand throughout. Paper. Six volumes.
R.M.21.c.16-25. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Rosetti (Franz Anton). 5 symphonies; 18th century. Separate parts. In the same hand throughout. [Nos. 23, 20, 25, 16 and 26 in the thematic list in the Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern, XII, 2]. Paper. Ten volumes.
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Franz Anton Rösler, composer: Instrumental music: 18th cent: Copies.
R.M.21.c.26-31. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. A Miscellany; early 19th century. 18 short pieces of music for 3 clarinets, bassoon and 2 horns. Separate parts only. There is an extra fragment between nos. 13 and 14 in all the partbooks except the bassoon, and pieces are missing from some of the parts. No. 13 is by ‘J. Worgan’, no. 14 by Haydn, no. 15 by ‘C. Ditter[dorf]’ and no. 17 by Attwood. Paper. Six volumes.
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includes: 'no. 13' John Worgan, Mus. Doc.; composer: Music manuscripts: late 18-19th cent: Copies.No. 14 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Germ, Ital, Eng: Copies.No. 15 Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer: Instrumental music: 18th cent: Copy.[No. 17] Tho...