R.M.21.c.32-40. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. [Music for Bassethorns III.]; early 19th century. A numbered set of 65 short pieces, mainly anonymous, arranged for 2 bassethorns, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 bassoons and serpent. Separate parts only. Paper. Nine volumes.
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includes: 'no. 3' Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer: 'Sigh no more, ladies', for bassethorns: 19th cent: Copy.'No. 17' Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer: Music for bassethorns: 19th cent: Copies.'no. 20' Stephen Paxton, composer: Music for bassethorns: 19th cent: Copy.'No. 36' Vicente...
R.M.21.d.4-14. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Instrumental Music (First Series), Vols. I-XI; 1664-19th century, with exceptions. Eleven books of miscellaneous music by various composers, arranged in a rough alphabetical order. In different hands. Paper. Eleven volumes.
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Instrumental Music (Second Series), Vols. I-XI; 18th century, 19th century.. Eleven books of miscellaneous music by various composers. Vols. IX-XI contain mainly music associated with the Royal Family. In different hands. Paper. Eleven volumes.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, and Italian
R.M.21.e.29-31. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Balfe (Michael William). The Rose of Castille; 19th century. Opera in 3 acts, with an overture; for full orchestra, in full score. Three volumes.
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Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and singer: 'The Rose of Castile', opera: 19th cent: Copy.
R.M.21.e.45-46. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Santa Chiara (the German text by Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer); 19th century. Opera in 3 acts, in full score. Dedicated to Albert, Prince Consort. Paper. Two volumes.
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Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer, author: Music manuscripts , text by Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer: 19th cent. Victoria of England; Albert, Prince Consort: Music manuscripts , dedicated to Albert: 19th cent. Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh; Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; 2nd son of Queen Victoria: Mus...
R.M.21.f.6-8. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Gounod (Charles François). Faust; May 5th, 1879. Opera in 5 acts; the full score, with a supplement containing the ballet music to the Walpurgis Night Scene, copied with a prefatory note by Francis Deffell. Finished on the date given and presented to the Royal Library on the following day. [Similar copy held at the Royal Academy of Music]. Paper. Three volumes.
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Charles François Gounod, composer: Music manuscripts: 19th cent: Classical-greek, Fr: Copies. Francis Deffell, music copyist: Music manuscripts , in the hand of Francis Deffell: 19th cent.
R.M.22.a.18-20. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Bach (Johann Christian). Artaserse; 1761. Autograph. Opera in 3 acts, produced in Turin in 1761. In score, with oboes, trumpets, horns and strings. On the flyleaf of each volume is inscribed ‘This volume belongs to the Queen, 1788’. Three volumes
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Johann Christian Bach, composer: 'Artaserse', score: 1761: Ital: Autogr.
R.M.22.b.9-10. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Bononcini (Marc’ Antonio). Camilla; 17th century-18th century. An opera: acts II and III only, in score, with instruments (apparently oboes, trumpets and strings). Paper. Two volumes.
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Antonio Maria Bononcini, composer: Vocal music: 17th-18th cent: Ital: Copies.
R.M.22.b.13-15. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Cimarosa (Domenico). [G]Li Orazi e Curiazi; 18th century. Opera in 3 acts; with flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, horns and strings, in score. Paper. Three volumes.
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Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer: Vocal music: 18-19th cent: Ital: Copies.
R.M.22.b.18-19. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Dittersdorf (Carl Ditters von). Hieronimus Kniker; late 18th century. ‘Ein Comisches Singspiel in Zwei Aufzügen’; with flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns and strings, in score. There is a list of the vocal numbers at the beginning of the volume containing Act I. Paper. Two volumes.
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Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer: 'Hieronimums Kniker': late 18th cent: Germ: Copy.