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Subject Overtures Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [40] File

1. Add MS 27636

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Add MS 27636
Title:
A collection of overtures, odes, an anthem, and part of a service, by John Wall Callcott
Scope & Content:
ff. 3, 130. Overtures for horns, oboes (or flutes), 2 violins, viola, and bass, in full score, by John Wall Callcott, from a volume of early works composed by him at Kensington Gravel Pits, in 1784-5 (see note at beginning); 1784, 1785. 1. Overture in C, dated Jany 7, 1784; 'perform'd for the fi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1784-1785
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 30393

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Add MS 30393
Title:
Orchestral overtures and sinfonia by William Crotch, followed by the overture from Henri IV, opera by Johann Paul Egidius Martini, arranged for piano by William Crotch. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-30. Overture for trumpets, drums, flutes, oboes, and strings, in A, in score, by William Crotch. Autograph. ff. 31-63b. 'Sinfonia' in F, for trumpets, drums, trombones, flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, bassoons, and strings, in score, by William Crotch, 1814. ff. 64-94. Overture in G, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795-1815
Extent:

1 volume (100 folios)

3. Add MS 30950

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Add MS 30950
Title:
Eighteen operatic overtures, in full score; four sonatas adapted for the harpsichord or piano; and other miscellaneous pieces, by Charles Dibdin. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 6, 136b, 139. Portions of dramatic pieces. Unless the contrary is stated they are for an orchestra consisting of oboes, horns, and strings, in score. 1. Overture to 'The Miniature'; with bassoons, etc. f. 1. 2. Overture to 'Robin Hood'; followed by several orchestral numbers from the same...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (140 folios)

4. Add MS 31708

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Add MS 31708
Title:
Symphonies, in score, by Haydn.
Scope & Content:
Vol. I. ff. 1-152b Symphonies, for horns, oboes, flutes, bassoons, clarinets, and drums (in no. 1), and strings, in score, by Haydn. 'All revised by the Composer, and performed at Salomon's Concerts [started in 1786?], under Haydn's direction.' 1. 'Sinfonia in C' ['L'ours ']. f. 2. 2. 'Sinfonia...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (165 folios)

5. Add MS 31709

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Add MS 31709
Title:
Compositions, in full score, by Haydn.
Scope & Content:
Vol. II. ff. 85. Compositions, in full score, by Haydn. [Published about 1785, as Sei Sinfonie a grand orchestra, opera xxxv.] For a further description see Add MS 32174, where they are given in somewhat different order, above (p. 24). 1. In G minor. f. 2. 2. In D. f. 13. 3. In G. f. 26. 4. In...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (85 folios)

6. Add MS 32174

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Add MS 32174
Title:
A collection of numbers from operas, string quartets, cantatas, and a symphony
Scope & Content:
passim. Numbers from operas, with oboes, flutes and bassoons (in nos. 1, 2), horns and strings; 1782, etc.. 1, 2. Instrumental numbers, without titles, viz. the overtures to 'L' Isola disabitata,' 1779 (ff. 33-71 passim), and to 'La Vera Costanza,' 1779 (ff. 35-72 passim), written by Franz Josep...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)

7. Add MS 32226

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Add MS 32226
Title:
Volume I of a collection of orchestral compositions by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-70. Overtures for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, drums, and strings, in score, by Hummel; 18th-19th cent. 1. 'Freuden-Fest Ouverture, mit Benützung dreyer Volkslieder ('God save the King,' Haydn's 'Gott erhalte den Kaiser,' and Hummel's 'Volkslied aller Deutschen'), z...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (203 folios)

8. Add MS 34537

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Add MS 34537
Title:
A concert-overture, and compositions for pianoforte by Sir William George Cusins
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-2. Mélodie in A, by Sir William George Cusins; [1855]. [Published in 1855.] Autograph. ff. 3-10. 'Queen Mab': scherzo for 4 hands in E, by Sir William George Cusins, ended 16 January, 1863. Autograph; 1863. Dedicated to W. B. Richmond. Published. ff. 11-34. 'Les Travailleurs de la iner':...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1855]-1868
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

9. Add MS 34538

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Add MS 34538
Title:
Sir William George Cusins: 'King Lear', overture
Scope & Content:
'King Lear': overture for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, drums, and strings, in score, by [Sir] William George Cusins, 1862. Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 volume (19 folios)

10. Add MS 34542

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Add MS 34542
Title:
A concert-overture, a te deum, and a septet by Sir William George Cusins
Scope & Content:
f. 1. 'Love's labour lost': concert-overture for flutes, oboes, clarinet, bassoons, horns, trumpets, drums, triangle, and strings, in full score, by Cusins; 1875. Autograph. ff. 31-59b. Te Deum, for solo voices and 8-part chorus, with accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinet, bassoons, horns,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875-1891
Extent:
1 volume (92 folios)