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1. Add MS 5052

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Title:
Mr. John Hughes, Johann Christoph Pepusch: 'Britannia and Augusta'
Scope & Content:
''Britannia and Augusta': an Ode, after the Italian manner, in honour of the late [William Cavendish, 1st] Duke of Devonshire (d. 1707), written by Mr. John Hughes, set to music by M. Jno Christ. Pepusch'; for 2 solo voices, with Introduction and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, and strings, in...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1707
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 5333

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Title:
Dramatic compositions by Henry Purcell
Scope & Content:
Dramatic compositions, with instrumental accompaniments, and a song, in score, by Henry Purcell: transcripts {partly} by Dr. William Croft. 1. 'King Arthur' [1691]. Wanting some of the numbers given in Rimbault's and Arkwight's editions, viz., Overture, Military symphony in Act i, Introduction...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 22099

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Title:
Collection of sacred and secular compositions, including hymns and catches for voice, and incidental music, and an arrangement by Henry Purcell for Queen Mary’s birthday in 1693; predominantly by English and Italian composers.
Scope & Content:
Short pieces on two staves, apparently written, or arranged, for Harpsichord. Several of them are in A Choice Collection of Ayres for the Harpsichord, 1700. [about 1704-1707.]. 1. Movement from 'Sonata 12' (the last of the set published in 1683). 'H. Purcel.' f. 2. 2. Prelude in A minor. 'Lock.'...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
late 17th century-early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (90 folios)

4. Add MS 22100

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Title:
Collection of sacred and secular compositions by authors including Blow, Purcell, Gibbons, and Weldon.
Scope & Content:
ff. 3-73 passim. Songs with chorus, etc., for various occasions, with accompaniments for strings (unless the contrary is stated), in score. Except no. 1, they are by Dr. John Blow. 1. 'A Song to welcome home his Majesty from Windsor, 1680,' begins 'Welcome vicegerent of the Mighty King.' 'Purcel...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1682
Extent:
1 volume (123 folios)

5. Add MS 25078

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Title:
A collection of dance music, songs, numbers from operas, and an ode
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-28b. Dances, etc., for Pianoforte, mostly anonymous, begun in England in 1790; late 18th cent. 1. Allegretto in C. f. 2. 2. Minuet and Trio, in G. f. 2b. 3. Another in G. f. 3b. 4. Allegretto in G. f. 4b. 5, 6. Moderato and Minuet, in C. f. 6b. 7. Minuet in G. f. 7. 8. 'Polones' (sic) in C...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 27635

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Title:
Ode to the Humane Society. The words by Edward Burnaby Greene, the music by John Wall Callcott.
Scope & Content:
Ode to the Humane Society, begins 'Religion, hail'; for solo voices and 5-part chorus, with overture and accompaniments for drums, trumpets, horns, oboes, flutes, bassoons, and strings, and a bass (partly figured) for harpsichord and organ, in score. The words by Edward Burnaby Greene, the music ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785
Extent:
1 volume (141 folios)

7. Add MS 27636

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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

8. Add MS 27637

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Title:
'The Bard'. An Ode by Thomas Gray, and set to music by John Wall Callcott.
Scope & Content:
'The Bard': Ode [by Thomas Gray], begins 'Ruin seize thee, ruthless king'; for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for drums, trumpets, horns, oboes, bassoons, and strings, and a bass (partly figured) for harpsichord, in score. [By J. W. Callcott.] 'June 17, 1786.' A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1786
Extent:
1 volume (74 folios)

9. Add MS 27755

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Title:
A neat copy of 'Ode to the Genius of Britain', composed by Dr. Thomas Sanders Dupuis
Scope & Content:
'Ode to the Genius of Britain', composed by T. S[anders] Dupuis, written by the Revd Thos Skelton Dupuis, A.B., perform'd in the Music School at Oxford as an Exercise for the Degrees in Music [25 June, 1790].' This is a neat, contemporary copy of Add MS 27756.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1788?
Extent:
1 volume (148 folios)

10. Add MS 27756

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Add MS 27756
Title:
'Ode to the Genius of Britain', composed by Dr. Thomas Sanders Dupuis
Scope & Content:
'Ode to the Genius of Britain, composed by T. S[anders] Dupuis, written by the Revd Thos Skelton Dupuis, A.B., perform'd in the Music School at Oxford as an Exercise for the Degrees in Music [25 June, 1790].' Autograph. Dated September 1788. It is in full score and begins 'Immortal Harmony.' The ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1788
Extent:
1 volume (98 folios)