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1. Add MS 5057

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Title:
Duets and arias by Italian composers
Scope & Content:
Arias and (nos. 1, 2) duets, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, in score, in the hand of Henry Needler (d. 1760). They appear to be all taken from Operas. 1. 'Date (sc. 'Da te') lungi, ò volto amato.' Anonymous. f. 2. 2. 'Cara, addio.' 'Gennaro Manna, 1748.' f. 6. 3. 'Bastan gl' ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 5324

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Title:
Maurice Greene: 'Phoebe', a pastoral drama
Scope & Content:
'Phœbe: a Pastoral Drama' in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, horns, oboes, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Dr. [Maurice] Greene [1748]. The words are by Dr. John Hoadly. Characters: Phœbe, Sylvio, Amyntas, Celia, Linco; with Choruses...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 5325

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Title:
Maurice Greene: 'Florimel' or 'Love's revenge', a pastoral drama
Scope & Content:
'Florimel,' or 'Love's Revenge': a Pastoral Drama in two parts, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, oboes, bassoons, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Dr. [Maurice] Greene [1737]. The words are by Dr. John Hoadly. Characters: Cupid, Florimel, Myrtillo, and a ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. 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

5. Add MS 5334

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Title:
George Frideric Handel: 'Il Sylla', opera
Scope & Content:
'Il Sylla': Opera in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, flutes, bassoons and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Giovanni Buononcini {Handel}. The MS is in the hands of W. T. (see: f. 26b). Characters: Cœlia, Flavia, Lepidus, Metellus, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

1 volume

6. Add MS 5337

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Title:
A collection of incidental music from operas, madrigals, sonatas, catches, glees, a duet from an oratorio and a canon
Scope & Content:
The contents of this MS. are in different hands. ff. 1-42. Incidental music, by Henry Purcell, in score; early 18th cent. The symphonies are written for flutes, oboes, strings, etc., and, in the case of no. 2, for trumpets also. 1. [The Masque in] 'Timon of Athens' [1694]. f. 1. 2. 'The Musick ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 10444

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Title:
A collection of dances and masque-tunes
Scope & Content:
Dances, masque-tunes, etc., arranged for a treble and bass, in parts. Chiefly performed at Whitehall and the Inns of Court. They are anonymous, unless the contrary is stated. Where there are several tunes from the same masque the folio of the first only is given. {c.f. article byy J.P.Cutts in '...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
after 1635
Extent:
1 volume (129 folios)

8. Add MS 11588

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Title:
A collection of madrigals, canons, sonatas, songs, portions of operas, and other short compositions transcribed by Dr. Charles Burney
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-16. 'Recercari (10) et Canzoni (5) Francese (sic) fatte sopra diversi oblighi in partitura da Girolamo Frescobaldi .... Libro Prirno. 1615.' Transcribed and commented on by Dr. Charles Burney. ff. 16b-66b passim. Madrigals, etc, in score, transcribed by Dr. Charles Burney, and included i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 11591

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Title:
A collection of songs, numbers from operas, and part of a transcript of the 'Regole del contrappunto pratico di Nicola Sala'
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-22. Transcript by Dr. Charles Burney of the 'Regole del contrappunto pratico di Nicola Sala' . . . 1794, only a few unimportant headings having been omitted. This is continued in Add MS 11589 and 11590. ff. 23-66 passim. Numbers from Operas, in full score, transcribed by Dr. Charles Burne...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
after 1794
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 14113

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'La Rosmene', opera
Scope & Content:
'La Rosmene': Opera in 3 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Porpora, 1742. Mostly autograph, with numerous additions, evidently in the hand of the composer's amanuensis. Characters: Tirinto, Argenio, Rosmene, Clomiri, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1742
Extent:
1 volume (130 folios)