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61. Add MS 14240

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Title:
The third act of an Italian opera, probably 'La caduta de' decemviri,' composed by Leonardo Vinci
Scope & Content:
Act III of an opera, in which the principal characters are Lucio [Virginio], Virginia, Appio [Claudio], Icilio, Flacco, Valeria, Servilia and Claudia—probably 'La caduta de' decemviri,' composed by Leonardo Vinci, and performed at Naples in 1727, with comic scenes (see the intermezzo near the en...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (64 folios)

62. Add MS 22099

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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)

63. Add MS 22100

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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)

64. Add MS 22268

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Title:
'L' Olimpiade', Opera, in two Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for wind, brass, strings and percussion, in score, by Giuseppe Sarti.
Scope & Content:
Vol. I. xviiith cent. Giuseppe Sarti, composer: L'Olimpiade: an opera: circ.1755.: Imperf. ff. 170, 166. 'L' Olimpiade'; with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, trumpets, horns, timballi (?kettledrums), strings, and figured bass for harpsichord, in score. By Giuseppe S...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1755
Extent:
1 of two volumes (170 folios)

65. Add MS 22269

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'L' Olimpiade'; Opera in two Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for wind, brass, strings, and percussion, in score, by Giuseppe Sarti.
Scope & Content:
ff. 170, 166. 'L' Olimpiade'; with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, trumpets, horns, timballi (?kettledrums), strings, and figured bass for harpsichord, in score. By Giuseppe Sarti [about 1755]. Acts i and ii only. In two volumes.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1755
Extent:
1 of two volumes (166 folios)

66. Add MS 22597

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Title:
Tenor and treble parts and incidental music for a collection of compositions, by various composers.
Scope & Content:
(String Quintets, Motets and a Carol, in the same hand, Song in 'Don Quixote,' by R. Courteville, in a later hand.) ff. 3-15, 18-21b, 53 Tenor part of the following Anthems: — [late 16th cent.]. 1. 'The Lorde blesse vs.' 'R. White.' Attributed by Tudway, in Harley MS 7339, f. 34b, to Matthew Wh...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume (53 folios)

67. Add MS 24301

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Title:
Pasquale Anfossi: 'La vera costanza', opera. Volume I.
Scope & Content:
'La Vera costanza': Opera in 3 Acts, by Pasquale Anfossi, performed at Rome in 1776 as 'La Pescatrice fedele'; with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, trumpets, oboes, flutes, and strings, in score. Characters: Rosina, Ernesto, la Baronessa, Villotto, Masino, il Conte Erico, and Erminia.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
after 1776
Extent:
1 volume (168 folios)

68. Add MS 24302

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Title:
Pasquale Anfossi: 'La vera costanza', opera. Volume II.
Scope & Content:
'La Vera costanza': Opera in 3 Acts, by Pasquale Anfossi, performed at Rome in 1776 as 'La Pescatrice fedele'; with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, trumpets, oboes, flutes, and strings, in score. Characters: Rosina, Ernesto, la Baronessa, Villotto, Masino, il Conte Erico, and Erminia.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
after 1776
Extent:
1 volume (180 folios)

69. Add MS 25073

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Title:
A collection of dance music, songs, and numbers from operas
Scope & Content:
ff. 3-45b. Dances, etc., for Pianoforte, mostly anonymous, begun in England in 1790; late 18th cent. Nos. 1-23 are 'Country dances of the year 1790,' followed by instructions for their rendering. Nos. 24-39, 40-46, 53-58, and 63 have also similar instructions. 1. 'The Waltz.' f. 3. 2. 'The Rival...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

70. Add MS 25074

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Title:
A collection of dance music, songs, numbers from operas, scales, an elegy and a glee
Scope & Content:
f. 3b. 'Thou to whose eyes I bend'; in compressed score; late 18th cent. [From , by William Jackson, of Exeter, op. 3.] f. 5b. 'Adieu to the Village'; in compressed score; late 18th cent. [By Joseph Baildon.] ff. 6b-37b. Songs, with pianoforte accompaniment, in score; late 18th cent. Mostly an...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume