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1. Add MS 14329

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Add MS 14329
Title:
William Boyce: Twelve sonatas for two violins
Scope & Content:
Twelve sonatas for two violins; with a bass for the violoncello or harpsichord, in score, by Dr. Boyce, 1747. Neat copy, said by the donor to be autograph (see Add MS 32160).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1747?
Extent:
1 volume (55 folios)

2. Add MS 14330

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Add MS 14330
Title:
A solo piece for a clavier, and a collection of movements for a trio of clavier and strings, by Johann Sebastian Bach
Scope & Content:
ff. 3-120. ' 'Н ТΕΛΕІΩΣІΣ της Мουσικης, auctore Johanne Sebastiano Bach': a copy of the two parts of Das Wohltemperirte Klavier, made by Samuel Wesley, no doubt for Add MS 35023; about 1810. ff. 120b-131b. Movements from the 'Sechs Sonaten für zwei Claviere und Pedal,' by Johann Sebastian Bach,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1810?
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 14337

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Add MS 14337
Title:
A collection of compositions for string trios and various quartets
Scope & Content:
passim. Compositions for 3 strings, in score. 1. Twelve sonatas for two violins; with a figured Bass for the Violoncello or Harpsichord. 'Dr. Boyce' [1747]. ff. 2b-45b. 2. Six trios for a violin, tenor, and violoncello obbligato. 'Boccherini' [published about 1780?]. ff. 83-114b ff. 46-83. Quar...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1785?
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 29801

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Add MS 29801
Title:
Two sketch-books of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, containing the first ideas and rough notes of many of his completed works. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-37. 'Beethoven. Skizzenbuch. B': consisting almost exclusively of 'Skizzen zu den 'Ruinen von Athen,' with a few (ff. 11, 11b) 'zu 'König Stephan.' Both these works were produced at Pesth, 9 February, 1812. Three leaves have been lost. About 1811].{c.f. letter of Dr. F. Kaiser (18/6/1962; ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1781-1811
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 31575

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Add MS 31575
Title:
Part of two sets of Chamber Trios by Handel, with notes and comments in the hand of Rophino Lacy.
Scope & Content:
ff. 29. Violin I, or flute I, part of two sets of Chamber Trios by Handel, printed by Walsh, with MS. notes and comments in the hand of Rophino Lacy. In a note at the beginning of the volume he says, 'These Sonatas are mostly an adaptation (as Trios) of various works of Handel previously produce...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1732-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (29 folios)

6. Add MS 31576

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Add MS 31576
Title:
Concertos, or portions of concertos, in score, including works by Handel, Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Xavier? Richter, Giovanni Battista Martini, Nicolò Jommelli, Francesco Geminiani.
Scope & Content:
passim Movements from concertos by Handel (op. 3 and op. 6). passim Concertos, or portions of concertos, in score (some of them in short score, with figured basses). Except where the contrary is stated, they are by Handel, namely nos. 1-6, 11-14, 18, and 19, from op. 6 ['Twelve Grand Concertos...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (122 folios)

7. Add MS 31748

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Add MS 31748
Title:
Collection of compositions attributed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Scope & Content:
ff. 10-12. Pianoforte duets wrongly attributed to Mozart. Autograph. Apparently unpublished (K. Anh. 41a). 1. Gavotte in F. f. 10. 2. Allegro in B flat. f. 10b. 3. 'Marzia lugubre' In C minor. Beginning only. f. 12. (Arrangements of three numbers from L. Kozeluch's ballet La ritrovata figlia d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1770-1787
Extent:

1 volume (27 folios)

8. Add MS 31766

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Add MS 31766
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven: The Pastoral Symphony Sketchbook A musical sketchbook chiefly made up of notes for the 6th (Pastoral) Symphony (Op. 68), here called 'Sinfonia caracteristica oder Erinnerungen an das Landleben'. On f. 2 is the note 'Man überlässt es dem Zuhörer sich selbst die Situationen auszufinden'. Of other works, notes appear at intervals, namely: of the 3rd Sonata for Piano and Violoncello (Op. 69) beginning with the second subject of the first movement (at the 37th bar) (f. 31v)...
Scope & Content:
ff. 60. Sketch-book [by Beethoven], containing chiefly sketches for the Pastoral symphony. It is dated at the beginning 1808, and evidently belongs to the first half of that year. According to Gustav Nottebohm, who has given an account of the MS. in his Zweite Beethoveniana (pp. 252, 369, etc.),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1808
Extent:

Paper; ff. 60. Oblong folio

9. Add MS 32160

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Add MS 32160
Title:
A collection, mostly of compositions by Dr. William Boyce
Scope & Content:
passim. Compositions, apparently all of them for 3 strings, in score; about 1747 (date of publication) etc. 1. Original rough drafts [of Twelve Sonatas for Two Violins; with a Bass. By William Boyce], There are several slight variations from the printed edition [1747], which latter was probably ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (66 folios)

10. Add MS 32184-32237

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Add MS 32184-32237
Title:
Original compositions, for the most part unpublished, by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
In the case of works in full scores, the music for wind instruments will generally be found at the end of the volume.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
54 volumes