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Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.20.h.8, ff 1-85r
Title:: Henry Purcell: Symphony anthems. Autograph manuscript.
Scope & Content:: ff. 4r-7v. It is a good thing. ff. 7v-13r. O Praise God in His holiness. ff. 13v-15v. Awake put on thy strength. ff. 16v-17r. John Blow: O pray for the peace. With bass accompaniment only. ff. 17v-22r. In thee O Lord. ff. 22v-25v. The Lord is my Light. ff. 25v-28v. I was glad. ff. 28v-32r...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1680-1690
Extent:: 85 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.20.h.8, ff 85v-246v
Title:: Henry Purcell: Welcome songs and solo songs. Autograph manuscript.
Scope & Content:: From folio 85v the manuscript has been inverted and copying begun from the other end. ff. 90r-85v. Arise my muse. Ode; with symphony for trumpets and strings. ff. 105v-90v. Of old when Heroes thought it base. Ode; with symphony for trumpets and strings. ff. 116v-106r. Now does the glorious da...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1680-1690
Extent:: 161 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.20.h.9
Title:
Scope & Content:: ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Purcell (Henry). Canons, anthems and instrumental music; late 17th century. A collection of works by Purcell and other composers, all in score. The volume has the bookplate of James Kent, and the index (incomplete) is in his handwriting (according to a pencilled note by W...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1660-1699
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.21.a.1-R.M.21.a.4
Title:: R.M.21.a.1-4. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Alday (Paul). String Quartets; early 19th century. Autograph. 4 vols. of string quartet music, in score and separate parts, bound up in confusion. Vols.i-iii are evidently part of a complete set of quartets by Alday, as they are numbered, though fragmentary and incomplete; there are 35 quartets in these vols., and parts of 7 or 8 more in vol.IV, which also contains (f.30 onwards) an incomplete horn quintet. The texts are full of omissions and in a carele...
Scope & Content:: Paul Alday, composer: String quartets: 19th cent: Autogr.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 19th century
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.21.a.4
Title:
Scope & Content:: ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. String quartets and an incomplete horn quintet. ff. 62.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.21.a.5
Title:
Scope & Content:: ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Volume I. ff. 106. 1. ff. 1-27. Concerto no. 2 in F major; for 2 violins, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 tenors, bassoon and violoncello. 2. ff. 28-57. Concerto no. 3 in A major; for 2 violins and violin obbligato, viola, cello obbligato, bass, 2 oboes and 2 horns. 3. ff. 58-106...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.21.a.5-R.M.21.a.7
Title:: R.M.21.a.5-7. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Bach (Johann Christian). 11 concertos; 18th century. A numbered set of 12 instrumental concertos, lacking no. 1. Paper. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:: Johann Christian Bach, composer: Instrumental music: 18th cent: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 3 items

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