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111. 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

112. Add MS 25075

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Title:
A collection of dance music, songs, numbers from operas, a catch, a duet, and a glee
Scope & Content:
passim. Numbers from Operas; either arranged for pianoforte, or with pianoforte accompaniment in score; about 1799. Apparently made by Maria Jackson, alias Egerton [? Maria, daughter of Thomas Scott Jackson, afterwards wife of Sir John Grey-Egerton, 8th Bart., whose nephew. Sir Philip de Malpas ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

113. Add MS 25076

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Title:
A collection of dance music, songs, numbers from operas, musical exercises, a number from an oratorio, and a duet
Scope & Content:
ff. 3-26. Numbers from Operas; either arranged for pianoforte, or with pianoforte accompaniment in score; about 1799. Apparently made by Maria Jackson, alias Egerton [? Maria, daughter of Thomas Scott Jackson, afterwards wife of Sir John Grey-Egerton, 8th Bart., whose nephew. Sir Philip de Malpa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

114. Add MS 25077

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Title:
A collection of dance music, songs, and an extract from an opera
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-19. Dances, etc., for Pianoforte, mostly anonymous, begun in England in 1790; late 18th cent. 1. Sonata in B flat (Movement in 6/8 time, Romance, Rondo Allegretto). Anonymous. f. 2. 2. Sonatina (Pastorale and Allegretto), in C. Anonymous. f. 4b. 3. 'March [of] 1st Regt [of] Guards.' f. 6. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

115. 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

116. Add MS 25484

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Title:
The four chorus's in the tragedy of 'Julius Cæsar', an opera written by John Sheffield, late Duke of Buckinghamshire, and set to music by J. Ernest Galliard
Scope & Content:
'The Four Chorus's in the Tragedy of 'Julius Cæsar,' written by...John Sheffield, Late [1st] Duke of Buckinghamshire, &c. Set to Musick by J. Ernest Galliard. 1723.' Autograph. The symphonies and accompaniments are for flutes, oboes, and strings, with a figured bass for harpsichord. 1. 'Whi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1723
Extent:
1 volume (131 folios)

117. Add MS 25965

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Title:
'The Enchanted Flute (sc. 'Die Zauberflöte'): an Opera in Two Acts, loosely done into English from the German of Amadæus Mozard' [1791]. The words only, being one of a series of plays intended for performance at Drury Lane Theatre.
Scope & Content:
London Theatres: Collection of plays etc., intended for performance at the same: 18th-19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

118. Add MS 27638

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Title:
John Wall Callcott: 'The Mistakes of a Day', opera
Scope & Content:
'The Mistakes of a Day': consisting of the overture and airs, with accompaniments for horns, flutes, and strings, in score, by Dr. John Wall Callcott, 1785. Autograph. In 2 Acts. There are gaps after ff. 26 and 30. Characters: Sir Nicholas Avaro, Fitzgig, Hardy, Belvile, Louisa, etc.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

119. Add MS 27700

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Title:
The overture and part of the music in 'The Circassian Bride'. An opera by Henry R. Bishop.
Scope & Content:
'Overture and Part of the Music in 'The Circassian Bride': an Opera performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in February, 1809, on the night previous to the fire. Revived from memory by the composer, Henry R. Bishop.' Mostly autograph. The orchestra for which the instrumental portions of the w...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1809?
Extent:
1 volume (91 folios)

120. Add MS 27700-27729

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Add MS 27700-27729
Title:
Operatic compositions of Sir Henry Rowley
Scope & Content:
Operatic compositions of Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, performed chiefly at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden; 1809-1840. In full score. Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1809-1840
Extent:
30 volumes