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221. Add MS 29363-29364

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Title:
Michael William Balfe: 'The Armourer of Nantes', opera
Scope & Content:
Opera ['The Armourer of Nantes'], in 3 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, trumpets, cornets, horns, bassoons, trombones, ophicleide, drums, cymbals, harp, and strings, in score, by M. W. Balfe; January, 1863. Mostly autograph. Characters: Duchess, Marie, Ville...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
2 volumes

222. Add MS 29364

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Title:
Michael William Balfe: Volume II of 'The Armourer of Nantes', opera
Scope & Content:
Opera ['The Armourer of Nantes'], in 3 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, trumpets, cornets, horns, bassoons, trombones, ophicleide, drums, cymbals, harp, and strings, in score, by M. W. Balfe; January, 1863. Mostly autograph. Characters: Duchess, Marie, Ville...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 volume (340 folios)

223. Add MS 29370

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Title:
A collection of songs, excerpts from operas, and an anthem, by by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne
Scope & Content:
ff. 8, 20, 113b. Songs, by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne, with instrumental accompaniments, in score; mid 18th cent. 1. 'The kind appointment Cœlia made': cantata, with flutes, oboes, and violins, f. 8. 2. 'A wretch, long tortured with disdain': cantata, with horns, flutes, oboes, and violins, and a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

224. Add MS 29378

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Title:
A collection of compositions, mostly by John Eccles, including excerpts from operas, duets, and an ode
Scope & Content:
Incidental music, in score, by John Eccles, with the exception of the last number. The instruments employed in the symphonies and accompaniments, where given in the MS, are indicated below; where none are mentioned, a basso continuo is to be understood. 1. 'Rinaldo and Armida,' 1699; with accom...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

225. Add MS 29386

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Title:
A collection of catches, canons, songs, vocal trios, excerpts from oratorios, excerpts from operas, and a duet
Scope & Content:
passim. Catches, Rounds, etc., for 3 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score. Most of them are in the hand of Edmund T. Warren Home; some of them, beginning with no. 4, were 'corrected [in] 1756.' 1. 'Tobacco is but a vapor' (à 4). 'Ed. Nelham.' f. 5. 2. 'Hey ho, what shall I say' (à 9)...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1762?
Extent:
1 volume

226. Add MS 29396

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Title:
A collection, mostly of English songs
Scope & Content:
passim. Songs, with a bass (unless the contrary is stated), for harpsichord, in score. Those marked with an asterisk appear for the first time in Playford's , 1652. Almost the whole of the MS is in the hand of Edward Lowe, organist of the Chapel Royal (1661-1682), who added the bass to some of t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1678?-1682?
Extent:
1 volume

227. Add MS 29397

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Title:
A collection, largely of songs, duets and catches
Scope & Content:
passim. Songs for the most part unaccompanied, but occasionally with a bass for harpsichord, in score. Many are taken from John Playford's , 1673-1683, the , 1685, and other collections of that period. See indices by Thomas Oliphant at the beginning and end of the volume. 1. 'The bright Clarinda...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1682?-1690?
Extent:
1 volume

228. Add MS 29398

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Title:
Daniel Purcell: 'The Judgment of Paris', opera
Scope & Content:
'The Judgment of Paris': a masque for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, flutes, strings, and kettle-drum, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score; composed by Daniel Purcell in 1699 or 1700, and performed in 1701 (see f. 1b). Characters: M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1700?
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

229. Add MS 29801

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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

230. Add MS 29802

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Add MS 29802
Title:
Franz Schubert: Die Verschworenen, oder Der Häusliche Krieg. Orchestral score.
Scope & Content:
'Die Verschworenen,' oder 'Der häusliche Krieg ': Opera in one act, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets (clarini), drums, trombones, and strings, in score, by Franz Peter Schubert, April, 1823. Autograph, signed and dated April 1823. At the ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1823
Extent:

1 volume (209 folios)