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71. Add MS 14239

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Add MS 14239
Title:
'La Cassandra indouina', an opera in 3 acts, in score
Scope & Content:
'La Cassandra indouina': opera in 3 acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous. Probably by Nicolò Fago, 1713. Characters: Cassandra, Clitia, Dorina, Apollo, Corebbo, and Delbo.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1700-1725
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)

72. Add MS 14240

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Add MS 14240
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)

73. Add MS 14396

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Add MS 14396
Title:
A collection of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Xaver Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn and Sigismond Neukomm.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-13v. Franz Xaver Mozart: "Ich bin der erste Buffo", op. 13. Aria, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, horns, clarinets, drums, and strings, in score, composed in 1808 for a private performance of his father's "Der Schauspieldirektor." Autograph. It was written for the com...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume

74. Add MS 15117

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Add MS 15117
Title:
A collection, mostly comprising compositions for the lute, as well as songs, anthems, madrigals, duets, and an extract from an opera, all with lute accompaniment. This volume also contains a quartet, and an index to 'The Psalmes of David in Meter'.
Scope & Content:
ff. 2, 2b, 8b. Compositions for Lute; after 1614. 1. 'Almaine.' 'Candishe' (? = M. Cavendish). f. 2. 2, 3. Two pieces, without names. Anonymous. f. 2. 4. 'Curranto.' f. 2b. 5. 'Ut re my fa sol la.' 'Dyomedes' [of Venice, lutenist to Sigismund II, of Poland]. f. 8b. f. 3. 'Awake, ye wofull weig...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1599
Extent:
1 volume

75. Add MS 15318

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Add MS 15318
Title:
'The Island Princess' or 'Generous Portuguese'. A pasticcio in 5 acts by Daniel Purcell, [Jeremiah] Clarke, and [Richard] Leveridge.
Scope & Content:
'The Island Princess' or 'Generous Portuguese': a pasticcio in 5 Acts by Daniel Purcell, [Jeremiah] Clarke, and [Richard] Leveridge, the words adapted by P[ierre] A[nthoine] Motteux from the play by Fletcher. The Opera was written for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments fo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1699?
Extent:
1 volume (65 folios)

76. Add MS 16027-16028

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Add MS 16027-16028
Title:
Franz Joseph Haydn: 'Ritter Roland', opera
Scope & Content:
'Ritter Roland': Opera in 3 Acts, in score, by Franz Joseph Haydn, translated into German, probably for the performance at Vienna in January, 1792, from 'Orlando Paladino' [1782]. In the present copy the recitativi secchi are omitted, but some passages wanting in the original (Add MS 32172) are h...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1792?
Extent:
2 volumes

77. Add MS 17785

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Add MS 17785
Title:
A collection of compositions, including: cantatas, and other pieces, for the voice, and single instruments, and from operas, with accompaniments, by named and anonymous French authors
Scope & Content:
Airs (and other numbers indicated below) from French Operas. Except where the contrary is stated, they are by Jean Baptiste Lully, and unaccompanied. The bass, where given, is usually figured. 1. 'Ritournelle' for 2 violins, with a figured bass. f. 21. 2. 'Poursuivons jusqu'au trépas': duet ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1737
Extent:
1 volume (213 folios)

78. Add MS 17799

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Add MS 17799
Title:
Masque of "Cupid and Death," written by James Shirley, with music by Matthew Locke and Dr. Christopher Gibbons, and played before the Portuguese Ambassador, in 1653, and a transcript of this volume, enables a subsequent presentation at the Military Ground in Leicester Fields, in 1659.
Scope & Content:
Music: Masque of Cupid and Death by M. Locke. Matthew Locke, composer: "Masque of Cupid and Death, " etc. 'Cupid and Death: a Masque by J[ame]s Shirley, 1653.' Presented before the Portuguese Ambassador, on the 26th of March of that year. The music by Matthew Lock and [Christopher] Gibbons. Th...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1659
Extent:
1 of two volumes (36 folios)

79. Add MS 17800

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Add MS 17800
Title:
Edward Jones Transcription of a Masque of Cupid and Death, which was written by James Shirley, with music by Matthew Locke and Dr. Christopher Gibbons; with also a selection of portions put into score by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop.
Scope & Content:
Music: Masque of Cupid and Death transcribed by Edward Jones. Edward Jones: Transcription of the "Masque of Cupid and Death. ". 'Cupid and Death: a Masque by J[ame]s Shirley, 1653.' Presented before the Portuguese Ambassador, on the 26th of March of that year. The music by Matthew Lock and [Ch...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 of two volumes (41 folios)

80. Add MS 19759

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Add MS 19759
Title:
Collection of compositions, mostly without accompaniment, by various authors, including: Purcell, Hart, Banister, Turner, and other composers of the latter part of the 17th century.
Scope & Content:
Songs without accompaniments. Anonymous, unless the contrary is stated. 1. 'Love you by all that's good.' f. 2. 2. 'I bring thee, ô thou charming Fair.' '[James (?)] Hart.' f. 2b. 3. 'Let's loue and let's laugh.' '[J.] Banister.' f. 3. 4. 'I loue and am lou'd.' f. 3. 5. 'To Cloris what I did pre...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1681
Extent:
1 volume (46 folios)