Subject: Pianoforte exercises / Digitised Content: No / Material Type: Archives and Manuscripts - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 11581
Title:: A collection of excerpts, exercises, canons, songs, and anthems, in the hand of Dr. Charles Burney.
Scope & Content:: Examples of Harmony in the hand of Dr. Charles Burney. 1. 'Exempla (Discant) quatuor vocum.' '[J.] Froschius,' 1535. f. 2b. 2. Fuga ad Minimam'; in 4 parts. 'Jodocus Pratensis.' From Glarean (p. 453), 1547. f. 4. Reversing the volume. 3. Extemporaneous Bass. 'Crotch' (æt. 4). f. 41b. 4-6. Three ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1780
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 11581-11591
Title:: Extracts from various early musical writers, by Charles Burney, Mus. Doct., with remarks and criticisms by him
Scope & Content:: Also includes extracts and examples of various compositions.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 11 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 14244
Title:: Lessons in playing and accompanying on the harpsichord, written for 1 or 2 hands, by Alessandro Scarlatti. Also included is an anonymous cantata
Scope & Content:: Lessons in playing and accompanying on the harpsichord, written for 1 or 2 hands, by Alessandro Scarlatti 'Caualiere, Po Maestro della Real Cappella di Napoli '; 1715 (see f. 38b); about 1715. The only two pieces named are 'Follia' (f. 32b) and Toccata (f. 36b). The 'Cadenze' and 'Arpeggi per Ce...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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