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21. Add MS 14118

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'Gli orti esperidi', opera
Scope & Content:
'Gl' Orti Esperidi': described by Fétis as an 'Azione teatrale'; in two parts, with symphonies and accompaniments for trombe da caccia, oboes, bassoons, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. [By N. A. Porpora.] Finished 22 August, 1721. Autograph. Characters: Adone, Venere, M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1721
Extent:
1 volume (108 folios)

22. Add MS 14119

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'Didone', opera, acts ii and iii
Scope & Content:
'Didone': Acts ii and iii, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, trumpets, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. [By Porpora, about 1740 {1725}.] Autograph. Characters: Iarba, Araspe, Selene, Didone, Osmida, and Enea.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1725
Extent:
1 volume (97 folios)

23. Add MS 14120

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Title:
An opera and a cantata by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-154. 'Angelica [e Medoro]': described by Fétis as an 'Azione teatrale'; in two parts, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes (short and long), trombe da caccia, and bassoons, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score; 1720. [By N. A. Porpora.] Part i was begun on 7 August, and Par...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1712-1720
Extent:
1 volume

24. Add MS 14121

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: ‘Flavio Anicio Olibrio’, opera, acts i and ii
Scope & Content:
‘[Flavio Anicio] Olibrio,’ Acts i and ii; with symphonies and accompaniments for strings (including lute and archlute), and a figured bass for harpsichord, etc., in score. [By N. A. Porpora, 1711.] Most of the first 29 leaves are in the hand of an amanuansis; the rest autograph. Characters: Olibr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1711
Extent:
1 volume (158 folios)

25. Add MS 14122

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Title:
Two serenatas for solo voices and 4-part chorus by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
Two Serenatas for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, trumpets, oboes, strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Nicolò Porpora. Part of the first and the whole of the second are autograph. 1. 'Odi mi, Alcide.' f. 1. 2. {'Festa d'Imeneo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1736
Extent:
1 volume (140 folios)

26. Add MS 14123

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'S. Evgenia', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'S. Evgenia': Oratorio in 3 acts, for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, strings, etc., in score, by Porpora, 1721. Autograph. The characters are S. Philippo, Claudia, Gian Cola, Bubbo, Sergio, Melanzia, Sta. Eugenia, Valerio the prefect of Alex...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1721
Extent:
1 volume (142 folios)

27. Add MS 14123-14124

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Title:
Oratorios in full score, not quite complete, by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
Autograph
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1721-1748
Extent:
2 volumes

28. Add MS 14124

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'Oratorio per la Nascita di Gesu Cristo', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'Oratorio per la Nascita di Gesu Cristo' (sc.'II Verbo incarnato'?), in two parts, for 3 solo voices (Peace, Justice, and Truth), with symphonies and accompaniments for psaltery, horns (hunting and otherwise), flutes, bassoons, and strings, in score, by Nicolo Porpora, 1748. Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1748
Extent:
1 volume (132 folios)

29. Add MS 14125

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Title:
A collection of songs, a motet, a symphony, a concerto and a sonata, by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-138. Sacred Songs, with accompaniments for strings and a figured bass for harpsichord or organ, in score, by Nicolo [Antonio] Porpora; apparently written for his pupils (Angiola Moro, etc.); 1728-1745. Nos. 1-7, 9, 10, and 12 are autograph. 1. 'In coelo stellæ claræ fulgescant': 'mottetto ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

30. Add MS 14126

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Title:
A collection of motets by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
Motets for solo voices and 4-part chorus (except no. 1),with strings and figured bass for organ, in score, written for the female pupils of the choir of the ‘Ospedaletto,’ etc. [at Venice], by Nicolò Porpora. All (except the first) are autograph and end with the ‘Gloria Patri.’ Nos. 2, 3, are da...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1726-1745
Extent:
1 volume (186 folios)