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032-001948397 Digitised Content No Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. R.M.

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.
Title:
Royal Music Library Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Music manuscripts from the Royal Music Library. c 1590 – 1903. The Royal Music Library was deposited on loan in the British Museum in March 1911 by George V, and presented outright on 27 November 1957 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As well as about 1000 manuscripts, the collection contains...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
[1560-1927]
Extent:

1264 items

2. R.M.23.i.16

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.i.16
Title:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION
Scope & Content:
(1-2.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Steffani (Agostino). Opera arias; 17th century, 18th century. There is a list of the vocal numbers at the beginning of the volume. Paper. 1. 92 ff. (Orlando) Arie di Orlando. A selection from the opera, including the overture and some of the recitative; with woo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. R.M.23.i.6

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.i.6
Title:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Steffani (Agostino). Opera arias.
Scope & Content:
(1-2.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Steffani (Agostino). Opera arias; 17th century, 18th century. There is a list of the vocal numbers at the end of the volume. Paper. 1. 76 ff. (La Liberta Contenta) Arie de La Liberta Contenta. A continuous selection from the opera, including the overture and som...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. R.M.21.c.48

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.21.c.48
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. Violin concertos; 18th century. 2 violin concertos, the first (numbered ‘59’) in score, with separate principal violin part, and the second (numbered ‘30’) in separate parts only. In the same hand throughout. Paper. ff. 60. 1. ff. 1-29. No. 1 in A major; for solo ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. R.M.22.c.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.22.c.2
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Carissimi (Giacomo). Dixit Dominus; early 18th century. For 5 voices; with figured bass accompaniment, in score. Paper. ff. 11.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. R.M.23.b.30

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.b.30
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. [Opera, unnamed]; 18th century. An Italian opera in two parts; with symphonies and accompaniment for instruments (oboes, horns and strings, presumably), with a figured bass, in score. Incomplete, lacking the first two or three pages. Paper. ff. 55.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. R.M.24.c.4

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.24.c.4
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. Lamentations; 18th century. ‘Cantata in St Apollinare in Ro[ma]’. Setting of the Lamentation for Holy Week for solo voices; accompanied by strings and figured bass, in score. Paper. ff. 65.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. R.M.21.h.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.21.h.1
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Folk Music; 19th century. A large collection, under the general heading of ‘Oesterreichische National Musik, eine Zusammenstellung von Volksliedern und Tänzen aller Hauptstämme der Monarchie’, of European traditional songs and dances, with words and usually a pianoforte a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

9. R.M.23.b.29

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.b.29
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. Tisbe; early 18th century. ‘Trattenimento per Musica’ with an overture; with symphonies and accompaniment for strings, possibly oboes, and an occasionally figured bass, in score. Incomplete, and with several pages cut from the end. f. 20 is a loose leaf from an ‘Alc...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

10. R.M.23.f.15

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.f.15
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Steffani (Agostino). Arminio; 18th century. ‘Tragedia per Musica Rappresentata alla Corte Elettorale Palatina Il Carnovale dell’anno 1707’. Opera in 5 acts; scored for strings, occasional woodwind, or with bass only. Paper. ff. 123. Agostino Steffani, composer: Vocal mu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item