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1. Add MS 49624-49632

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HERSCHEL SYMPHONIES 49624-49632. Twenty-four symphonies by Sir William Herschel (b. 1738, d. 1822); 1760-1764. Autograph. In full score, for four to eleven instrumental parts, mostly with a figured bass, together with parts for nos. 2-24. For an account of his life at the time when these works were written, see C. A. Lubbock, The Herschel Chronicle, Cambridge, 1933, pp. 12-41. For a further account with a thematic index of the symphonies and facsimiles from 49624 and 49626 of Symphonies nos...
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Sir William formerly Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, composer and astronomer: Symphonies: 1760-1764: Autogr.
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760-1764
Extent:
9 items

2. Add MS 49627

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HERSCHEL SYMPHONIES. Vol. IV (ff. i+46). Symphonies nos. 20-24; 1763-1764. Title, 'Symphonies in Score The 4th. half dozen', on the original wrapper (f. i). Full scores, roughly written, in upright format:- (1) No. 20, in C; 'Leeds. March 12. 1763' (f. 17). Imperfect, lacking the first ten bars....
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1763-1764
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 49624-49626

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HERSCHEL SYMPHONIES. Vols. I-III. Symphonies nos. 1-18; 1760-1762. Full scores. Fair copies. For Herschel's own account of their contents, aft. 1793, see Dreyer, op.cit., i, pp. xvii-xviii. Half-leather bindings with marbled boards, executed during Herschel's lifetime.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760-1762
Extent:
3 items

4. Add MS 49628-49632

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HERSCHEL SYMPHONIES. Vols. V-IX. Parts for Symphonies nos. 2-24 and full score of no. 19; 1760-1764. With the score and with each set of parts is the original wrapper, giving the title, date, number, musical incipit, and sometimes scoring of each symphony. The parts of the symphonies for larger orchestra include additional or alternative instruments not indicated in the full scores.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760-1764
Extent:
5 items

5. Add MS 49630

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HERSCHEL SYMPHONIES. Vol. VII (ff. 84). Nos. 12-16.
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760-1764
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 49629

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HERSCHEL SYMPHONIES. Vol. VI (ff. 45). Nos. 7-11.
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760-1764
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 49625

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HERSCHEL SYMPHONIES. Vol. II (ff. i+62). Nos. 7-12; 'VI. Symphonie da F: W:m. Herschel [17]61' (f. i):- (1) No. 7, in D minor; 'Sunderland in the County of Durham Janry. 30th. 1761' (f. 8). ff. 1-8;- (2) No. 8, in C minor; 'Sunderland in the County of Durh: apprill 20st. 1761' (f. 17b). ff. 8-17...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1761
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 49626

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HERSCHEL SYMPHONIES. Vol. III (ff. i+58). Nos. 13-18, 'VI Symphonie da F: Wm: Herschel [17]62' (f. i):- (1) No. 13, in D; 'Pontefract in Yorkshire March 24th. 1762' (f. 14). ff. 1-14;- (2) No. 14, in D; 'Leeds aprill the 14th. 1762' (f. 24b). ff. 14b-24b;- (3) No. 15, in E flat; 'Pontefract in Y...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1762
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 49624

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HERSCHEL SYMPHONIES. Vol. I (ff. ii+49). Nos. 1-6, 'Sei Symphonie per Duoi Violini, una Viola, uno Violoncello e Contro-Basso, obligati, Con Duoi altri Violini, duoi Fagotti e Cembalo, ripieni, composite da Fh. Wm. Herschel 1760' (f. 1):- (1) No. 1, in G; 'Richmond in Yorkshire June. 1760' (f. 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 49631

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HERSCHEL SYMPHONIES. Vol. VIII (ff. 121). Nos. 17-20:- (1) Parts of nos. 17-20. The parts for no. 17 include a number of insertions and alterations. Clarinet parts, not in the full scores, are included for nos. 18-20 (ff. 37-38b, 83-84b, 105-106b). ff. 1-69, 81-121;- (2) Full score of no. 19, in...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760-1764
Extent:
1 item

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