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1. Add MS 5036-5062

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Add MS 5036-5062
Title:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works
Scope & Content:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works. Prefixed to Add MS 5036 is a letter from Gabriel Mathias to the trustees of the British Museum, containing an extract from the will of James Mathias esq, from which it appears that these volumes are all...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
27 volumes

2. Add MS 5053

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Title:
Anthems composed by Mrs. Hester Needler
Scope & Content:
Anthems, with accompaniments for strings and organ, in score, by [Hester, widow of Henry] Needler, 1751. Autograph. The first three are solos with chorus, the others full anthems. 1. 'To my just plea and sad complaint.' f. 4. 2. 'Lord, who's the happy man that may.' f. 12. 3. 'How good and pl...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1751
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 5062

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Add MS 5062
Title:
George Frederick Handel: 'Messiah', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'Messiah'; in score, by Handel, transcribed by Henry Needier, evidently from a very early copy taken before the alterations in the modern editions (dating from 1744?). The present MS. corresponds closely with Arnold's edition, omitting the alterations referred to above. The appearance of the word...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 5051

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Add MS 5051
Title:
A collection of motets for 5 voices
Scope & Content:
‘Liber primus Sacrarum Cantionum quinque vocum, vulgo Moteta vocaut, ex optimis quibusq hugeis œtatis musicis selectarum. Antverpiæ, ap. Tilemaurum Susato, 1546’. Scored by Henry Needler. Appears to have been copied from a printed book. 1. 'Salve quæ roseo'; with second part, 'Hunc tibi ille pa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 5048

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Add MS 5048
Title:
Domenico Francesco Negri: 'Gloria in Exclesis'
Scope & Content:
'Gloria in excelsis Deo‘; for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, and strings, and a figured bass for organ, in score, by — Negri. Evidently the same setting of these words as that contained in the Royal College of Music (No. 1759 in the catalogu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 5050

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Add MS 5050
Title:
Madrigals by Don Aurelio Della Faya
Scope & Content:
'Il Primo [Libro] de Madrigali A Cinque Voci De Don Aurelio Delia Faya...Maestro di Cappella della Citta di Lanciano. Novamente Composto e dato in Luce. Con Privilegio. In Venetia, Appresso Francesco Rampazetto.' With dedication to Giovanni Battista Marina, 1564. In score, in the hand of Henry N...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 5057

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Add MS 5057
Title:
Duets and arias by Italian composers
Scope & Content:
Arias and (nos. 1, 2) duets, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, in score, in the hand of Henry Needler (d. 1760). They appear to be all taken from Operas. 1. 'Date (sc. 'Da te') lungi, ò volto amato.' Anonymous. f. 2. 2. 'Cara, addio.' 'Gennaro Manna, 1748.' f. 6. 3. 'Bastan gl' ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 5043

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Add MS 5043
Title:
A collection of motets and carols by Jean Mouton
Scope & Content:
‘Ioannis Moreton, Sameracensis, Musici præstantissimi, selecti aliquot moduli, et in 4, 5, 6, et 8 vocum harmoniam distincti. Liber primus. Parisiis, ap Adr. Le Roy et Rob. Ballard, 1555’. Scored by Needler. Also included are three carols, in score. 1. ‘Quæramus cum pastoribus,’ with second p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 5045

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Add MS 5045
Title:
A collection of masses by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Scope & Content:
‘Ioannis Petri Aloysii Prænestini, in basilica S. Petri de urbe Capella Magistri, Missarum liber primus. Impr. Romæ, ap heredes Aloysii Dorici, 1572’ (The 1st edition appeared in 1554.) In the hand of Henry Needler. They are for 4 voices (except the last, which is for 5 voices), and in score. Ap...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 5052

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Add MS 5052
Title:
Mr. John Hughes, Johann Christoph Pepusch: 'Britannia and Augusta'
Scope & Content:
''Britannia and Augusta': an Ode, after the Italian manner, in honour of the late [William Cavendish, 1st] Duke of Devonshire (d. 1707), written by Mr. John Hughes, set to music by M. Jno Christ. Pepusch'; for 2 solo voices, with Introduction and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, and strings, in...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1707
Extent:
1 volume

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