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151. K.7.c.26.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.7.c.26.
Title:
ANTONIO SALIERI: ‘Divertimenti vocali’; circa 1803. A printed edition of Venti otto divertimenti vocali con accompagnamento di piano-forte (Vienna: Thadé Weigl, [circa 1803]), with one autograph leaf inserted between pp. 6-7 of the parte prima, bearing a conclusion to no. 1 (‘O vezzosissima figlia di Giove’) intended to replace that printed on p. 7. Purchased, Oct. 1971. pp. [i]+37+6*, [i]+36, [i]+42. 236 x 325mm.
Scope & Content:
includes: p. 6* Antonio Salieri, composer: Alternative ending to 'O vezzosissima figlia di Giove': circa 1803: Ital: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 item

152. K.7.f.16.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.7.f.16.
Title:
FRENCH SONGS; first half of 19th cent. With pianoforte accompaniment (except to no. 13), in score. Bound before and after a collection of printed editions of duets for musettes and vielles by Tolou, Boismortier, Chedeville and Naudot: nos. 1-13 are inserted at the beginning of the volume, nos. 14-24 at the end. Ownership inscription of ‘E. Vernier, Elève du Conservatoire de Paris’ (f. 1). The binding, which predates the MS. additions, is stamped ‘Mr du Moustier de Ste Marie, Capitaine des Cu...
Scope & Content:
Auguste Panseron, composer: Étienne Nicolas Méhul, French composer: Amédée Rousseau, alias de Beauplan; composer: Loïsa Puget, composer: Antonin Louis Clapisson, composer: Edouard Bruguière, composer: J[oseph?] Meifred, composer: Auguste Nourrit, musician: H. Romagnesi, composer: Hippolyte Monpo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1st half of 19th century
Extent:
1 item

153. K.8.k.18.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.8.k.18.
Title:
EMANUEL MOÓR: ‘Kindlein’s Trost’; [1900], 1933. The composer’s autograph (ff. 3-4) bound with the printed edition (Munich: Alfred Schmid, [1902]) of his setting of the poem of Ella Gräfin Lucchesini. The manuscript is a neat copy with printer’s annotations. With a letter from Lt.-Col. Leopold Jenner, dated 26 Sept. 1933 (ff. 1-2). The binding bears the initials of Kentish Victor William Stewart Jenner (b. 1, d. 28 Jan. 1900), the deceased infant son of Lady Jenner to whom the work is dedicat...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-2 Lieutenant-Colonel Leopold Christian Duncan Jenner, CMG; DSO; JP: Letter: 1933: Autogr.ff. 3-4 Emanuel Moór, composer: Gräfin Ella Lucchesini: Flora Alice Jenner, formerly Davies, née Stewart; wife of Sir Walter Jenner, Baronet: 'Kindlein's Trost' by Emanuel Moór, to words...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1900-1933
Extent:
1 item

154. K.9.a.7.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.9.a.7.
Title:
‘LIBERA ME, DOMINE’ in four parts; Late 16th century. Added in ink to the back flyleaf of a printed copy of Palestrina’s Missarum liber secundus (Rome: Apud Haeredes Valerii et Aloysii Doricorum fratrum Brixiensium, 1567). The music consists of settings of the words ‘Libera me, Domine’ only, with the plainchant continuation written in the tenor part, followed by ‘Dies illa, Dies ire’, also with only these words set polyphonically, and a setting of the ‘Kyrie eleison’. Purchased, 12 April 188...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. i Music: 'Libera me, Domine' in four parts: late 16th cent.: Lat.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

155. K.9.b.9.(5.)

Reference (shelfmark):
K.9.b.9.(5.)
Title:
JOHN BLOW: sacred choral music; 17th cent. Bound after a collection of printed masses by Lassus (Lutetiae: Ex officina Petri Ballard, 1587-1613). Bequeathed to Vincent Novello by Domenico Dragonetti, and purchased, 26 Sept. 1860. Paper; ff. 43. 428 x 275mm. 1. f. 1. "Glory be to the Father": "Full Cannon 2 in one.", from full Service in G. 2. ff. 1-4. "O Lord God of my Saluation". Anthem for 6 solo voices with 8-part chorus. 3. ff. 4-6. "My God, my soul is vexed". Anthem for 3 solo voice...
Scope & Content:
John Blow, composer and organist: Anthems and services: 17th-18th cent.: Copies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

156. K.9.c.4.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.9.c.4.
Title:
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL: ‘Messiah’; early 19th cent. Printed edition of Messiah, An Oratorio. In score. As it was Originally Perform’d. Composed by Mr. Handel. To which are added His additional Alterations. (H. Wright, circa 1802). The copy which Sir George Smart ‘conducted from at the Oratorios and many Festivals’, as stated by him at the beginning. It contains numerous additions and alterations made by him from various sources, including Mozart’s additional accompaniments. Given by Sir Geor...
Scope & Content:
Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: George Frideric Handel, composer: Printed score of 'Messiah' by George Frideric Handel, with MS. alterations and other markings by Sir George Thomas Smart: early 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

157. K.10.a.3.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.10.a.3.
Title:
Letter
Scope & Content:
Letter 1880
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1880
Extent:
1 item

158. K.11.d.17.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.11.d.17.
Title:
Letter
Scope & Content:
Letter to Oliver Wray Neighbour from Peter Stadlen 1980
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980
Extent:
1 item

159. K.11.d.20.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.11.d.20.
Title:
‘AN ANTHEM TAKEN OUT OF Ye 145 PSALM’; after 1742. Written on the final pages (ff. 91v-92) of a printed edition of William Tans’ur’s The Royal Psalmodist Compleat (Rugby: Engraved, and Printed by the Author, 1742), in a contemporary hand. The treble and bass parts are written, and the music is signed ‘Durham Sharpe’, a name which is also found on f. 74v. Psalm settings for treble and bass for Psalms 147 (‘Sarum tune. W. T.’) and 148 (‘Mansfield tune. W. T.’) have been added in a different ha...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 86v William Tans'ur, composer and music theorist: Settings of Psalms 147 (Sarum) and 148 (Mansfield), written into his The Royal Psalmodist Compleat: after 1742: Probably copy.ff. 91v-92 Durham Sharpe, composer: Setting of Psalm 145, written into W. Tans'ur's The Royal Pslamodi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1742
Extent:
1 item

160. K.11.e.11.

Reference (shelfmark):
K.11.e.11.
Title:
HANDEL’S MESSIAH: Jenny Lind’s copy; 1852-99. A printed copy of John Bishop’s edition of Messiah (Robert Cocks & Co., [1852]), with markings in Jenny Lind’s hand (in pencil) and manuscript embellishments made for her use by Sir George Smart (in ink). With a dedication to Lind from Smart dated Christmas 1855 (f. ii), a letter to Otto Goldschmidt from Frank Pownell dated 24 July 1899 (ff. iii-iv), publisher’s advertisements (f. v; 8 pp. bound after the score) and a programme for a performa...
Scope & Content:
Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Johanna Maria Lind-Goldschmidt, alias 'Jenny Lind'; singer: George Frideric Handel, composer: Printed copy of Handel's Messiah, presented to Johanna Maria Lind-Goldschmidt and annotated by Sir George Thomas Smart: 1855. includes: ff. iii-iv Frank Pownell, R...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852-1899
Extent:
1 item