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1. Add MS 4415

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Add MS 4415
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Scope & Content:
PELL PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. i + 330). Various works and extracts, partly in Pell's autograph, among them being:-(a) 'De progressionis differentialis gradu secundo'; 1630. f. 9;-(b) 'Logistica generalis'; 1634. f. 15;-(c) 'Progymnasma analyticum'; 1637. f. 19;-(d) 'Paradigmata progressionis differe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1630-1637
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 14398

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A collection of motets, madrigals, canons, a carol and part of a mass
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ff. 5-126b, 134b. 'A collection of Motetts . . . chiefly selected from the Original parts and put into score, 1770,’ by Edmund T. Warren Home, whose bookplate with arms is prefixed. Unless the contrary is stated, they are for 5 voices. Nos. 1-12 are from William Bird's Liber primus Sacrarum Cant...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1770
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 15117

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A collection, mostly comprising compositions for the lute, as well as songs, anthems, madrigals, duets, and an extract from an opera, all with lute accompaniment. This volume also contains a quartet, and an index to 'The Psalmes of David in Meter'.
Scope & Content:
ff. 2, 2b, 8b. Compositions for Lute; after 1614. 1. 'Almaine.' 'Candishe' (? = M. Cavendish). f. 2. 2, 3. Two pieces, without names. Anonymous. f. 2. 4. 'Curranto.' f. 2b. 5. 'Ut re my fa sol la.' 'Dyomedes' [of Venice, lutenist to Sigismund II, of Poland]. f. 8b. f. 3. 'Awake, ye wofull weig...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1599
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 22597

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Tenor and treble parts and incidental music for a collection of compositions, by various composers.
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(String Quintets, Motets and a Carol, in the same hand, Song in 'Don Quixote,' by R. Courteville, in a later hand.) ff. 3-15, 18-21b, 53 Tenor part of the following Anthems: — [late 16th cent.]. 1. 'The Lorde blesse vs.' 'R. White.' Attributed by Tudway, in Harley MS 7339, f. 34b, to Matthew Wh...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume (53 folios)

5. Add MS 23624

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Collection of compositions, including: Latin anthems, by Thomas Tallis and William Bird, organists of the Chapel Royal; and Cathedral services of Thomas Tallis, William Bird, and Orlando Gibbons.
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ff. 5-116b passim 'Cantiones quæ ab argumento sacræ vocantur quinque et sex partium. Autoribus Thoma Tallisio et Guilielmo Birdo . . . Reginæ a privato sacello generosis et organistis, 1575.’ Scored by John Alcock. Nos. 1-15 are by Tallis, and are written for 5 voices (unless the contrary is sta...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1763
Extent:
1 volume (155 folios)

6. Add MS 23626

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Add MS 23626
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Sacred vocal compositions, in score, by William Bird.
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Sacred vocal compositions, in score, by William Bird. Nos. 1-7 are for 3 voices. 1. 'Lord, in thy rage.' f. 3. 2. 'Right blest are they.' f. 4. 3. 'Lord, in thy wrath.' f. 5b. 4. 'God, which art most mercifull.' f. 7. 5. 'Lord, hear my prayer.' f. 8b. 6. 'From depth of sin.' f. 9b. 7. 'Attend mi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (106 folios)

7. Add MS 29246

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Add MS 29246
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Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, madrigals, masses, motets, and pieces originally written for string ensembles
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Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, the following madrigals, masses, motets, etc., in Italian tablature. They appear to be arranged, roughly speaking, according to the number of voices, for which they were originally written, namely; 1-4, for two voices; 5-78, for 3 voices; 79 to end, fo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
after 1611
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)

8. Add MS 29247

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Add MS 29247
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Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, anthems, madrigals, and motets
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Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, the following anthems, madrigals, and motets, in Italian tablature. They appear to be arranged, roughly speaking, according to the number of voices, for which they were originally written, namely; 1-72, for 5 voices; 73 to end, for 6 voices. 1. 'Prostr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
after 1611
Extent:
1 volume (77 folios)

9. Add MS 29289

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Add MS 29289
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A collection of single parts of services, and single parts of anthems
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ff. 1-119b passim. Single parts of Church Services (altus, unless the contrary is stated). The number of voices for which they are written is not generally indicated. 1. Morning Service. Imperfect at the beginning. '[Robert] Parsons.' f. 1. 2. Second evening Service, apparently in F. By the same...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1629?
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 29291

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Add MS 29291
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A collection of part-songs, canons, catches, glees, parts of services, vocal trios and duets, as well as some instrumental music
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ff. 3-56 passim. Part music, for 4 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score; 18th cent. 1. 'Hark, jolly shepheards.' 'Thos Morley.' [1594.] f. 3. 2. 'Dare you haunt' ('The Fayries daunce'). 'Thos Ravenscroft.' [From .] '1614.' f. 10. 3. 'Awake, sweet Love.' This and nos. 4-6 [from the ],...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume