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Subject Duets Name Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759

1. Add MS 14207

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Add MS 14207
Title:
A collection of duets, songs, excerpts from operas, and a canon
Scope & Content:
Vocal compositions, apparently all of them taken from operas, with accompaniments, mostly in score; 18th cent. Unless the contrary is stated, they are for a single voice, with accompaniments for strings. 1. 'Tergi quegl' occhi belli': chorus, with oboes, horns, bassoons, etc., from 'La Zelinda, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 14229

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Add MS 14229
Title:
A collection of cantatas, songs, pieces from operas, vocal trios, and a duet
Scope & Content:
Cantatas for a single voice (soprano, unless the contrary is stated), with a bass (frequently figured) for harpsichord, in score; about 1723-1732. 1. 'E fia pur uero, ò Dio.' This and nos. 2-5 are by 'Caualiere Alessandro Scarlatti.' f. 69. 2. 'O uoi, di queste selue abitatrici.' Belonged to — B...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 29386

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Add MS 29386
Title:
A collection of catches, canons, songs, vocal trios, excerpts from oratorios, excerpts from operas, and a duet
Scope & Content:
passim. Catches, Rounds, etc., for 3 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score. Most of them are in the hand of Edmund T. Warren Home; some of them, beginning with no. 4, were 'corrected [in] 1756.' 1. 'Tobacco is but a vapor' (à 4). 'Ed. Nelham.' f. 5. 2. 'Hey ho, what shall I say' (à 9)...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1762?
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 33351

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Title:
A collection of songs, duets, and trios by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne, Corbet [? William Corbett], Dr. Samuel Howard, John Stanley, Daniel Purcell, Michael Wise, John Eccles, Richard Leveridge, - Monro, J- Barker, Henry Carey, and several other anonymous composers. Interspersed are also several songs without music, including versions of 'God save the King', beginning with the words 'Fame let thy Trumpet sound' (f. 30), and of 'Rule Britannia' (f. 29-b) ; also some verses spoken on the death o...
Scope & Content:
ff. 1b, 5b, 6. Three numbers from Dr. William Boyce's 'Solomon'; without accompaniment.1. Recit. and air, 'How lovely art thou.' f. lb. 2. Air, 'On his Face the vernal Rose.' f. 5b. 3. Recit. and air, 'Who quits the Lilly's fleecy white.' f. 6. ff. 2b-63b passim. Collection of Songs, etc., app...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

1 volume (68 folios)

5. Add MS 34126

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Add MS 34126
Title:
A collection of airs, songs, duets, glees, catches, and a march
Scope & Content:
passim. Airs, many of them with variations, chiefly taken from songs, apparently intended for Flute (or Clarinet, see f. 5), and without accompaniment. Anonymous, unless the contrary is stated. 1. 'Chilling O Guiry.' f. 3. 2. 'Bonny Jean.' f. 4b. 3. 'The Berks of Endermay.' f. 7. 4. 'The Lass of...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1789?
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 34291

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Add MS 34291
Title:
A collection of Italian cantatas
Scope & Content:
1. 'La Viola Mammola: Cantata à Canto solo con V. V., di Ant. Caldara.' In score. Autograph. It begins 'Violetta vezzosetta.' ff. 1-4b. 2. 'In carcere penoso.' 'Agostino Tinazzoli' for 2 voices, in score, transcribed by the Abbate F. Santini. f. 6-12b. 3. 'Dalle tenebre orrende.' 'Giorgio Fede...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (22 folios)

7. Add MS 35025

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Add MS 35025
Title:
A collection of arrangements and original pieces for pianoforte or harpsichord, and two duets
Scope & Content:
passim. Arrangements, and a few original pieces, for the Pianoforte or Harpsichord, apparently in the hand of I. H. (see f. 2). 1. Lisbon Minuet. f. 3. 2. Aurette's Minuet. f. 3. 3. Belleisle March. f. 3b. Nos. 4-10 are minuets. 4. Lady Coventry's. f. 3b. 5. Duke of York's. f. 4. 6. Fisher's. f....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:
1 volume (30 folios)