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1. Add MS 10444

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Add MS 10444
Title:
A collection of dances and masque-tunes
Scope & Content:
Dances, masque-tunes, etc., arranged for a treble and bass, in parts. Chiefly performed at Whitehall and the Inns of Court. They are anonymous, unless the contrary is stated. Where there are several tunes from the same masque the folio of the first only is given. {c.f. article byy J.P.Cutts in '...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
after 1635
Extent:
1 volume (129 folios)

2. Add MS 10445

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Add MS 10445
Title:
A collection of compositions for strings, as well as melodies, and instrumental arrangements of songs and ballets
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 13b, 26. Twenty-five pieces, of which all except the first are taken from the 'Royall Consort' by 'William Lawes' (conf. Add MS 31433, etc.); 2nd half of the 17th century. They consist of Courantes, Sarabands, Airs, etc., written for 3 instruments. 1st and 2nd trebles and 'Breaking Base' ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 11518

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Add MS 11518
Title:
'Comus': two settings of Milton's Masque, which includes portions of an opera by Handel
Scope & Content:
1. Five songs, with a bass, in score, as written for the original representation at Ludlow Castle in 1634, viz.: 'From the Heav'ns now I fly'; 'Sweet Echo'; 'Sabrina fair'; 'Back, Shepherds, back'; and 'Now my task is smoothly done.' 'Henry Lawes.' ff. 1-2b. 2. Another setting, in 3 Acts, for s...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (107 folios)

4. Add MS 14399

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Add MS 14399
Title:
A collection of mostly English songs, as well as some lute music, cantatas and duets
Scope & Content:
passim. Songs for a treble voice, with a bass figured for harpsichord; except in no. 13, which is unaccompanied. Nos. 1-7 are in the hand of Matthew Lock. 1. 'Cupid once, when weary grown.' By Pelham Humfrey. [In , 1679.] f. 4b. 2. 'Cloris, qui domptetout le nionde.' Anonymous. f. 5b. 3. 'Hark, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. 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

6. Add MS 29396

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Add MS 29396
Title:
A collection, mostly of English songs
Scope & Content:
passim. Songs, with a bass (unless the contrary is stated), for harpsichord, in score. Those marked with an asterisk appear for the first time in Playford's , 1652. Almost the whole of the MS is in the hand of Edward Lowe, organist of the Chapel Royal (1661-1682), who added the bass to some of t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1678?-1682?
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 30382

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Add MS 30382
Title:
Anthems and songs collected, and many of them composed, by Henry Bowman. The names of the other composers are Johann Felice Sances, P. Nadal Monferrato, Richard Deering, Giovanni Giacoppo Carissimi, Maria Marini, - Cassati, John Blow, Henry Purcell Giovanni Rovetta, - Silvestro, Michael Wise, and Henry Lawes.
Scope & Content:
Passim. Anthems for 3 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score, viz.1. ['Awake up, my glory']: the end only. M. Wise. f. 2. 2. 'Wake sleeping ones': a Dialogue between the Angel and the Soul; with chorus. 'H[enry] B[owman].' Autograph. f. 43b. 3. ''Sing vnto the Lord, O yee Saints': fune...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1680-1686
Extent:

1 volume (94 folios)

8. Add MS 31429

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Add MS 31429
Title:
Compositions for 2 trebles and a bass, and one for four strings, in parts
Scope & Content:
Except where the contrary is stated, they are without titles and anonymous, and the folios refer to all 3 volumes. 1. Piece in C; probably added afterwards as prelude to the following set. f. 2. 2-6. Five pieces in C. 'Grabew,' sc. Louis Grabu. f. 2b. 7-10. Four pieces in D. No. 10 wants 1st ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:

3 volumes (49 folios)

9. Add MS 31434

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Add MS 31434
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Scope & Content:
SONGS for five voices by Henry Lawes. In parts, with continuo, ff. 1, 14, 26, 38, 50, 62. Autograph. Paper; ff. 72. xviith cent. Folio. Henry Lawes, composer: Secular music: 17th-19th centt.: (Autogr.).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 31441

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Add MS 31441
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Scope & Content:
MOTETS, madrigals, and duets, by Palestrina, Agostino Steffani, Antonio Lotti, A. Stradella, Giovanni Croce, and Giovanni Battista Buononcini. At f. 79 are included English part-songs by John Playford, Edmund Nelham, M. Locke, and Henry Lawes. Paper; ff. 110. xviiith cent. Oblong Folio. Music: ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item