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81. Add MS 35038

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Add MS 35038
Title:
Volume I of a collection of compositions in the hands of Charles Wesley and Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
f. 2 Letters from Charles Wesley to R. Glenn: circ. 1806, 1828 ff. 4, 5. Melody, with bass, in score, of the following Services; 1822:— 1. Evening Service in D (preceded by the last few bars of a morning Service). Anonymous. f. 4. 2. Te Deum and Jubilate in F. '[Charles] King, 1822.' In the han...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (64 folios)

82. Add MS 35038-35039

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 35038-35039
Title:
A collection of anthems, songs, and other compositions, in the hands of Charles Wesley and Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
Add MS 35038 also contains letters.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-19th century
Extent:
2 volumes

83. Add MS 35040

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 35040
Title:
A collection of pieces for harpsichord, pieces for organ, hymns, chants, canons, songs and anthems
Scope & Content:
passim. Collection of pieces (original or arranged) for the Harpsichord, etc., some of them in the hand of Samuel Wesley. 1. Minuet in C. 'Pepusch.' f. 3. 2. 'Hymn' in G (3/4 time). This and nos. 3-7 are by 'Handel.' f. 3. 3. Air in 'At[a]lanta.' f. 3b. 4. March in the Water Music. f. 3b. 5. Min...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1773
Extent:
1 volume (48 folios)

84. Add MS 37267

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 37267
Title:
Duets and Canons, in score, by Giuseppe Aprile; and an Operatic fragment by Ferdinando Bertoni.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-52 passim. 'Dodici Divertimenti Notturni'; for 2 female voices, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by Giuseppe Aprile, 1776. 1. 'Soffri che in traccia almeno di mia perduta pace.' f. 2b. 2. 'Io fra remote sponde.' f. 6. 3. 'Ecco, dirò quel fonte.' This and nos. 4-6 have English words f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1762-1776
Extent:
1 volume (53 folios)

85. Egerton MS 1312

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1312
Title:
ALBUM of Johann Veit Stoll, containing autograph inscriptions, dated at Altorf, in the years 1643-1651. In the original covers. [Bibl. Eg. 1,312.]
Scope & Content:
Includes: ff. 12b, 17. Canons, sc; 1644, 1648. (1) ‘Ubi deficit auxilium humanum‘ (2 voices in hypodiapason), by Joh. Andreas Herbst, Director of Music at Nuremberg, 1644. f. 12b; — (2) ‘Jesus, sola hæreditas‘ (3 voices — ‘alter in subdiapason ‘), by Joh. Sigismundus Hager, organist, of Nurembe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1643-1651
Extent:
1 volume

86. Egerton MS 2795

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2795
Title:
Portion of a sketch-book of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven containing chiefly sketches of the quartets (op. 130-133). There are also several in 3/8 time.
Scope & Content:
Sketches (chiefly the violin part) of the following quartets for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello, and a canon, by Beethoven. 1. In B flat (op. 130). First movement, ff. l-3b, 5, 5b, 8, etc.;— and possibly the Danza Tedesca. ff. 6-8, passim. 2. In C sharp minor (op. 131). 'Adagio.' f. 4;— an...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 volume (16 folios)

87. Egerton MS 2829

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2829
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS original letters, etc.:- A. Letters of Charles II. (a) to an unnamed nobleman, hoping to find in him " a principle instrument " towards bis restoration, and assuring him of reward; Paris, 10 Mar. 1654. f. 1 ;-(b) to " Mr Rumball " William Rumbold, thanking him for his constancy and desiring him to do his utmost to procure contributions for his support;. Cologne, 4 June, 1655. f. 3. Holograph. From the Farnborough Fund. B. 1. ''Air composé expressément pour le début de Duprez ...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1, 3 Charles II of England: Letters to - and W. Rumbold: 1654, 1655.: Hologr. f. 3 William Rumbold: Letter to, from Charles II.: 1655. f. 6 Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer: Air for " Les Huguenots ": 1837.: Autogr. f. 6 Gilbert Louis Duprez, singer and composer: Air by Meyerbeer for.:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1654-1853
Extent:
1 volume

88. Royal Appendix MS 58

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal Appendix MS 58
Title:
Collection of English vocal compositions, predominantly by anonymous authors.
Scope & Content:
Vocal compositions: one part only (except in no. 27), chiefly tenor. Unless the contrary is stated, they are anonymous. 1. 'A[h], the syghes that come fro my hert.' By W. Cornish. f. 1. 2. 'Though that she cannot Redresse.' f. 3b. 3. 'Colle to me the Rysshes greene.' f. 4. 4. 'Down bery down': a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)

89. Royal Appendix MS 64

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal Appendix MS 64
Title:
15th century Canons, by Sydrach Rahel. CANONS for 4 voices to the first lines of the Psalms (Vulgate version), by Sydrach Rahel, with a dedication, in French, to James I, from which it appears that they are intended to be accompanied by the lute (? in unison). At the end are canons on the 'Oratio Dominica' (à 5), and on the words 'Viuat Jacobus primus, rex Angliae, in eternum' (two settings, à 2). See Cat. of Music, i, p. 115. Temp. James I. The MS. was formerly numbered Add. 5341, but was...
Scope & Content:
The first lines of the Psalms in the Latin Vulgate version, set as Canons (in 4 parts, unless the contrary is stated) by Sydrach Rahel. From the dedication to James I, in French, it appears that they are intended to be accompanied by the lute, i.e. in unison with the voices. Included also are the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
[1603-1625]
Extent:
1 volume (28 folios)

90. Royal MS 11 E XI

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Royal MS 11 E XI
Title:
Magister Sampson, Benedictus de Opitiis and others, Motets
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes a collection of motets by a 'Magister Sampson', formerly believed to be bishop of Chichester 1536 and of Coventry and Lichfield 1543-1554, but now thought to be a composer from the Netherlands, and by Benedictus de Opitiis, preceded by a hymn in honour of Henry VIII, with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1516
Extent:

17 folios.