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1. Add MS 5319-5337

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Add MS 5319-5337
Title:
Manuscript music presented by Sir John Hawkins
Scope & Content:
A collection of manuscript music formerly owned by Sir John Hawkins, chiefly copied by Mr. John Stanley
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
19 volumes

2. Add MS 5321

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Add MS 5321
Title:
Songs and cantatas, in score, by George Frideric Handel
Scope & Content:
1. 'Acis and Galatea'; serenata for solo voices and 5-part chorus (the 3 middle parts assigned in the 1st chorus to alto and 2 tenors, in the others to 3 tenors), with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, and strings, in score. The aria, 'Consider, fond shepherd' (at f. 67), is here ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 5326

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Add MS 5326
Title:
Maurice Greene: 'The song of Deborah and Barak'
Scope & Content:
‘The Song of Deborah and Barak': a short work, of the nature of an oratorio, for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, and strings, in score, by Dr. [Maurice] Greene. Apparently in the hand of Dr. Boyce. It begins ‘Attend, ye princes.’
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1732
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 5328

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Add MS 5328
Title:
Charles John Stanley: 'The Choice of Hercules'
Scope & Content:
'The choice of Hercules'; for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with overture and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, oboes, bassoons, strings, and organ, in score, by [Charles] John Stanley, whose bookplate, with arms, is at the beginning of the MS. A much shorter work than Handel's serenata with t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 10338

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Add MS 10338
Title:
A collection of anthems, songs, duets, trios, services, cantatas, motets, and other pieces, in the hand of George Jeffreys
Scope & Content:
ff. 4-13. 'Fantazies,' or Fancies, for strings and organ, in score, by George Jeffreys. 1-6. Six 'of 3 Parts for the Violls and the Virginall.' Autograph. In the 5th Fantasia, a few notes have been added to the virginal part to make it suitable for playing on the organ. f. 4. 7. Another 'of 2 pa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
after 1669
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 14101-14109

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Add MS 14101-14109
Title:
Sacred music in score, by Francesco Durante
Scope & Content:
Chiefly autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
9 volumes

7. Add MS 14113-14121

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Add MS 14113-14121
Title:
Operas, in full score, more or less complete, by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
Chiefly Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1711-c 1760
Extent:
9 volumes

8. Add MS 14120

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Add MS 14120
Title:
An opera and a cantata by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-154. 'Angelica [e Medoro]': described by Fétis as an 'Azione teatrale'; in two parts, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes (short and long), trombe da caccia, and bassoons, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score; 1720. [By N. A. Porpora.] Part i was begun on 7 August, and Par...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1712-1720
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 14122

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Add MS 14122
Title:
Two serenatas for solo voices and 4-part chorus by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
Two Serenatas for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, trumpets, oboes, strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Nicolò Porpora. Part of the first and the whole of the second are autograph. 1. 'Odi mi, Alcide.' f. 1. 2. {'Festa d'Imeneo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1736
Extent:
1 volume (140 folios)

10. Add MS 14127

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Add MS 14127
Title:
A collection of cantatas and a motet by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
passim. Cantatas, with accompaniments for instruments and a figured bass for organ, in score; 1726 etc. By Nicola Porpora, ‘Maestro delle Figlie del Coro del Pio Ospedale d'Incurabili. 1731. In Venezia.’ Almost entirely Autograph. All written for solo voices, with a chorus of 4 mixed voices (unl...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1726-1745
Extent:
1 volume