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71. Add MS 33234

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Title:
Collection of Secular and Sacred compositions, by various authors in the late 17th century.
Scope & Content:
Passim. Motets, most of them with a figured bass, in score. 1. ‘Alleluja! jubilat ecclesia’ (à 3). ‘Cassati.’ f. 41. 2. ‘Anima mea liquefacta est’ (à 3). 'Maria Marini.’ f. 44. 3. ‘Anima mea in æterna dulcedine‘ (à 2). ‘Charissimi.’ f. 70. 4. ‘Plagæ tuæ, Domine’ (à 3). ‘Felice Sances.’ f. 85. 5....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1680-1682
Extent:
1 volume (172 folios)

72. Add MS 33235

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Collection of secular and sacred compositions by various composers of the late 17th century. Volume 2
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Passim. Anthems, with a bass for the organ (unless the contrary is stated), in score. Nos. 2-4 are corrected from the originals by Philip Hayes.1. 'When David heard that Absalon'; for 3 voices. Anonymous. f. 3. 2. 'Since God so tender a regard'; solo, with 3-part chorus, on a ground bass. 'Henry...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

73. Add MS 33287

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Title:
Birthday Odes, New Year's Songs, Welcome Songs, Odes to St. Cecilia, etc., by Henry Purcell and Dr. John Blow, 1681-7. Included are: New Year's Songs, trios, etc., by Dr. William Turner, New Year's and Birthday Songs, by Pelham Humphreys, and the Cantata "Alexis," by Dr. Johann Christoph Pepusch.
Scope & Content:
ff. 2, 5b, 19b. Duets, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, in score. 1. 'Goe, Perjur'd man.' 'Dr. John Blow.' f. 2. 2. 'Chear up, my freinds.' 'William Turner.' f. 5b. 3. 'See, where she sitts.' 'Henry Purcell.' f. 19b. ff. 3b, 17b, 31b. Cantatas for solo voices and chorus, with sym...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume (229 folios)

74. Add MS 33311

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'Inno, o sia cantata ... per la Battaglia di Maida' and other vocal compositions by John Fane, Lord Burghersh, later 11th Earl of Westmorland
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-82b. 'Inno Osia Cantata a quattro voci, con strumenti Per la Battaglia di Maida [1806]. Composto da [John Fane] Lord Burghersh [Earl of Westmorland 1841] Assistente Agiutante Generale'; with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, oboes, and horns, in score. Autograph. Begins 'Midst the...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (130 folios)

75. Add MS 33569

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'Professor Gellerts Geistliche Oden und Lieder, mit Melodien von Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach. Berlin, 1758' (MS copy of book). - Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach: Gott hat den Herrn auferwecket. - Johann Michael Haydn: Requiem Mass in B flat minor.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-28. 'Professor Gellerts Geistliche Oden und Lieder, mit Melodien von Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach. Berlin, 1758': a MS. copy of an early edition of that work, first published in 1754. They all appear, in slightly different order, in the 1771 edition. The melody and pianoforte accompaniment ar...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (125 folios)

76. Add MS 33570

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Compositions by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, in full score, viz.- 'Fortunatus and his Sons', ' Roland for an Oliver', music for the Coronation of Charles X, the 'Waterloo' Cantata, the coronation music in Shakespeare's 'Henry the Fourth' , and the 'National air of Greeks', also probably arranged by the same composer.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-138. The Music in the following dramatic works for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with trumpets, horns, clarinets, flutes, oboes, bassoons, drums, trombones, and strings, and also (in nos. 1, 2) harp and bells, in score, by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop. Other instruments employed are mentioned ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 19th century
Extent:

1 volume (216 folios)

77. Add MS 33792

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Johann Adam Hiller: Jauchzet der Herrn alle Welt
Scope & Content:
‘Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt‘ (Psalm 100), for solo voices and 4-part chorus with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, flutes, strings, drums, and a figured bass for organ, in score. By Johann Adam Hiller. Autograph. At the end is a set of the parts, of which the organ-part is tra...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1794
Extent:
1 volume (69 folios)

78. Add MS 34118

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Alessandro Scarlatti: ‘Nisi Dominus’, cantata
Scope & Content:
‘Nisi Dominus,’ for soprano and alto solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings and a figured bass for organ, in score, by Alessandro Scarlatti.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (31 folios)

79. Add MS 34999

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A collection of anthems, hymns, services, songs, part of an oratorio, and other vocal compositions, by Samuel Wesley
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ff. 1-80b. Act ii and part of act iii of 'The Death of Abel,' in full score, followed by the parts of the overture to act ii, by S[amuel] Wesley; 1779, etc. Autograph. Said to have been composed when Wesley was eleven, but apparently a rather later copy. The overture bears the date 1779. The ins...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (183 folios)

80. Add MS 36710

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"Acis and Galatea", Serenata with music in score, by George Frederic Handel.
Scope & Content:
ff. 126. 'Acis [and Galatea],' described on the original cover (now pasted inside the upper cover) as 'Mr. Handle's pastoral. The First Compleat Score that ever was wrote out.' At f. 3 is 'The Story of Acis...made into a pastoral by Mr. Pope' (really by Gay), followed at f. 6b by the 'Persons co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1732
Extent:
1 volume (126 folios)