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31. Add MS 32021

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Add MS 32021
Title:
A collection of glees, canons, catches, a quartet and a sketch of a fugue, by Thomas Miles
Scope & Content:
passim. Glees, for 4 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score, by Thomas Miles; 1806-1850. Autograph. The names of the authors of the words, etc., are generally given in brackets. 1. 'Hail, Innocence, celestial maid' (à 3). '1807.' (Ogilvie.) f. 2b. 2. 'Within this cot.' [1807.] f. 5. 3....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1805-1850
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

32. Add MS 32184-32237

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Add MS 32184-32237
Title:
Original compositions, for the most part unpublished, by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
In the case of works in full scores, the music for wind instruments will generally be found at the end of the volume.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
54 volumes

33. Add MS 32237

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Add MS 32237
Title:
A collection of compositions, vocal and instrumental, most of them unfinished and some only sketched in pencil, in the hand of Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
passim. Fragments or sketches of airs, etc., most of them without accompaniment, from dramatic works, almost entirely in the hand, and presumably the composition, of J. N. Hummel; about 1797-1828. I. From an Opera in which the principal characters are Lisette, Johann (as the Marquis Ventil), Wer...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (114 folios)

34. Add MS 33237

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Add MS 33237
Title:
Vocal compositions, in score, by Henry Purcell
Scope & Content:
ff. 3-121, 168. Incidental music by Henry Purcell, in score, The first three numbers are transcribed by J. Paul Hobler. 1. 'King Arthur' [1691]; with overture and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, and strings. The introduction to Act ii, the hornpipes at the end of Acts ii and iii, the symphon...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1796-c 1799
Extent:

1 volume (238 folios)

35. Add MS 33351

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Add MS 33351
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)

36. Add MS 34071

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Add MS 34071
Title:
A collection of madrigals, motets, elegies, and a catch
Scope & Content:
passim. Chansons and Madrigals, in score. The earlier ones are almost all of them taken from the collections of Gardane and Tylman Susato (1541-1550). Except where the contrary is stated, they are for 5 voices.1. 'D'amour me plains.' 'Mai[tre] Rogier, 1543.' This and nos. 2-6 are for 4 voices. f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (51 folios)

37. 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

38. Add MS 34609

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Add MS 34609
Title:
A collection of anthems, chants, songs, glees, compositions for organ, and other fragments
Scope & Content:
passim. Portions of Anthems, in the hand of John Stafford Smith, mostly in organ score; late 18th cent. 1. Funeral anthem without words. 'Jno James.' f. 7. 2. 'Though ye have lien among the pots.' Unfinished. By J. S. Smith (?). f. 13b. 3. 'Wherewithal shall a young man' (2 voices). 'Arnold.' f....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (86 folios)

39. Add MS 34725

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Add MS 34725
Title:
A collection of original compositions, vocal and instrumental, mostly unpublished, in score, by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 120. Marches in E flat for trumpets, horns, flute, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trombone, and serpent (in no. 1), and drums (in no. 2), in score, by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop; 1827, etc. Autograph. 1. In full score; 1827. ff. 1-7. 2. In compressed score. f. 120. f. 8. Quartet for strings, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (153 folios)

40. Add MS 34998

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Add MS 34998
Title:
"Pasticcio Book, containing Anthems, Hymns," harpsichord soloes, fragments of oratorios and concertos, etc., by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:
passim. Short Anthems, in score, for 1 voice, with a bass, unless the contrary is stated; by Samuel Wesley. From a volume containing rough copies of his juvenile compositions. 1. 'Behold, how good and joyful' (verse anthem, with chorus and occasional accompaniments for flute, violin, violoncello...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1774-1775
Extent:
1 volume (79 folios)