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1. Add MS 4900

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Add MS 4900
Title:
Banks collection. Vol. XLIV. Miscellaneous writings, ornamented with initials, portraits of saints, royal arms, etc., cut from a printed book.
Scope & Content:
The principal items are:- (1) Fragments of a transcript of a calendar (latest date 1537), for the months of May to October, giving the dates on which fairs are held in those months in various towns of England and Wales (Carmarthen). A few dates are also given in the lives of British sovereigns...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

2. Add MS 32181

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Add MS 32181
Title:
A collection of music by Franz Xaver Süssmayr and part of a requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-19 passim. Songs, with pianoforte or harpsichord accompaniment, in score or compressed score, by Franz Xaver Süssmayr; late 18th cent. Autograph. 1. 'Je t'aime autant'; sung by [P. J.] Garat. f. 1. 2. 'Te bien aimer': reply to the above, f. 2. 3. 'Le petit ménage,' begins 'La fortune at se...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (252 folios)

3. Add MS 35272

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Add MS 35272
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Volume I of a collection of Scottish songs, with some arranged as duets, with symphonies and accompaniments by Franz Joseph Haydn
Scope & Content:
passim. Scotch Songs, with symphonies and accompaniments for violin, violoncello and pianoforte, in score by F. J. Haydn, almost entirely in the hand of his amanuensis, J. Radnitzky. Most of them were published by George Thomson, of Edinburgh, in his Select Collection of original Scottish airs, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 35273

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Add MS 35273
Title:
Volume II of a collection of Scottish songs, with some arranged as duets, with symphonies and accompaniments by Franz Joseph Haydn
Scope & Content:
passim. A similar collection to Add MS 35272, by Haydn, in Radnitzky's hand. They are divided into four sets (nos. 1-29, 30-44, 45-61, and 62-85), probably as received from the composer. 1. Song without title, said to be unpublished. f. 2. 2. 'Good night, and joy be wi' ye a',' begins 'The sun i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 35274

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Add MS 35274
Title:
A collection of mostly Welsh airs for one or two voices, with accompaniments by Franz Joseph Haydn
Scope & Content:
passim. 'Welsh Airs,' with one exception (no. 1, which is Scottish), with pianoforte accompaniments, in score, by Haydn, in the hand of J. Radnitzky. At the beginning is written in the composer's hand, 'Harmonized by Dr. Haydn, 1804.' Most of them were published by George Thomson, of Edinburgh. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Welsh
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

6. Add MS 35275

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Add MS 35275
Title:
A collection of mostly Welsh airs and sonatas on Scottish airs
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-26b passim. Violin and violoncello parts to the duets by Haydn in Add MS 35274; 1804. 1. ['What ails this heart.'] 2. 'The flowers of London.' 3. 'The whirling of the spinning wheel.' 4. 'The door-clapper.' 5. 'The [note of the] black cock.' 6. 'The crystal ground.' 7. 'Winifreda.' 8. 'The...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Welsh
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (96 folios)