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Subject Lute solos

1. Add MS 14399

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Add MS 14399
Title:
A collection of mostly English songs, as well as some lute music, cantatas and duets
Scope & Content:
passim. Songs for a treble voice, with a bass figured for harpsichord; except in no. 13, which is unaccompanied. Nos. 1-7 are in the hand of Matthew Lock. 1. 'Cupid once, when weary grown.' By Pelham Humfrey. [In , 1679.] f. 4b. 2. 'Cloris, qui domptetout le nionde.' Anonymous. f. 5b. 3. 'Hark, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 15117

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Add MS 15117
Title:
A collection, mostly comprising compositions for the lute, as well as songs, anthems, madrigals, duets, and an extract from an opera, all with lute accompaniment. This volume also contains a quartet, and an index to 'The Psalmes of David in Meter'.
Scope & Content:
ff. 2, 2b, 8b. Compositions for Lute; after 1614. 1. 'Almaine.' 'Candishe' (? = M. Cavendish). f. 2. 2, 3. Two pieces, without names. Anonymous. f. 2. 4. 'Curranto.' f. 2b. 5. 'Ut re my fa sol la.' 'Dyomedes' [of Venice, lutenist to Sigismund II, of Poland]. f. 8b. f. 3. 'Awake, ye wofull weig...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1599
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 15118

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Add MS 15118
Title:
A collection of songs, lute solos, violin solos, string duets, and a trio
Scope & Content:
ff. 2b-7. Compositions for a treble voice, with a bass written underneath (but not in score), and possibly intended for singing; 1st quarter of the 17th cent. 1. 'Change thy mynde.' [By Richard Martin. Set for 2 voices in R. Dowland's , 1610.] f. 2b. 2. 'Walkinge alone.' Anonymous. J. Redford wr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 29246

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Add MS 29246
Title:
Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, madrigals, masses, motets, and pieces originally written for string ensembles
Scope & Content:
Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, the following madrigals, masses, motets, etc., in Italian tablature. They appear to be arranged, roughly speaking, according to the number of voices, for which they were originally written, namely; 1-4, for two voices; 5-78, for 3 voices; 79 to end, fo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
after 1611
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)

5. Add MS 29246-29247

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Add MS 29246-29247
Title:
Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, anthems, madrigals, masses and motets
Scope & Content:
Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, anthems, madrigals, masses, motets, etc., in Italian tablature. In two volumes. They appear to be arranged, roughly speaking, according to the number of voices, for which they were originally written, namely; Add MS 29246. 1-4, for two voices; 5-78, fo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
after 1611
Extent:
2 volumes

6. Add MS 29247

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Add MS 29247
Title:
Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, anthems, madrigals, and motets
Scope & Content:
Lute accompaniments to, or arrangements of, the following anthems, madrigals, and motets, in Italian tablature. They appear to be arranged, roughly speaking, according to the number of voices, for which they were originally written, namely; 1-72, for 5 voices; 73 to end, for 6 voices. 1. 'Prostr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
after 1611
Extent:
1 volume (77 folios)

7. Add MS 30342

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Add MS 30342
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS tracts, in French, viz. :- 1. " Des fondemens de l'estat et des moiens de regner, traduict d'Italien en Francois." f. 2. 2. Gencalogies of noble families of France. f. 12. 3. " Advis de Mr. de Vill." [Nicholas de Neufville, Seigneur de Villeroi] on the means of quieting the disorders of the kingdom circ. 1588. f. 58. 4. " Mémoire touchant les Cérémonies on precedence in State ceremonies. f. 67. 5. " Testament de feu Monseigneur [François, Due d'Anjou] frère du Roy"; 8 ...
Scope & Content:
Valentine Vickers: Survey and valuation of Worfield, co. Salop: 1789, 1811. includes: f. 2 Political Tracts: Des fondemens de l'estat et des moiens de regner: 18th cent. f. 12 History of France: Genealogies of noble families: 17th or 18th cent.: Fr. f. 12 Genealogies: Noble French families: 17...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

1 volume (191 folios)

8. Add MS 30387

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Add MS 30387
Title:
Dance and other music in lute notation, composed by Silvio Leopold Weis and Sigismund Weis, of Prague, in 1717-1724
Scope & Content:
Passim. Collection of solos for Lute. 1717-1724. The 'Weis' whose name is put to so many of them is probably Sylvius Leopold Weiss, but a few may be by his brother Sigismund, who was also a lutist, and by whom there is a composition on f. 33b. Probably other pieces besides those ascribed to them...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1717-1724
Extent:

1 volume (159 folios)

9. Add MS 31992

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Add MS 31992
Title:
A collection of miserere, anthems, motets and madrigals, in Italian lute notation
Scope & Content:
A collection, similar to Add MSS 29246, 29247, in Italian tablature; Probably after 1611 (date of latest known published compositions). In the first part of the MS. (ff. 3-55) nos. 1 to 81, and a few others named below, are by William Byrd, those marked with an asterisk, from Psalms, Sonets, and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (99 folios)

10. Add MS 34003

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Add MS 34003
Title:
Fantasias and other compositions for organ, violin, spinettina, or lute, in 2, 3, 4, and 5 parts, in score, by Girolamo Frescobaldi
Scope & Content:
Fantasias and other compositions. The only pieces to which a name has been given are a 2-part 'fuga per l'organo', beginning with a 'canzona' (f. 3), and a 'Toccata per spinettina sola over Luto' (f. 36) in 3 parts. Contents: Fantasias, etc., for Organ, written on from two to five staves of 5...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

1 volume (68 folios)