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Subject Miscellaneous quartets

1. Add MS 11581-11591

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Add MS 11581-11591
Title:
Extracts from various early musical writers, by Charles Burney, Mus. Doct., with remarks and criticisms by him
Scope & Content:
Also includes extracts and examples of various compositions.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
11 volumes

2. Add MS 11585

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Add MS 11585
Title:
A collection of madrigals, carols, motets, graces, trios, quartets, and examples of harmony
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-34. Madrigals, etc., in score. Unless the contrary is stated, they are for 3 voices and unaccompanied. 1. 'Che (sic) prend' amor a gioco'; with accompaniments for 2 strings and a figured bass for harpsichord. 'Cavalier Tarquinio Merula, maestro di capella nella Chiesa Maggiore di S. Maria ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1782
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 15117

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Add MS 15117
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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

4. Add MS 31239

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Add MS 31239
Title:
A collection of pieces transcribed, and mostly composed by, Samuel Wesley.
Scope & Content:
f. 1b. 'Faint is my head‘: 4-part Hymn, in score, the melody being in the tenor; the music by Dr. William Boyce, the words by the Rev. C[harles] Wesley; about 1825-1829. ff. 4b-10, 11b, 12b. Double Chants (with one exception), for 4 voices, with a compressed score for organ below, in score, mos...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1825?-1829?
Extent:
1 volume (48 folios)

5. Add MS 35007

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Add MS 35007
Title:
Samuel Wesley: compositions for pianoforte, organ, and chamber music
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-48. Compositions for 4 hands (original or arranged), by Samuel Wesley; about 1830 (latest watermark). Autograph. Most of them appear to have been written for his daughter Eliza. 1. Andante in D. f. 1. 2, 3. Moderately slow movements, in G and F. ff. 4, 5. 4. Lively movement in A. f. 8. 5. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)