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11. Add MS 25073-25078

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Add MS 25073-25078
Title:
A collection of various British dance tunes, songs, airs, and other pieces
Scope & Content:
Collections of English, Irish and Scottish, songs, numbers from operas, dance tunes, airs, and other pieces from various composers, compiled around 1790.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
6 volumes

12. Add MS 25078

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Title:
A collection of dance music, songs, numbers from operas, and an ode
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-28b. Dances, etc., for Pianoforte, mostly anonymous, begun in England in 1790; late 18th cent. 1. Allegretto in C. f. 2. 2. Minuet and Trio, in G. f. 2b. 3. Another in G. f. 3b. 4. Allegretto in G. f. 4b. 5, 6. Moderato and Minuet, in C. f. 6b. 7. Minuet in G. f. 7. 8. 'Polones' (sic) in C...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

13. Add MS 27635

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Add MS 27635
Title:
Ode to the Humane Society. The words by Edward Burnaby Greene, the music by John Wall Callcott.
Scope & Content:
Ode to the Humane Society, begins 'Religion, hail'; for solo voices and 5-part chorus, with overture and accompaniments for drums, trumpets, horns, oboes, flutes, bassoons, and strings, and a bass (partly figured) for harpsichord and organ, in score. The words by Edward Burnaby Greene, the music ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785
Extent:
1 volume (141 folios)

14. Add MS 27636

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Title:
A collection of overtures, odes, an anthem, and part of a service, by John Wall Callcott
Scope & Content:
ff. 3, 130. Overtures for horns, oboes (or flutes), 2 violins, viola, and bass, in full score, by John Wall Callcott, from a volume of early works composed by him at Kensington Gravel Pits, in 1784-5 (see note at beginning); 1784, 1785. 1. Overture in C, dated Jany 7, 1784; 'perform'd for the fi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1784-1785
Extent:
1 volume

15. Add MS 27637

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Title:
'The Bard'. An Ode by Thomas Gray, and set to music by John Wall Callcott.
Scope & Content:
'The Bard': Ode [by Thomas Gray], begins 'Ruin seize thee, ruthless king'; for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for drums, trumpets, horns, oboes, bassoons, and strings, and a bass (partly figured) for harpsichord, in score. [By J. W. Callcott.] 'June 17, 1786.' A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1786
Extent:
1 volume (74 folios)

16. Add MS 27755

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Add MS 27755
Title:
A neat copy of 'Ode to the Genius of Britain', composed by Dr. Thomas Sanders Dupuis
Scope & Content:
'Ode to the Genius of Britain', composed by T. S[anders] Dupuis, written by the Revd Thos Skelton Dupuis, A.B., perform'd in the Music School at Oxford as an Exercise for the Degrees in Music [25 June, 1790].' This is a neat, contemporary copy of Add MS 27756.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1788?
Extent:
1 volume (148 folios)

17. Add MS 27756

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Add MS 27756
Title:
'Ode to the Genius of Britain', composed by Dr. Thomas Sanders Dupuis
Scope & Content:
'Ode to the Genius of Britain, composed by T. S[anders] Dupuis, written by the Revd Thos Skelton Dupuis, A.B., perform'd in the Music School at Oxford as an Exercise for the Degrees in Music [25 June, 1790].' Autograph. Dated September 1788. It is in full score and begins 'Immortal Harmony.' The ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1788
Extent:
1 volume (98 folios)

18. Add MS 29378

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Add MS 29378
Title:
A collection of compositions, mostly by John Eccles, including excerpts from operas, duets, and an ode
Scope & Content:
Incidental music, in score, by John Eccles, with the exception of the last number. The instruments employed in the symphonies and accompaniments, where given in the MS, are indicated below; where none are mentioned, a basso continuo is to be understood. 1. 'Rinaldo and Armida,' 1699; with accom...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

19. Add MS 29399

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Add MS 29399
Title:
Henry Purcell: 'A Song sung att Cecilia's Feast'
Scope & Content:
'A Song sung att Cecilia's Feast' [1692], begins 'Hail, bright Cecilia'; with accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, flutes, violins, and kettle-drum, in full score, by Henry Purcell. The only singer named is — Woodson.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (49 folios)

20. Add MS 30389

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Add MS 30389
Title:
William Crotch: The Captivity of Judah (1812-1834) and 'When these are days of old'. Both performed at Oxford, 10th June, 1834, on the installation of the Duke of Wellington as Chancellor of the University.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-144b. 'The Captivity of Judah': Oratorio in two parts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, drums, clarinets, flutes, oboes, horns, bassoons, trombones, strings, and organ, in score, by William Crotch, Mus. Doc. Autograph. Quite different from his ea...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1834
Extent:

1 volume (169 folios)