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611. Add MS 36741

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Add MS 36741
Title:
Collection of rough drafts, sketches, and autograph fragments, of Operas, Songs, and Duets, chiefly in full score, of compositions mostly published only in pianoforte score, by Arthur Goring Thomas, across four volumes.
Scope & Content:
Collection of rough drafts, sketches, and autograph fragments, chiefly in full score, of compositions mostly published only in pianoforte score, by Arthur Goring Thomas. In four volumes. [about 1878-1894]. Vol III. Consisting: Operas, Songs, and Duets. Paper; ff. 58. OPERAS: [ff. 1-30.] Ske...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1877-1894
Extent:
1 volume (of four), 58 folios.

612. Add MS 37027

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Add MS 37027
Title:
Collection of miscellaneous compositions, in score, including dramatic works, and music for the Funeral of Queen Mary by Henry Purcell; motets, by André Campra; 'A Dirge for Funerals'; by Miss Steemson, Organist at Lancaster, and Psalm Tunes, and other compositions by: Dr. Christopher Gibbons, Dr. William Turner, Henry Purcell, Tallis, Pelham Humphries, Dr Green, Dr. John Blow, A. Batten, Dr. Child, Thomas Purcel, and others.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 56. Dramatic compositions, in score. 1. The music in the 'Tempest'; with oboe, flute ('traversa'), and strings. Acting copy, ff. 1-18. It includes the following numbers, all of which (with the exception noted below) appear, along with several others, in the only extant editions (Goodison'...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)

613. Add MS 37211-37213

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Add MS 37211-37213
Title:
"Love's Triumph": Opera in three Acts, in full score, by William Vincent Wallace.
Scope & Content:
William Vincent Wallace, violinist and composer: "Love's Triumph," opera: 1862. Autograph ff. 117, 80, 92. 'Love's Triumph': Opera in 3 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes (piccolo, etc.), oboes, corno inglese, clarinets, bassoons, horns, cornets-à-piston, trombones, bass tuba, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1862
Extent:
3 volumes (of: 117, 80, 92 folios)

614. Add MS 37265

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Add MS 37265
Title:
'The Sleeping Queen': Opera in two Acts, in score, by Michael William Balfe.
Scope & Content:
ff. 284. 'The Sleeping Queen': Opera in 2 Acts, with overture (dated 1865), symphonies and accompaniments for flutes (including ottavini), oboes, clarinets, cornetti, horns, bassoons, trombones, ophicleide, kettle-drums, big drum, cymbals, and strings, in score. By M. W. Balfe. Mostly autograph. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 volume (284 folios)

615. Add MS 37267

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Add MS 37267
Title:
Duets and Canons, in score, by Giuseppe Aprile; and an Operatic fragment by Ferdinando Bertoni.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-52 passim. 'Dodici Divertimenti Notturni'; for 2 female voices, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by Giuseppe Aprile, 1776. 1. 'Soffri che in traccia almeno di mia perduta pace.' f. 2b. 2. 'Io fra remote sponde.' f. 6. 3. 'Ecco, dirò quel fonte.' This and nos. 4-6 have English words f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1762-1776
Extent:
1 volume (53 folios)

616. Add MS 37501

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Add MS 37501
Title:
Scenes from Operas, by various 18th century composers, including Jean Baptiste Lully and André Campra.
Scope & Content:
ff. 157. 'Recueil d'Airs de Lully [etc.]': a collection of scenes from operas by that composer and others named below, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, occasionally flutes, oboes, or bassoons, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. The Operas are: 1. 'Persée' [1682]. Act ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1719
Extent:
1 volume (157 folios)

617. Add MS 37648

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Add MS 37648
Title:
Overtures, in score, to Operas by Pietro Generali and Karl Gottlieb Reissiger.
Scope & Content:
ff. 44. Operatic numbers for oboes, clarinets, flutes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, kettle-drums (in no. 2), and strings, in full score. 1. 'Sinfonia,' from 'Adelaide di Borgogna' [1821]. '[Pietro] Generali.' f.1. 2. Overture to 'Yelva, die Stumme' [1827]. '[Karl Gottlieb] Reissiger.'...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1st half 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

618. Egerton MS 814

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Egerton MS 814
Title:
'Chansonnier ou Recüeil de Chansons Annecdotes, depuis I'année 1600, jusqu'à présent, 1744'. Volume 1.
Scope & Content:
A collection of political songs. Arranged in chronological order. In the margin are numerous notes relating to the historical persons alluded to in the text of the songs, all the names being indexed at the ends of the original volumes. Also included are numbers from French operas. The airs are u...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
after 1744
Extent:
1 volume

619. Egerton MS 814-817

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Egerton MS 814-817
Title:
Chansonnier, ou recueil de Chansons Anecdotes, depuis l'année 1600 jusqu' à present 1744; avec la musique.
Scope & Content:
A collection of political songs, arranged in chronological order. In the margin are numerous notes relating to the historical persons alluded to in the text of the songs, all the names being indexed at the ends of the original volumes. Also included are numbers from French operas. The airs are un...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
after 1744
Extent:
8 volumes bound in 4

620. Egerton MS 815

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 815
Title:
'Chansonnier ou Recüeil de Chansons Annecdotes, depuis I'année 1600, jusqu'à présent, 1744'. Volume 2.
Scope & Content:
'Chansonnier ou Recüeil de Chansons Annecdotes, depuis I'année 1600, jusqu'à présent, 1744.' A collection of political songs. Arranged in chronological order. In the margin are numerous notes relating to the historical persons alluded to in the text of the songs, all the names being indexed at t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
after 1744
Extent:
1 volume