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621. Egerton MS 816

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 816
Title:
'Chansonnier ou Recüeil de Chansons Annecdotes, depuis I'année 1600, jusqu'à présent, 1744'. Volume 3.
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

622. Egerton MS 817

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 817
Title:
'Chansonnier ou Recüeil de Chansons Annecdotes, depuis I'année 1600, jusqu'à présent, 1744'. Volume 4.
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 item

623. Egerton MS 1519

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1519
Title:
French political songs and pasquinades of the period of Louis XIII and XIV. Volumes 1 and 2.
Scope & Content:
passim. Collection of what are described on the covers as 'Chansons historiques,' consisting of a great number of scurrilous songs relating to persons and events connected with the French court between 1617 and 1706. Many are contained also in Egerton MS 814-817 and King's MS 330-337. In most ca...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
after 1706
Extent:

2 volumes bound in 1

624. Egerton MS 1519-1521

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1519-1521
Title:
French political songs and pasquinades of the period of Louis XIII and XIV, with musical notes, and occasional marginal commentary
Scope & Content:
Collection of what are described on the covers as 'Chansons historiques,' consisting of a great number of scurrilous songs relating to persons and events connected with the French court between 1617 and 1726, as well as melodies of songs adapted from Operas. Many are contained also in Egerton MS ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
after 1726
Extent:
3 volumes

625. Egerton MS 1520

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1520
Title:
French political songs and pasquinades of the period of Louis XIII and XIV. Volumes 3 and 4.
Scope & Content:
passim. Collection of what are described on the covers as 'Chansons historiques,' consisting of a great number of scurrilous songs relating to persons and events connected with the French court between 1617 and 1717. Many are contained also in Egerton MS 814-817 and King's MS 330-337. In most ca...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
after 1717
Extent:

2 volumes bound as 1

626. Egerton MS 1521

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1521
Title:
French political songs and pasquinades of the period of Louis XIII and XIV. Volumes 5 and 6.
Scope & Content:
passim. Collection of what are described on the covers as 'Chansons historiques,' consisting of a great number of scurrilous songs relating to persons and events connected with the French court between 1617 and 1726. Many are contained also in Egerton MS 814-817 and King's MS 330-337. In most ca...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
after 1726
Extent:

2 volumes bound in 1

627. Egerton MS 2379

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2379
Title:
A collection of quartets, sonatas, divertimenti, symphonies and other pieces of orchestral music
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-54b. Six Quartets (op. 50), for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello, in parts, by Haydn; about 1787. In the hand of his amanuensis, J. Radnitzky, and evidently those sent to William Forster for publication in London, and called by him op. 44. At the beginning is pencilled, presumably in the ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1784-c 1787
Extent:
1 volume

628. Egerton MS 2458

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2458
Title:
A collection of motets, a stabat mater, and a psalm
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-39. 'Seuiat tellus': 'mottetto' for a treble voice, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes and strings, in score, written by G. F. Hendel (sc. Handel). According to a note on f. 2 in the hand of the Rev. E. Goddard, a later possessor, the MS. formerly belonged to the Colonna family a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (99 folios)

629. Egerton MS 2488

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2488
Title:
Giovanni Battista Pescetti: 'Il Vello d'oro', opera
Scope & Content:
'Il Vello d'oro, Opera'; in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, horns, trumpets, bassoons and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Giovanni Battista Pescetti, London, 1737/8. Characters: Æto (sic), Medea, Absirto, Giasone, Peleo, Ifite, Is...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1738
Extent:
1 volume (177 folios)

630. Egerton MS 2489

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2489
Title:
Niccolò Piccinni: 'La Donna Vana', opera. Volume I.
Scope & Content:
'La Donna Vana': Opera in 3 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, trumpets, oboes, bassoons, and strings, in score, by Nicolò Piccinni [1764]. Characters: Don Mercurio, Don Giulio, Irene, Marcaniello, Chiarella, La Baronessa, and Donna Petronilla.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (194 folios)