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032-002023510 Subject Operas

1. Add MS 31454

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Add MS 31454
Title:
Incidental music in 'Macbeth' by John Eccles
Scope & Content:
'Macbeth'; by John Eccles, in score. Evidently transcribed from Add MS 29378, ff. 57-95, with the singers' names added in pencil from Add MS 12219. The history of this copy is related in a notice extracted from William Linley and prefixed to Add. 12219 (f. 3).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1805?
Extent:
1 volume (51 folios)

2. Add MS 31530

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Add MS 31530
Title:
" PORSENNA " : an opera in three acts
Scope & Content:
ff. 163. ['Porsenna']: Opera in 3 Acts, with instrumental symphonies and accompaniments (apparently strings only), in score. According to the original fly-leaf, it was attributed to Scarlatti or Lotti. This may suggest it is the opera of that name assigned by Clément and Larousse (Dictionnaire L...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1700-1725
Extent:
1 volume (163 folios)

3. Add MS 31549

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Add MS 31549
Title:
Two cantatas, and end-chorus of the Opera "Sanzio", by Antonio Caldara.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-3b. 'Senti, deh, senti, oh Clori': Cantata for a soprano voice, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by Antonio Caldara. Autograph. At the end is written '20 Maggio, 1715, in Roma; et è una grande ragazzata.' [1715.] ff. 4-10. 'Amor del gran Sancio': concluding chorus (à 4), with accom...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (10 folios)

4. Add MS 31747

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Add MS 31747
Title:
Cantata, in full score, by Domenico Cimarosa.
Scope & Content:
ff. 16. Recitative, 'Misero Bernardone'; and aria, 'Maritati poverelli'; with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, oboes, and strings, in score. By Domenico Cimarosa. [(?) From 'Giannina e Bernadone,' 1785.]
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 volume (16 folios)

5. Add MS 31736-31737

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Add MS 31736-31737
Title:
'Il Matrimonio Segreto' an Opera buffa in two acts, in score, by Domenico Cimarosa.
Scope & Content:
2 volumes (248, 212 folios). 'Il Matrimonio Segreto': Opera buffa in 2 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, trumpets, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord or pianoforte, in score, by Domenico Cimarosa [1792] Characters: Fidalma, Paol...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1792
Extent:

2 volumes (248, 212 folios)

6. Add MS 31730

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Add MS 31730
Title:
Arias, and Duets, in full score, from Operas, by Giovanni Paisiello.
Scope & Content:
ff. 171. Arias, etc., from Operas, with accompaniments for strings and wind instruments, in score, by Giovanni Paisiello. Apparently copied for, and a few of them possibly by, Giuseppe Cecchi. 1. 'La calun[n]ia'; with oboes, flutes, horns, bassoons. [From 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia,' 1780.] f. 2...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (171 folios)

7. Add MS 31599

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Add MS 31599
Title:
Operatic compositions, in score, by various 18th Century Italian composers.
Scope & Content:
Vol. VI. ff. 93. Operatic numbers, by Italian composers of the second half of the 18th century, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, horns, and strings, in score. 1. 'Vi dirò, sentite bene': aria. 'Domenico Cimarosa.' f. 1. 2. Recitative and aria (Aminta), begins 'Son guerrier.' 'Pi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (93 folios)

8. Add MS 31600

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Add MS 31600
Title:
Operatic music, in score, by Italian composers Francesco Bianchi and Luigi Cherubini.
Scope & Content:
Vol. VII. ff. 112. Numbers from Operas, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, oboes (flutes in no. 5), bassoons (in nos. 2, 3, and 6), clarinets (in no. 3), and strings, in score. Nos. 1-4 are by Francesco Bianchi; nos. 5 and 6 by Luigi Cherubini. 1. 'Caro Padre, a te vicino' (sic): ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century -19th century
Extent:
1 volume (112 folios)

9. Add MS 31746

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Add MS 31746
Title:
Duet, in full score, from an Opera ['Le trame deluse,' 1786] by Domenico Cimarosa.
Scope & Content:
ff. 14. Duet (Nardo, Clicerio), begins 'Veggo da quella cera'; with accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, bassoon, and strings, in score. From an Opera ['Le trame deluse,' 1786] by Cimarosa.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1786
Extent:
1 volume (14 folios)

10. Add MS 31597

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Add MS 31597
Title:
Arias, from Operas, in score, by various 18th Century Italian composers.
Scope & Content:
Vol. IV. ff. 143. Arias, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, and occasionally also other instruments, as indicated below, in score, from Operas by Italian composers of the first half of the 18th century. 1. 'Deh, placati al fine.' 'Niccolò Jommelli.' Venice, 1747. f. 2. 2. 'Lasci...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1747
Extent:
1 volume (143 folios)