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41. Add MS 30391

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Title:
William Crotch: Palestine: an oratorio. Fair autograph copy, 24 December 1811
Scope & Content:
'Palestine': Oratorio, in two parts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, trumpets, cymbal, trombones, bassoons, drums, strings, organ, and pianoforte or harp, in score, by William Crotch, 'Mus. Doc, Professor of music in the Univers...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1811
Extent:

1 volume (155 folios)

42. Add MS 30798-30800

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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Olimpiade: opera in 3 acts.
Scope & Content:
'Olimpiade': Opera in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for oboes, horns, trumpets and strings, in score, by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi [1735]. An English owner of the MS has noted in pencil two or three numbers borrowed from earlier works by the same composer. Characters as...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st half of 18th century
Extent:
3 volumes (75, 72, 79 folios)

43. Add MS 30925

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Title:
John Lodge Ellerton: Paradise lost. Oratorio.
Scope & Content:
'Paradise Lost': Oratorio in four parts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes (ottavino, etc.), oboes, clarinets, horns (English, etc.), bassoons, trumpets, trombones, ophicleides, cymbals, drums, harp, strings, and harmonium, in full score, by J[ohn] L[odge]...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1856
Extent:

1 volume (158 folios)

44. Add MS 31560

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Title:
Handel's 'Esther, an Oratorio' or 'Haman and Mordecai, a masque', in score, transcribed by John Christopher Smith, the younger.
Scope & Content:
ff. 110. 'Esther, an Oratorio,' or more properly speaking, 'Haman and Mordecai, a masque'; for solo voices and 8-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, oboes, bassoons, harp, and strings, in full score, by Handel. It is a transcript of the earlier form of the work, w...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (110 folios)

45. Add MS 31568

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"Oratorio del Tempo e della Verità", apparently in the revised and rewritten form, in various hands, including suspected Handel's.
Scope & Content:
ff. 131. ['II Trionfo] del Tempo e della Verità': Oratorio in three parts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, horns, trumpets, drums, strings and organ, in score, by Handel. The words (as far as they go) and a considerable portion of the music are t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1737
Extent:
1 volume (131 folios)

46. Add MS 31570

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'Jephtha': Oratorio in three acts, in score, by Handel; being the copy used by Dr. Samuel Arnold in the preparation of his edition of the work, after 1786.
Scope & Content:
ff. 225. 'Jephtha': Oratorio in three acts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, oboes, flutes, strings, and harpsichord or organ, in score, by Handel; being the copy used by Dr. Samuel Arnold in the preparation of his edition of the work [after 1786]. He has...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (225 folios)

47. Add MS 31573

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Rough transcripts, by Rophino Lacy, of a collection of compositions of Handel's works, including: "Magnificat, del Rd. Sigr. Erla", and "Long live the Queen", and various others.
Scope & Content:
ff 1-32b. 'Magnificat’ in A minor; for 2 choirs, with accompaniments for oboes, strings, and organ, in score. Transcribed by Michael Rophino Lacy from the Sacred Harmonic Society's copy (now in the possession of the Royal College of Music). At the top of this copy is written 'Del Rd Sigr Erba,’ ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (81 folios)

48. Add MS 31629

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"I Pellegrini al Sepolchro": Oratorio for Good Friday, written for the Electoral chapel at Dresden, by Johann Adolf Hasse; in score, with German words added.
Scope & Content:
ff . 90. 'I Pellegrini Al Sepolcro di N[ostro] S[ignore],' with the German title, 'Passions Oratorium. Die Pilgrimme auf Golgatha,' by Hasse, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, bassoons, strings, and harpsichord, in score. The characters are Albino,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (90 folios)

49. Add MS 31660

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'La Conuerzione di S. Guglielmo': Oratorio in two parts, in score, by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
Scope & Content:
ff . 93. 'La Conuerzione di S. Guglielmo': Oratorio in two parts, for 4 solo voices, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, in score, by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. The characters are Angelo, S. Guglielmo, S. Bernardo, and Demonio.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (93 folios)

50. Add MS 31676

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Title:
'Recueil D'Airs,' including a duet predominantly figured for harpsichord, in score, by anonymous authors.
Scope & Content:
Vol. I. passim. 'Recueil D'Airs,' including a duet (no. 22), with a bass (in almost all cases figured) for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous. 1. 'Manes des Rois' [from 'Tancrède,' 1702]; by A. Campra. f. 14. 2. 'La nuit ramène en vain le repos.' f. 14b. 3. 'Diffère d'un moment, chère ombre.' f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (76 folios)