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Subject Overtures

1. Add MS 27636

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Add MS 27636
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

2. Add MS 29321

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Add MS 29321
Title:
Symphonies and short musical pieces by Muzio Clementi. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-29b, 31. Sketches by Muzio Clementi. 1. 'Sinfonia 4a 'in D minor (Andante sostenuto and Allegro vivace), for drums, trombones, trumpets, horns, clarinets, oboes, flutes, bassoons, and strings, in score. f. 1. 2. 'Sinfonia 2' in D (Adagio and an unfinished Allegro), for the same instruments...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 30393

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Add MS 30393
Title:
Orchestral overtures and sinfonia by William Crotch, followed by the overture from Henri IV, opera by Johann Paul Egidius Martini, arranged for piano by William Crotch. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-30. Overture for trumpets, drums, flutes, oboes, and strings, in A, in score, by William Crotch. Autograph. ff. 31-63b. 'Sinfonia' in F, for trumpets, drums, trombones, flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, bassoons, and strings, in score, by William Crotch, 1814. ff. 64-94. Overture in G, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795-1815
Extent:

1 volume (100 folios)

4. Add MS 30950

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Add MS 30950
Title:
Eighteen operatic overtures, in full score; four sonatas adapted for the harpsichord or piano; and other miscellaneous pieces, by Charles Dibdin. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 6, 136b, 139. Portions of dramatic pieces. Unless the contrary is stated they are for an orchestra consisting of oboes, horns, and strings, in score. 1. Overture to 'The Miniature'; with bassoons, etc. f. 1. 2. Overture to 'Robin Hood'; followed by several orchestral numbers from the same...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (140 folios)

5. Add MS 31052

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Add MS 31052
Title:
'Libussan's Wahl'. Am overture by Carl Friedrich August Billert.
Scope & Content:
'Libussan's Wahl': overture for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 3 trombones, drums, and strings, in score, by Carl Friedrich August Billert. Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (17 folios)

6. Add MS 31708

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Add MS 31708
Title:
Symphonies, in score, by Haydn.
Scope & Content:
Vol. I. ff. 1-152b Symphonies, for horns, oboes, flutes, bassoons, clarinets, and drums (in no. 1), and strings, in score, by Haydn. 'All revised by the Composer, and performed at Salomon's Concerts [started in 1786?], under Haydn's direction.' 1. 'Sinfonia in C' ['L'ours ']. f. 2. 2. 'Sinfonia...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (165 folios)

7. Add MS 31709

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Add MS 31709
Title:
Compositions, in full score, by Haydn.
Scope & Content:
Vol. II. ff. 85. Compositions, in full score, by Haydn. [Published about 1785, as Sei Sinfonie a grand orchestra, opera xxxv.] For a further description see Add MS 32174, where they are given in somewhat different order, above (p. 24). 1. In G minor. f. 2. 2. In D. f. 13. 3. In G. f. 26. 4. In...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (85 folios)

8. Add MS 32074

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Add MS 32074
Title:
A collection of overtures and concertos for strings and harpsichord
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-20b. Overtures for 2 violins, viola, and double bass, with a bass (partly figured) for harpsichord, in parts, by [Johann Gottlieb] Graun, 'Maistro di Concerto' [in Berlin]; 1768 (?). The present MS. appears to have been transcribed in 1768 by Fr.... C.…. 1. In F. f. 1. 2. In D. f. 8. 3. In...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1768?-1781?
Extent:
1 volume (71 folios)

9. Add MS 32174

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Add MS 32174
Title:
A collection of numbers from operas, string quartets, cantatas, and a symphony
Scope & Content:
passim. Numbers from operas, with oboes, flutes and bassoons (in nos. 1, 2), horns and strings; 1782, etc.. 1, 2. Instrumental numbers, without titles, viz. the overtures to 'L' Isola disabitata,' 1779 (ff. 33-71 passim), and to 'La Vera Costanza,' 1779 (ff. 35-72 passim), written by Franz Josep...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)

10. Add MS 32184-32237

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Add MS 32184-32237
Title:
Original compositions, for the most part unpublished, by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
In the case of works in full scores, the music for wind instruments will generally be found at the end of the volume.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
54 volumes