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Subject Pianoforte solos

1. Add MS 10337

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Add MS 10337
Title:
The virginal book of Elizabeth Rogers, 1656, containing many almaines, marches, corrantes, airs, etc., in score, with the names of the composers
Scope & Content:
passim. 'Elizabeth Rogers hir Virginall booke: February the 27, 1656;' with an index to the contents in the same hand; before 1656. Consists of arrangements of songs, dances, etc., for that instrument, mostly anonymous, the music being written on two staves of 6 lines each. A leaf (v. Index) is ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 14110

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Add MS 14110
Title:
A collection of songs, duets, madrigals, and solfeggi
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-41. Ten of the set of twelve Duets, with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Francesco Durante; late 18th century. ff. 42b, 161, 177. Three secular songs; late 18th century. 1. Melody of 'Ne' di felici': a short Aria, with accompaniment for several instruments. Anonymous. Evident...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 14197

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Add MS 14197
Title:
A collection of songs and cantatas, as well as an extract of music for cembalo
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-133b. Sacred compositions for one voice; about 1725. Unless the contrary is stated, they are only accompanied by a bass (generally figured) for harpsichord or organ, in score, and are anonymous. 1. 'Salve, Regina,' in F; with separate violin, horn, and trumpet parts. In the hand of Camillo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 14244

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Add MS 14244
Title:
Lessons in playing and accompanying on the harpsichord, written for 1 or 2 hands, by Alessandro Scarlatti. Also included is an anonymous cantata
Scope & Content:
Lessons in playing and accompanying on the harpsichord, written for 1 or 2 hands, by Alessandro Scarlatti 'Caualiere, Po Maestro della Real Cappella di Napoli '; 1715 (see f. 38b); about 1715. The only two pieces named are 'Follia' (f. 32b) and Toccata (f. 36b). The 'Cadenze' and 'Arpeggi per Ce...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 14245

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Add MS 14245
Title:
A collection of solfeggi, keyboard solos, portions of oratorios, and the opening bars of a Stabat Mater
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-29b. A work ['Lettioni per noteggiare a Voce Sola, con il Suo Basso continuo'] by Giuseppe Montuoli, copied at Naples in 1726 [from the work published at Lucca in 1702]; 1726. ff. 30-33. Portions of several melodies, most of them with a bass for harpsichord, in score; 1st half of 18th cen...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 14246

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Add MS 14246
Title:
Collection of 'Passagagli,' or 'Passacailles,' with 'partite' or variations, for the harpsichord
Scope & Content:
Collection of 'Passagagli,' or 'Passacailles,' with 'partite 'or variations, for the harpsichord, written on two staves of 6 and 7 lines, in score, by an anonymous composer. The music somewhat resembles that of Bernardo Pasquini, but the passage inserted on ff. 12b, 13, which has the appearance ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
before 1685
Extent:
1 volume (41 folios)

7. Add MS 14248

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Add MS 14248
Title:
A collection of solos for the harpsichord, as well as a piece for the organ, a duet and a quartet.
Scope & Content:
Suites, sonatas, etc., for the harpsichord, several of them transcribed in about 1731-1732 etc. 1. Movement in G. '[A.] Scarlatti.' f. 1. 2. Adagio, Presto, and Gigue; in C minor. 'Durante.' f. 2b. 3. Movement in A minor. 'Durante.' f. 4b. 4. Fugue in F. Anonymous. f. 6. 5. Spiritoso in C minor....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1st half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 14330

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Add MS 14330
Title:
A solo piece for a clavier, and a collection of movements for a trio of clavier and strings, by Johann Sebastian Bach
Scope & Content:
ff. 3-120. ' 'Н ТΕΛΕІΩΣІΣ της Мουσικης, auctore Johanne Sebastiano Bach': a copy of the two parts of Das Wohltemperirte Klavier, made by Samuel Wesley, no doubt for Add MS 35023; about 1810. ff. 120b-131b. Movements from the 'Sechs Sonaten für zwei Claviere und Pedal,' by Johann Sebastian Bach,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1810?
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 14343

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Add MS 14343
Title:
A collection of music by Samuel Wesley, including glees, songs, duets, pianoforte solos, a vocal trio, and a quartet
Scope & Content:
passim. Glees, for 3 voices (with two exceptions noted below), in score, by Samuel Wesley; about 1839 (see f. 46). In the hand of Vincent Novello, from MSS belonging to Charles Stokes, etc. 1. 'While others, Delia, use their Pen.' '1800.' f. 4b. 2. 'Sol, Do, Re, Mi': a fantasia. f. 6. 3. 'When B...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1798-1839?
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 14396

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Add MS 14396
Title:
A collection of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Xaver Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn and Sigismond Neukomm.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-13v. Franz Xaver Mozart: "Ich bin der erste Buffo", op. 13. Aria, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, horns, clarinets, drums, and strings, in score, composed in 1808 for a private performance of his father's "Der Schauspieldirektor." Autograph. It was written for the com...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume