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121. Add MS 27645

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Title:
A collection of glees, catches, duets, motets, canons, graces, a madrigal, an anthem, and a song
Scope & Content:
passim. Glees (for 4 voices, unless the contrary is stated), in score, by J. W. Callcott; 1783-1806. Autograph. 1. 'Go, plaintive Breeze' (à 5). f. 2. 2. 'Adonis is no more.' f. 7. 3. 'She, midst the Lightning's Blaze.' f. 9. 4. 'Venit summa dies.' f. 11. 5. 'Hear how the Nightingales' (à 5). '1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume

122. Add MS 27932

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Add MS 27932
Title:
A collection of arias, songs, hymns, airs, and other melodies
Scope & Content:
passim. Arias, etc., with a figured bass for harpsichord (except where the contrary is stated), in score; first half of 18th cent., etc. 1. 'A soldier and a sailor' [from 'Love for love,' by John Eccles, 1695]. f. 3b. 2-4. Three arias, the first with an additional violin part, from 'Rinaldo,' by...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

123. Add MS 28550

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Title:
Fragment of a register of the Cistercian abbey of Robertsbridge, Sussex, in Latin. Also included are some musical pieces.
Scope & Content:
1. Part of a chronicle of the abbey; 1308-1333. Imperfect at the beginning. At the end is a reference to a continuation of the work in a later part of the original volume. f. 1. 2. Reports of suits in the courts of Exchequer and the King's Bench, with regard to claims of the abbey at Salherst,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

124. Add MS 28613

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Title:
A collection of songs by Francis Joseph Haydn
Scope & Content:
A collection of songs by Francis Joseph Haydn. Autograph. Prefixed is a lithograph copy of a letter from Haydn to Anton Polzelli; Vienna, 20 Mar. 1808. Sketches, in the hand of Joseph Haydn, of the choruses, 'Awake the harp,' and 'The heav'ns are telling,' in his Oratorio, 'The Creation.'; bef...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume

125. Add MS 29249

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Title:
A collection of cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti
Scope & Content:
Cantatas, with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Alessandro Scarlatti. They are for a soprano voice, except no. 1, which is for a contralto. The present volume forms part (letter L) of a series containing the composer's Italian Cantatas in alphabetical order, and was probably compiled...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1725?
Extent:
1 volume (164 folios)

126. Add MS 29274

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Add MS 29274
Title:
A collection of arias, duets, and a cantata, by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
Scope & Content:
Arias, duets, etc., with symphonies and accompaniments for strings and (in the last number) for trombe da caccia, also, in score, by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Also included is a cantata by Pergolesi. {Nos. 1, 11, 14, 15, 16 & 20, are from 'Il prigioniero superbo'; nos. 2, 8, 17, from 'Lo ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

127. Add MS 29292

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Add MS 29292
Title:
A collection of songs for a treble voice
Scope & Content:
Solos for a treble voice, with a figured bass for organ, in score. 1. 'Quando uidebo dilectum meum?' 'Ercole Bernabei.' f. 2. 2. 'Heu me miseram!' By the same. f. 10. 3. 'Salve, puellule.' 'Jacomo Carissimi.' f. 16. 4. 'In himnis et canticis.' 'Ercole Barnabei.' f. 26. 5. 'Cum audisset Gedeon.' B...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (81 folios)

128. Add MS 29293

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Add MS 29293
Title:
Johann Christian Bach: 'Salve, Regina'
Scope & Content:
'Salve, Regina'; for a treble voice, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, horns, and strings, in score, by Johann Christian Bach. Autograph, as attested by F[rederic] N[icholai].
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (19 folios)

129. Add MS 29370

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Add MS 29370
Title:
A collection of songs, excerpts from operas, and an anthem, by by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne
Scope & Content:
ff. 8, 20, 113b. Songs, by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne, with instrumental accompaniments, in score; mid 18th cent. 1. 'The kind appointment Cœlia made': cantata, with flutes, oboes, and violins, f. 8. 2. 'A wretch, long tortured with disdain': cantata, with horns, flutes, oboes, and violins, and a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

130. Add MS 29379

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Add MS 29379
Title:
A collection of motets, and a song
Scope & Content:
passim. Motets for 2, 3, and 4 voices, with a bass for organ, in score, attributed (with the exception noted below) to Henri Du Mont. They are said to be transcribed by Charles King, M.B. Nos. 1, 2, 6 are for 2 voices; nos. 3, 4 for 3; nos. 5, 7 for 4.1. ‘Duo Seraphim’; with ‘Gloria Patri.’ Attr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1719
Extent:
1 volume

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