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1. Add MS 4900

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Add MS 4900
Title:
Banks collection. Vol. XLIV. Miscellaneous writings, ornamented with initials, portraits of saints, royal arms, etc., cut from a printed book.
Scope & Content:
The principal items are:- (1) Fragments of a transcript of a calendar (latest date 1537), for the months of May to October, giving the dates on which fairs are held in those months in various towns of England and Wales (Carmarthen). A few dates are also given in the lives of British sovereigns...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

2. Add MS 5036-5062

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Add MS 5036-5062
Title:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works
Scope & Content:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works. Prefixed to Add MS 5036 is a letter from Gabriel Mathias to the trustees of the British Museum, containing an extract from the will of James Mathias esq, from which it appears that these volumes are all...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
27 volumes

3. Add MS 5044

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Add MS 5044
Title:
A collection of sacred compositions by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Scope & Content:
1. ‘Laudate, pueri.’ A motet, with ‘Gloria Patri,’ for 5 voices, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, and a figured bass for organ, in score, by G. B. Pergolesi; before 1760. It also has oboes and trumpets. f. 2. 2. ‘Confitebor.’ A motet, with ‘Gloria Patri,’ for 5 voices, with symph...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 5319-5337

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Add MS 5319-5337
Title:
Manuscript music presented by Sir John Hawkins
Scope & Content:
A collection of manuscript music formerly owned by Sir John Hawkins, chiefly copied by Mr. John Stanley
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
19 volumes

5. Add MS 5321

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Add MS 5321
Title:
Songs and cantatas, in score, by George Frideric Handel
Scope & Content:
1. 'Acis and Galatea'; serenata for solo voices and 5-part chorus (the 3 middle parts assigned in the 1st chorus to alto and 2 tenors, in the others to 3 tenors), with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, and strings, in score. The aria, 'Consider, fond shepherd' (at f. 67), is here ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 6145

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Add MS 6145
Title:
A collection of chansons by Jean Jacques Rousseau
Scope & Content:
'Recueil de [6] Chansons, avec Accompagnemens de deux Violons, Basson ou Quinte, et Basse-Continue'; the violins being in separate parts, the rest in score. [By Jean Jacques Rousseau.] Autograph . 1. 'L'amour m'a fait la peinture.' ff. 2b, 9b, 13b, 17b. 2. 'Ecoutez I'histoire du beau Misis.' f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (20 folios)

7. Add MS 6146

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Add MS 6146
Title:
Volume I of a collection of French 'Airs', in parts
Scope & Content:
'Airs,' with a bass (occasionally figured) for harpsichord, in score, and separate parts for 2 violins and a quintus (tenor), by Jean Jacques Rousseau, dedicated to the Comtesse d'Egmont, about 1770-1771 (see Albert Jansen's , p. 415). Holograph. All published in , 1781. Prefixed is a dedication...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:

1 volume (35 folios)

8. Add MS 6146-6149

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Add MS 6146-6149
Title:
A collection of French 'Airs', in parts
Scope & Content:
'Airs,' with a bass (occasionally figured) for harpsichord, in score, and separate parts for 2 violins and a quintus (tenor), by Jean Jacques Rousseau, dedicated to the Comtesse d'Egmont, about 1770-1771 (see Albert Jansen's , p. 415). Holograph. All published in , 1781. Add MS 6146 contains th...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:

4 volumes

9. Add MS 6147

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Add MS 6147
Title:
Volume II of a collection of French 'Airs', in parts
Scope & Content:
'Airs,' with a bass (occasionally figured) for harpsichord, in score, and separate parts for 2 violins and a quintus (tenor), by Jean Jacques Rousseau, dedicated to the Comtesse d'Egmont, about 1770-1771 (see Albert Jansen's , p. 415). Holograph. All published in , 1781. This volume contains th...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:

1 volume (16 folios)

10. Add MS 6148

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Add MS 6148
Title:
Volume III of a collection of French 'Airs', in parts
Scope & Content:
'Airs,' with a bass (occasionally figured) for harpsichord, in score, and separate parts for 2 violins and a quintus (tenor), by Jean Jacques Rousseau, dedicated to the Comtesse d'Egmont, about 1770-1771 (see Albert Jansen's , p. 415). Holograph. All published in , 1781. This volume contains th...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:

1 volume (16 folios)

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