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31. Add MS 30392

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Title:
Sketch-book of compositions by Dr. William Crotch
Scope & Content:
ff. 3, 3b, 39b, 40b. Fugues for Organ or Pianoforte, by Dr. William Crotch. Autograph. What hand S. H. (whose initials appear on ff. 40 and 41) had in them does not appear. 1, 2. In C, and G minor; composed at Oxford in 1790. ff. 3, 3b. 3, 4. In B flat, composed at Bath in 1791. The second one i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1795
Extent:

1 volume (96 folios)

32. Add MS 30480-30484

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Add MS 30480-30484
Title:
Services, anthems, and a few part-songs, for five voices, by Nathaniel Giles, Robert Adams, Christopher Tye, John Shepherde, Edward Johnson, Robert Johnson, William More, Thomas Bird and others. In separate parts, in five volumes. The last volume is imperfect.
Scope & Content:
Anthems, services, motets and other part works by English composers in 5 part-books. Volume i contains the cantus, vol. ii the contra-tenor, vol. iii the tenor, vol. iv the bass, and vol. v the quintus parts. Passim. Anthems by English composers, in parts: —1. 'O prayse God in his holynes.' [R...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
5 volumes (89, 94, 87, 91, 22 folios)

33. Add MS 30491

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Canzons, caprices, etc., composed by Giovanni de Macque, Francesco Lambardo and other Italian composers. On the fly leaf (f. 2) are three stanzas of Italian poetry in terza rima.
Scope & Content:
Passim. Compositions, {in keyboard 'partitura'} {deleted: apparently for 4 strings, in score}, entitled in the cryptograph on f. 1 'Libro di canzone francese del Signor Gioanni De Macque' [fl. 1574-1601], but containing also pieces differently named and by other composers as well. They are mostl...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (52 folios)

34. Add MS 31307

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Add MS 31307
Title:
A collection of mostly 18th century church music and instrumental compositions
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-12b. 'Psalmi Vespertini,' consisting of ' Domine, ad adjuvandum,' 'Dixit Dominus,' 'Beatus vir qui timet,' 'Laudate, pueri,' 'Laudate Dominum,' and 'Magnificat,' each of them ending with the 'Gloria Patri.'; 1835. They are written for 3 voices, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (108 folios)

35. Add MS 31429

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Title:
Compositions for 2 trebles and a bass, and one for four strings, in parts
Scope & Content:
Except where the contrary is stated, they are without titles and anonymous, and the folios refer to all 3 volumes. 1. Piece in C; probably added afterwards as prelude to the following set. f. 2. 2-6. Five pieces in C. 'Grabew,' sc. Louis Grabu. f. 2b. 7-10. Four pieces in D. No. 10 wants 1st ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:

3 volumes (49 folios)

36. Add MS 31573

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Add MS 31573
Title:
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)

37. 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)

38. 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

39. Add MS 32237

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Add MS 32237
Title:
A collection of compositions, vocal and instrumental, most of them unfinished and some only sketched in pencil, in the hand of Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Scope & Content:
passim. Fragments or sketches of airs, etc., most of them without accompaniment, from dramatic works, almost entirely in the hand, and presumably the composition, of J. N. Hummel; about 1797-1828. I. From an Opera in which the principal characters are Lisette, Johann (as the Marquis Ventil), Wer...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (114 folios)

40. Add MS 32396

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Add MS 32396
Title:
Instrumental music:- 1. "Herrmannschlaeht ou La bataille de Teutobourg, ouverture à grand Orchestre," in full score, by Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chelard; 1835. 2. "Sinfonia a 2 violini, brazzia, et basso continuo," in parts, by Friedrich Joseph Kirmair. 3. Six string quartets, in score, by Ordeniz [Charles Ordonetz ?] (op. 2).
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-37b. Overture to 'Herrmannschlacht,' ou 'La bataille de Teutobourg'; for harps, flutes (piccolo, etc.), oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, ophicleide, drums, cymbals, and strings, in score, by A, H. [J. B.] Chelard [1835]. ff. 38-45. 'Sinfonia à Violinis (sic) Primo et Secondo, Brazzia...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (74 folios)