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1. Add MS 47843

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MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. I (ff. 140). Letters and papers of musicians. Autograph unless otherwise stated. Contents:- (1) Letter (f. 2) from Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach to -, criticising an aria and suggesting amendments; Hamburg, 20 Nov. 1780. German. Belonged to Julian Marshall and Edward Spey...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1760-1999
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 47843-47862

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A. MUSICAL MANUSCRIPTS
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
[1581-1999]
Extent:
22 items

3. Add MS 47843-47882

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Musical and literary collections of Edward Harry William Meyerstein (b. 1889, d. 1952); late 16th-20th cent
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See Brit. Mus. Quart., xviii, 1953, pp. 97-100. Forty-five volumes. Paper and (Vol. XLV) vellum. Various sizes. Arranged as follows:- A. Musical manuscripts (47843-47862). B. Literary manuscripts, etc. (47863-47882). Bequeathed, with Add. MS. 48212, ff 1-2, and Add. Roll 75068, by E. H. W. Mey...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
Late 16th century-20th century
Extent:
44 items

4. Add MS 47845

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MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. III (ff.Xii+ 115). Anthems, etc., in score, with instrumental symphonies and accompaniments or with a bass, by Dr John Blow (ff. 1-4b, 7-37b, 97b-99), Pelham Humfrey (ff. 4b-6b). Henry Purcell (ff. 38-72b), William Turner (ff. 74-78, 80-82b, 92-95), William Tucker (ff. 9...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 47846

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MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. IV (ff. i+15). Keyboard music, etc.; late 17th-early 18th cent. Anonymous except for a cebel by Jeremiah Clarke at ff. 2-3, but the following can be identified:- ff. 3b-4, 'Happy Groves' by [John?] Barrett (cf. Add. MS. 47446, f. 14); ff. 5-6b, variations called 'Old Sim...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 47847

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MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. V (ff. ii+10). Songs, in French, and instrumental pieces, probably transcribed by an English musical amateur in the second half of the 18th century. Treble part only, with occasional harmony notes. Contents anonymous, but 'Quoi vous partez', f. 5, can be attributed to Je...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 47848

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MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. VI (ff. ii+ 13 1). 'Amadigi di Gaula. Opepa (sic), Da Rappresentarsi nel' Regio Teatro di Hay=Market', by George Frideric Handel; circ. 1715. Copy,, written on paper of type B in J. Larsen, Handel's Messiah, 1957, p. 279. In score, with accompaniments for oboes, violins,...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1715
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 47850

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MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. VIII (ff. 35). Piano concerto in E flat, K.271, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; aft. Jan. 1777 (date of first performance by Mlle Jeunehomme). In parts. Title on f. 30, formerly used as the cover, 'Concerto per il Cembalo, due Violini, due Oboi, due Corni, Viola e Basso' Cad...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after Jan 1777
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 47853

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MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. Xl (ff. ii+38). 'Grand Concert pour le Piano-forte composé par Charles Marie de Weber, Mannheim und Darmstadt im Jahr 1810'. Autograph. Full score. The three movements, Allegro, Adagio, and Presto, are separately dated by the composer:- 'comp. in September 1810 in Darmst...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 47854

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MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. XII (ff. ii+4). Keyboard music:- (1) Unfinished piano cadenza in E flat; early 19th cent. In the same hand as item (3) below. At the foot of the page faint remains of music written in pencil. f. 1. (2) Piano cadenza in F by Muzio Clementi, similar in style to the pre...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760-1840
Extent:
1 item