Autograph. ‘A quattro concertato con piu stromenti’. In score, with oboes, trumpets and strings. Johann Christian Bach, composer: Church music: circ 1758-1762: Ital, Eng: Autogr.
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas III bis. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Cantatas with instrumental accompaniments. Between ff. 37 and 38 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 37a; f. 12v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-37v. ‘Apollo e Dafne. Cantata a 2’. (HWV 122) (H-G. LII b, p. 1). First line: "La terra è liberata"....
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. [Collection of Motets]; early 18th century. 34 motets, for 6 voices, with the exception of the 8th which is for 4 voices; in score and unaccompanied. They are evidently late 16th century. No. 12 is a secular motet. Paper. ff. 96. 1. ff. 1-2. Alleluya. 2. ff. 3-6....
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Piccinni (Nicolo). (Iphigénie) Ballet Music; late 18th century. The ballet music, in score, from the opera ‘Ipigénie en Tauride’, here wrongly called ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’. In 13 sections; scored for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, horns, tympani and strings....
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Pistocchi (Francesco Antonio). Unnamed opera; late 17th century. Work entitled ‘Una Opera del Sigr. Pistochi’, consisting of arias, duets and recitative; with bass accompaniment (occasionally figured). The first two numbers are to German words, and the last two are French...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Ravenscroft (John). Fugues; late 18th century. A collection of thirteen 4-part instrumental fugues in open score. Nos. 2-13 are written in the 12 ecclesiastical tones. Against the first is inscribed in a later hand, in pencil, ‘written by Mr. Galliard’, but the script is ...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Sarti (Giuseppe). Miserere; 18th century. ‘A 4o con Tre Viole, e Violoncello, Contrabasso’. Complete with all the verses following the ‘Miserere’; with figured bass, in score. [For another copy see R.M.23.g.5.(7.)]. Paper. ff. 117. [Giuseppe?] Sarti, composer: Vocal mus...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Schmied (Johann Christoph). Theatralische Musen Fest; early 18th century. A cantata in 10 sections, ‘Welches in Dresden von Dames ud. Cavalieren gefeuert worden Anno 1696’, consisting of arias and recitative to German words, interspersed with ritornelli and ballets, score...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Cordicelli (Giovanni). Confitebor; 18th century. ‘A Alto solo con Ripieni Violini Corni e Basso’. Motet for solo and 4-part chorus; with symphonies and accompaniment for instruments, and unfigured bass. Paper. ff. 45. Giovanni Cordicelli, composer: 'Confitebor', motet: ...
