ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. Recueil d’airs choisis; 19th century. A collection, with an index, of 71 French chansons, set to a guitar accompaniment, in score. Paper. ff. 84.
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. Chansons à boire; 18th century. A collection of 69 French drinking and love songs, voice part and words only, numbered 1-68; one (f. 40) has been missed in numbering. There are also 6 unnumbered duets (ff. 54b-66) inserted between nos. 63 and 64, and another duet an...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. Fragments of arias; early 19th century. Violin part only (f. 1) of 2 Italian songs, ‘Caro genio’ (see also R.M.23.f.7.(16.) and ‘Beve l’occhio’. Paper. f. 2.
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Kohl (August). Trois chansons; 19th century. Autograph. ‘Pour une seule voix avec l’accompagnement du violoncelle et du piano’. August Kohl, composer: Songs: 19th cent: Germ, Fr: Autogr.
(1-3.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Fioravanti (Valentino). Opera aria and duets; 18th century-19th century. All with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, horns and strings. In score. Paper. 1. 24 ff. Quando poi vien colle buone. Duet. 2. 16 ff. Un core io serbo in petto. Aria. 3. 28 ff. Pas...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Leo (Leonardo). L’Olimpiade; 18th century. The arias only, without the recitativo sections of the opera; with symphonies and accompaniment for oboes, trumpets da caccia and strings, and an occasionally figured bass, in score. There is an index to the pieces at the beginni...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Polani (Girolamo). Cantatas; 18th century. ‘Cantate da Camera a voce sola …’. A collection of 6 cantatas, each consisting of two songs separated by a short recitative; with a figured bass for harpsichord. Paper. ff. 19. 1. ff. 1b-4. Vaghe rose. 2. ff. 4b-7. Se ti piace...
Cantatas and French Songs for a single voice and Continuo. Between ff. 14 and 15, 69 and 70, 78 and 79 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated respectively 14a, 69a, 78a; ff 4v, 8v, 12v, 31v and 39v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank; on f. 27v is the sketch of an...
f. 9v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-3v. ‘La Solitudine’. ‘Cantata’. For Alto and figured bass (HWV 121) (H-G. L, p. 107). Unfinished, ending in sketches. The words of the unset recitative (H-G., p. 109) should read: ‘Non v’è delizia humana soave più…dalle cure lontana vivo...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. Messa in Canone; 18th century. Mass for 4 voices; with a figured bass, in score. Kyrie, Gloria and Credo only. Wrongly ascribed to Palestrina in the text and on the cover. Paper. ff. 10.