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1. Add MS 31676-31677

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Title:
FRENCH airs, with a figured bass. Two volumes. In vol. ii., ff. 1-15 are in the handwriting of J. J. Rousseau; and a note at the beginning states that " Les trois couplets écrits en haut de la page en regard et les 4 lignes qui sont au bas, sont de la main de Madame M. M. G. de Fontaine Dupin, Grand'mère de Georges Sand (fille de Samuel Bernard, épouse du fermier-général, amie de J. J. R., qui lui consacre si belles pages dans ses Confessions)." Paper; ff. 76, 58. xviiith cent. Quarto and Ob...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 items

2. Add MS 31676

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Title:
'Recueil D'Airs,' including a duet predominantly figured for harpsichord, in score, by anonymous authors.
Scope & Content:
Vol. I. passim. 'Recueil D'Airs,' including a duet (no. 22), with a bass (in almost all cases figured) for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous. 1. 'Manes des Rois' [from 'Tancrède,' 1702]; by A. Campra. f. 14. 2. 'La nuit ramène en vain le repos.' f. 14b. 3. 'Diffère d'un moment, chère ombre.' f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (76 folios)

3. Add MS 31677

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Title:
French vocal compositions, apparently predominantly taken from Operas, by anonymous authors.
Scope & Content:
Vol. II. French vocal compositions, most of which, if not all, appear to be taken from Operas. Except where the contrary is stated, they are for a single voice without accompaniment, and anonymous; ff. 2b-15 are in the hand of Jean Jacques Rousseau, and the others were probably written at his ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1752-1753
Extent:
1 volume (58 folios)