Add MS 14159

ff. 1-218. Compositions for a treble or an alto voice, by Gianfrancesco di Majo; 1752-1763. The accompaniments are for horns, strings, and organ only, unless the contrary is stated. Nos. 8-11 are in parts. 1. 'Salue, Regina,' in E. In autograph score and parts, f. 1. 2. 'Salue, Regina,' in G. In score. Composed in 1754. f. 41. 3. 'Salue, Regina,' in G minor; without horns. In autograph score and parts. Written in 1753 for Giacomo Catalini, 'Romano.' f. 49. 4. 'Fremit procella'; with alternative Italian words, 'Tremo fra dubbij.' In autograph score. Written for Domenico Megalli in 1755. f. 72. 5. 'Salue, Regina,' in E flat. In score. Apparently begun in 1755, and ended in 1763. Partly autograph. f. 89. 6. 'Fremit procella' (different from no. 4). In autograph score and parts. Written for Salvatore Consorti, in 1758. f. 104. 7. 'In procelloso mari.' In autograph score and parts. Written for Antonio Maggiotti, in 1752. (From the character of the hand, this 'mottetto' must have been written after the composer's eighth year, so that the date, 1745, usually given for his birth, must be wrong), f. 132. 8. 'Maredat in navi horrores'; with oboes, etc. f. 142. 9. 'Per te sum in procella'; without horns. f. 166. 10. 'Superba in mare irato'; without horns. f. 184. 11. 'Et Jesum benedictum'; with trumpets, oboes, bassoon (solo), horns, and a bass for organ. f. 204.

ff. 219, 236. Arias from Italian Operas, for treble voices, with symphony and accompaniments for strings, etc., in score, by Giovanni Francesco di Majo; about 1759, etc. 1. 'Empio, gia sò': recitative and aria, with oboes, horns, etc. Apparently from 'Ricimero,' composed at Rome in 1759. f. 219. 2. Aria (Apollo), begins 'Quel caro amato oggetto'; with bassoons, etc. Autograph. f. 236.

ff. 240-243b. 'Cosi la villa nella stagion più bella': aria for an alto voice, with symphony and accompaniments [for horns and strings?], in score, by Francesco di Majo; 18th century.