Add MS 14248

Suites, sonatas, etc., for the harpsichord, several of them transcribed in about 1731-1732 etc. 1. Movement in G. '[A.] Scarlatti.' f. 1. 2. Adagio, Presto, and Gigue; in C minor. 'Durante.' f. 2b. 3. Movement in A minor. 'Durante.' f. 4b. 4. Fugue in F. Anonymous. f. 6. 5. Spiritoso in C minor. 'Durante.' f. 7b. 6. Largo, Allegro, A tempo, Presto, and Courante; in various keys, but apparently intended to form a sonata or suite. 'Scarlatti.' f. 9b. 7. Allegro, Spiritoso, and Presto; in G. 'Scarlatti.' f. 10b. 8. Adagio, Allegro, and a set of twenty-two 'Partite' or variations; in D minor. 'Scarlatti.' f. 12. 9. Allegro and Spiritoso, in A. 'Domco Scarlatti.' f. 16b. 10. 11. Two pieces without titles by 'Giorgio Muffat' [toccatas from his Apparatus musico-organisticus, 1690]. ff. 17b, 18b. 12. Moderate in A. This and nos. 13 21 appear to be all by '[Francesco] Durante.' f. 20. 13. Piece without title in C. f. 21. 14. Fugue in D minor. f. 22. 15. Piece without title in F. f. 22b. 16. Another, in C. f. 23. 17. Minuet in G minor. f. 24. 18. Spiritoso and Allegro, in the same key. f. 24. 19. Piece without title in A minor. f. 25b. 20. Another, followed by a Spiritoso, the latter an early example of Programme music, containing passages descriptive of 'Campanello,' 'vccelliera,' 'vsignolo,' 'mar procelloso,' etc., ending with Minuet in D. f. 26. 21. Allegro in D. f. 29. 22. Allegro, Fugue, Gigue, and March; in F. Apparently a pendant to the preceding Allegro. f. 29b. 23. Movement in G (common time). '[J. A. Hasse] il Sassone.' This and nos. 24-26 were transcribed in 1732. f. 32. 24. Movement without title, followed by Pensiero[so?]. 'Bernardo Pasquini.' f. 33b. 25. Another without title, in D minor, followed by Fugue, in the same key. 'Scarlatti.' f. 35. 26. Largo, in the same key. Anonymous. f. 37b. 27. 'Inta[v]ulature per Cembalo,' by 'Gaetano Grieco': miscellaneous collection of pieces, which, in spite of the frequent direction siegue, appear to consist for the most part of single movements. Only two of them (Fugues) are named, ff. 40-69b. 28-32. 'Sonate di Cembalo,' in three movements; nos. 28-30 consisting each of Cantabile, Allegro, and a movement in 3/8 time; no. 31, of Cantabile and Allegro; and no. 32, of Allegro, Pastorale, and Canzona. 'Giouanni Prota.' ff. 71, 74b, 78, 82, 87. 33. A fragment, imperfect at the beginning, of a piece in common time. Anonymous. Possibly autograph. f. 90. 34-45. 'Sonate,' by 'Arcangelo Corelli,' sc. an arrangement of his Sonatas for violin and bass, op. 5, wanting the last movement of no. 6 and the greater part of the 'Follia.' ff. 91-122. 46. Toccata in C minor, copied in 1731 (in the same hand as nos. 23-26). This and no. 47 are by 'Franc[es]co Durante.' f. 123. 47. Another, in A minor. f. 127. 48-54 (reversing the volume). Compositions by 'Giovanni Barbatiello,' namely Andante in G. f. 150; — movement without title in C (common time). f. 149;— another in B flat (common time). f. 148; — Allegro in B flat. f. 147; — movement without title in E flat (common time). f. 146; — another in A (common time). f. 145; — another in B flat (common time). f. 144. 55. Movement without title, in G (common time). This and nos. 56-61 are in the same hand as the seven preceding numbers. f. 151.56. Andante in A. f. 152b. 57. Minuet. f. 154b. 58-60. Three pieces without titles, in G (6/8, 2/4, and 3/2 time). At the beginning of the first is written 'Monferino.' ff. 155b, 156, 156b. 61. Another, in B flat (3/8 time). Imperfect at the end. f. 157b. 62-64. Three Pastorales in F, D, and G; for Harpsichord or Organ. Anonymous, ff. 159, 161b, 163b.

ff. 131-142b. 'Sonata per Cembalo Solo e Violino Solo,' in score, by Durante; 1st half of 18th cent. Autograph. It consists of a movement in A (common time), and a Largo in A minor which is imperfect at the end.

ff. 165-168. 'Notturno (Allegro, Andante, Minuet, Allegro), in C, per l'Arpa con Violini, e Basso,' by Gotz (? = Franz Goetz); 1st half of 18th cent. Harpsichord part.