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Archive of Anne Ridler and Vivian Ridler

Correspondence and papers of the poet and writer Anne Ridler (1912-2001) and her husband Vivian Ridler (1913-2009), printer to the Oxford University Press and founder of Perpetua Press.
Extents: 5.596 Linear metres (81 boxes)
Dates: 1836-2011, n.d.; Majority of material found within 1927 - 2011
Collection

Archive of Philip Cannon

Archive of the composer Philip Cannon (1929-2016) containing predominantly his autograph music manuscripts.
Extents: 10.0 Linear metres (57 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1948-2018, n.d.
Collection

Autograph music manuscripts by Michael John Hurd

Autograph music manuscripts, including fair copies, drafts and sketches of Michael John Hurd's music, 1926-2001, n.d.
Extents: 30 Linear metres (265 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1926-2001, n.d.
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Autograph music manuscripts of Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen

Autograph music manuscripts of Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, 1878-1934.
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1878-1934
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Carl Maria von Weber: 'Der Freyschütz. Romantische Oper in drey Act [sic]'

Copyist's full score of 'Der Freyschütz. Romantische Oper in drey Act [sic]', by Carl Maria von Weber, [c 1824?].
Extents: 0.45 Linear metres (3 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: [c 1824?]
Single Item

A composite volume of instrumental parts

A composite volume, containing various instrumental parts, some incomplete, late 17th/early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 261 (Former reference: Quarto B. 1-6)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: Late 17th/early 18th cent.
Collection

Compositions of Robin Humphrey Milford

Compositions of Robin Humphrey Milford.
Extents: 3.19 Linear metres (29 boxes)
Dates: 1922-1959
Single Item

'The conversion of Helena' by E. Taylor. Exercise submitted for the degree of B.Mus. at the University of Oxford

B.Mus. exercise: 'The conversion of Helena' by E. Taylor, 1961.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. Ex. b. 81
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1961
Collection

Drafts and working papers for 'The Lambton worm', opera by Robert Sherlaw Johnson to libretto by Anne Ridler

Drafts and working papers for Robert Sherlaw Johnson's opera 'The Lambton worm', composed 1976-1977.
Extents: 0.88 Linear metres (7 volumes)
Dates: 1976-1977
Single Item

The Duchess of Malfi, an opera in three acts, by Stephen Oliver. Exercise submitted for the degree of B.Mus. at the University of Oxford

B.Mus. exercise: The Duchess of Malfi, an opera in three acts, 1972.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. Ex. b. 85
Extents: 166 Leaves
Dates: 1972
Single Item

'The duel', opera by Albert Coates

Vocal score of Albert Coates's opera 'The duel' dated 25 Oct 1950, Mar 1951.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 792
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: 25 Oct 1950, Mar 1951
Collection

Egon Wellesz: 'Incognita', opera in 3 acts

'Incognita', opera in 3 acts by Egon Wellesz. Photostats of autograph vocal score, annotated by David Macdonald, [1950-1951].
Extents: 0.45 Linear metres (3 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: [1950-1951]
Single Item

Ferdinand Hérold's opera 'Le Roi René'

Ferdinand Hérold: 'Le Roi René', opera performed on 24 August 1824.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 141
Extents: 172 Leaves
Dates: [1824]
Single Item

Fragments relating to the chamber opera Heart of Darkness by Tarik O'Regan

Fragments relating to Heart of Darkness by Tarik O'Regan, 2011.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. a. 8
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates: 2011
Single Item

Franz Joseph Haydn: 'Son pietosa, son bonina', aria from pasticcio La Circe

'Son pietosa, son bonina', aria from Haydn's pasticcio La Circe with orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano, [?late 18th cent.].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 306
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates: [?late 18th cent.]
Collection

Geoffrey Bush: 'Love's labours lost. Opera in two acts'

Drafts and scores of Love's labours lost, opera by Geoffrey Bush, [1977-1988].
Extents: 1.35 Linear metres (9 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: [1977-1988]
Single Item

'Ginevra of Sicily' ('Ariodante'), opera by George Frideric Handel

Vocal score of 'Ginevra of Sicily' as adapted from George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante [HWV 33] by Michael Rophino Lacy, with further music from other works of Handel and new material presumably composed by Lacy, [1830s-1840s].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 285
Extents: 406 pages
Dates: [1830s-1840s]
Collection

Gioachino Rossini: 'Guillaume Tell', opera in four acts

Full score of 'Guillaume Tell', opera by Gioachino Rossini, c 1829, 1838.
Extents: 1.2 Linear metres (8 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: c 1829, 1838
Collection

The M. Deneke Mendelssohn Collection

The M. Deneke Mendelssohn Collection contains a wealth of autographs, letters, drawing books, and other personal items relating to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, as well as a considerable part of the composer's own library. Other relevant material is added from time to time.
Extents: 23.54 Linear metres (236 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1819-1974
Single Item

Maurice Greene: 'Love's revenge. A dramatick pastoral of two interludes, set to musick by Dr. Greene, 1736 [sic]'

'Love's revenge. A dramatick pastoral of two interludes, set to musick by Dr. Greene, 1736 [sic]', copied in 1743.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 281
Extents: 188 pages
Dates: 1743

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Music 36
20th century 25
Operas 16
Music -- Manuscripts -- 20th century 15
Composers -- England -- Manuscripts 12
18th century 11
19th century 11
Music -- Manuscripts -- 19th century 10
Music -- Manuscripts -- 18th century 9
Operas -- Scores 6
Orchestral music 6
Songs with piano 6
Operas -- Excerpts 5
Organ music 5
Songs with orchestra 5
21st century 4
Chamber music 4
Incidental music 4
Oratorios 4
Piano music 4
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17th century 3
Motets 3
Operas -- 20th century 3
Operas -- Vocal scores with piano 3
Anthems 2
Ballets 2
Cantatas, Sacred 2
Cantatas, Secular 2
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Accompanied 2
Composers -- Portraits 2
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 -- Correspondence 2
Motion picture music 2
Music -- Manuscripts -- 17th century 2
Opera 2
Operas -- Librettos 2
Operas -- Vocal scores 2
Operas, Excerpts 2
Overtures 2
Part-songs, English 2
Piano music (Pianos (2)) 2
Sacred vocal music 2
Suites 2
Symphonies 2
University of Oxford -- Examinations -- Music 2
13th century 1
16th century 1
Band music 1
Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 -- Musical settings 1
Choral music 1
Choruses, Sacred 1
Choruses, Sacred (Mixes voices), Unaccompanied 1
Choruses, Secular 1
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Accompanied 1
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied 1
Choruses, Secular (Women's voices), Accompanied 1
Choruses, Secular (Women's voices), Unaccompanied 1
Church music -- Catholic Church 1
Composers -- Correspondence 1
Composers -- Manuscripts -- Facsimiles 1
Composers, English 1
Composers, French 1
Composers, German 1
Composers, Italian 1
Concert programs -- England 1
Concertos (Violin) 1
Concerts -- Germany -- 19th century 1
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Musical settings 1
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956 -- Musical settings 1
Double bass music 1
English literature 1
English poetry 1
English poetry -- Women authors 1
Evening service music 1
Film music 1
Flute and piano music 1
Glees, catches, rounds, etc. 1
Harp music 1
Herbert, George, 1593-1633 -- Musical settings 1
Humanities 1
Inklings (Group of writers) 1
Madrigals, English 1
Madrigals, Italian 1
Masses 1
Masses (Mixed voices), Accompanied 1
Mendelssohn family 1
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Cécile, 1817-1853 -- Correspondence 1
Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992 -- Criticism and interpretation 1
Morning service music 1
Music -- Instruction and study 1
Music -- Manuscripts -- 21st century 1
Music -- Manuscritps -- 21st century 1
Music publishers -- Correspondence 1
Operas -- Parts 1
Operas -- Vocal scores with continuo 1
Operas, Excerpts-- Parts 1
Oratorios -- Vocal scores with continuo 1
Orchestral music, Arranged 1
Organ music, Arranged 1
Part songs, English 1
Photographs 1
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Indexed names
Handel | George Frederick | 1685-1759 | musical composer 6
Greene | Maurice | 1695-1755 | organist and composer 4
Arne | Thomas Augustine | 1710-1778 | composer 2
Boyce | William | 1710-1779 | musician 2
Johnson | Robert | Sherlaw | 1932-2000 | composer 2
Oxford University Opera Club | University of Oxford 2
Pergolesi | Giovanni Battista | 1710-1736 | composer 2
Purcell | Henry | c 1659-1695 | composer 2
Wellesz | Egon | 1885-1974 | composer, lecturer 2
Albinoni | Tomaso Giovanni | 1671-1750/1751 | composer 1
Aldrich | Henry | 1648-1710 | composer 1
Anerio | Felice | c 1560-1614 | composer 1
Ariosti | Attilio | 1666-1729 | composer 1
Bach | Johann Christian | 1735-1782 | composer 1
Bartholdy | Cécile | Mendelssohn- | 1817-1853 | wife of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 1
Bartholdy | Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn- | 1809-1847 | composer 1
Bartholdy | Jacob Ludwig Felix | Mendelssohn- | 1809-1847 | composer 1
Bassani | Giovanni Battist | c 1650-1716 | composer 1
Batten | Adrian | d 1637 | English composer 1
Beethoven | Ludwig van | 1770-1827 | German composer and pianist 1
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Bernabei | Ercole | 1622-1687 | composer 1
Bianchi | (Giuseppe) Francesco | c 1752-1810 | English composer 1
Blow | John | 1648-1708 | composer 1
Bononcini | Giovanni | 1670-1747 | composer 1
Bourne | Thomas William | 1862-1948 | musical scholar 1
Bull | John | 1562/1563–1628 | composer 1
Burney | Charles | 1726-1814 | musician and author 1
Bush | Geoffrey | 1920-1998 | composer 1
Byrd | William | c 1540-1623 | musical composer 1
Cannon | (Jack) Philip | 1929-2016 | composer 1
Carissimi | Giacomo | 1605-1674 | composer 1
Cavalli | Pier Francesco | 1602-1676 | composer 1
Child | William | 1606/1607-1697 | composer 1
Cimarosa | Domenico | 1749-1801 | Italian composer 1
Clarke | Jeremiah | c 1743-1809 | composer 1
Coates | Albert Henry | 1882-1953 | conductor and composer 1
Coprario | John | c 1570/1580-1626 | composer 1
Cowen | Sir | Frederic Hymen | 1852-1935 | Knight | composer and conductor 1
Crosse | Gordon | b 1937 | composer 1
Donizetti | Domenico Gaetano Maria | 1797-1848 | Italian composer 1
Dupuis | Thomas Sanders | 1733-1796 | composer 1
Durante | Francesco | 1684-1755 | composer 1
Ferrabosco | Alfonso | 1543-1588 | composer 1
Galuppi | Baldassare | 1706-1785 | Italian composer 1
Gibbons | Orlando | 1583-1625 | composer 1
Hasse | Johann Adolf | 1699-1783 | composer 1
Haydn | Franz Joseph | 1732-1809 | Austrian Composer 1
Hensel | Fanny Mendelssohn | 1805-1847 | composer 1
Horsley | Charles Edward | 1821-1876 | composer 1
Horsley | William | 1774-1858 | composer 1
Howard | Samuel | 1710-1782 | composer and organist 1
Hurd | Michael John | 1918-2006 | composer 1
Hérold | Ferdinand | 1791-1833 | composer 1
Jenkins | John | 1592-1678 | composer 1
Jommelli | Niccolò | 1714-1774 | composer 1
Kellam | Ian | 1933-2014 | composer 1
Lacy | Michael Rophino | 1795-1867 | violinist and composer 1
Lasso | Orlando di | 1532-1594 | composer 1
Lawes | William | 1602-1645 | musician and composer 1
Leveridge | Richard | 1670-1758 | composer and singer 1
Marenzio | Luca | 1553/1554-1599 | composer 1
Mayr | Giovanni Simone | 1763-1845 | composer 1
Milford | Robin Humphrey | 1903-1959 | composer 1
Monteverdi | Claudio | 1567-1643 | composer 1
Montgomery | Robert Bruce | 1921-1978 | writer and composer 1
Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Austrian composer 1
Oliver | Stephen Michael Harding | 1950-1992 | composer 1
Ouseley | Sir | Frederick Arthur Gore | 1825–1889 | 2nd Baronet | Professor of Music at Oxford University 1
Oxford University Opera Club 1
O’Regan | Tarik | b 1978 | composer 1
Pachelbel | Johann | 1653-1706 | composer 1
Philips | Tom (Trevor Thomas) | b 1937 | artist, writer and composer 1
Ridler | Anne Barbara | 1912-2001 | Writer and poet 1
Ridler | Anne Barbara | 1912-2001 | née Bradby | poet and writer 1
Ridler | Vivian Hughes | 1913-2009 | printer, typographer and scholar 1
Rossini | Gioacchino Antonio | 1792-1868 | Italian operatic composer 1
Schlotel | Brian K | fl 1950-1980 | writer on music and composer 1
Schubert | Franz | 1797-1828 | composer 1
Simpson | Christopher | c 1602/1606-1669 | composer 1
Spohr | Louis | 1784-1859 | composer 1
St Michael's College | Tenbury 1
Tallis | Thomas | c 1505-1585 | composer 1
Taverner | John | c 1490-1545 | composer 1
Taylor | Eric | 1928-2017 | musician 1
Tye | Christopher | ? 1497-1572 | composer 1
University of Oxford 1
Weber | Carl Maria von | 1786-1826 | composer 1
Weldon | John | 1676-1736 | composer 1
Wesley | Charles | 1757-1834 | musician 1
Wesley | Samuel | 1766-1837 | musician 1
Westrup | Sir | Jack Allan | 1904-1975 | Knight | musicologist and conductor 1
White | Robert | c 1538-1574 | composer 1
Williams | Charles Walter Stansby | 1886-1945 | author 1
Williams | Ralph | Vaughan | 1872-1958 | composer 1
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Language
Italian 7
French 5
German 5
Latin 2