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Music -- Manuscripts -- 18th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:

2 Cantatas from a set of 12, by G. F. Handel

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b.15, fols. 42-51
2 cantatas, by G. F. Handel, early 18th cent.
Extents: 10 Leaves
Dates: early 18th cent.

'10 Sonate à 3. G. Avitrano Neopolitano'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. e. 427 (Former reference: Music School B. 4. 31)
G. Avitrano. 10 sonatas, op. 1 (as published, Naples: M.L. Muzio, 1697), early 18th cent.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: early 18th cent.

12 sonatas for two violins, bass and basso continuo, copied by James Sherard

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 254 (Former shelfmark: Music School B. 4. 14)
12 sonatas for two violins, bass and basso continuo, copied by James Sherard, late 17th/early 18th cent.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: late 17th/early 18th cent.

28 anthems in score, almost all copied by a single, early 18th-cent. scribe

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 58
28 anthems in score, almost all copied by a single, early 18th cent. scribe.
Extents: 120 Leaves
Dates: early 18th cent.

37 short pieces for bass viol (companion volume to MS. Mus. Sch. f. 573)

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. f. 574 (Former reference: Music School A. 3. 28)
Companion volume to f. 573, mainly copied by the third hand, and containing two of the same pieces by P. Hacquart, [date].
Extents: 1 box
Dates: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing

Airs for stringed instruments by Dutch and English composers

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. f. 573 (Former reference: Music School A. 3. 27)
Notebook, probably of Dutch origin, in which three hands collected airs by Dutch and English composers for stringed instruments; in some cases a second part is lacking, [c 1700].
Extents: 1 box
Dates: c 1700

Album Amicorum of I. C. Falck

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. e.35
Album Amicorum of I. C. Falck.
Extents: 117 Leaves
Dates: 1769-1804

'Alessandro Scarlatti's 'Il Flavio Cuniberto'

 Collection
Vocal and full score, with additional parts, of Alessandro Scarlatti's 'Il Flavio Cuniberto, Opera rappresentura nel Teatro di Capranica [Rome], L'Anno 1696', early 18th cent.
Extents: 2 physical shelfmarks (0.22 linear metres)
Dates: Early 18th cent.

Anthem, 'Praise God in his Sanctuary', by William Croft

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b. 15, fols. 32-41
William Croft: anthem, 'Praise God in his Sanctuary' (Psalm 150). Autograph manuscript, [1717].
Extents: 10 Leaves
Dates: [1717]

Anthem, 'The Lord hath appeared for us', by William Croft

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b. 15, fol. 31
William Croft: 'The Lord hath appeared for us'. Autograph manuscript, [1715].
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates: [1715]

Antonio Aurisicchio, 'Confitebor: motet en grande simphonie'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 351
Confitebor: Motet en grande simphonie del Sr. Aurisischio [Aurisicchio]
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: n.d. [mid-18th cent.]

Arcangelo Corelli's Sonatas op. 1 and op. 2

 Collection
Arcangelo Corelli's Sonatas op. 1 and 2 for 2 violins, bass and basso continuo, early 18th cent.
Extents: 2 physical shelfmarks (0.22 linear metres)
Dates: early 18th cent.

Arias selected from operas performed in Rome, 1696-1697, with concert arias and cantatas

 Collection
Two pairs of volumes, in which were bound copies of arias selected from operas performed in Rome, 1696-1697, with concert arias and cantatas, c 1696-1697.
Extents: 4 physical shelfmarks (0.44 linear metres)
Dates: c 1696-1697

'Arie con Tromba Sola del Sigr, by Al[essan]dro Scarlatti'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. e. 394
'Arie con Tromba Sola del Sigr. Al[essan]dro Scarlatti', 1st half of 18th cent.
Extents: 80 pages
Dates: 1st half of 18th cent.

Arrangements by Richard Buchmayer of 17th- and 18th-cent. music, and papers belonging to him

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 401
Arrangements by Richard Buchmayer (1856-1934) of 17th- and 18th-cent. music, and papers belonging to him, n.d.
Extents: 251 Leaves
Dates: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing

'Aulologia [in Greek] or, Directions for playing on the flute. Together with a choice collection of the best and newest tunes for that instrument'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 461
'Aulologia [in Greek] or, Directions for playing on the flute. Together with a choice collection of the best and newest tunes for that instrument. [Latin quotation beginning]: Haudquaquam musici sunt ...', c 1706-1720.
Extents: 130 pages
Dates: compiled c 1706-1710, with later additions

'Banoncinis Ayres'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 250 (former reference: Music School B. 4. 10)
The 24 pieces published as Giovanni Maria Bononcini's Op. 12, Arie e Correnti a 3 (Bologna, 1678), late 17th cent?
Extents: 1 box
Dates: Late 17th cent?

Benjamin Rogers: Church music copied by Philip Hayes

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c.96
Copies of church music by Benjamin Rogers made by Philip Hayes 'many of them written from his own manuscripts' (p. v), some of them in 1755, 1777 or 1778.
Extents: 204 pages
Dates: 1755, 1777 or 1778

'A Booke of Psalme Tunes...'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. f. 38
'A Booke of Psalme Tunes with directions by the Rull how to sing them...', [c 1700].
Extents: 33 Leaves
Dates: [c 1700]

Carl Heinrich Graun: Te Deum in D major [GraunWV B:VI:2]

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 279
Te Deum in D major [GraunWV B:VI:2], for SATB solo voices, SATB chorus and orchestra, by Carl Heinrich Graun, early 19th cent.
Extents: 74 pages
Dates: early 19th-cent.