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Music -- Manuscripts -- 18th century

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Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:

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

2 cantatas, by G. F. Handel, early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b.15, fols. 42-51
Extents: 10 Leaves
Dates: early 18th cent.
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'10 Sonate à 3. G. Avitrano Neopolitano'

G. Avitrano. 10 sonatas, op. 1 (as published, Naples: M.L. Muzio, 1697), early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. e. 427 (Former reference: Music School B. 4. 31)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: early 18th cent.
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12 sonatas for two violins, bass and basso continuo, copied by James Sherard

12 sonatas for two violins, bass and basso continuo, copied by James Sherard, late 17th/early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 254 (Former shelfmark: Music School B. 4. 14)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: late 17th/early 18th cent.
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28 anthems in score, almost all copied by a single, early 18th-cent. scribe

28 anthems in score, almost all copied by a single, early 18th cent. scribe.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 58
Extents: 120 Leaves
Dates: early 18th cent.
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37 short pieces for bass viol (companion volume to MS. Mus. Sch. f. 573)

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

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].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. f. 573 (Former reference: Music School A. 3. 27)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: c 1700
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Album Amicorum of I. C. Falck

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

'Alessandro Scarlatti's 'Il Flavio Cuniberto'

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

William Croft: anthem, 'Praise God in his Sanctuary' (Psalm 150). Autograph manuscript, [1717].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b. 15, fols. 32-41
Extents: 10 Leaves
Dates: [1717]
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Anthem, 'The Lord hath appeared for us', by William Croft

William Croft: 'The Lord hath appeared for us'. Autograph manuscript, [1715].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b. 15, fol. 31
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates: [1715]
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Arcangelo Corelli's Sonatas op. 1 and op. 2

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

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

'Arie con Tromba Sola del Sigr. Al[essan]dro Scarlatti', 1st half of 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. e. 394
Extents: 80 pages
Dates: 1st half of 18th cent.
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Arrangements by Richard Buchmayer of 17th- and 18th-cent. music, and papers belonging to him

Arrangements by Richard Buchmayer (1856-1934) of 17th- and 18th-cent. music, and papers belonging to him, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 401
Extents: 251 Leaves
Dates: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
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'Aulologia [in Greek] or, Directions for playing on the flute. Together with a choice collection of the best and newest tunes for that instrument'

'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.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 461
Extents: 130 pages
Dates: compiled c 1706-1710, with later additions
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'Banoncinis Ayres'

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

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.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c.96
Extents: 204 pages
Dates: 1755, 1777 or 1778
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'A Booke of Psalme Tunes...'

'A Booke of Psalme Tunes with directions by the Rull how to sing them...', [c 1700].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. f. 38
Extents: 33 Leaves
Dates: [c 1700]
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Carl Heinrich Graun: Te Deum in D major [GraunWV B:VI:2]

Te Deum in D major [GraunWV B:VI:2], for SATB solo voices, SATB chorus and orchestra, by Carl Heinrich Graun, early 19th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 279
Extents: 74 pages
Dates: early 19th-cent.
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Choir parts of 22 psalm tunes

Choir parts of 22 psalm tunes, written on separate parchment leaves, each containing two parts (Altus with Secundus and Tenor with Bass) of two tunes.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. f.35
Extents: 22 Leaves
Dates: 1742, 1781