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Music -- Manuscripts -- 18th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:

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Francesco Gasparini's oratorio 'Judith de Holoferne triumphans'

Score of Francesco Gasparini's oratorio 'Judith de Holoferne triumphans' [Iudith de Olopherne triumphans], copied by two professional Italian hands.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. e. 383
Extents: 95 Leaves
Dates: [1690s?]
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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.]
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French songs for voices of various ranges

French songs for voices of various ranges, including airs from an opera, mid-18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 236
Extents: 228 pages
Dates: mid-18th cent.
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Full score of George Frideric Handel's 'Samson, an oratorio'

Full score of Samson, an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, c 1745-1750.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b. 130
Extents: 318 pages
Dates: c 1745-1750
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Full score of Handel's Chandos Anthems, nos. 4 and 5

Full score of Handel's Chandos Anthems, nos. 4 and 5, copied by the younger Richard Goodson, [1700s-1730s].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. b. 1
Extents: 1 box
Dates: mid-18th cent.
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G. B. Bassani: Organ part only (figured bass) of 12 sonatas, published as Op. 5, Sinfonie a due, e trè instromenti, con il basso continuo per l'organo ... (Bologna, 1683)

Figured bass part for organ of 12 sonatas, published as Op. 5, Sinfonie a due, e trè instromenti, con il basso continuo per l'organo ... (Bologna, 1683), copied in late 17th or early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c.372
Extents: 16 Leaves
Dates: late 17th-early 18th cent.
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Gilbert Heathcote: two collections of catches, canon, glees and songs, indexed (on fol. 1) and bound together

Gilbert Heathcote: two collections of catches, canon, glees and songs, indexed (fol. 1) and bound together.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d.177
Extents: 95 Leaves
Dates: 1763-1787, n.d.
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Giovanni Battista Bassani: Op. 8, Metri Sacri Resi Armonici

Score of Giovanni Battista Bassani's Op. 8, 'Metri Sacri Resi Armonici', early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 207
Extents: 80 Leaves
Dates: early 18th cent.
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Cantata Orfeo é Euridice

'Cantata Orfeo é Euridice del Sigr. Pergolesi', [late 18th cent.]
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 298
Extents: 14 Leaves
Dates: [late 18th cent.]
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Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari: collection of madrigals for 2-3 voices and continuo

Two volumes of madrigals for 2-3 voices and continuo by Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, 18th cent.
Extents: 0.30 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: mid-18th cent.
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Giovanni Paisiello: 'Sinfonia' from La Frascatana

Giovanni Paisiello: 'Sinfonia' from his opera La Frascatana, [1774].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 60, fols. 89-103
Extents: 15 Leaves
Dates: [1774]
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: 1st book of motets for 4 voices (Rome, 1563)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/5-1594): 1st book of motets for 4 voices (Rome, 1563), scored up by Giovanni Maria Casini and copied by Cosimo Scuffi, late 17th or early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 287
Extents: 346 pages
Dates: late 17th or early 18th-cent.
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Guard-book of music tunes

Trumpet tunes, marches, jigs, minuets, etc., early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 45
Extents: 1 box
Dates: early 18th century
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Incidental music arranged for two violins and bass

Part-books for incidental music arranged for two violins and bass, c 1700.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 73
Extents: 1 box
Dates: c 1700
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Incidental music by Finger, Lenton, Purcell, Tollet and Eccles

Three part-books containing incidental music by Finger, Lenton, Purcell, Tollet and Eccles, arranged for two violins and bass; flute music by Raphael Courteville and William Williams; and 'Nicola's Trumpet tune', c 1700.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 72 (Former shelfmark: Music School A. 5. 9-11)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: c 1700
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Incomplete part-book of church music, belonging to a set probably used in the province of York

Incomplete part-book of church music, belonging to a set probably used in the province of York, late 17th-early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. Liturg. c. 4
Extents: 180 pages
Dates: late 17th-early 18th cent.
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Instrumental pieces and songs copied mostly by one various hand

Instrumental pieces and songs, collected and copied mostly by one various hand, [early 18th cent.?].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 95
Extents: 262 pages
Dates: [early 18th cent.?]
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An interleaved copy of A New Version of the Psalms of David by Nicholas Brady and Nahum Tate

An interleaved copy of A New Version of the Psalms of David N. Brady and N. Tate, 1713, n.d.
Shelfmark: Ps. Verse 1713 e.1
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1713, n.d.
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Italian arias in score

Italian arias in score, early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. e. 395 (Former reference Music School B. 5. 40)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: early 18th cent.
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Italian cantatas by Antonio Caldara, Francesco Mancini and Carlo Francesco Cesarini

Italian cantatas by Antonio Caldara, Francesco Mancini and Carlo Francesco Cesarini. Partly autograph, [1708-1716].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 266
Extents: 142 Leaves
Dates: [1708-1716]