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Music -- Manuscripts -- 18th century

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Found in 107 Collections and/or Records:

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Volume of 18th-century Italian and English arias and songs

Not 14 (as written on the upper board), but 15 operatic arias and songs, mainly by G.F. Handel, [1733-1765]. They are predominantly in short score.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d.309
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: [1733-1765]
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Volume of parochial psalmody, consisting largely of 18th-cent. anthems

Volume of parochial psalmody, consisting of a service and anthems, c 1730?
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. e. 55
Extents: 84 Leaves
Dates: c 1730?
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Volume of songs, keyboard pieces and dance tunes, compiled for Augusta Anne Vavasour of Weston

Volume of songs, keyboard pieces and dance tunes, compiled c 1795 for Augusta Anne Vavasour of Weston.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 261
Extents: 43 Leaves
Dates: c 1795
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William Boyce: Birthday Ode for the Prince of Wales (later George III)

Birthday Ode for the Prince of Wales (later George III) by William Boyce, [1752].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 105
Extents: 1 box
Dates: [1752]
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William Croft: 10 verse anthems, copied in score by his pupil James Kent

10 verse anthems by William Croft, copied in score by his pupil James Kent, [1731-1737].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 173
Extents: 104 Leaves
Dates: [1731-1737]
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William Croft: Ode 'Laurus cruentas', 1713, with another ode by an unidentified composer

Largely complete autograph working manuscript of William Croft's ode 'Laurus cruentas', 1713, with working manuscript of another ode by an unidentified composer, [18th cent.].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 271
Extents: 26 Leaves
Dates: [18th-cent.]
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William Hayes: Ode, 'The Passions'

Autograph fair copy of 'The Passions', secular ode by William Hayes, [1750].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 178
Extents: 125 Leaves
Dates: [1750]