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Music -- Manuscripts -- 17th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:

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4 'Italian Soneta's for 3: two Trebles and a Base with a Through Base. 4 Bookes'

4 anonymous sonatas for three string instruments and basso continuo, probably all by Italian composers, [1670-1682].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 79
Extents: 1 box
Dates: [1670-1682]
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10 sonatas for two violins, bass, and continuo, by Lelio Colista and C.A. Lonati

10 sonatas for two violins, bass and continuo, 4 by Lelio Colista and 6 by Carlo Ambrogio Lonati, copied for or by James Sherard, late 17th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 256 (Former reference: Music School B. 4. 16)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: late 17th cent.
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12 fantasias for two bass viols and organ by Giovanni [John] Coperario

John Coperario: String parts of 12 fantasias for two bass viols and organ, middle to late 17th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 92
Extents: 1 box
Dates: middle to late 17th cent.
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12 'Sonate à 2 Violini', op. 2, by Giovanni Battista Vitali

12 'Sonate à 2 Violini', op. 2, by Giovanni Battista Vitali, 2nd half of 17th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 257 (Former shelfmark: Music School B. 4. 17)
Extents: 31 Leaves
Dates: 17th cent., 2nd half
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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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'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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Arcangelo Corelli: 12 sonatas for two violins, bass and continuo, op. 2

Arcangelo Corelli. 12 sonatas for two violins, bass and continuo, op. 2, late 17th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 255
Extents: 1 box
Dates: late 17th cent.
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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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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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Autograph scores and parts of instrumental and vocal music by William Lawes

William Lawes: scores and parts of instrumental and vocal music in his own hand, 1st half of the 17th cent.
Extents: 6 physical shelfmarks (0.33 linear metres)
Dates: 1st half of the 17th cent.
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A book inscribed on the cover 'Divisions for the Bass Violl, Decemb. 3d. Anno Domini 1687'

Divisions, sonatas and musical examples used for teaching, written in score by Francis Withy, 1688-1697.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 61 (Former reference: Music School B. 6. 39)
Extents: 92 pages
Dates: 1688-1697
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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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Calligraphic part-books of duos for bass viols by Christopher Simpson and John Jenkins

Calligraphic part-books of duos for bass viols by Christopher Simpson and John Jenkins, late 17th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 77
Extents: 1 Box
Dates: late 17th cent.
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Cantatas, etc. by composers associated with St Thomas's church, Leipzig and others, and sacred and secular music by S. Capricorn

Cantatas, etc. by composers associated with St Thomas's church, Leipzig and others, and sacred and secular music by S. Capricorn {Bockshorn], 2nd half of the 17th cent.
Extents: 0.55 Linear metres (5 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 2nd half of the 17th cent.
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'Canzoni alla Francese del Frescobaldi'

11 works for 2 violins, violetta and bass, 1677-1678.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 258 (Former reference: Music School B. 4. 18)
Extents: 56 Leaves
Dates: 1677-1678
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Christopher Simpson's 'Months and Seasons' for viols and continuo

Christopher Simpson's 'The Months and The Seasons' for treble, 2 basses and basso continuo, 1668.
Shelfmark: MSS. Mus. Sch. c. 54-57 (Former reference: Music School B. 6. 31-34)
Extents: 1 box (4 volumes)
Dates: 1668
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Church music in score collected by Charles Badham

Church music in score collected by Charles Badham, Minor Canon of St Paul's Cathedral, London, 1674-1675, 1713, n.d.
Extents: 0.44 Linear metres (4 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1674-1675, 1713, n.d.
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Collection of 17th-century French songs

18 French songs, late 17th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 218
Extents: 39 Leaves
Dates: late 17th cent.
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Collection of 127 songs, etc., copied by Edward Lowe

Collection of 127 songs, etc., copied by Edward Lowe, mid-17th cent. 'Cantus 2dus' part only.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 238
Extents: 226 pages
Dates: mid-17th cent.