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Music -- Manuscripts -- 17th century

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Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:

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Collection of In Nomines and anthems by 16th and 17th-century composers

Collection of In Nomines and anthems by 16th and 17th-century composers, [c 1610-c 1625].
Shelfmark: MSS. Mus. Sch. d. 212-216
Extents: 1 box
Dates: [c 1610-c 1625]
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Collection of motets and other vocal music, mainly by Giovanni Battista Bassani and Giacomo Carissimi

Collection of motets and other vocal music, mainly by Giovanni Battista Bassani and Giacomo Carissimi. English copy in the hand of Sampson Estwick, [1690s].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 590
Extents: 207 Leaves
Dates: [1690s]
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A composite volume of instrumental music

A composite volume of unrelated manuscript of instrumental music from the 2nd half of the 17th cent, including Italianate ensemble music from John Sherard's collection and organ music (partly autograph) by Thomas Tomkins.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 93
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 2nd half of the 17th cent.
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A composite volume of instrumental parts

A composite volume, containing various instrumental parts, some incomplete, late 17th/early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 261 (Former reference: Quarto B. 1-6)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: Late 17th/early 18th cent.
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Consort music by Thomas Tomkins, Alfonso Ferrabosco II and others

Four part-books from a set of five, containing 5-part pavanes etc., by Thomas Tomkins, Alfonso Ferrabosco II and others, copied 1641-1642.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. e. 415-418 (Former reference: Music School B. 4. 4-7)
Extents: 4 Volumes
Dates: 1641-1642
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Consort music for strings

Part-books of consort music for strings in three and four parts by Charles Coleman, Richard Cooke and William Lawes; and (volumes reversed) anonymous lute and lyra viol consort music, two anonymous lute solos, and lute consort music by J. Birchensha, mid-17th cent.
Extents: 2 boxes (0.22 linear metres)
Dates: mid-17th cent.
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Consort music in three and four parts

Four part-books containing consort music in three and four parts, given to Edward Lowe by Theodore Colby and copied by an anonymous scribe, Matthew Hutton and Lowe himself, late 17th cent.
Extents: 0.12 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates: late 17th cent.
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A copy of Christopher Simpson's Chelys, 2nd ed. (1667), with additional music in manuscript

A copy of Christopher Simpson's Chelys, 2nd ed. (1667), with additional music in manuscript, Mar 1672-Sep 1678, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 71
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: Mar 1672-Sep 1678, n.d.
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Divisions and dance tunes with a copy of Christopher Simpson's The Division-Violist (London, 1659)

Divisions and dance tunes with a copy of Christopher Simpson's The Division-Violist (London, 1659), mid-17th - mid-18th cent.
Shelfmark: [Vet.] Mus. 184 c.8
Extents: 48 Leaves
Dates: mid-17th - mid-18th cent.
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Edward Lowe's 'New Consort Books'

Edward Lowe's 'New Consort Books', late 17th cent.
Extents: 0.33 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: late 17th cent.
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Edward Lowe's set of 'Latine and English Songs... by the best Italian and English Authors'

Lowe's set of 'Latine & English Songs... by the best Italian and English Authors', 2nd half of 17th cent.
Extents: 0.88 Linear metres (8 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 2nd half of 17th cent.
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Fancies and divisions for viols by English composers

Fancies and divisions for two bass viols and (nos. 39-42) for treble and bass viols, 2nd half of 17th cent.
Shelfmark: MSS. Mus. Sch. c. 59-60 (Former reference: Music School B. 6. 37-38)
Extents: 1 box (2 volumes)
Dates: 2nd half of 17th cent.
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Fantasia-Air suites for two trebles and bass to the organ by John Jenkins

John Jenkins: Three-part Fantasia-Air suites for two trebles and bass to the organ, probably copied in or after the third quarter of the 17th cent.
Shelfmark: MSS. Mus. Sch. f. 564-567 (Former reference: Music School B. 4. 33[-36])
Extents: 1 box
Dates: late 17th cent.
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Fantasias and in-nomines for strings

Six part-books containing fantasias and in-nomines for strings, c 1641.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates: c 1641
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Fantasies for strings in 3, 4, 5 and 6 parts

Fantasies for strings in 3, 4, 5 and 6 parts, copied mid-17th cent.
Shelfmark: MSS. Mus. Sch. e. 437-442 (Former reference: Music School A. 3. 7-12)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: mid-17th cent.
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Fantazia suites by Christopher Gibbons and Pavane suites by Thomas Baltzar

Fantazia suites by Christopher Gibbons and Pavane suites by Thomas Baltazar, all for 2 violins and a bass with organ, 1659, 1662, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 102a-b
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1659, 1662, n.d.
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Four duos for viola da gamba by Peter Greck

Four viola da gamba duos by 'Peter Greck', [c 1700].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 253
Extents: 1 box
Dates: [c 1700]
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Four part-books from a set originally consisting of six, containing a collection of vocal and instrumental music

Four part-books from a set originally consisting of six, prepared probably well before 1636 for a collection of vocal music, with more vocal and instrumental consort music added later by Edward Lowe.
Shelfmark: MSS. Mus. Sch. d. 233-236
Extents: 4 Volumes
Dates: Early-mid 17th cent.
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Fragment from a work on musical theory concerning composition for four voices

Fragment from a work on musical theory concerning composition for four voices, 2nd half of 17th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 60, fols. 106-110
Extents: 5 Leaves
Dates: 1650-1700?
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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.