Music -- Manuscripts -- 17th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:
'The Months', 12 fantasias by Christopher Simpson
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 58
'The Months', 12 fantasias for treble viol, two bass viols and organ, by Christopher Simpson, Oct 1669.
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
Oct 1669
Movements from consort suites by Christopher Gibbons
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 53
Christopher Gibbons: movements from consort suites in D minor, for two trebles and bass with organ, [c 1660-1670].
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
[c 1660-1670]
'Mr. Sylvanus Taylor's Ayres, for two Trebles & a Base'
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. e. 429 (Former reference: Lowe's no. 19; Music School B. 4. 34)
'Mr. Sylvanus Taylor's Ayres, for two Trebles & a Base', between 1650 and 1682.
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
between 1650 and 1682
Music bequeathed by T. W. Bourne
Collection
Collection of mostly 18th-century manuscript music bequeathed by the pioneering Handel scholar, Thomas William Bourne (1862-1948), 1601-1902.
Extents: 2.20 Linear metres (20 boxes)
Dates:
1601-1902
Music-book with compositions for voice and lute at one end and keyboard music by Orlando Gibbons and music for lyra viol at the other
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. f. 575 (Former shelfmark: Music School B. 3. 1)
Music-book with compositions for voice and lute at one end and music by Orlando Gibbons and music for lyra viol at the other, mid-17th cent.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
mid-17th cent.
Music copied by Edward Lowe over a long period
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. e. 451 (Former reference: Music School A. 3. 29)
Music copied by Edward Lowe, c 1636-1682.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
c 1636-1682
Music for two violins with other instruments
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 70 (Former shelfmark: Music School A. 5. 7)
Music for two violins with other instruments, early 18th cent?
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
early 18th cent?
Music of Benjamin Hely for two bass viols and continuo
Collection
Music of Benjamin Hely for two bass viols and continuo, with some music by Marin Marais, late 17th-early 18th cent.
Extents: 0.33 Linear metres (3 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
late 17th-early 18th cent.
Musical collections of Harry Ellis Wooldridge
Collection
A collection of music, including transcripts mainly of 17th and 18th-century Italian music, nearly all from sources in the British Museum.
Extents: 3.74 Linear metres (34 boxes)
Dates:
1870-1906, n.d.
'New Bookes for vocall'
Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Mus. Sch. c. 20-23
'New Bookes for vocall'. Eight 3-part motets copied by E. Lowe, [1680].
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
[1680]
New College, Oxford. Chapel Choir Books
Collection
New College, Oxford. Chapel Choir Books. Incomplete sets and isolated members of part-books which were in use from the early 17th cent. up to the middle of the 19th cent. and probably later.
Extents: 3.41 Linear metres (31 boxes)
Dates:
mostly 17th and 18th centuries
Pier Francesco Cavalli: 'Il Giasone', opera in a prologue and 3 acts
Collection
Full score of 'Il Giasone', opera in a prologue and 3 acts by Pier Francesco Cavalli to a libretto by Giacinto Andrea Cicognini, late 17th cent.
Extents: 0.45 Linear metres (3 volumes)
Dates:
late 17th cent.
Pocket part-books of music composed by Valentine Oldis
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. g. 612a-d (Former reference: Music School B. 3. 12)
44 short pieces for viols in three or four parts by Valentine Oldis, 1659, 1674, n.d.
Extents: 1 box (4 volumes)
Dates:
1659, 1674, n.d.
Preces and Psalms, Services and Anthems
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. e. 40
Bass part book of Preces and Psalms, Services and Anthems, by Tye, Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, Tomkins and others, [1633-1639].
Extents: 269 Leaves
Dates:
[1633-1639]
Sacred music by Italian composers
Single Item
Sacred music by Italian composers, compiled in the latter part of the 17th century.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
[c 1670-1700?]
Scores and parts mostly of music for two trebles and bass
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 44
Scores and parts mostly of music for two trebles and bass, [1661-1682].
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
[1661-1682]
'Sinfonie' for strings, lute and organ
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 260 (Former reference: Music School B. 4. 20)
'Sinfonie' for strings, lute and organ, early 18th cent.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
early 18th cent.
Sonatas by Johann Rosenmüller
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 248
Parts for eleven of the twelve sonatas by Johann Rosenmüller, published as 12 Sonate à 2, 3, 4 e 5 stromenti da arco e altri & Basso cont. (1682), [date].
Extents: 56 Leaves
Dates:
Late 17th cent.
Suites for 3-4 viols and continuo
Collection
Six part-books containing suites of airs for 3-4 viols and continuo, 1651-1669.
Extents: 0.30 Linear metres (6 boxes)
Dates:
1651-1669
Three part-books containing English music
Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Mus. Sch. e. 447-449
Three part-books containing English music for 2 trebles and a bass, late 17th cent.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
late 17th cent.