An examination of the manuscript of a musical work can yield unique insights into and knowledge of both the work in question and the composer thereof. Aside from the visceral feeling at viewing the composer's own hand and seeing the manner in which works were composed, many objective facts can be gleaned from such research.
Few libraries have the funds and facilities to make the acquisition of original manuscripts a priority. Most that have done so started their collections in the mid-19th or early-20th century or gathered the collections of private collectors who had begun amassing musical manuscripts centuries before that. In the University of Notre Dame Libraries, however, we are blessed by having access to wonderful copies of composers' manuscripts. These copies are of two types: facsimiles--i.e., printed reproductions that reveal every aspect--color, line, erasures, etc., of an original manuscript at its original size--and microform copies. Examples of each are noted below.
To locate all of the collections of manuscripts that include works by more than one composer, enter music manuscripts in the Browse Subject search in ALEPH:
To locate the manuscripts of a single composer, enter the name of the composer (in the "authorized" version of the catalog) and the word Manuscripts in the search in ALEPH:
Facsimiles of music manuscripts:
Most, but not all, of the printed facsimiles are classified in ML96.4
(for collections) and ML96.5 (for works by a single composer). They are
characterized by beautiful reproductions that go as far as (in many cases)
attempting to recreate the "feel" of the original paper. The
following are a few examples of some very beautiful facsimiles. There
are many more.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. [Masses, BWV 232, B minor (Manuscript)].--Mass
in B minor, BWV 232 / Johann Sebastian Bach ; with a commentary
edited by Alfred Dürr.--Kassel, New York : Bärenreiter,1965.
[Facsimile reproduction of the autograph ] ML 96.5 .B118 S.232
1965 Click
here.
Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. [Concertos, viola, orchestra (manuscript)].--Viola
concerto / Bela Bartók ; with a commentary by László
Somfai ; fair transcription of the draft with notes prepared by Nelson
Dellamaggiore.--Homosassa, Fla. : Bartók Records, 1995. [Facsimile
edition of the autograph draft] ML 96.5.B37 C66 1995
Click
here.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. [Missa solemnis].-- Artaria
195 : Beethoven's
sketchbook for the Missa solemnis and the Piano sonata in E major, opus
109 /
transcribed, edited and with a commentary by William Kinderman.--Urbana,
Ill. ; Chicago, Ill. : University of Illinois Press , c2003. (Beethoven
sketchbook series ). [Facsimile of the Beethoven sketchbook known as Artaria
195, including the Missa solemnis and Piano Sonata in E Major, Opus 109]
ML96.5 .B414 op.109 2003 Click
here.
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. [Quintets, violins, violas, violoncello,
op. 88, F major (Manuscript)].--Quintets op. 88, F-Dur /
von Johannes Brahms..--Faksimile-Ausg.Partitur.--Baden-Baden : Brahmsgesellschaft
Baden-Baden, 1994. [Facsimile of the holograph manuscript in the possession
of the Brahmsgesellschaft Baden-Baden] ML 96.5.B813 op.88 1994
Click
here.
Charpentier, Marc Antoine, 1634-1704. [Selections].--Meslanges
autographes : fac-
similé du manuscrit Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Rés.
Vm1 259 / Marc-Antoine
Charpentier ; préface de Catherine Massip, introduction de H. Wiley
Hitchcock.--Paris : Minkoff, 1990-.--(Œuvres complètes / Marc-Antoine
Charpentier ; I, 1-14) [Facsimiles of autograph manuscripts] M
3. C537 Ser.1 Click
here.
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. [Syrinx (Manuscript)].--Syrinx / Claude Debussy.--[Stockholm,
Sweden] : Autographus
Musicus, [1992? (Flautissimo). [Reproduces ms. possibly by Debussy owned
by Madame Hollanders de Ouderaen in Brussels] ML 96.5 .D4 S97
1992 Click
here and here.
Gabrielli, Domenico, 1651-1690. [Instrumental music. Selections].--Ricercari
per
violoncello solo ; Canone a due violoncelli ; Sonate per violoncello e
basso
continuo / Domenico Gabrielli ; riproduzione dei manoscritti
; prefazione e apparato critico di Marc Vanscheeuwijck.--Bologna : : A.
Forni, 1998. (Bibliotheca musica Bononiensis. Sezione IV ; n. 78) [Facsimile
reproductions of Ms. G. 79, and Mus. F. 416.1-2 from the Biblioteca Estense
in Modena] ML 96.5 .G33 I57 1998 Click
here.
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. [American in Paris].--An American
in Paris / George Gershwin ; includes historical information
and annotation . Gershwin 50th anniversary ed., Commemorative facsimile
edition.--Manuscript full score.--Secaucus, N.J. : Warner Bros. Publications,
c1987. [Reproduction of holograph ms.] ML 96.5 G47 A54 1987
Click
here.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. [Selections (Sketches)].--Skizzen
/ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; vorgelegt von Ulrich Konrad.--Kassel ; New
York : Bärenreiter, 1998. (Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke / Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart. Serie X, Supplement ; Werkgruppe 30, Bd. 3) [Facsimile
of autograph manuscripts] M 3 .M939 Wkg.30 Bd.3
Click
here.
Purcell, Henry,1659-1695. [Songs. Selections].–The
Gresham autograph / Henry Purcell ; introduction by Margaret
Laurie and Robert Thompson.--Facsimile.--London : :published for Gresham
College and the Purcell Society [by] Novello, c1995. ML96.5 .P88
G64 1995 Click
here.
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.[Vesna svia shchennaia (Manuscript)].- The
rite of
spring; sketches, 1911-1913 / [by] Igor Stravinsky.--[London]
: Boosey & Hawkes,
1969. [Facsimile reproductions from the autographs] ML 96.5 .S7
S2 Click
here.
The microform reproductions are especially valuable in that they can
combine many manuscripts together in one place for comparison. Although
reproduced in back-and-white and missing the "touch" of the
printed facsimiles, the clarity and completeness of these sets is amazing.
The following is a list of all of the major collections of music manuscripts
on microforms:
1.
Bach III, Musikbibliothek Peters. D. Einselne Handschriften
verschiedener
herkunst aus der Musikbibliothek Peters
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. : Adam Matthew, c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 6,
Manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek Peters Collection at the Musikbibiothek
der Stadt Leipzig)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5288 reel 6
Includes 3 sonatas for harpsichord, flute, violin & viola da gamba, a concerto for organ, and other pieces (fugues, fantasias, suites, etc.) for harpsichord
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series
one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part
1, Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing
and guide
to the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the
Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire
: Adam Matthew, 2002.
(ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
2.
Bach III, Musikbibliothek Peters. C, Sammlung Rudorff
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. : Adam Matthew, c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 5,
Manuscripts from the Rudorff Collection at the Musikbibiothek der Stadt
Leipzig)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5288 reel 5
Primarily keyboard music, but also includes a sonata for flute & continuo, a concerto for harpsichord & string orchestra, and Ich habe meine Zuversicht (cantata, BWV 188).
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series
one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing and
guide to
the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the
Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire
: Adam Matthew, 2002.
(ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
3.
Bach Musikbibliothek Peters. A, Sammlung Mempell-Prelller.
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. :Adam Matthew, c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 4,
Manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek Peters Collection at the Musikbibiothek
der Stadt Leipzig)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5288 reel 4
Primarily organ music.
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series
one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part
1, Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing
and guide
to the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the
Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire
: Adam Matthew, 2002.
(ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
4.
Bach Musikbibliothek Peters. A, Sammlung Schreiber.
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. : Adam Matthew, c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 3,
Manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek Peters Collection at the Musikbibiothek
der Stadt Leipzig)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5288 reel 3
Primarily keyboard music.
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series
one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part
1, Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing
and guide
to the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the
Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire
: Adam Matthew, 2002.
(ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
5.
Bach Sammlung Becker.
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. :Adam Matthew,c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 2,Manuscripts
from the Becker Collection at the Musikbibiothek der Stadt Leipzig)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5288 reel 2
Primarily organ music, plus some harpsichord works, a cantata, and a motet.
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series
one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part
1, Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing
and guide
to the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the
Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire
: Adam Matthew, 2002.
(ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
6.
Bach Sammlung Pölitz
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. :Adam Matthew, c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 1,
Manuscripts from the Bach Sammlung Pöllitz collection at the Musikbibiothek
der Stadt Leipzig)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5288 reel 1
Primarily keyboard music, including Das wölhtenperirte Klavier and Kunst der Fuge.
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series
one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part
1, Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing
and guide
to the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the
usikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire
: Adam Matthew, 2002.
(ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
7.
The Elgar diaries, letters and manuscripts from Birmingham
University Library
Reading [England] : Primary Source Media Ltd., 1998.
17 reels of microfilmed music
(Twentieth century composers ; unit 2)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5290
Includes 59 diaries by the composer, his wife Alice, their daughter Clarice, 33 letters, the autograph manuscript of The music makers, and the printed vocal score of The dream of Gerontius annotated with pencil observations on the first performance.
Online index at the musical item level: Click here.
8.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Vokalmusik : Oratorien ; Werk
für Chor und
Solostimmen mit Instrumentalbegleitung ; Kammermusik ; Klavierwerke ;
Autograph letters / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Autograph
letters / Robert
Schumann. Autograph letters / Clara Schumann.
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. : Adam Matthew, c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 12A,
Manuscripts from the Peters Music Library collection at the Musikbibiothek
der Stadt Leipzig)
MICRO GEN 5288
Includes autographs of Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Te Deum
und Jubilate, Drittes
Quartett für Pianoforte, Violine, Viola und Violoncello,
and other works. Also includes autograph correspondence from Robert Schumann
and Clara Schumann.
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series
one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part
1, Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing
and guide
to the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the
usikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire
: Adam Matthew, 2002.
(ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
9.
Georg Friedrich Händel : Kirchenmusik /
Georg Friedrich Händel ; Felix
Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Vokalmusik. Opern und Buhnenmusiken
/ Felix
Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. : Adam Matthew, c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 12,
Manuscripts from the Sammlung Becker (II. & III.) and Peters Music
Library (PM) collections at the Musikbibiothek der Stadt Leipzig)
MICRO GEN 5288 reel 12
Includes works for chorus with orchestral acc. or voice with instrumental
acc. (Coronation anthems, 1727, Cantate zu Thronbesteigung
Georgs I, Königs von
England, Dettingen Te Deum, 1743, Funeral anthem, 1737,
and other works); the
last work (Oedipus in Kolonus des Sophookles, [Op.posth.93] /
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) is incidental music for the play by Sophocles.
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series
one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing and
guide to
the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the
Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire
: Adam Matthew, 2002.
(ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
10.
Georg Friedrich Händel. Oratorien und weltliche Chorwerk
/ Georg Friedrich
Händel.
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. : Adam Matthew, c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 11.
Oratorios. Manuscripts from the Sammlung Becker (III.) and Peter Music
Library (PM) collections at the Musikbibiothek der Stadt Leipzig)
MICRO GEN 5288 reel 11
Includes the Anyang zu dem Messiah and the oratorio Samson.
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series
one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part
1, Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing
and guide
to the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the
Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire
: Adam Matthew, 2002.
(ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
11.
Georg Friedrich Händel : Oratorien und weltliche Chorwerk
: Messiah. one
Title / Georg Friedrich Händel.
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. :Adam Matthew,c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 10A,
Manuscript from the Peters Music Library collection at the Musikbibiothek
der Stadt Leipzig)
MICRO GEN 5288 reel 10A
Autograph of Messiah.
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1, Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing and guide to the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew, 2002. (ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
12.
Georg Friedrich Händel : Opern ; Oratorien und weltliche
Chorwerk / Georg
Friedrich Händel.
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. : Adam Matthew, c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 10,
Manuscripts from the Sammlung Becker (III.) and Peters Music Library (PM)
collections at the Musikbibiothek der Stadt Leipzig)
Manuscripts of Alcina a due violini, viola e soprano
and the opera Alcina,
Alexander's feast, or the Power of music, and Judas Maccabäus.
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series
one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part
1, Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing
and guide
to the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the
Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire
: Adam Matthew, 2002. (ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
Reproductions of the manuscripts held by the Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt/Main.
Die Georg Philip Telemann-Sammlung der Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek,
Frankfurt am Main. Gesamtregister zu den Lieferungen 1-3
/ Ann Barbara Kersting-Meulemann.--München :K.G. Saur, [2002]. (ML
136 .F83 T47 2003)
14.
Haydn :Instrumentalwerke. Klaviersonaten, Klavierstücke
und Klavierkonzerte ;
Vokalwerke / Joseph Haydn.
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. : Adam Matthew, c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 9,
Manuscripts from the Sammlung Pöllitz (Poel. mus.), Peters Music
Library (PM) and Sammlung Becker (III.) collections at the Musikbibiothek
der Stadt Leipzig)
MICRO GEN 5288 reel 9
Primarily piano (sonatas and divertimentos).
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series
one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing and
guide to
the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the
Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire
: Adam Matthew, 2002. (ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
15.
Haydn :Instrumentalwerke. Klaviertrios und Klavierduos
/ Joseph Haydn.
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. :Adam Matthew, c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 8)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5288 reel 8
Primarily for piano or harpsichord with string instruments (sonatas, trios, etc.)
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series
one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing and
guide to
the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the
Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire
: Adam Matthew, 2002. (ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
16.
Haydn : Instrumentalwerke. Sinfonien und Divertimenti ; Streichquartette
und
Kleine Kammermusik one Klavier / Joseph Haydn.
Marlborough, Wilts., Eng. : Adam Matthew, c2002.
1 reel of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Music manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel and Mendelssohn ; reel 7
Manuscripts from the Peters Music Library (PM) and Sammlung Becker collections
at the Musikbibiothek der Stadt Leipzig)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5288 reel 7
Includes sinfonias for winds and strings, and string chamber music, with and without piano.
Music manuscripts of the classical and romantic eras. Series
one, Autograph
music manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig. Part 1,
Manuscripts of Bach, Haydn, Händel, and Mendelssohn : a listing and
guide to
the microfilm collection. Autograph music manuscripts from the
Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig.--Marlborough, Wiltshire
: Adam Matthew, 2002. (ML 136.L4 M8379 Ser.1 Part 1 2002)
17.
The music collection of Christ Church, Oxford.
Brighton, Sussex : Harvester Press Microform Publications, 1982.
80 reels of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts from the great English collections. Series 3)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5229-5231
Part 1. Unpublished English music manuscripts of the 16th
and 17th centuries
Unpublished manuscripts of songs, keyboard music, church music, cantatas,
anthems, motets, part-songs, masses, services, part-books, string music,
and madrigals by the 17th-century English Masters: Sheppard, Taverner,
Tallis, Byrd, the Lawes Brothers, the Gibbons Family, the Commonwealth
Oxford Group (Jenkins, Locke, Blow and the Purcell brothers).
Part 2. Unpublished English music manuscripts of the 16th
and 17th centuries
16th- and 17th-century masses, motets, madrigals and anthems, plus the
John Baldwin part-books, a t major keyboard source of volume 1113, the
collection of organ music in volume 1001, and the famous Robert Dow part-book;
includes works by Fayrfax, Tallis, Lawes, Orlando, Gibbons, Sheppard,
Byrd, Morley, Weelkes, Tomkins, Taverner, Ferrabosco, the Commonwealth
Oxford Group, Jenkins, Locke, Blow, Coprario and the Purcell brothers.
Part 3. Unpublished continental manuscripts of the 16th and
17th centuries
Composers represented include Scarlatti (the sole surviving sources of
two operas by Alessandro Scarlatti), Carissimi, Stradella, Carlo del Violino,
Federici, De Lucca, Fusetto, Kremberg, Ziani, Duante, Borri, Quaglia,
Lully, Bassani, Palestrina, da Gagliano and many others; sacred, secular,
instrumental and vocal works, and a rich collection of cantatas are all
included.
The music collection of Christ Church, Oxford : a listing
and guide.---Brighton, Sussex :Harvester Press Microform
Publications,1981. (ML136.O9 B73 1981)
[Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
18.
The Music collection of St. Michael's College, Tenbury, England.
Brighton, Sussex :Harvester Press Microform Publications,1986.
87 reels of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts from the great English collections. Series 2)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5223-5228
Part 1, Unpublished English and continental music manuscripts
before 1650
Includes all the major Tudor and Stuart composers -- Fairfax, Tallis,
Lawes, Orlando, Gibbons, Sheppard, Byrd, Morley, Weelkes, Tompkins --
and most of the major Italian contemporaries, including Palestrina, Marenzio,
Lassus, Monteverdi and Caccini.. Reel 1 includes "The catalogue of
manuscripts in the Library of St. Michael's College" compiled by
E. H. Fellowes (1934).
Part 2, Unpublished English music manuscripts, 1650-1800
Especially important are copies made by J. C. Smith of Handel's Acis
and Galatea and Amadigi di Gaula as well as the famous score
(with Handel's own markings) of Messiah; other significant material
includes Blow's Coronation Anthems, Arne's Judith and
Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
Part 3.-4. Unpublished continental music manuscripts of the
seventeenth,
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
The Ouseley Collections, including a substantial number
of MSS of Paisiella (his operas L'Achille, In Sciro,
Nitelli, Lucinda e Armidori, Il Demetrio, Alcide,
Gli Astrologi Immaginari, Catone in Utica, Gli Giochi
Agrigenti, Federa, La Modista Raggiratrice, Nina,
ossia La Pazza per Amore, I Zingari in Fiera, Olimpiade,
and Socrate Immaginario), together with church music and oratorios
by Pergolesi, Jommelli, Clari, Perez, Caffaro, Durante, Leo, Marcello,
J. M. Haydn, Colonna, Fago, Hasse and cantatas and operatic music by Cimarosa,
J. C. Bach, Mayr.
Part 5, Unpublished English music manuscripts of the nineteenth
century
Includes church music by Crotch (including the oratorios The Captivity
of Judah and Palestine) works by Vincent Novello, S. S.
Wesley, Stainer (some in autograph), Steggal (autographs), Charles Wesley,
Sterndale Bennett and Prout.
The music collection of St. Michael's College, Tenbury :
a listing and guide to
parts one to five of the Harvester Microfilm Collection.--Brighton,
Sussex :Harvester Press Microform Publications,1986. (ML136.T28
B73 1987)
Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
19.
The music collection of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Woodbridge, Conn. :Research Publications,1984-86.
112 reels of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts from the great English collections. Series 1)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5219-5223
Part 1. Unpublished music manuscripts of the 16th and 17th
centuries
Much of the music is written for instrumental groups: it is simple to
transcribe and will be invaluable for performing groups wishing to extend
their repertoire. The manuscripts will also be indispensable for research
into the development of the Suite and Fantasia in England, consort music,
playing techniques, Oxford musical life and the history of English music
in general.
Part 2. The court odes of William Boyce
Autograph ms. score and vocal and instrumental parts of all 43 odes written
during the period 1755 to 1779, and the Court Odes for the King's birthday
and for the New Year.
Part 3. The music manuscripts of William Boyce and Maurice
Greene
Includes several autographs of church music (much of it for royal occasions)
and other occasional pieces such as masques and balls.
Part 4. Unpublished English music manuscripts before 1850.
Many religious pieces by distinguished composers such as Blow, Child,
Henry Purcell, Croft, King, Rogers and Weldon. Earlier, secular music
by Taverner, Tye, Sheppard, Byrd, White and others, and instrumental music
(some of it Italian but copied in England) by composers such as Bassani,
Corelli, Finger and Paisible.
Part 5. Unpublished English music manuscripts before c.1850.
Presents songs, odes, and anthems in the hand of Henry Purcell, services
by Matthew Locke, oratorios and odes by Philip and William Hayes, and
the Missa Pro Angelis of Samuel Wesley, plus works by Arnold,
Blow, Croft, Christopher Gibbons, Greene, Philip Hayes, Henry and William
Lawes, Roseingrave, and Wise.
Part 6.Unpublished continental music manuscripts of the 16th,
17th and 18th
centuries
F. Sances' Latine Songs, instrumental music by R. Capua, Appiani,
Corelli, and Vivaldi, French guitar music, and G. B. Borri's Mass,
plus trio sonatas (second violin part) by G. B. Bassani, A. Corelli and
G. Finger and French vocal and instrumental music.
The Oxford Music School collection.--Brighton, Sussex : Harvester Press, 1979. [Part 1 only] (ML 136. O9 C78 1979).
The Bodelian Library music collection : a list and guide
to part two, part three,
part four, and part five.--Sussex : Harvester Microfilm,
1984 (ML136.O9B73 1984)
The Bodleian Library music collection / compiled
by Roger Bray.-- Brighton, Sussex : Harvester Microform, 1981. [Part 6
only] (ML135.O98.B73 1981)
Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
20.
The music collection of the Royal Academy of Music, London
Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, 1988.
24 reels of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts from the great English collections. Series 7)
MICRO GEN 5258-5260
Part 1-2. English and continental music manuscripts, c.1650-c.1930.
Part 3. Previously uncataloged music manuscripts .
Major contents include Elgar’s holograph full score
of the overture In the South, manuscript full score of Mendelssohn's
Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, a manuscript of Purcell's The
Faerie Queen (believed to have been used by the composer), holograph
full score of Charles Sanford's Requiem, Sir Arthur Sullivan's
holograph full score of the Mikado, and an autograph holograph
manuscript of Brahm's Mirlachelt kien Fruhling. Other composers
include from the Italian school Bassani, Carissimi, Corelli, Hasse, Leo,
Lott, Negri, Pergolesi, Porpora, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, and others. Manuscripts
of Northern European composers, which include: Bach, Bizet, Brahms, Grieg,
Liszt, Massenet, Mozart, Rossini, Sant-Saens, Schubert, Schumann, and
many more and included with manuscripts by William Crotch, Sterndale Bennett,
John Wesley, Gustave Holst, Edward Bache, Sir Alexander Mackenzie and
Stegall.
The Music collection of the Royal Academy of Music, London
: a listing and
guide to parts one, two and three of the Research Publications Microfilm
Collection.--Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications,
c1988. (ML 136 .L846 R718 1988)
Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
21.
The music collection of the Royal College of Music, London
Brighton : Harvester Microform, 1984.
55 reels of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts from the great English collections. Series 5)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5244-5252
Part 1-2. English music manuscripts before 1800
English music and manuscripts associated with England from the Tudor to
the Georgian periods, including the important Jeffreys source, the source
for Henry VII's court, Barnard's Part-books, autograph sources
of Blow, and of Croft, Boyce and Greene, and sources of music by Jenkins,
Locke, Simpson, Purcell, and all of the other major composers of the period.
Part 3-6. Continental music manuscripts before c.1850.
Includes manuscripts by continental composers from Josquin and Brumel
in the early 16th century, to Mozart and Beethoven at the end of the 18th
century, and J. C. Bach, Bianchi, Clari, Durante, and Fiovanti. Also Haydn's
autograph copy of his opera Armida.
Part 7-8. English music from c.1800 to c.1870
Derived largely from the libraries of the Sacred Harmonic Society and
The Concerts of Ancient Music, features music by Sir Henry Bishop, J.
W. Windsor, and T. Attwood, Sir M. Costa, Charles Neate, W. Russell, A.
G. Thomas, J. W. Callcott, G. B. H. Rodwell, and members of the Linley
family.
Part 9. English music from c.1870 to c.1930
Autograph scores included are Parry's Jerusalem and I Was
Glad, Coleridge Taylor's Song of Hiawatha, Sullivan's Yeoman
of the Guard, and works by Stanford including The Travelling
Companion and The Golden Legend, plus works by Holst and
Elgar, including autograph scores of Holst's Hammer-smith Suite
and Perfect Fool together with many piano duet arrangements from
The Planets and an autograph score of a piano concerto by Elgar.
The music collection of the Royal College of Music, London
: a listing and
guide to part one and part two of the Harvester Microform collection
/compiled by Prof. Roger Bray.--Brighton, Sussex, England : Harvester
Microform, 1983. (ML 136 .L846 R72 B83 1983 Part 1-2)
The music collection of the Royal College of Music, London
: a listing and
guide to parts three, four, five and six of the Harvester microfilm collection
/
compiled by Roger Bray.--Brighton, Sussex, England : Harvester Microform,
1984. (ML 136 .L846 R72 B83 1983 Part 4-6)
The music collection of the Royal College of Music, London
: a listing and
guide to parts seven, eight, and nine of the Harvester Microfilm Collection
/
compiled by Roger Bray.--Brighton, Sussex, England : Harvester Microfilm,
1985. (ML 136 .L846 R72 B83 1983 Part 7-9)
Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
22.
Music collections of chapel and cathedral libraries
Reading, England : Research Pub., 1990
23 reels of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts from the great English collections. Series 9)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5267
Part 1. The music collection of St. George's Chapel, Windsor
Manuscripts and part-books of services and anthems by Pelham Humfrey,
John Blow and Henry Purcell, Greene, Boyce, Nares Croft, William Child,
Benjamin Rogers, Thomas Tudway. Theodore Aylward and James Adcock.
The music collection of St. George's Chapel, Windsor : a
listing with a
descriptive catalogue for the Research Publications microfilm collection
/ by Clifford Mould .--Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, 1991.
(ML 136 .W45 1991)
Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
Part 1. Music manuscripts before 1850 from Cambridge University
Library and
Ely Cathedral
The Matthew Holmes lute and consort books represent the core of the collection
(1590-1600), when John Dowland led a strong school of composition; in
tablature, and contain 326 pieces by the leading composers of the day
-- Dowland, Ferrabosco, Anthony Houlbourne, Parsons, Paraddiso and John
Taverner.
Part 2. Music manuscripts from the Rowe Music Library, King's
College,
Cambridge
Rounds and catches and songs with lute accompaniment from the 16th century,a
set of two viol part-books containing music by Micho, Orlando Gibbons,
Coprario, Ward, Jenkins and Whyte and a set of four part-books containing
three, four and five part fancies by Lupo, Ferrabosco Junior, Deering,
Jenkins, Whyte and Coleman, opera, oratorio and choral music in the Lowe
Library, with notable manuscript scores of Lully's operas Amide
and Belerophon (and Handel's Feramondo and Messiah;
plus sacred choral music including Porpora cantatas and an outstanding
manuscript of Scarlatti's oratorio La Guiditta and volumes of
anthems and organ works by Ouseley and Walmisley. Also orchestral works,
including a fine collection of about 70 late 18th- and early 19th-century
concertos in parts, many of them contemporary manuscripts-- four by George
Benda, three unpublished cembalo concertos by Nickelmann, a concerto by
E. W. Wolf, and Hass' flute concerto–and chamber music from the
18th century--trio sonatas by Beseozzi, an unknown Pergolesi Sonata
di Violino e Bass, and a Stamitz duet.
Part 3. Handel manuscripts from the Fitzwilliam Museum
Autographs of a number of Handel’s smaller-scale works including
violin and recorder sonatas, and chamber duets.
Part 4. English manuscripts from the Fitzwilliam Museum
Includes the renowned Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, containing copies of
pieces by all the masters of the source (it is the most important surviving
record of early English keyboard music and was compiled by Francis Tregian
around 1619), the Paston Part-books, the Bull Manuscript, and Lord Herbert
of Cherbury’s Lute Book. The composers represented are John Blow
(a volume of anthems and services), Jeremiah Clarke, John Eccles and Daniel
Purcell, Henry Purcell (one of three surviving autograph volumes of anthems)
and Leveridge (a score of the Masque in Macbeth), Greene, Stanley,
Babell and Nares, Burton, Keeble, and the two Kelways.
Part 5-6. Continental music manuscripts before c. 1880 in
the Fitzwilliam
Museum
Autographs of Bitti, G. B. Bononcini, Casali, Clari, Colonna, Corelli,
Ferace, Gasparini, Leo, Marcello, Paradies (for whom the Fitzwiliam Museum
is the most important source), Stradella and Vivaldi.
The music collections of the Cambridge libraries. Part one,
Music manuscripts
before 1850 from Cambridge University Library and Ely Cathedral
/ compiled by Clifford Bartlett.--Brighton, East Sussex : Harvester Microform,
1987. (ML 136 .C211 M97 1987 Part 1)
The music collections of the Cambridge libraries : a listing
and guide to part
two of the Research Publications Microfilm Collection /
Clifford Bartlett.--Reading, Berkshire : Research Publications, 1989,
c1988. (ML 136 .C211 M97 1987 Part 2)
The music collections of the Cambridge libraries. Parts three
to six / Clifford Bartleee.--Reading, Berkshire, England
: Research Publications, [1991?] (ML 136 .C211 M97 1987 Part 3-6)
Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
24.
The Music manuscript collection of the British Library, London.
Woodbridge Conn. :Gale Group, 2001.
46 reels of microfilmed music
(Music manuscripts from the great English collections. Series 4)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5232-5243
Part 1, Polyphonic music before c. 1640. Section A.
Includes the Roberts-bridge Codex, the Old Hall MS, the Fountains Fragments,
the Fayrfax manuscripts, Ritson's MSS, King Henry VIII's MS, Gyffard Part-books,
Lumley Part-books, the Mulliner Book, Baldwin's Commonplace Book, Myrriell's
Tristitiae Remedium, Tregian's Anthology, Cosyn's Virginal Book, Will
Foster's Virginal Book, John Stuart's Lute-book and Eliabeth Rogers' Virginal
Book
Part 2, Polyphonic music before c. 1640. Section B
The very earliest polyphonic fragments to music of the major Tudor and
Jacobean masters, the composers include Dunstable, Leonel, Fayrfax, Taverner,
Tallis, Tye, Sheppard, Byrd, Gibbons, Bull, Tompkins and White (to name
but a few), together with a host of continental and minor composers..
Part 3-4. English music manuscripts c 1640-c. 1714.
Contains sonatas, madrigals, anthems, chants, motets, keyboard music,
sacred music and theater songs. All the major music masters are included
-- Henry Purcell, Humphrey, Blow, Croft, Byrd, Child, William Lawes, Locke,
Christopher Gibbons, Jeffreys, Boyce, Orlando Gibbons, together with a
large number of lesser-known composers.
Part 5, The Chapel Royal part-books in the British Library
Royal Music
Collection, c. 1670-1850.
A collection of 102 Chapel Royal part-books: Blow and Handel are both
prominent as official composers to the Royal Chapel, but Aldrich, Amner,
Arnold, Ayreton, Barrow, Batton, Bevin, Blake, Bishop, Boyce, Bryne, Bull
and Byrd represent just a fraction of the list of contributing composers.
Part 6. Handel manuscripts. Section A. Operas, serenades and
odes.
Autograph scores of each of Handel's operas Rinaldo, Berenice,
Serse, and Alessandro and many other English works.
Part 7. Handel manuscripts. Section B, Oratorios and church
music.
Offers manuscripts of Saul, Israel in Egypt, Judas
Maccabeus, Jephtha, and Messiah, among many others
and includes Handel's anthems and other sacred music: Chandos Anthems,
the earlier Te Deum (composed by order of Queen Anne to celebrate
the Treaty of Utrecht), and the later anthems written for the coronation
of George II, including Zadock the Priest.
Part 8. Handel manuscripts. Section C, Instrumental music,
cantatas and other
music
Includes the autograph score of The Music for the Royal Fireworks
and12 stately Concerti Grossi and suites, fugues, concertos for
organ and sonatas for harpsichord, violin sonatas and other works.
Part 9-10. English music manuscripts c. 1714-c. 1810.
Church music from Boyce, Greene and P. Hayes, secular music including
glees and songs by Webbe, trios and sonatas by Boyce, string quartets
and sonatas by C. F. Abel, a large collection of J. W. Callott, and many
of the operas, which were so popular in the 18th century by Arne, Dibdin,
Galliard, Greene, Hook, Stanley, and members of the Linley family.
Part 11-13.English music manuscripts.
Composers include George Alexander MacFarren and Britain's best-known
black composer Samuel Coleridge Taylor (ms. of his cantata Hiawatha's
Wedding Feast); other ocomposers included are: Charles Villiers Stanford;
Sir John Stainer, the pre-eminent Victorian church composer; and Thomas
Attwood Walmisley.
The British Library music manuscript collection : a listing
and guide to part
one and part two... / compiled by Roger Bray.--Brighton
: Harvester Microform, 1983. (ML136.L846 B7 B83 1983 Part 1-2)
The British Library music manuscript collection : a listing
and guide to part
three, part four and part five of the Harvester microfilm collection
/ compiled by Roger Bray.--Brighton : Harvester Microform, 1984. (ML
136 .L846 B7 B83 1983 Part 3-5)
The British Library music manuscript collection : a listing
and guide to part
six, part seven and part eight of the Harvester Microform collection
/ compiled by Roger Bray.--Brighton, Sussex, England : Harvester Microform,
1985. (ML 136 .L846 B7 B83 1983 Part 6-8)
The British Library music manuscript collection : a listing
and guide to part
nine and part ten... (ML 136. L846 B7 B83 1983 Part
9-10).
The music collection of the British Library, London. Parts
11 to 13. English
music manuscripts, c. 1810-1900, from the Additional Manuscripts.--Reading,
Berkshire, United Kingdom ; Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm,
[2001] (ML 136 .L8 B729 2001)
Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
25.
Music manuscripts, c.1640-c.1720
Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, 1994.
46 reels of microfilmed music
(Italian music manuscripts in the British Library, London, c.1640-c.1820
; Section A)
MICRO GEN Microfilm
Part 1. Manuscripts from the Egerton, Harleian and Kings'
collections and
Additional manuscripts 5044-1611
Part 2. Manuscripts from Additional manuscripts 16150-62716
Part 3. Manuscripts from the Royal Music Collection
Manuscripts for a large number of operas, opera extracts
and secular cantatas including works by Melani (Armida and Girello)
Cesti's Dori and several by members of the Bononcini family,--Giovanni's
Sylla, Giovanni Baptista's Turno Aricino, Xerse,
Tomiri
and Erminia, 14 operas by Steffani. Church music and oratorio
composers include Benevoli, Carissimi, Colonna, Grandi, Steffani, Lotti,
and Samuel Wesley; instrumental music is represented by passacaglias,
organ toccatas by M.A. Rossi, a keyboard collection of 1679 and autograph
collection of keyboard music by Piscine, string music by D'Eve and organ
music by Frescobaldi.
Music manuscripts, c.1640-c.1320 : a listing and guide to
pts. 1, 2 & 3 --Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications,
1994. (ML136.L846B7I83 1987 Sec.A)
Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
Music manuscripts, c.1720-c.1740 : a listing and guide to
pts. 1, 2 & 3.--Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications,
1994. (ML136.L846B7I83 1987 Sec.B)
Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
27.
Music manuscripts, c.1740-c.1770
Woodbridge, Conn. :Research Publications,1989.
59 reels of microfilmed music
(Italian music manuscripts in the British Library, London, c.1640-c.1820
; Section C)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5276-5278
Part 1. Manuscripts from Egerton and Additional manuscripts
11589-16141
Part 2. Manuscripts from Additional manuscripts 16142-56253
Part 3. Manuscripts from the Royal Music Collection 21.a.5-24.f.3I
Manuscripts of Gluck's operas Orefeo ed Euridice,
Ipermestre, and Ezio, plus Galuppi (Filosofo Di
Campagna and Diavolessa) and Jommelli, with 32 and 53 manuscripts
respectively; five liturgical manuscripts by Johann Christian Bach (including
three autograph Magnificat settings and two Te Deums)
and his first opera Artaserse, and works by Cafaro, Bertoni,
Fioroni, Perez, Leo, Traetta, Rust, Basilii, Vento, Barberella and Mazzoni.
Music manuscripts, c.1740-c.1770 : a listing and guide to
pts. 1, 2 & 3.--Woodbridge, Conn. :
Research Publications, 1994. (ML136.L846B7I83 1987 Sec.C)
Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
Part 1. Manuscripts from the Egerton collection and Additional
manuscripts.
14144-16021
Part 2. Manuscripts from the Additional manuscripts 16022-24289
Part 3. Manuscripts from the Additional manuscripts 24298-57538
Part. 4. Manuscripts from the Royal Music collection
Manuscript scores of Neapolitan opera buffa include Piccinni's
I Stravaganti and Donna Vana plus Giovanni Paisiello
(Il Re Todoro, Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Pasquale Anfossi,
Pietro Carlo Guglielmi, and Domenico Cimarosa. Also includes Rossini’s
early works such as Tancredi. Antonio Salieri is represented
by manuscript opera scores for his Axur, Re D'Ormus,
La Secchia Rapita, and Palmira, Regina di Persia.
There are also a large number of chamber–especially string quartets--and
orchestral works--classical concerti and symphonies-- including manuscripts
of Paisiello, Dragonetti, Giardini, and Lidarti.
Music manuscripts, c.1770-c.1820 : a listing and guide to
pts. 1, 2 & 3 --Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications,
1994. (ML136.L846B7I83 1987 Sec.D)
Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
29.
Music manuscripts in major private collections.
Brighton, Sussex, England : Harvester Press Microform Publications, 1987-1988.
53 reels of microfilmed music
(Unpublished music manuscripts from the great English collections ; Part
3)
(Music manuscripts fro the great English collections ; series 8)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5257
Part 1. The Gerald Coke Handel collection
More than 200 music manuscripts including autographs of Handel--including
Teseo
(music not otherwise existent), Amadigi, Alexander's Feast
(used by Handel himself for a performance at the Haymarket Theatre in
1739)--as well as autographs of Babell, Boyce, Greene and Handel's librettist,
Charles Jennens are included.
Music manuscripts in major private collections. [Part 1],
The Gerald Coke
Handel collection :a listing and guide to parts one, two and three of
the
Harvester Microfilm Collection.--Brighton : Harvester Microfilm,
1988. (ML 138 .G36 1988)
Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
Part 1.
Includes The Scone choir book, 16th cent., Leyden Song Book, c1639, Skene
Ms, c1615-1635, Agnes Hume's Music book, c1704, Lute book of Robert Gordon
of Straloch, The Leyden Lyra-Viol Book (19th cent. copy of original of
1690), and other similar collections.
Part 2.
Includes The Straloch lute book, 1627-1629, The Cuming music ms., 1723
, The McArthur ms of pipe music, 18th cent., Margaret Sinkler's music
book, 1710, 18th cent.Lady Anne Ker's song book, c1630, and other unpublished
collections; A collection of Scottish airs ; Book of English and Scottish
tunes, 1702, and other published collections, and works by Henry and William
Lawes and Handel
Part 3. Panmure music books
Music manuscripts, 1500-1793, from the National Library of Scotland / [William Pidduck, editorial director].--Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Publications, 1999.(ML 136 .E2M87 1999)
Music manuscripts, 1500-1793, from the National Library of Scotland / [William Pidduck, editorial director].--Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Publications, 1999.(ML 136 .E2M87 2004)
31.
The music mss. of Tippett, Bliss, and Finzi.
Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications,1992.
18 reels of microfilmed music
(Twentieth-century composers ; Part 1)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5256
Among the Tippett manuscripts are his first acknowledged work, the String Quartet No.1, the oratorio, A Child of Our Time, First Symphony, The Midsummer Marriage, The Heart's Assurance, The Vision of St. Augustine, The Knot Garden, and The Ice Break. The manuscript of Arthur Bliss: A Colour Symphony, Morning Heroes, the score for the film Things to Come, concertos for piano, violin and cello; vocal works; and a substantial body of chamber music, Meditations on a Theme of John Blow, and Metamorphic Variations. The works of Gerald Finzi: By Footpath and Stile, A Severn Rhapsody, Requiem da Camera, several of Finzi's Thomas Hardy settings, Intimations of Immortality and the Magnificat.
Twentieth century composers : a listing and guide to the
Research Publications collection
(ML135.T973 1992)
Online index at the musical item level: Click
here.
32.
Musikhandschriften der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer
Kulturbesitz.Teil 3,Die Beethoven-Sammlung / herausgegeben
von der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz.Beethoven-Sammlung
München :K.G. Saur,1997
460 microfiches
MICRO GEN Microfiche
Reproductions of the manuscripts, autographs and copies of the music of
Ludwig von Beethoven, held in the music collection of the Staatsbibliothek
zu Berlin
Guide not yet published.
33.
The Pembroke choir books and other music manuscripts from
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Cambridge, England : Photographic Services of Cambridge
University Library, 1996.
3 reels of microfilmed music
(Early music ; Part 1)
MICRO GEN Microfilm 5293
Includes music by William Byrd, John Dunstable, Orlando Gibbons, John Munday, Thomas Tallis, Thomas Tomkins, and others.
The Pembroke choir books and other music manuscripts from Pembroke College, Cambridge : a listing and guide to the microfilm edition.–Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthews, 1996. (ML 136 .C211 P34 1996).
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