Search Results

114 Songs

Description: A collection of 114 songs set by Charles Ives, with lyrics by Ives and others. The back of the book contains a philosophical essay by Ives.
Date: 1922
Creator: Ives, Charles, 1874-1954

7e. quatuor, pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle, oeuv.80

Description: This is a digital copy of the four parts of Charles Dancla's seventh string quartet, op.80 in D minor. Charles Dancla was the most prominent member of a family of musicians and a virtuoso violinist, composer and teacher. In 1828, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory of Music, where he won the first prize in 1833. At the Conservatory, he studied violin with Paul Guérin and Pierre Baillot. Dancla played solo violin with the orchestra of the théâtre Royal de l'Opera Comique and with the Soc… more
Date: 186X
Creator: Dancla, Charles, 1817-1907.

Achille et Polixene, tragédie dont le prologue & les quatre derniers actes

Description: Achille et Polixene, Jean-Baptiste Lully's last opera, premiered on 7 November 1687, eight months after Lully's death on March 22 of that year. Since the composer had only finished the overture and first act, the score was completed by Pascal Colasse, Lully's secretary and student, to a text by Jean Galbert de Campistron based on events in Virgil's Aeneid.
Date: 1687
Creator: Collasse, Pascal, 1649-1709; Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687 & Campistron, Jean Galbert de, 1656-1723

Achilles. An opera.

Description: John Gay is credited with inventing the ballad opera, a genre that blends spoken plays and previously composed songs to new texts. Although The Beggar’s Opera (1728) was his most successful endeavor, he continued to compose English musical dramas. Achilles was finally performed in 1733, one year after Gay died. In this story, Achilles appears as a girl named Pyrrha, unknown to most of the inhabitants of the island of Scyros, in order to circumvent a prediction that he will die in battle. D… more
Date: 1733
Creator: Gay, John, 1685-1732

Acis and Galatea

Description: This is a ca. 1743 score of Acis and Galatea, a musical masque (also considered an English pastoral opera) by Handel to a libretto by John Gay. The performance forces include: oboes (2), flauto [recorder], violins, basso continuo, and chorus of mixed voices (mostly soprano, three tenors and bass) and vocal soloists. On the front cover the name Morgan appears imprinted on a red stamp with golden ornaments and letters. The names Anna Maria [Lawes] and Mary Anne Morgan were written at the top … more
Date: 1743
Creator: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Agenda Ecclesiae Moguntinensis

Description: "Per reverendissimum in Christo patrem, et amplissimum principem, ac dominum, Dominum VVolfgangum, Archiepiscopum Moguntinum, S. Romani Imperii per Germaniam Archicancellarium, Principem Electorem, &c. Necessariis quibusdam additionibus auctior, et multis locis emendatior, iam denuò typis evulgata." Text in Latin and German, including tables, calendars, and a catechism in German, along with notated music. Two of the back end pages have handwritten notes, including a handwritten rendering of Psa… more
Date: 1599
Creator: Catholic Church — Archdiocese of Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Agenda Ecclesiae Moguntinensis

Description: Agenda ecclesiae from the Catholic archdiocese of Mainz. This extensive volume includes calendars for movable feasts, a daily listing of feast days for commemoration, days for fasting and abstinence from eating meat, and instructions for priests on administering the sacraments, texts of various blessings and prayers, with text in Latin and German. The volume includes notated musical settings, and a catechism in German.
Date: 1599
Creator: Catholic Church — Archdiocese of Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Agitated Hurry: Bass Part

Description: Bass part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Bassoon Part

Description: Bassoon part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Cello Part

Description: Cello part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Clarinet 1 in A Part

Description: First (1st) clarinet in A part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Clarinet 2 in A Part

Description: Second (2nd) clarinet in A part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Cornet 1 in A Part

Description: First (1st) cornet in A part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Cornet 2 in A Part

Description: Second (2nd) cornet in A part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Flute Part

Description: Flute part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Horn in F Part

Description: Horn in F part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Oboe Part

Description: Oboe part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Piano Part

Description: Piano part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Trombone Part

Description: Trombone part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Viola Part

Description: Viola part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Violin 1 Part

Description: First (1st) violin part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922

Agitated Hurry: Violin 2 Part

Description: Second (2nd) violin part for music intended to accompany a silent film, "For any scene of agitation."
Date: 1920
Creator: Langey, Otto, 1851-1922
Back to Top of Screen