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Alcock, John - English.
Blessed is he that feareth the Lord.
1761
Manuscript Number: Ms Mus.Sch. c.108; Type: Ms. Autograph (?): Score and parts.

Genre: Sacred Vocal Music: Wedding Anthems

Reel: 5

Alcock, John - English.
Messiah.
1766
Manuscript Number: Ms Mus.Sch. c.109; To a text by Pope; Type: Ms. Autograph.

Genre: Secular Vocal Music: Pastorals

Reel: 6

Alcock, John - English.
Ode in praise of music.
1755
Manuscript Number: Ms Mus.Sch. c.149; Text by Addison; Type: Ms.

Genre: Secular Vocal Music: Odes (Degree Exercise)

Reel: 7

Alcock, John - English.
Two constant hearts.
1766
Manuscript Number: Ms Mus.Sch. d.265; Type: Ms. Autograph.

Genre: Secular Vocal Music: Wedding Odes

Reel: 8; 9

Alcock, John - English.
The ways of Sion.
1761
Manuscript Number: Ms Mus.Sch. c.108; Type: Ms. Autograph (?): Score and parts.

Genre: Sacred Vocal Music: Funeral Anthems

Reel: 5

Aldrich, Henry - English; Bassani, Giovanni Battista - Italian; Blow, John - English; Purcell, Henry - English; Sances, Giovanni Felice - Italian.
Vocal, choral, and instrumental music.
1689-1703
Manuscript Number: Ms Mus.Sch. d.217; Type: Ms.

Genre: Various

Reel: 8; 9

Aldrich, Henry - English; Blow, John - English; Byrd, William - English; Court, R. - English?; Child, William - English; Geminiani, Francesco - Italian; Gibbons, Christopher - English; Handel, George Frideric - German; Rogers, Benjamin - English; T.
Church music.
c.1685; early 18th century
Manuscript Number: Ms Mus.Sch. c.41; Type: Ms. Part bass partbook and partly score.

Genre: Sacred Vocal Music

Reel: 4

Aldrich, Henry - English; Blow, John - English; Child, William - English; Farrant, Richard - English; Gibbons, Orlando - English; Humfrey, Pelham - English; Lawes, Henry - English; Purcell, Henry - English; Tye, Christopher - English.
Three score-books of anthems and services.
c.1700
Manuscript Number: Mss Mus.Sch. c.38-40; Type: Ms.

Genre: Sacred Vocal Music: Anthems/Services

Reel: 3

Alsop - English.
Britannia.
1693
Manuscript Number: Ms Mus.Sch. c.121; Type: Ms. Incomplete.

Genre: Secular Vocal Music: Occasional Odes

Reel: 6

Alwood, Richard - English; Ashwell, Thomas - English; Aston, Hugh - English; Sheppard, John - English; Taverner, John - English; Tye, Christopher - English.
The 'Forrest-Heather' partbooks.
1545-1590
Manuscript Number: Mss Mus.Sch. e.376-382; Hand of W. Forrest. Recopying in 1590 by J. Baldwin to repair damage; Type: Ms. Partbook.

Genre: Sacred Vocal Music: Festal Masses

Reel: 10

Amner, John - English; Bartani - Italian?; Bateson, Thomas - English; Byrd, William - English; Conversi, Girolamo - Italian; East, Michael - English; Felis, Stefano - Italian; Gibbons, Orlando - English; Hooper, Edmund - English; Kirbye, George -.
English anthems and songs, etc.
1633
Manuscript Number: Mss Mus. f.20-24; Copyist: T. Hamond; Type: Ms. Copy.

Genre: Sacred And Secular Vocal Music: Anthems/Songs

Reel: 19

Anonymous.
Carminum praeses.
1695 (?)
Manuscript Number: Ms Mus.Sch. c.129; Written to celebrate the visit of William III to Oxford, November 1695; Type: Ms.

Genre: Sacred Vocal Music: Hymns

Reel: 6

Anonymous.
Come with our voices.
c.1660-1670
Manuscript Number: Ms Mus.Sch. c.142; Type: Ms.

Genre: Secular Vocal Music: Occasional Odes

Reel: 7

Anonymous.
Eia eruditam.
1671
Manuscript Number: Ms Mus.Sch. c.123; Type: Ms.

Genre: Secular Vocal Music: Occasional Odes

Reel: 6

Anonymous.
English and Italian songs.
Early 18th century
Manuscript Number: Ms Mus.Sch. c.97; Added at the end of a printed music book; Type: Ms.

Genre: Secular Vocal Music: Songs

Reel: 5

Anonymous.
English and Italian songs.
Early 18th century
Manuscript Number: Ms Mus.Sch. d.225; Type: Ms.

Genre: Secular Vocal Music: Songs

Reel: 8; 9

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Music Manuscripts: Series 1: Part 4: Bodleian Library, Oxford: Section A: Unpublished English Manuscripts before c.1850

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