There are also several Dance tunes and other anonymous pieces. 1979. WESLEY (Samuel). A Sonata for the Pianoforte, composed in November, 1788, and an Air for Pianoforte, "Le Diable en quatre," composed October 28, 1801. In the composer's autograph. Presented to the Society by Mr. J. A. Novello. quarto. MUSICAL LITERATURE. 1980. RGYLL ROOMS, Regent Street. A Collection of bills, tickets, cuttings from newspapers, prints, &c., relating to performances at these rooms. quarto. 1981. BAGNIGGE WELLS. A Collection of bills, prints, drawings, extracts from newspapers, memoranda, &c., relating to this place of entertainment. quarto. 1982. BEAUFORD (William), A.M. A Dissertation on Irish Music. Illustrated with drawings of musical instruments. small quarto. Presented to the Society by Mr. R. W. Haynes. 1983. BUSBY (Rev. Richard), D.D. His Account as Treasurer of Westminster Abbey for the year ending Michaelmas, 1664. (Transcript of Harleian MS., 4184.) folio. 1984. CATALOGUES of Richard Goodson's and Dean Aldrich's collections of manuscript and printed music, bequeathed by them to the Library of Christ Church College, Oxon. In the autograph of J. B. Malchair. quarto. 1985. CATALOGUE of the Collection of Cathedral Music made by Dr. Thomas Tudway, for Edward, Lord Harley, now in the British Museum, Harleian MSS. 7337-7342. graph of Matthew Cooke. In the auto quarto, 1816. Presented to the Society by the Rev. J. E. Cox, D.D. quarto. The 1986. CONCERT of Ancient Music. Catalogue of the pieces of music performed at, from 1776 to 1793, shewing the dates on which each piece was performed. 1987. HANDEL (George Frederic). An official copy of his Will and four Codicils. Extracts from the Will and first Codicil setting forth the bequests to the widow and children of George Taust; Copies of the last codicil, and of the memorandum of grant of probate; and a German translation of the third Codicil; all on the same sheet of paper. original Notarial Protest under the hand and seal of Benjamin Bonnet, Notary Public in London, stating the refusal of George Amyand, Handel's executor, to accept a bill of exchange drawn upon him by Jean George, Jean Geofroy, Jean Frederyk, and Christiane Dorothea Taust, and Charles Auguste Tritze, the young lady's guardian, for £1,500 (copies of which bill and of the verification of the signatures of the drawers are annexed), on the ground that the same should have been drawn for £1,200 only. (The bequest was £300 to each of the five remaining children of George Taust, whilst the bill for £1,500 was signed by four of them only.) These documents belonged to the Taust family, there being a memorandum by Dr. Theodore Roehrig on the office copy of the will that he received the same from his aunt, Auguste Kroll (of the Taust family), who had received it with the inheritance of her uncle, George Frederic Handel. 1988. HANDEL (Commemoration of), 1784, and Musical Festival in Westminster Abbey, 1834. A Collection of prints, drawings, newspaper extracts, bills, tickets, letters, &c., relating to these events. 1989. MARYLEBONE GARDENS. quarto. A Collection of prints, drawings, newspaper extracts, memoranda, songs, &c., relating to this place of entertainment. quarto. 1990. OPERA HOUSE, Haymarket. Abstracts and Copies of deeds. and other documents relating to the, from 1792 to 1804. Bound in a volume. small folio. 1991. ORGANOGRAPHIA; or, a Description of upwards of Three hundred Church and other organs in all parts of the world, with other information relating to the organ. With drawings and engravings. Written about the year 1825. quarto. 1992. PARRY (John). Cuttings from the Morning Post Newspaper, containing Notices written by him of the Concerts of Ancient Music from 1834 to 1848, with MS. notes by him. Mounted and bound in vols. quarto. 1993. POETRY. A Collection of Songs, Poems, &c., including Paraphrases on several of the Psalms, and other portions of the Holy Scriptures. 4 vols. folio, 1735-57-67. 1994. POETRY. Recueil de Chansons et Vaudevilles. Presented to the Society by Mr. A. Durlacher. duodecimo. folio. 1995. REMARQUES sur l'Opera Anglais and sur la Farce. (Written about the end of the 18th century.) In the autograph of M. Boullard, "auteur, et notaire, et bibliomane." 1996. ROOTSEY (S.), F.L.S. A New Notation of Music. An attempt to simplify the Notation of Music, together with an account of that now in use. Illustrated by examples both Sacred and Secular. (Printed at London in 1811, quarto). small quarto. Presented to the Society by Mr. James Taylor. 1997. SMITH (John Stafford). An Introduction to the Art of Composing Music. In his autograph, and probably by him. oblong quarto. 1998. SMITH (John Stafford). A musical common-place book, containing a few compositions and many memoranda in his handwriting, together with several on detached slips of paper, Amongst the latter is a rough draft of the notes on the compositions in his published work, "Musica Antiqua." small folio. 1999. TAYLOR (Edward). Lectures on Music written and delivered by him at Gresham College and elsewhere. In the autograph of the author. small quarto. Presented to the Society by the Rev. J. E. Cox, D.D. For the Musical Illustrations of these Lectures, see No. 1948. 2000. THEATRES, and other places of public entertainment. Collections of newspaper cuttings, extracts from various books, and engravings relative to, formed about the year 1830. Bound in a volume. quarto. AUTOGRAPHS. A 2001. BT (Franz). Signature to a letter in English, dated 25th Presented to the Society by Mr. R. K. Bowley. 2002. ATTWOOD (Thomas). Letter dated November 8th, 1837, to Edward Taylor, Professor of Music in Gresham College from 1837 to 1863, giving him certain particulars respecting Richard John Samuel Stevens, Taylor's predecessor in the office. Presented to the Society by the Rev. J. E. Cox, D.D. 2003. AYRTON (William). Letter, dated November 16th, 1837, to Edward Taylor, conveying to him some particulars of Dr. Theodore Aylward, one of Taylor's predecessors in the post of Professor of Music in Gresham College. Presented to the Society by the Rev. J. E. Cox, D.D. 2004. BEETHOVEN (Johann Van), brother to the composer. Letter in German, dated Vienna, 24 February, 1825, offering the right of publication in England, Scotland, Ireland, America, and India, of seven of his brother's compositions (op. 124 to 130), for sale for £40. 2005. BEETHOVEN (Ludwig Van). Letter in German, dated Baden [near Vienna?], 10 July, 1813, to Herr Narena, alluding to some litigation into which he expected to be driven, “in-defence of his rights," requesting the return of some of his works lent to Narena, and especially the Symphonies in C minor and B, and a March; his Oratorio he did not immediately require; thanking him for fifty florins sent by the Foresters, and expressing an intention of arranging on his return [to Vienna?] a performance for the benefit of the Ursulines, or some other institution which could be shown to require it. 2006. BEETHOVEN (Ludwig Van). Letter in German, undated and unsigned, to Herr Van Holz, apprising him of his discovery (after Holz had left his house on the previous evening) of some mislaid spoons, which he had supposed lost, and his consequent recovery of his equanimity, and inviting Holz to dine with him on the following Sunday, when he would give him a full explanation. The general tone of this letter evinces a desire on the part of the writer to remove an unpleasant feeling which he appears sensible of having occasioned. 2007. BISHOP (Sir Henry Rowley). Note, dated May 11th, 1843, to Mr. Lonsdale, inclosing a list of principal singers, and respecting an arrangement for forwarding some tickets for the Concerts of Ancient Music. 2008. BOIELDIEU (Adrien). Letter in French, dated " Friday evening," to Persius, containing remarks on an opera composed by the latter, and suggestions for the improvement of several passages therein. 2009. DONIZETTI (Gaetano). Letter in Italian, dated 28th December, 1843, to Sir Michael Costa, introducing to him a friend of the writer visiting England. Presented to the Society by Sir Michael Costa. 2010. ELLIOTT (James). Note, dated November 10th, 1837, to Richard Taylor, informing him of the particulars of the connection of Richard John Samuel Stevens, the glee composer, with the Catch Club. 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