Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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  • SCRB08744_001.jpg

    Sonate per cembalo, opera prima / composte dal Sigr. Galuppi. London : Printed for I. Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand ... [advertisement], [1760].

    "Prima" has been added to the title in manuscript.

    Opera number follows the statement of responsibility on the title page.

    Date from Catalogue of printed music in the British Library to 1980.

  • SCRB08720_001.jpg

    Six fugues or voluntarys for the organ or harpsicord, troisieme ovarage /compos'd by G. F. Handel. London : Printed for and sold by I. Walsh, musick printer, and instrument maker to his Majesty at the Harp and Hoboy in Catherine Street in the Strand, [1735].

    No. 543

    Work number appears before the statement of responsibility on the title page.

    Date from Handel.

  • SCRB08809_001.jpg

    Six solos for a German flute or violin with a thorough bass for the harpsicord or violoncello, opera seconda / compos'd by Sigr. Alexandro Bezozzi. London : Printed for I Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand ... [4 lines and 4 columns of advertisement], [1750].

    Date from British union-catalogue of early music printed before the year 1801.

    Rockefeller Library copy from the library of Scottish music editor and collector Alfred Moffat with his signature dated 11 Dec. 1926 on the free front endpaper.

    Rockefeller Library copy includes Alfred Moffat's notes on the work: "The Brit.Mus. authorities date this work 1760. The Trio-sonatas for 2 Flutes & Bass by Bezozzi advertised on the title page are his op. 3."--front pastedown.

  • SCRB08781_001.jpg

    Six concertos for the harpsicord or organ / compos'd by Mr. Henry Burgess Junr. London : Printed for the author, sold by I. Walsh in Catherine Street in the Strand, [1743].

    Date from Smith, C.S. A bibliography of the musical works published by the firm of John Walsh during the years 1721-1766.

    This is the earliest known set of organ concertos by an English composer.

    Rockefeller Library copy with the label of Harold Reeves, bookseller of London, England.

    A copy of this work is listed in the estate inventory of Cuthbert Ogle, an English musician who emigrated to Williamsburg, Virginia in 1755.
  • SCRB08739_001.jpg

    VIII sonatas or lessons for the harpsichord / compos'd by Thomas Augustine Arne. London : Printed for I. Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand ... [advertisement], [1756].

    Date from Walsh, no. 85.

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