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MUSIC - IN MICRO-FORMATS

In addition to its printed scores, books and recordings, the UWO Music Library holds significant microform collections of both printed and manuscript music, opera libretti, music periodicals, method books, instrumental tutors and catalogues - on microfilm, microfiche and microcard.

Of the major collections offered through GALE/CENGAGE, particularly their Primary Source Microfilms series [the former Harvester Microfilms, Reading, UK; subsequently acquired by Research Publications - Woodbridge, CT]

History of Music - from the Harvard Libraries - 107 reels

 Italian Music Manuscripts, c. 1640-1820 - 285 reels

The History of Musical Instruments [microform] : manuals, tutors and méthodes - 36 reels

The New Musical Express and Blues & Soul - 36 reels

Music Manuscripts from the Great English Collections - 994 reels
Printed Music Before 1800 - 330 reels

Venetian Opera Libretti - 41 reels
Women Composers Collection (U of Michigan) - 28 reels

we  hold the complete "run" (1,857 reels =100%) of each of the above-named series - as of May 2008!

As of January, 2009, we have begun to acquire GALE/CENGAGE's EUROPEAN MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS - SERIES 2 - SECTION B - MUSIC. Units 4, 5 and 7, offering access to the holdings of LISBON's BIBLIOTECA DA AJUDA (Portugal).

Additional collections (from other publishers) available for consultation at the Western Libraries Music Library include:

The Alfred Einstein collection [microfilm] 11reels

Early Music. Part 1 [microform] : the Pembroke Choir Books . 3 reels PRINTED INDEX

Early Printed & Manuscript Music in the Westminster Abbey Library [microfilm]. 32 reels PRINTED INDEX

The Oster collection [microfilm] : papers of Heinrich Schenker 47 reels PRINTED INDEX

Albert Schatz collection of opera librettos [microfilm] 244 reels INDEX

While microformats may not be the most convenient for performing purposes, they represent a major scholarly research resource for both performers and scholars alike. The Music Library has a self-service Canon Micro-Reader/Printer onsite - to facilitate copying from either microfilm or microfiche: copies are $0.10 per page.

The Music Library also has a micro-opaque reader for viewing microcards, however there are no facilities for copying microcards on the premises (nor are there any Canadian sites offering this service).

 

European Music Manuscripts

Published by PRIMARY SOURCE MICROFILM / GALE-CENGAGE

Series One:
From the British Library, London --  NOT YET PURCHASED by Western Libraries
     

Series Two:

From the Biblioteca da Ajuda, Lisbon - 395 REELS
Section A: Music Before 1740 and Sacred Music
UNIT ONE NOT YET ORDERED NOT YET ORDERED
UNIT TWO on-order on-order
     
Section B: Music 1740-1770

UNIT THREE - reels 1-33

 M2.3.P68L5A43 2000 ML136.P67A63 2000
UNIT FOUR - reels 34-66 M2.3.P68L5A44 2000 ML136.P67A64 2000
UNIT FIVE - reels 67-98
 M2.3.P68L5A45 2000 ML136.P67A65 2000
UNIT SIX - reels 99-132
 M2.3.P68L5A46 2000 ML136.P67A66 2000
UNIT SEVEN - reels 133-165 M2.3.P68L5A47 2001 ML136.P67A67 2001
UNIT EIGHT NOT YET ORDERED NOT YET ORDERED
Section C: Music 1770-1820
UNITS 9 - 13
NOT YET ORDERED NOT YET ORDERED NOT YET ORDERED

Series Three: From the Biblioteca do Paco Ducal de Vila Vicosa, Portugal
UNIT ONE NOT YET ORDERED ML136.P67P33 2004

Music Manuscripts from the Great English Collections

 
- microfilm series - 994 reels
 
ORIGINATING LIBRARY SERIES ONE / PART / 113 REELS FINDING AIDS
Bodleian Library, Oxford UK

1 / 1 Unpublished Music mss. 16th/17th c. , Oxford Music School Collection 19 reels

paper / CD-ROM
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Bodleian Library, Oxford UK 1 / 2 Court Odes - William Boyce 20 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Bodleian Library, Oxford UK 1 / 3 Music mss. - Maurice Greene and William Boyce 17 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Bodleian Library, Oxford Music School Collection, Oxford UK 1 / 4 Unpublished English Music mss., pre-1850, Section A 19 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Bodleian Library, Oxford UK 1 / 5 Unpublished English Music mss., pre-1850, Section B 23 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Bodleian Library, Oxford Music School Collection, Oxford UK 1 / 6 Unpublished Continental Music mss. 16th, 17th and 18th centuries 15 reels paper / CD-ROM
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ORIGINATING LIBRARY

 SERIES TWO / PART / 87 REELS FINDING AIDS
Collection of St. Michael's College, Tenbury, Bodleian Library, Oxford UK 2 / 1 Unpublished English and Continental Music mss. before 1650 14 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Collection of St. Michael's College, Tenbury, Bodleian Library, Oxford UK 2 / 2 Unpublished English and Continental music mss. before 1650 19 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Collection of St. Michael's College, Tenbury, Bodleian Library, Oxford UK 2 / 3-4 Unpublished English Music mss. before 1650 44 reels paper / CD-ROM
PDF-guide pt.3
PDF-guide pt.4
Collection of St. Michael's College, Tenbury, Bodleian Library, Oxford UK 2 / 5 Unpublished English Music mss., 1650 -1800 10 reels paper / CD-ROM
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ORIGINATING LIBRARY

 SERIES THREE / PART / 60 REELS FINDING AIDS
Christ Church, Oxford UK 3 / 1 Unpublished English Music mss. of the 16th and 17th centuries 21 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Christ Church, Oxford UK 3 / 2 Unpublished English Music mss. of the 16th and 17th centuries 24 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Christ Church, Oxford UK 3 / 3 Unpublished Continental Music mss. of the 16th and 17th centuries 15 reels paper / CD-ROM
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ORIGINATING LIBRARY

 SERIES FOUR / PART / 291 REELS FINDING AIDS
British Library, London UK 4 / 1 Part One: Polyphonic Music Before c.1640, Section A 19 reels paper / CD-ROM
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British Library, London UK 4 / 2 Part Two: Polyphonic Music Before c.1640, Section B 22 reels paper / CD-ROM
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British Library, London UK 4 / 3-4 English Music Manuscripts c.1640-1714, Sections A and B 18 + 17 reels paper / CD-ROM
PDF-guide pt.3
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British Library, London UK 4 / 5 The Chapel Royal Part-Books in the British Library Royal Music Collection, c.1670-1850 19 reels paper / CD-ROM
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British Library, London UK 4 / 6 Handel manuscripts - Section A: Operas, Serenades and Odes 23 reels paper / CD-ROM
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British Library, London UK 4 / 7 Handel manuscripts - Section B: Oratorios and Church Music 22 reels paper / CD-ROM
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British Library, London UK 4 / 8 Handel manuscripts - Section C: Instrumental Music, Cantatas and Other Music 17 reels paper / CD-ROM
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British Library, London UK 4 / 9 English Music Manuscripts, c.1714-1810, Section A 22 reels paper / CD-ROM
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British Library, London UK 4 / 10 English Music Manuscripts, c.1714-1810, Section B 24 reels paper / CD-ROM
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British Library, London UK 4 / 11 British Music Manuscripts, c.1810 - c.1900 from the Egerton and Additional Manuscripts 19648-30925 30 reels paper / CD-ROM
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British Library, London UK 4 / 12 British Music Manuscripts, c.1810 - c.1900 from the Additional Manuscripts 31415-35120 31 reels paper / CD-ROM
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British Library, London UK 4 / 13 British Music Manuscripts, c.1810 - c.1900 from the Additional Manuscripts 36524-60495 and Royal Music 27 reels paper / CD-ROM
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ORIGINATING LIBRARY

 SERIES FIVE / PART / 159 REELS FINDING AIDS
Royal College of Music, London, UK 5 / 1-2 English Music Manuscripts Before c.1800, Sections A and B 20 + 16 reels paper / CD-ROM
PDF-guide pt.1
PDF-guide pt.2
Royal College of Music, London, UK 5 / 3-6 Continental Music Manuscripts before 1850 17 + 17 + 17 + 17 reels
Royal College of Music, London, UK 5 / 7-8 English Music Manuscripts c.1800-c.1870, Sections A and B 16 + 16 reels paper / CD-ROM
PDF-guide pt.7
PDF-guide pt.8
Royal College of Music, London, UK 5 / 9 English Music Manuscripts, c.1870-1930, Sections A and B 23 reels paper / CD-ROM
PDF-guide pt.9

ORIGINATING LIBRARY

 SERIES SIX / PART / 142 REELS FINDING AIDS
Cambridge Libraries, Cambridge, UK 6 / 1 Music Manuscripts before 1850 from Cambridge University Library and Ely Cathedral 11 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Cambridge Libraries, Cambridge, UK 6 / 2 Music Manuscripts in the Rowe Music Library, King's College 37 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Cambridge Libraries, Cambridge, UK 6 / 3 Handel Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum 18 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Cambridge Libraries, Cambridge, UK 6 / 4 English Music Manuscripts before c.1880 in the Fitzwilliam Museum 21 reels
Cambridge Libraries, Cambridge, UK 6 / 5 Continental Music Manuscripts from the Fitzwilliam Museum; Section A 27 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Cambridge Libraries, Cambridge, UK 6 / 6 Continental Music Manuscripts from the Fitzwilliam Museum; Section B 28 reels

ORIGINATING LIBRARY

 SERIES SEVEN / PART / 66 REELS FINDING AIDS
Royal Academy of Music, London UK 7 / 1 Part One: British and Continental Music Manuscripts; Section A 24 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Royal Academy of Music, London UK 7 / 2 Part Two: British and Continental Music Manuscripts; Section B 23 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Royal Academy of Music, London UK 7 / 3 Part Three: Previously Uncatalogued Music Manuscripts 19 reels paper / CD-ROM
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ORIGINATING LIBRARY

 SERIES EIGHT / PART / 53 REELS FINDING AIDS
Gerald Coke Handel Collection 8 / 1 Manuscripts. of individual works 21 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Gerald Coke Handel Collection 8 / 2 Composite volumes and miscellanies; additional printed and manuscript items 13 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Gerald Coke Handel Collection 8 / 3 Shaftesbury manuscripts. 19 reels paper / CD-ROM
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ORIGINATING LIBRARY

 SERIES NINE / PART / 23 REELS FINDING AIDS
St. George's Chapel - Windsor 9 / 1 Music Mss. from Chapel and Cathedral Libraries 23 reels paper / CD-ROM
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Printed Music Before 1800 a.k.a. British Printed Music

-microfilm series- 330 reels

ORIGINATING LIBRARY

 SECTION / REELS FINDING AIDS
British Library, London, UK

Unit One: Individual Composers, Pre-1650
Unit Two: Anthologies and Tract Volumes, Pre-1650 24 + 14 reels
paper (pt.1 & pt.2)
British Library, London, UK Unit Three: 1650-1750 - Individual Composers A-H and Tract Volumes A-H
Unit Four: 1650-1750 - Individual Composers I-S - 28 + 18 reels

paper
(n.b. pt.1 = Unit 3)
(n.b. pt 2 = Unit 4)
British Library, London, UK Unit Five: 1650-1750 - Individual Composers T-Y Tract Volumes I-Y and Anthologies 1650-1700 22 reels
paper
British Library, London, UK Unit Six: 1650-1750 - Anthologies, 1700-1750 25 reels
paper
British Library, London, UK Unit Seven: 1650-1750
Handel: Operas, Oratorios, Masques and Odes 25 reels
paper
British Library, London, UK Unit Eight: 1650-1750 - Handel: Duets and Trios, Arias and Songs, Church Music and Instrumental Music 21 reels
paper
British Library, London, UK Unit Nine: 1750-1800 Individual Composers A-B and Tract Volumes A-B 33 reels
paper
British Library, London, UK Unit Ten: 1750-1800 Individual Composers C-E and Tract Volumes C-E 20 reels
paper
British Library, London, UK Unit Eleven: 1750-1800 Individual Composers F-J and Tract Volumes 32 reels
paper
British Library, London, UK Unit Twelve: 1750-1800 Individual Composers K-Monroe and Tract Volumes K-Monroe
20 reels
paper
British Library, London, UK Unit Thirteen: 1750-1800 Individual Composers Montlivault-Schmid and Tract Volumes Montlivault-Schmid 20 reels
paper
British Library, London, UK Unit Fourteen: 1750-1800 Individual Composers and Tract Volumes Schroeder-Z
28 reels
paper

Italian Music Manuscripts - c.1640 - c.1820

-microfilm series-

ORIGINATING LIBRARY

 SECTION / 285 REELS FINDING AIDS
 
British Library, London UK Section A: Italian Music Mss. c.1640 - c.1720
(pts. 1-3 on  46 reels)
 paper
PDF-guide pt.1
PDF-guide pt.2
PDF-guide pt.3
British Library, London UK Section B: Italian Music Mss. c.1720 - c.1740
(pts. 1-4 on 79 reels - or 77 ??)
 paper
PDF-guide pt.1
PDF-guide pt.2
PDF-guide pt.3
PDF-guide pt.4
British Library, London UK Section C: Italian Music Mss. c.1740 - c.1770
(pts. 1-3 on 60 reels)
 paper
PDF-guide pt.1
PDF-guide pt.2
PDF-guide pt.3
British Library, London UK Section D: Italian Music Mss. c.1770 - c.1820
(pts. 1-4) 100 reels
 paper
PDF-guide pt.1
PDF-guide pt.2
PDF-guide pt.3
PDF-guide pt.4

Venetian Opera Libretti

- microfilm series - 41 reels

ORIGINATING LIBRARY

 REELS FINDING AIDS
 
University of California, Los Angeles USA 41 reels containing 1,286 libretti printed in Venice, 1637 - 1769 paper / PDF-guide

Women Composers Collection

- microfilm series - 28 reels

ORIGINATING LIBRARY

 REELS FINDING AIDS
 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor USA 28 reels Music, principally by European and North American women composers, originally published between ca. 1780 and 1950. paper / PDF-guide
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