The pieces which are chiefly dance music are by several composers. Some are by John Dowland, but the greater number are by D. B. Some of the tunes bear names, as An Roper's Delight; Robin, come away. This is a portion of the same collection as Dd.02.11.

Three letters from Sir Arthur Bliss to Mr Roest (24 February, 16 May and 3 August 1966), with a sheet of notes in a different hand.

Three documents in the hand of Arthur Bliss: 'List of Five Works in order of Merit' (judgements on musical compositions submitted for a competition), 8 December 1932; letter to Mr Percival, 8 April [no year]; letter to 'Capell', 23 November [no year].

A series of 1163 canons upon the plain-song 'Miserere' constructed by George Waterhouse. The old church-melody ‘Miserere’ is written at the head of each page on a stave of four lines; and between the two parts, forming each of the 1163 accompaniments, the words ‘2 parts in one’ are written. This phrase indicates that the two parts between which it is placed are to be sung together as an accompaniment to the plain song. On the last leaf there is a short list of errata.

Material relating to those with a surname beginning 'B'.

A small note-book, written from both ends, containing early exercises - extraction of the square and cube root, elementary Geometry, etc. - followed by annotations of Wallis's Arithmetica Infinitorum. This is preceded by a note of Newton's fixing by an entry in his account-book the date of the annotations as being in the winter 1664-1665, at which time he says he found the method of infinite series. Also notes on music, chances etc.

JEP's taxation records, consisting of invoices and receipts for press interviews, articles and television appearances by JEP, particularly with the BBC.

Also includes lists of fees, copies of JEP's article, Music for Me, and a News of the World article on rising prices and a letter from Terence Higgins, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, on JEP's tax position as a freelance journalist and broadcaster.

Box with original covers from conservation work on items from the library. 2 sets of microfiches of the Dolmetsch Library of Early Music. Documentation on Dolmetsch recordings , Dolmetsch Library (Dolmetsch Library of Early Music microfiche project, Research requests, Restoration, Dolmetsch Foundation) Record of work on statuette of "Lady with viol".

Records of Downing College Musical Society and Dramatic Society (now Downing Dramatic Society).

Prefixed are 6 leaves of prayers to our Lady in Dutch, at the end of which is a statement that they are written 'per me Joannem filium Nycolai presbiteri.'

Includes notes of the musical semitone.

2 autograph letters signed.

Correspondents include: Robert Davenport; Kenneth Headlam-Morley; Edward Dent [President of the International Society for Contemporary Music] on performances of Else's opera 'Leonarda' at Salzburg and Innsbruck [Austria].

Minutes of Boards of Studies, from 1926 known as Faculty Boards, may cover governance, appointments, budgets, curriculum development, examining and accommodation.

On the flyleaf is written 'For the bass vyall'. Leaves 1-11, 19-25, 33 and 40-42 contain the bass part of a number of dance tunes: this portion of the manuscript is written in the notation semibreves, minims, etc., but without bars. Leaves 12-18 and 26-27 contain music in similar notation to that in MS Dd.02.11. The remaining leaves are blank. For the recorder part to many of these pieces, see MS Dd.05.21.

Contains the recorder part of most of the music whose bass is in MS Dd.05.20.

Music, of a similar kind to that in MS Dd.02.11 ('pavans, galliards, marches and songs').