RPS MSS 220, 221 Faust, opera in two acts, WoO 51 (text, Joseph Carl Bernard). [German] copy; n.d. Copied in two different hands. Some individual number headings indicate a division into four acts. In two vols., as follows:-
Scope & Content:
Louis Spohr, composer: Joseph Carl Bernard, librettist: 'Faust', opera in two acts by Louis Spohr, to a libretto by Joseph Carl Bernard: n.d.: Germ: Copy.
‘Liebe ist die zarte Blüthe’, from Faust: ornamentation for the vocal line of the final section. Copy; n.d. Headed ‘Fermat zum Schluss der Arie aus Faust von Spohr "Liebe ist die zarte Blüthe"’. Six bars of vocal line with piano reduction of the accompaniment, written on the recto of a single le...
RPS MSS 223-225 Jessonda, grand opera in three acts (text Eduard Gehe), WoO 53. [German] copy; n.d. Copied in four different hands, acts I and II each in a separate single hand. In three volumes, as follows:-
Scope & Content:
Louis Spohr, composer: Eduard Gehe, librettist, playwright and author: Antoin-Marin Lemierre, poet and playwright: 'Jessonda', opera in three acts by Louis Spohr, to a libretto by Eduard Gehe, after Antoin-Marin Lemierre: n.d.: Germ: Copy.
RPS MSS 226, 227 Pietro von Abano, opera in two acts, WoO 56 (text, Karl Pfeiffer). [German] copy; n.d. In two different hands, each copying an entire act. Stage directions and some spoken dialogue cues are given throughout. In two volumes, as follows:-
Scope & Content:
Louis Spohr, composer: Johann Ludwig Tieck, German author: Carl Pfeiffer, librettist: 'Pietro von Abano', opera in two acts by Louis Spohr, to a libretto by Carl Pfeiffer, after Johann Ludwig Tieck: n.d.: Germ: Copy.