RPS MSS 228, 229 Zemire und Azor, opera in two acts, WoO 52 (text, Johann Jacob Ihlée). [German] copy; n.d. Written in three different hands. In two vols., as follows:-
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Louis Spohr, composer: Jean-François Marmontel, writer of plays: Johann Jakob Ihlée, librettist and poet: 'Zemire und Azor', opera in two acts by Louis Spohr, to a libretto by Johann Jakob Ihlée, after Jean-François Marmontel: n.d.: Germ: Copy.
RPS MSS 230, 231 Der Zweikampf mit der Geliebten, opera in three acts (words Johann Friedrich Schink), WoO 50.. [German] copy; n.d. The work of a single copyist. In two volumes, as follows:-
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Louis Spohr, composer: Johann Friedrich Schink, author and librettist: 'Der Zweikampf mit der Geliebten', opera in three acts by Louis Spohr, to a libretto by Johann Friedrich Schink: n.d.: Germ: Copy.
Acts II & III]. ff. i+172 243 x 315mm. includes: f. 193 Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer: Thomas Attwood, composer and organist: William Horsley, composer: Miss Dettmer, musician: Recommendation to become a female professional subscriber of the Philharmonic Society for Miss Dettm...
GASPARE SPONTINI Overture ‘Olympia’. Copy by J.N.N. Crouch; 1844. ff. i+36 245 x 295mm. Gasparo Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer: J. N. N. Crouch, music copyist: Overture to the opera 'Olympia' by Gasparo Luigi Pacifico Spontini, in the hand of J. N. N. Crouch: 1844: Copy.
RICHARD STRAUSS ‘Macbeth’, tone poem after Shakespeare, op. 23. Autograph fair copy of opening nine bars; 1936. f. 1 355 x 267mm. Royal Philharmonic Society: Richard Georg Strauss, composer: Opening nine bars of Macbeth, tone poem, op.23 by Richard Georg Strauss, presented to the Royal Philh...