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1. MS Mus. 1715/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/1
Title:
Jules Eugene Abraham Alary: 'Le tre nozze'
Scope & Content:
'Le tre nozze', opera buffa in 3 acts, libretto by A Berrettoni. Bass drum part ('Gran Cassa') only. Title 'I tre Nozze. Musica del maestro G. Alary'. The name of the singer [Luigi] Lablache is written at Act 2, no. 4. Lablache sang in both the Paris and the London production. With a second violi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c1851
Extent:
320 x 260mm

2. MS Mus. 1715/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/3
Title:
Daniel François–Esprit Auber: 'Fiorella'
Scope & Content:
'Fiorella', comic opera, libretto by Eugene Scribe. Orchestral parts. Printed. Published by T. Pleyel & Sons, Paris, plate number 1999. First performed at the Opéra Comique, Paris, on 28 November 1826.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1830]
Extent:
370 x 270mm

3. MS Mus. 1715/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/6
Title:
Balfe, Bellini and Bianchi, fragments
Scope & Content:
Fragments of performance materials for the operas 'Falstaff', 'I Capuleti e Montecchi' and 'Merope'.1. Michael William Balfe: 'Falstaff'. Voice part for the role of Maria; 1848. (Date from front cover label). Text in Italian. Partly on green paper. The name of the singer, 'Mrs Page', is written o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1797]-1848
Extent:
Largest size 370 x 290mm.

4. MS Mus. 1715/10

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/10
Title:
Domenico Cimarosa: 'Il Matrimonio Segreto'
Scope & Content:
'Il Matrimonio Segreto', opera buffa in 2 acts, libretto by Giovanni Bertati after Colman and Garrick's 'The Clandestine Marriage'. Full score, 1 folio only; - Violin 1 part. On green paper, with red chalk markings and some pinning. Blue limp card cover. Players' names added: 'Messrs Wathen (?) +...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1794-1837
Extent:
310 x 250mm

5. MS Mus. 1715/14

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/14
Title:
Gaetano Donizetti: 'La fille du regiment'
Scope & Content:
'La fille du regiment', opera in 2 acts, libretto by J. H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges and J. F. A. Bayard. Full score of Act 2 only. With red chalk markings and cuts made with paste-overs, sewing and pinning. Text in Italian, annotations in English. Singer's name 'Sontag' added. There are three prin...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1847
Extent:
250x350mm. In pale blue card covers.

6. MS Mus. 1715/16

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/16
Title:
Gaetano Donizetti: 'Poliuto'
Scope & Content:
'Poliuto', opera seria in 3 acts, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano after Pierre Corneille. Composed for performance at Naples, 1838, but not passed by the censor. Rewritten as 'Les Martyrs', opera in 4 acts with libretto in French by Eugene Scribe, and first performed at the Paris Opéra on 10 Apri...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1838-1841]
Extent:
350 x 280mm. Brown limp card covers.

7. MS Mus. 1715/17

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/17
Title:
Gaetano Donizetti: 'Roberto Devereux'
Scope & Content:
'Roberto Devereux', opera in 3 acts, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano after F. Ancelot. Viola part only. With markings in pencil and red chalk, some dated '1842' and '1845', and cuts made with paste-overs and pinning. Text in Italian. Players' names 'Alsept & Calkin' added to front cover. Firs...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1841]
Extent:
360 x 270mm

8. MS Mus. 1715/24

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/24
Title:
Francesco Gnecco: 'La prova di un'Opera Seria'
Scope & Content:
'La prova di un'Opera Seria', opera in 2 acts by Francesco Gnecco, libretto by the composer. Viola part only. On green paper with blind stamp of Charnez, Paris. With red chalk markings and cuts made with paste-overs and pinning. Role names mentioned: Corilla, Federico, Campanone. First performed ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[c 1840]
Extent:
330 x 260mm. In pale blue limp card covers.

9. MS Mus. 1715/25

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/25
Title:
Francesco Gnecco, 'Il Geloso coretto'
Scope & Content:
'Il Geloso coretto, 'farsa' in 2 acts. Full score of Sinfonia only. Autograph (?). Title page reads 'Originale del Maestro. Il Geloso Coretto. Farza. Sinfonia. Del Maestro Franc[esc]o Gnecco. In Venezia 1803'. First performed in Venice on 18 April 1803.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1810
Extent:
250 x 320mm

10. MS Mus. 1715/31

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/31
Title:
Johann Simone Mayr: 'Medea in Corinto'
Scope & Content:
'Medea in Corinto', 'melodrama tragico' in 2 acts, libretto by Felice Romani. Role names mentioned: Giasone, Creusa. First performed at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, on 28 November 1813. First performed in London at the King's Theatre on 1 June 1826, and revived there until 1850. Theatre pasted...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1826]
Extent:
330 x 260mm. In pale blue limp card covers.