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81. Add MS 29248

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Title:
Marcantonio Cesti: 'La Dori', opera
Scope & Content:
'La Dori': Opera, consisting of prologue and three acts, by Marcantonio Cesti, 1663. The instruments employed in the introductory sinfonia, the ritornellos, and the accompaniment to the concluding sextet are evidently strings, the recitatives, airs, etc., being accompanied by a figured bass for h...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1663
Extent:
1 volume (82 folios)

82. Add MS 29297

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Title:
Incidental music in 'The Cadi of Bagdad'. An opera in 3 acts by Thomas Linley, junior.
Scope & Content:
Incidental Music in 'The Cadi of Bagdad,' in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for horns, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and strings, in score, by Thomas Linley, jun. [1756-1778]. Autograph. Characters: Abdullah, Cadi, Selima, a Dyer, Zemzonde(?), and Omar.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1775?-1778?
Extent:
1 volume (95 folios)

83. Add MS 29325

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Title:
Michael William Balfe: Volume I of 'Siege of Rochelle', opera
Scope & Content:
'Siege of Rochelle': Opera in 2 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, trumpets, horns, bassoons, trombones, serpents, drums, triangle, cymbals, bells, harp, and strings, in score, by M. W. Balfe [1835]. Partly autograph, partly transcribed by J. H(?). Mapleson, i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 volume (285 folios)

84. Add MS 29325-29326

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Title:
Michael William Balfe: 'Siege of Rochelle', opera
Scope & Content:
'Siege of Rochelle': Opera in 2 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, trumpets, horns, bassoons, trombones, serpents, drums, triangle, cymbals, bells, harp, and strings, in score, by M. W. Balfe [1835]. Partly autograph, partly transcribed by J. H(?). Mapleson, in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
2 volumes

85. Add MS 29325-29364

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Title:
A collection of operas by Michael William Balfe.
Scope & Content:
All volumes are in full score, and mostly autograph.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1835-1863
Extent:
40 volumes

86. Add MS 29326

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Title:
Michael William Balfe: Volume II of 'Siege of Rochelle', opera
Scope & Content:
'Siege of Rochelle': Opera in 2 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, trumpets, horns, bassoons, trombones, serpents, drums, triangle, cymbals, bells, harp, and strings, in score, by M. W. Balfe [1835]. Partly autograph, partly transcribed by J. H(?). Mapleson, i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 volume (171 folios)

87. Add MS 29327

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Title:
Michael William Balfe: Volume I of 'The Maid of Artois', opera
Scope & Content:
'The Maid of Artois': Opera in 3 Acts, with overtures, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, cornets-à-piston, trumpets, horns, bassoons, trombones, ophicleide (serpentone), triangle, drums, cymbals, great bell, harp, and strings, in score, by M. W. Balfe. The first Act was...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 volume (273 folios)

88. Add MS 29327-29328

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Title:
Michael William Balfe: 'The Maid of Artois', opera
Scope & Content:
'The Maid of Artois': Opera in 3 Acts, with overtures, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, cornets-à-piston, trumpets, horns, bassoons, trombones, ophicleide (serpentone), triangle, drums, cymbals, great bell, harp, and strings, in score, by M. W. Balfe. The first Act was...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
2 volumes

89. Add MS 29328

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Add MS 29328
Title:
Michael William Balfe: Volume II of 'The Maid of Artois', opera
Scope & Content:
'The Maid of Artois': Opera in 3 Acts, with overtures, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, cornets-à-piston, trumpets, horns, bassoons, trombones, ophicleide (serpentone), triangle, drums, cymbals, great bell, harp, and strings, in score, by M. W. Balfe. The first Act wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 volume (273 folios)

90. Add MS 29329

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Add MS 29329
Title:
Michael William Balfe: Volume I of 'Catherine Grey', opera
Scope & Content:
'Catherine Grey': English Opera in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, cornets-a-piston, bassoons, trumpets, serpentone, triangle, drums, cymbals, harp, and strings, in score, by M. W. Balfe [1837]. In one or two scenes a military band is introduce...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 volume (195 folios)