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1. MS Mus. 1715

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715
Title:
The King's Theatre Archive
Scope & Content:
Scores, orchestral parts and vocal scores relating to 74 operas produced at or connected with the King's (later Her Majesty's) Theatre, London; c1795-1860. Included in the archive are sources for the earliest English productions of operas by Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi. There are some printed m...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c1795-1860
Extent:
315 files

2. MS Mus. 1715/72

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/72
Title:
'Liberata Gerusaleme', or, 'Armide'.
Scope & Content:
'No. 1'. (Moderato, vivace). Orchestral parts: violin 1 (4 copies), violin 2 (4 copies), viola (2 copies), bass (5 copies), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horns, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, percussion. Most of the parts have the title 'Liberata Gerusaleme': the title 'Armide' appears on th...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[c 1851]
Extent:
300 x 250mm.

3. MS Mus. 1715/43

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/43
Title:
Cesare Pugni: 'Rosida'.
Scope & Content:
'Rosida', ballet in 5 scenes, choreography by Arthur St Léon and Fanny Cerito, text by Fanny Cerito; 1845. Chorus parts only. Title information from caption titles on the parts: 'Rosida Le Mine de Syracuse. Ballet. 5th tableau. priere'. 'Pas Sicilien'. One Soprano 1 part has the name 'Seymour' wr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
250 x 310mm

4. MS Mus. 1715/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/9
Title:
Hippolyte Chélard: 'Macbeth'
Scope & Content:
'Macbeth', opera in 3 acts, libretto by C J Rouget de Lisle and A Hix. Voice parts, chorus parts and orchestra parts, including stage band and ballet music. First performed at the Paris Opéra on 29 June 1827. A revised version with libretto translated by C M Heigel was first performed at the cour...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1832
Extent:
15 files

5. 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.

6. MS Mus. 1715/38

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/38
Title:
Otto Nicolai: 'Il templario'.
Scope & Content:
'Il templario', opera in 3 acts, libretto by Girolamo Maria Marini, based on Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. Excerpt beginning 'Ah quel guardo non celar', with alternative words written in, 'E pur giunto, invan celar'. Title on title page: 'Cavatina nell'Oppera il Templario'. Full score. With red chalk m...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[c 1840]
Extent:
250 x 340mm.

7. 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

8. 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

9. Ms Mus. 1715/18

Reference (shelfmark):
Ms Mus. 1715/18
Title:
Gaetano Donizetti: 'Torquato Tasso'
Scope & Content:
'Torquato Tasso', opera in 3 acts, libretto by Jacopo Ferretti. Chorus parts. First performed at the Teatro Valle, Rome, on 9 September 1833. First performed in London at Her Majesty's Theatre on 3 March 1840.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1840]
Extent:
3 files

10. MS Mus. 1715/37

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/37
Title:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 'Idomeneo'
Scope & Content:
'Idomeneo', opera in 3 acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Abbé Giovanni Battista Varesco, after Antoine Danchet's libretto for André Campra's opera 'Idomenée'. Orchestral parts, with some vocal material for single items. The parts still contain some of the sand used for blotting and are...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1831
Extent:
12 files