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1. MS Mus. 1824/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1824/1/1
Title:
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Thespis (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
Scope & Content:
Thespis was the first collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan, first performed at the Gaiety Theatre, London, from 26 December 1871 to 8 March 1872 (64 performances). No complete musical score was ever published and most of the music has been lost, except for a ballad ('Little maid of Arcade...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
3 files

2. MS Mus. 1824/1/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1824/1/1/1
Title:
D'Oyly Carte Archive: Thespis (Score and parts for the ballet music by Arthur Sullivan)
Scope & Content:
Photocopy of a late-20th century manuscript full score for the ballet music by Arthur Sullivan from Thespis (1871). Parts of the ballet music were rediscovered in 1990 among material for Sullivan's L'Ile Enchantée. In five parts, numbered 1-5, and paginated continuously as pp. 1-45. Printed on A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 file

3. MS Mus. 1824/1/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1824/1/1/2
Title:
D'Oyly Carte Archive: The Thespians by Michael Sean Stone
Scope & Content:
The Thespians or The Old Gods Groan, by Michael Sean Stone. A reconstructed version of the lost comic opera Thespis by Gilbert and Sullivan. The title-page is inscribed: 'Presented to / Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte / with compliments / Michael Stone'. Basingstoke! Productions and Enterprises, New ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983
Extent:
1 file

4. MS Mus. 1824/1/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1824/1/1/3
Title:
D'Oyly Carte Archive: Thespis (a version by Quade Winter)
Scope & Content:
Thespis or The Gods Grown Old. 'An Olympian Opera in Two Acts. Libretto by A. S. Gilbert. Music by Quade Winter and Arthur Sullivan. Computer set vocal score (unpublished). Introductory matter and pp. 1-170. Incorporates 'Climbing over rocky mountain' (pp. 40-9) and 'Little maid of Arcadee' (pp...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1990
Extent:
1 file

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