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1. Add MS 45934-45937

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Add MS 45934-45937
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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vols. I-IV. 'Fantasio': comic opera in two acts based on the play by Alfred de Musset; 1892 - 1894, with later resisions. The libretto, in German, was written by the composer in collaboration with Henry Bennet Brewster (C. St John, op. cit., pp. 83, 90). First performed at Weimar, 20 May 1898 (C. St John, op. cit., p. 93; A. Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, Geneva, 1955, i, col. 121O, gives the date as 24 May) and revived at Karlsruhe, 10 Feb. 1901. Published, in vocal sc...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892-1894
Extent:
4 items

2. Add MS 45939-45941

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Add MS 45939-45941
Title:
ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vols. VI-VIII. 'Les Naufrageurs': opera in three acts to a libretto, in French, by H. B. Brewster. Full score, dated at the end of Act III 'Dec. 13th. [1905]' (45941, f. 145b). Composed in 1903-1904 (C. St John, op. cit., p. 305) and first performed in Leipzig, 15 Nov. 1906 (What Happened Next, p. 266; A. Loewenberg, op. cit., col. 1274, gives the date as 11 Nov.); a different production followed at Prague, 12 Dec. 1906. Published, in vocal score, by Breitkopf & H...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1905]
Extent:
3 items

3. Add MS 45942-45943

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Add MS 45942-45943
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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vols. IX, X (ff. ii + 94, ii + 98). 'The Boatswain's Mate': ballad opera in one act (two parts) to a libretto by the composer, based on a short story by W. W. Jacobs. Reduced full score; circ. 1922. The opera was composed in 1913-1914 (C. St john, op. cit., p. 305) and first produced by Sir Thomas Beecham at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 28 Jan. 1916 (A. Loewenberg, op. cit., col. 1333). The production arranged for February 1915 at Frankfurt-am-Main (cf. the composer's Bee...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1922
Extent:
2 items

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