BRITISH MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XVIII A, B. Sir George Alexander Macfarren: 'The Lady of the Lake' (50773 A, f. 1), cantata, in two parts, for soloists, chorus and orchestra; 31. Jan. 1876. Copy by '[T?] A. H. Oct. 1878' (50773 B, f. 119b). Words adapted by Natalia Macfarren, wife of the composer, from the poem by Sir Walter Scott. Macfarren was totally blind from about 1865 and used amanuenses. See H. C. Banister, George Alexander Macfarren, 1891, pp. 171, 202. Composed for the Glasgow Fe...
BRITISH MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XXVI A-D. Dr Thomas Lea Southgate: Collections relating to the lyra-viol manuscript, 17th cent., in the Henry Watson Music Library, Central Public Library, Manchester, now MS. 832 Vu 51; 1905-1914. See also Add. MS. 38783 (note on 50781 A, f. 1).
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Music: Transcription, etc., of the Manchester lyra-viol MS.: 1905-1914. Thomas Lea Southgate, DCL: Transcription by, etc.,: 1905-1914.