Business correspondence and papers created by David Adams, manager of Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (New York). reunited from various places, to, from or relating to Aaron Copland, and internal correspondence with Muriel James of Boosey & Hawkes' Copyright Department.
Correspondence with musicians or composers with whom Boosey & Hawkes considered their association most important. These papers were extracted from their original files some time after they ceased to be current, but before their acquisition by the British Library. In some cases, these files...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Swedish
Correspondence and papers involving or relating to Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), the publication or performance of his music, or the adminstration of his estate after his death. Others connected with Igor Stravinsky, such as Lillian Libman and Robert Craft, are regular correspondents.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Church Slavic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Slovak, and Spanish
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Thespis (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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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...
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Trial by Jury (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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First performed at the Royalty Theatre, London, from 25 Mar to 18 Dec 1875 (131 performances). Autograph full score (photocopy); two annotated vocal scores (one belonging to Leslie Rands); and an arrangement for two pianos by Francis J. Buckley.
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: The Sorcerer (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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First performed at the Opera Comique, London, from 17 Nov 1877 to 24 May 1878 (178 performances). Annotated vocal score; three annotated libretti; instrumental parts.
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: H.M.S. Pinafore (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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First performed at the Opera Comique, London, from 25 May 1878 to 20 Feb 1880 (571 performances). Autograph full score (photocopy); annotated libretti; and instrumental parts. Also, 'The Children's Pinafore' by François Cellier (bound manuscript); and Francis J. Buckley's arrangement for two pi...
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: The Pirates of Penzance (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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First performed at the Bijou Theatre, Paignton, Devon, 30 Dec 1879 (a single 'copyright performance') before opening at Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, from 31 Dec 1879 to 5 Jun 1880 (100 performances). First London production, Opera Comique, from 3 Apr 1880 to 2 Apr 1881 (363 performances). Au...