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RPS MSS 230, 231 Der Zweikampf mit der Geliebten, opera in three acts (words Johann Friedrich Schink), WoO 50.. [German] copy; n.d. The work of a single copyist. In two volumes, as follows:-
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Louis Spohr, composer: Johann Friedrich Schink, author and librettist: 'Der Zweikampf mit der Geliebten', opera in three acts by Louis Spohr, to a libretto by Johann Friedrich Schink: n.d.: Germ: Copy.
RPS MSS 251-253 Euryanthe, grand romantic opera in three acts (text Helmine von Chezy). [German] copy; n.d. Copied in a number of different hands. In three volumes, as follows:-
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Baron Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber,; composer: Whilhelmina Christiane von Chezy, née Klencke; poet and librettist: 'Euryanthe', opera in three acts by Baron Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber to a libretto by Whilhelmina Christiane von Chezy: n.d.: Germ: Copy.
RPS MSS 254-256 Der Freischütz, opera in three acts. [German] copy; n.d. Each complete act in a separate hand. In three volumes as follows:-
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Baron Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber,; composer: Johann Friedrich Kind, author: Johann August Apel, author: Friedrich August Schulze, alias 'Friedrich Laun'; author: 'Der Freischütz', opera in three acts by Baron Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, to a libretto by Johann Friedrich Kind,...