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131. Add MS 27712

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Title:
'The Marriage of Figaro'. An opera, from music chiefly selected from Mozart's operas, with new music composed, several pieces re-scored, and the whole adapted by Henry R. Bishop.
Scope & Content:
The Marriage of Figaro': Comic Opera in three Acts. Performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, March 6th, 1819. The music chiefly selected from Mozart's Operas; The new music composed, several pieces re-scored, and the whole adapted to the English Stage by Henry R. Bishop, 1819.' In score. Au...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1819
Extent:
1 volume (144 folios)

132. Add MS 27713

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Title:
The overture and music in Shakspeare's 'Comedy of Errors' An opera composed, selected, and arranged by Henry R. Bishop.
Scope & Content:
'Overture and Music in Shakspeare's 'Comedy of Errors. Performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, December 11th, 1819. The whole composed, selected, and arranged by Henry R. Bishop, 1819.' In score. Mostly autograph. The overture is described as 'selected chiefly from the Airs in Shakspeare's...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1819
Extent:
1 volume (139 folios)

133. Add MS 27714

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Title:
2 operas by Henry R. Bishop.
Scope & Content:
Musical Plays, in 2 Acts, composed by Henry R. Bishop in 1819, and performed in the same year at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. In score. Autograph. The orchestras are composed of drums, trombones, trumpets, horns, clarinets, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and strings, and (in no. 2) also bugle, se...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1819
Extent:
1 volume (158 folios)

134. Add MS 27715

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Title:
3 operas, composed and selected by Henry R. Bishop
Scope & Content:
Musical Plays, composed and selected by Henry R[owIey] Bishop in 1820, and performed in the same year at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. In score. Mostly autograph. The orchestras are composed of drums, trombones, trumpets, horns, clarinets, oboes, flutes, bassoons, and strings; also (in no. 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 volume (128 folios)

135. Add MS 27716

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Title:
Henry R. Bishop: 'Native Land,' or 'The Return from Slavery', opera
Scope & Content:
'Native Land,' or 'The Return from Slavery': Opera in three Acts performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, February 10th, 1824. Composed by Henry R. Bishop, 1824.' In score. Autograph. The symphonies and accompaniments are written for drums, trombones, trumpets, horns, clarinets, flutes, obo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824
Extent:
1 volume (195 folios)

136. Add MS 27717

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Title:
2 operas by Henry R. Bishop
Scope & Content:
Musical Plays, in 3 Acts, composed by Henry Rowley Bishop in 1824 and performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, in the same year. In score. Chiefly autograph. The orchestras are composed of drums, trumpets, horns, clarinets, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and strings, with the addition of a harp ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824
Extent:
1 volume (152 folios)

137. Add MS 27718

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Title:
Henry R. Bishop: 'The Fall of Algiers', opera
Scope & Content:
'The Fall of Algiers': Grand Opera, in three Acts; Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, January 19th, 1825.... By Henry R. Bishop, 1825.' In score. Autograph. The symphonies and accompaniments are written for drums (timpani, bass-drum, side-drum), trombones, serbano, trumpets, horns, clari...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825
Extent:
1 volume (201 folios)

138. Add MS 27719

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Title:
4 operas by Henry R. Bishop
Scope & Content:
Musical Plays, of which the first three were composed in 1825, and the fourth 'composed and selected' in 1826, by Henry Rowley Bishop. Autograph. Written for orchestras of drums, trombones, trumpets, horns, clarinets, flutes, oboes, bassoons, organ (in nos. 1 and 4), pianoforte (in no. 3), cymba...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825-1826
Extent:
1 volume (159 folios)

139. Add MS 27720

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Title:
Henry R. Bishop: 'Englishmen in India', opera
Scope & Content:
'Englishmen in India': Comic Opera in three Acts. Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, January 27th, 1827. Composed by Henry R. Bishop, 1827. The poetry by W. Dimond.' Autograph. The overture, symphonies, and accompaniments are written for drums, trombones, trumpets, horns, clarinets, flut...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
1 volume (193 folios)

140. Add MS 27721

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Title:
Henry R. Bishop: 'The Rencontre,' or 'Love will find out the way', opera
Scope & Content:
'The Rencontre,' or 'Love will find out the way': Operatic Piece, in two Acts. Performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, July 12th, 1827. Composed by Henry R. Bishop. The Poetry by J. R. Planché, 1827.' Autograph. The overture, symphonies, and accompaniments are written for drums, trombones, tru...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
1 volume (100 folios)