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1. Add MS 50262-50274

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Add MS 50262-50274
Title:
THE COTTRAU MANUSCRIPTS Operas, other music, letters, etc., of Giulio Cottrau (b. 1831, d. 1916) and his family; circa 1852-1933. Partly autograph. Further works of Cottrau in manuscript, some autograph, together with annotated copies of some published works, are in the Music Library. The manuscripts are listed by P. J. Willetts, Handlist of Music Manuscripts Acquired 1908-67, 1970, p. 90. Presented by F. W. Hall, Esq., brother-in-law of the composer. Thirteen volumes. Folio, unless otherw...
Scope & Content:
Giulio Cottrau, composer: Operas and other musical compositions: 1852-1916: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1852-1933
Extent:
75 items

2. Add MS 50262-50264

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Add MS 50262-50264
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COTTRAU MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. I-III. 'Griselda', opera in four acts, later revised to three; 1875-1876. Libretto by Enrico Golisciani. Published, in vocal score, by the composer, Paris, 1877. See 50264. First performed in the revised three-act version at the Teatro Niccolini, Florence, 1890. See also 50272 A-C.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875-1876
Extent:
25 items

3. Add MS 50273

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Scope & Content:
COTTRAU MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XII (ff. ii+57). 'G. Cottrau. Représentations sur Théâtres en Italie et Allemagne de Griselda et Lega Lombarda', an album of press cuttings relating to performances, 1878-1907, and to performances of 'Cordelia' at Padua, 1913. Mostly Italian.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-1907
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 50266-50267

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Add MS 50266-50267
Title:
COTTRAU MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. V, VI. 'Cordelia (Re Lear)', opera in two acts; 1913. Libretto after William Shakespeare. First performed in Padua, 1913. Published by the composer in vocal score, Rome, 1913. The published libretto, 50272 E, gives no author for the text, but the cover of G.691.j(19) in the Music Library lists among Cottrau's works a four-act opera, 'Le Roi Lear', to a libretto by Golisciani.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
14 items

5. Add MS 50269 A-G

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Add MS 50269 A-G
Title:
COTTRAU MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VIII A-G. 'Giovanna d'Arco', opera in four acts; bef. 1916. Libretto by [the composer?]. Copies. Published, in vocal score, Rome, 1926. For a libretto, Rome, 1924, see 50272 G. Incomplete vocal scores, with German and Italian text, published before the composer's death are in the Music Library, press-marks G.691.e(3) and (7), the latter with autograph corrections.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1916
Extent:
7 items

6. Add MS 50272 A-M

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Add MS 50272 A-M
Title:
COTTRAU MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XI A-M. Libretti, except where noted, of the operas; 1877-1924, n.d. Italian, unless otherwise indicated. Mostly printed. Folio, quarto and octavo.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877-1924
Extent:
13 items

7. Add MS 50265 A-D

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Add MS 50265 A-D
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COTTRAU MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IV A-D. 'La Lega Lombarda', opera in three acts; 1907. Autograph. Libretto by [the composer?]. First performed at the Teatro Quirino, Rome, 1907. Published, in vocal score, by C. F. Leede, Leipzig, n.d. See 50272 D.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
4 items

8. Add MS 50268 A-G

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Add MS 50268 A-G
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COTTRAU MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VII A-G. 'Pericle Re di Tiro', opera in a prologue and four scenes; [1915?]. Libretto by the composer after William Shakespeare. Autograph. Full scores, except for 50268 B. Published, in vocal score, without the 'Sinfonia' or overture, Rome, n.d. Copies in the Music Library, press-mark H.1614.c, have autograph annotations.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1915?]
Extent:
7 items

9. Add MS 50271 A

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Add MS 50271 A
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Scope & Content:
COTTRAU MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. X A (ff. 152). Other scores and songs; 1915, n.d.:- (1) Version of the prologue to 'Pericle'; 15 Feb. 1915 (f. 20b). Full orchestral score, without voice parts. Autograph. See 50268 C. ff. 1-56;- (2) 'Poema Sinfonico'; n.d. Orchestral parts. Found with 50266. ff. 57...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 50270

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Add MS 50270
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Scope & Content:
COTTRAU MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IX (ff. i+50). Twenty-four songs for voice and piano of which the music of the last (f. 50) is by Arturo Cottrau; 1852-1872, n.d. Partly autograph. Imperfect, by the loss of a song 'La vo' cercando per monte' between ff. 27 and 28. A number of the songs were published, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852-1872
Extent:
1 item