MUSICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM RUSSELL. Vols. I-III (ff. 86, 75, i+117). Pantomimes and other musical entertainments, mainly for Sadler's Wells, overtures, songs, duets, etc.; 1799-1802, n.d. Full or piano scores. Many of the works are imperfect. Many bear the names of the performers for whom they were written, e.g. Joseph Grimaldi. Bound haphazardly before acquisition. Biographical notice of William Russell by William Henry Husk at 51018, ff. i, ib. Included are:- (a) 'Great Devil'; 1800. 51016, ...
MUSICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM RUSSELL (b. 1777, d. 1813), organist, pianist and composer; 1792-1802, n.d. Mostly autograph. Purchased from W. W. Russell. Four volumes.
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William Russell, organist and composer: Musical works, by William Russell: 1799-1802, n.d: Autogr.
MUSICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM RUSSELL, Vol.III 1799-1802 includes: ff. i, i b William Henry Husk, Librarian to the Sacred Harmonic Society: Biographical notice of W. Russell,: 19th cent.
MUSICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM RUSSELL. Vol. IV (ff. iii+43). 'Selections from Handel [and others] for the Organ' (f. i) compiled by William Russell, father of the preceding, with pencil additions by his son on ff. iii, 11, 39-40, 41b, 43; 'April 23 1792' (ff. ii, iii). The elder William Russell was a...