D'Oyly Carte Archive: The Grand Duke (Act I, photostat manuscript full score)
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Act I. Manuscript full score in the form of negative photostats. Undated, unsigned. Parts of the score are occluded within the copy. For Act II, see also MS Mus. 1824/1/17/2.
D'Oyly Carte Archive: The Grand Duke (Act II, photostat manuscript full score)
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Act II. Manuscript full score in the form of negative photostats. Undated, unsigned. Parts of the score are occluded within the copy (e.g. ff. 29-32). For Act I, see also MS Mus. 1824/1/17/1.
D'Oyly Carte Archive: The Vicar of Bray ('Set B' instrumental parts: conductor and woodwind)
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Manuscript parts, in black ink, for flutes, oboe, clarinets and bassoons. Also, a published piano-vocal score (headed 'conductor') with instrument entries marked in red ink. Five bound volumes from 'Set B' (identified in blue pencil on inside front boards). Includes printed notices attributed t...
D'Oyly Carte Archive: Haddon Hall (Introduction, No. 1 Chorus, and Finale Act I, in full score and parts)
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Unmarked computer-generated score, D'Oyly Carte (1999): (1). Full score: Introduction ('Ye stately homes of England'), and No. 1, Chorus ('Today it is a festal time'). Title-page and pp. 1-23. (2). All instrumental parts for Introduction and No. 1 Chorus. (3). All instrumental parts for No. 1...
D'Oyly Carte Archive: The Rose of Persia ('Set E' incomplete instrumental parts: viola and cello/bass
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(1). Original [1899] copy manuscript part in black ink for viola, in original bespoke covers. Annotated. (2). Original [1899] copy manuscript part in black ink for cello & bass, in original bespoke covers. Annotated. Two copies.
D'Oyly Carte Archive: The Rose of Persia ('Set F' incomplete instrumental parts: viola and cello/bass)
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(1). Original [1899] copy manuscript part in black ink for viola, in original bespoke covers. Annotated. (2). Original [1899] copy manuscript part in black ink for cell/bass, in original bespoke covers. Annotated. Two copies.
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...
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: The Mikado (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 14 Mar 1885 to 19 Jan 1887 (672 performances). Bound and printed full score; annotated vocal scores and libretti; orchestral parts; and a shortened version of the overture.