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1. MS Mus. 1715

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715
Title:
The King's Theatre Archive
Scope & Content:
Scores, orchestral parts and vocal scores relating to 74 operas produced at or connected with the King's (later Her Majesty's) Theatre, London; c1795-1860. Included in the archive are sources for the earliest English productions of operas by Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi. There are some printed m...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c1795-1860
Extent:
315 files

2. MS Mus. 1715/72

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/72
Title:
'Liberata Gerusaleme', or, 'Armide'.
Scope & Content:
'No. 1'. (Moderato, vivace). Orchestral parts: violin 1 (4 copies), violin 2 (4 copies), viola (2 copies), bass (5 copies), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horns, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, percussion. Most of the parts have the title 'Liberata Gerusaleme': the title 'Armide' appears on th...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[c 1851]
Extent:
300 x 250mm.

3. MS Mus. 1715/43

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/43
Title:
Cesare Pugni: 'Rosida'.
Scope & Content:
'Rosida', ballet in 5 scenes, choreography by Arthur St Léon and Fanny Cerito, text by Fanny Cerito; 1845. Chorus parts only. Title information from caption titles on the parts: 'Rosida Le Mine de Syracuse. Ballet. 5th tableau. priere'. 'Pas Sicilien'. One Soprano 1 part has the name 'Seymour' wr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
250 x 310mm

4. MS Mus. 1715/28

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/28
Title:
Ferdinand Hérold: 'Ludovic'
Scope & Content:
Comic opera in 2 acts, completed by Jacques François Halévy, libretto by J. H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges. Full score. Printed. Published by Maurice Schlesinger, Paris, plate number 1426. Text in French. Other role names mentioned: Francesca, Gregorio. First performed at the Opéra Comique, Paris, on...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
[1833]
Extent:
350 x 270mm

5. MS Mus. 1715/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/9
Title:
Hippolyte Chélard: 'Macbeth'
Scope & Content:
'Macbeth', opera in 3 acts, libretto by C J Rouget de Lisle and A Hix. Voice parts, chorus parts and orchestra parts, including stage band and ballet music. First performed at the Paris Opéra on 29 June 1827. A revised version with libretto translated by C M Heigel was first performed at the cour...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1832
Extent:
15 files

6. MS Mus. 1715/59

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/59
Title:
Giuseppe Verdi: 'Attila'.
Scope & Content:
'Attila', opera, prologue and 3 acts, libretto by Temistocle Solera after Zacharias Werner. Vocal scores, chorus parts and orchestral parts. Role names mentioned: Ezio, Odabella, Foresto, Uldino. First performed at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice, on 17 March 1846. First performed in London at Her M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[c 1846]
Extent:
8 files.

7. MS Mus. 1715/16

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/16
Title:
Gaetano Donizetti: 'Poliuto'
Scope & Content:
'Poliuto', opera seria in 3 acts, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano after Pierre Corneille. Composed for performance at Naples, 1838, but not passed by the censor. Rewritten as 'Les Martyrs', opera in 4 acts with libretto in French by Eugene Scribe, and first performed at the Paris Opéra on 10 Apri...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1838-1841]
Extent:
350 x 280mm. Brown limp card covers.

8. MS Mus. 1715/60

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/60
Title:
Giuseppe Verdi: 'Ernani'
Scope & Content:
'Ernani', opera in 4 acts, libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo. Full score (Acts 3 and 4 only), vocal score, chorus parts and some orchestral parts. Some of the material has plate numbers of the publisher Ricordi from the sequence 15101-15300: according to the Ricordi catalogue, t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1845]
Extent:

7 files

9. MS Mus. 1715/62

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/62
Title:
Giuseppe Verdi: 'Jerusalem'
Scope & Content:
'Jerusalem', opera in 4 acts. The opera was first performed as 'I Lombardi alla prima Crociata' in Milan, in Italian, on 11 February 1843. 'Jerusalem', a new version in French, with the libretto translated by Alphonse Royer and Gustav Vaëz, was first performed in Paris on 26 November 1847. The op...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1847-1848]
Extent:
330 x 235mm and 230 x 330mm. The full score in a blue card cover with marbled paper spine.

10. MS Mus. 1715/65

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1715/65
Title:
Giuseppe Verdi: 'Nabucco'.
Scope & Content:
'Nabucco', opera in 4 acts, libretto by Temistocle Solera after Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornu. Vocal scores, chorus parts and some orchestral parts. First performed at La Scala, Milan, on 9 March 1842. First performed in London at Her Majesty's Theatre, in Italian, as 'Nino', on 3 March 1846.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1842]
Extent:
6 files.