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1. Add MS 45934-45937

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Add MS 45934-45937
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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vols. I-IV. 'Fantasio': comic opera in two acts based on the play by Alfred de Musset; 1892 - 1894, with later resisions. The libretto, in German, was written by the composer in collaboration with Henry Bennet Brewster (C. St John, op. cit., pp. 83, 90). First performed at Weimar, 20 May 1898 (C. St John, op. cit., p. 93; A. Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, Geneva, 1955, i, col. 121O, gives the date as 24 May) and revived at Karlsruhe, 10 Feb. 1901. Published, in vocal sc...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892-1894
Extent:
4 items

2. Add MS 45936

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Add MS 45936
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Scope & Content:
Vol. III (ff. 15). 'Ouverture zu "Fantasio".' Full score of the Overture as published, in short score, in the 1899 edition. This score is earlier than the Karlsruhe MS. (Add. 45937) which incorporates the composer's alterations to the Cor Anglais part.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892-1894
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 45934-45935

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Add MS 45934-45935
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Vols. I, II (ff. i + 181, ii + 206). Full score of Acts I and II, probably the version used for the first performance at Weimar. This differs in many respects from the full score of the Karlsruhe version, of which only Act I survives (Add. MS. 45937); the latter agrees closely with the printed edition. The chief differences are:-(1) The 'Vorspiel' of Add. MS. 45934, ff. 2-14, has been replaced by a new Overture in the printed and Karlsruhe versions;-(2) The end of Act I is considerably cut i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892-1894
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 45937

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Add MS 45937
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Vol. IV (ff. iii + 311). Full score of Act I only, apparently prepared for the Karlsruhe revival and annotated on the flyleaf (f. iii) by the conductor of this production:-'Karlsruhe. 1O.2.1901. Felix Mottl.' Partly autograph, partly in the hand of a German copyist. For a summary of the differen...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 45934

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Add MS 45934
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Scope & Content:
Vol. I (ff. i + 181)
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892-1894
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 45935

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Add MS 45935
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Scope & Content:
Vol. II (ff. ii + 206)
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892-1894
Extent:
1 item

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