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Egerton MS 2736
- Record Id:
- 032-001984794
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001984794
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000057.0x0002ca
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2736
- Title:
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Numbers from operas, songs, and solfeggi by Michael William Balfe
- Scope & Content:
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passim. Numbers from Operas, in score, by Michael William Balfe; about 1864-1869. 1. Air, 'Race vagabonde'; with accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, cornets-à-piston, horns, bassoons, drums, and strings; introduced in Act ii of the French version of 'The Bohemian Girl' [1869], but omitted in the published editions. Autograph. ff. 1-16b. 2. 'His lady's name': Romance, with pianoforte accompaniment; written for 'The Talisman,' but never sung in that Opera. The words by Arthur Matthison. Balfe is supposed to have begun it in, or soon after, 1864. f. 53.
ff. 17-48b. 'Dodici Fantasie per Voce di Bariton, composte da Mro [Michael William] Balfe... dedicate a... D. E. F. Auber, Paris, 1812'; with pianoforte accompaniment, in score; after 1842.
ff. 49, 57, 61. Songs with pianoforte accompaniment, in score, by Michael William Balfe; 1847, etc. 1. 'Ahi! forse in tal momento': Recitative and Aria, composed for Jenny Lind. [Published in 1847.] Autograph. ff. 49-52. 2. 'I saw a love': Ballad. [Published in 1889.] Words by F. Savile Clarke. f. 57. 3. 'Let us haste.' Words by W. A. Barrett, f. 61.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001984794
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001984794
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (67 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1842
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- after 1842
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper. Folio.
- Custodial History:
- From the Farnborough Fund.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Balfe, Michael William, Irish composer and singer, 1808-1870
- Subjects:
- Operas
Solfeggi
Songs