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Add MS 25484
- Record Id:
- 032-002029809
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002029809
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x00015b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 25484
- Title:
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The four chorus's in the tragedy of 'Julius Cæsar', an opera written by John Sheffield, late Duke of Buckinghamshire, and set to music by J. Ernest Galliard
- Scope & Content:
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'The Four Chorus's in the Tragedy of 'Julius Cæsar,' written by...John Sheffield, Late [1st] Duke of Buckinghamshire, &c. Set to Musick by J. Ernest Galliard. 1723.' Autograph. The symphonies and accompaniments are for flutes, oboes, and strings, with a figured bass for harpsichord.
1. 'Whither is Roman Honour gone?' f. 7.
2. 'Lo, to prevent this Mighty Empire's Doom.' f. 43.
3. 'Tell, Oh tell me, whence arise these desorders.' f. 74.
4. 'How great a Curse.' f. 95.
At the end (ff. 123-131lb) is the printed libretto of the same composer's Serenata, 'Love and Folly' (dated 'MDCCXXXIX'), between the interludes of which the above choruses were performed.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002029809
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002029809
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (131 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1723
- End Date:
- 1723
- Date Range:
- 1723
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper. Folio.
- Custodial History:
- Belonged to Granville Sharps and Alfred Roffe (before 1863).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Galliard, Johann Ernst, composer, before 1687-1749
Sheffield, John, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, 1648-1721 - Subjects:
- Operas