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Add MS 27746-27748
- Record Id:
- 036-002031168
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002031161
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000012.0x000045
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 27746-27748
- Title:
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Karl Maria Von Weber: 'Oberon', opera
- Scope & Content:
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'Oberon': Opera in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, bassoons, trombones, trumpets, drums (timpani, side-'trum', as it is spelt by the composer, and tamburo militare), harp, guitar, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, and strings, and an occasional military band on the stage, in score, by Karl Maria Von Weber, used at the [first?] performance at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, in 1826. In three volumes. Included are the two additional songs (Add MS 27746, f. 49; and Add MS 27747, f. 52) written for Braham (Huon), 'Yes, even love,' and 'Ruler of this awful hour.' Some of the notes and corrections in the Opera are autograph. Characters: Oberon, Huon, Sherasmin, Reiza, Fatima, Feniall, Caliph, and Puck; with Choruses of Fairies, Mermaids, Slaves, Followers of the Caliph, Dancing Girls, etc.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002031161
036-002031168 - Is part of:
- Add MS 27741-27757 : Bequeathed by Sir G. T. Smart, Composer to the Queen.
Add MS 27746-27748 : Karl Maria Von Weber: 'Oberon', opera - Contains:
- Add MS 27746 : Karl Maria Von Weber: Volume I of 'Oberon', opera
Add MS 27747 : Karl Maria Von Weber: Volume II of 'Oberon', opera
Add MS 27748 : Karl Maria Von Weber: Volume III of 'Oberon', opera
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- 032-002031161[0003]/036-002031168
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- 3 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1826
- End Date:
- 1826
- Date Range:
- 1826
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper. Oblong Folio.
- Custodial History:
- Belonged to Sir George Thomas Smart.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst, Baron, composer, 1786-1826
- Subjects:
- Operas