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MS Mus. 1716/16/14
- Record Id:
- 040-001616408
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001616029
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001515.0x0002d5
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1716/16/14
- Title:
- Cinderella. Scores and conductors' parts.
- Scope & Content:
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- Full score of various numbers in 'Cinderella'. Composed by Oscar Barrett and others. Copied by James Weaver, on manuscript paper printed with the name of James Weaver and dated 1894. Used in the Garrick Theatre production of 1897/98. Includes 'Quakeress Ruth' and 'Not the kind of thing I've been accustomed to', songs by John Crook. Also includes 'We won't give each other away', composed by James Weaver, words by Harry Nicholls.
- Conductor's part. 1897. With instructions to copyist. Includes after the overture the instruction 'Attacca Tannhauser'. Role names mentioned: Godmother ('Godmother descends from Moon'), Chorus of elves, Baron, Dandini, Thisbe, Clorinda, Cat. Dancer's name: 'Miss Loveday'. Includes an 'Autumn leaves ballet'. Used in the 1897/8 production. Incorporates some earlier music (1888) copied by James Weaver. Printed music inserted:John Crook: 'Quakeress Ruth. Sung by Lottie Collins'. Plate number H & C 3789. J M Coward: 'Time will show. Duet'. Oscar Barrett: 'For love's sake only', words by Horace Lennard. Published by Joseph Williams, 1894. Plate number N. 9968.Philipp Fahrbach: 'Gaudeamus. Polka'. Plate number H & C 3800.Edward German: 'Shepherds' Dance'. Plate number 9333.Philipp Fahrbach: 'Poursuite. Galop'. Published by Hopwood & Crew, plate number 2729.Bennett Scott: 'Lost, stolen or strayed'. Published by Francis, Day & Hunter, 1897. Plate number 5089.Richard Farban: 'Shadowland. Intermezzo'. Published by Lafleur & Son.Most with new words added.
- 'Act 1st. Conductor'. [1897]. Conductor's part. Music from the 1897/1898 production of 'Cinderella'. Role names mentioned: Thisbe, Clorinda, Dandini, Pedro, Baroness, Cat, Fairy Godmother, Coquette. Includes a song for Thisbe beginning 'I'm a girl from Girton College and my knowledge is immense, I'm a paragon of learning and I'm terribly intense'. Includes an 'Autumn leaves ballet'. Dancer's name: Miss Loveday. The front cover has a paste-over label with 'Conductor James Weaver 9, Geneva Road, Brixton' printed on it.Printed music inserted includes:J M Coward: 'Time will show. Duet'. Plate number M. 6802.W Carlile Vernon: 'Yoicks Away! Hunting Song. Sung by Miss McAlpine'. Published by E Ascherberg & Co, 1893. Illustrated title page (photograph of Miss McAlpine).Leslie Stuart: 'I went to Paris with Papa. Sung by Miss Lottie Collins'. Published by Francis, Day & Hunter. Plate number 4344. Illustrated title page.Stanley Rodgers: 'How can I be poor?' 1898 Orchestral parts and score fragment from Cinderella. First performed at the Shakespeare Theatre, Clapham, London, in December 1898 Arthur Bruhns: 'En descendant de Montmartre. Marche Militaire'. [c1897]. Printed orchestral parts. Published by A. Bosc, Paris, with plate number 454. A note in pencil on the violin conductor part reads 'used in 'Cinders' Stratford Halberdiers 1909-10'.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001616029
036-001616394
040-001616408 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1716 : Drury Lane Theatre Archive
MS Mus. 1716/16 : Cinderella (Pantomime)
MS Mus. 1716/16/14 : Cinderella. Scores and conductors' parts. - Hierarchy:
- 032-001616029[0016]/036-001616394[0014]/040-001616408
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1716
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1897
- End Date:
- 1898
- Date Range:
- 1897-1898
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- 280 x 380mm.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)