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Add MS 27719
- Record Id:
- 040-002031134
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002031114
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000117.0x00024d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 27719
- Title:
- 4 operas by Henry R. Bishop
- Scope & Content:
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Musical Plays, of which the first three were composed in 1825, and the fourth 'composed and selected' in 1826, by Henry Rowley Bishop. Autograph. Written for orchestras of drums, trombones, trumpets, horns, clarinets, flutes, oboes, bassoons, organ (in nos. 1 and 4), pianoforte (in no. 3), cymbals (in nos. 1 and 4), triangle, and (in no. 4) harp, or guitar, and gong. In score.
1. 'Masaniello,' or 'The Fisherman of Naples': Historical Play [in 5 Acts] ... February 17th, 1825 ... The Poetry by G. Soane.' Adapted from Auber. As overture, that to 'The Humourous Lieutenant' [1817] appears to have been used. f. 1.
2. 'William Tell': Historical Play in 3 Acts, the poetry by James Sheridan Knowles.' The songs assigned to Annelli and the Savoyard were sung by Miss Povey and Master Edmonds, f. 29.
3. 'Faustus': Romantic Drama,' in 3 Acts. Characters: Adine, (Miss Stephens), Rosolia, Orsini, the Count, Faust, Wagner, and Lucetta. f. 53.
4. 'The Knights of the Cross': Musical Drama... the poetry by S. Beazley.' The Overture was selected partly from that to 'The Humourous Lieutenant' and the coda of the Overture to Beethoven's 'Fidelio'; the chorus on f. 135 is taken from the composer's earlier work, 'The Beacon of Liberty' [1823]. Characters: Blondel, Edith, Sir Kenneth. f. 118.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002031114
040-002031134 - Is part of:
- Add MS 27700-27729 : Operatic compositions of Sir Henry Rowley
Add MS 27719 : 4 operas by Henry R. Bishop - Hierarchy:
- 032-002031114[0020]/040-002031134
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 27700-27729
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (159 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1825
- End Date:
- 1826
- Date Range:
- 1825-1826
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper. Oblong Folio.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Knowles, James Sheridan, Irish dramatist
Soane, George - Subjects:
- Operas