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MS Mus. 1824/1/7/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003392195
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003389763
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100053861893.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1824/1/7/2
- Title:
- D'Oyly Carte Archive: Iolanthe (Bound copy manuscript full score in two volumes)
- Scope & Content:
-
Copy manuscript full score, in black ink and red ink. Some pages are 14 staves, some 18 staves, and some 20 staves.
Acts I and II are separately bound but continuously paginated.
Act I. Manuscript note (signed) loosely inserted in Act I (p. 129): 'cornet notes have been transcribed an octave lower [...] to allow fanfare in 1st cornet to stand out'. Also in Act I, some passages occluded by pasted down plain paper (e.g. pp. 203, 225-6). Some annotations in pencil (e,g. p. 11: 'Bar missing here').
Act II. Passage occluded (p. 317). Pencil note (p. 450). Pencil note (p. 470) referring to 'No. 9' which follows and has been struck-through in pencil: 'It was cut at rehearsal and a new recitative introduced [...].'
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003389763
036-003389812
037-003392190
040-003392195 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1824 : Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive
MS Mus. 1824/1 : Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Savoy Operas
MS Mus. 1824/1/7 : Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Iolanthe (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
MS Mus. 1824/1/7/2 : D'Oyly Carte Archive: Iolanthe (Bound copy manuscript full score in two volumes) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003389763[0001]/036-003389812[0007]/037-003392190[0003]/040-003392195
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1824
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 bound volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1882
- End Date:
- 1882
- Date Range:
- [1882]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Both vols. 230 x 320 mm. Soft green covers.
- Former Internal References:
- Files 1205, 1206
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)