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MS Mus. 1824/1/15/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003393342
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003389763
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100054800954.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1824/1/15/1
- Title:
- D'Oyly Carte Archive: Utopia, Limited (Full score, bound copy manuscript)
- Scope & Content:
-
Bound manuscript copy score in black ink. In two volumes, Acts I and II.
Lacking No. 11 in Act I, 'Love is a boon avowed'. The song, for the character of Princess Zara, was cut after the first performance and does not appear in the published vocal score.
Photocopied instrumental parts found inside the volume for Act II are for the song 'Come bumpers - aye, ever-so-many' from The Grand Duke.
The autograph score of Utopia Ltd. was sold by Herbert Sullivan in 1915 to a private owner. Its whereabouts after that are unknown.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003389763
036-003389812
037-003393307
040-003393342 - 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. 1824/1/15 : Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Utopia, Limited (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
MS Mus. 1824/1/15/1 : D'Oyly Carte Archive: Utopia, Limited (Full score, bound copy manuscript) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003389763[0001]/036-003389812[0016]/037-003393307[0001]/040-003393342
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1824
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 vols.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1890
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1890s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Half leather binding, 360 x 280 mm.
- Former Internal References:
- Files 1029, 1030
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)