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Total number of records: 77

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Brotherton Collection19
English Literature9
Ripon Cathedral7

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SubjectCount
operas77
piano music (4 hands), arranged9
songs with piano6
vocal duets with piano5
songs with continuo5
glees, catches, rounds, etc4
songs with flute2
overtures2
songs with harpsichord2
songs with guitar2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bishop, Sir Henry R (1786-1855)9
Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802)8
Callcott, William H5
Callcott, William H (1807-1882)5
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)5
Storace, Stephen (1762-1796)4
Linley, Thomas (1733-1795)4
Shield, William (1748-1829)4
Macfarren, G. A3
Macfarren, Sir G A (1813-1887)3

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From 16002
From 170049
From 180026

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Up to 189951

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Dido and Aeneas : a tragic opera in three acts

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695); Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Macfarren, Sir G A (1813-1887)

[1841]

"Written by Nahum Tate"--p. [1] (3rd group). "Now first printed." Probable date of composition between 1688 and 1690; cf. Grove's 5th ed. Publication date from NUC pre-1956.

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King Arthur : an opera in five acts

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695); Taylor, Edward (1784-1863); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Macfarren, Sir G A (1813-1887); Rimbault, Edward F (1816-1876); Purcell, Henry (1659-1695); Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)

1843

Head-piece. The text of the play precedes the music. Full score with figured bass. No complete score of the opera is known to exist. This edition is as complete as the extant sources make possib...

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Le sorcier, comédie lyrique, melée d'ariettes; en deux actes: représentée pour la premiere fois par les Comédiens Italiens Ordinaires du Roi, le Lundi 2 Janvier 1764

Philidor, F D (1726-1795); Poinsinet, Antoine Alexandre Henri (1735-1769); Duchesne, Nicolas-Bonaventure (17??-1765)

1764

Signatures: A-F[sup]8. Music: unaccompanied melodies.

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Oh! summer night, the favorite serenade in the opera of Don Pasquale

Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848); Calcott, William Hutchins

[ca.1850]

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Mynheer Vandunck : glee for three voices, as sung in The law of Java, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

Bishop, Sir Henry R (1786-1855); Colman, George (1762-1836)

[ca. 1830?]

Arr. for ATB and piano. Reprinted from the plates of the complete vocal score. The last page is blank. Caption title.

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Sleep gentle lady : serenade for four voices viz. alto, 2 tenors & a bass

Bishop, Sir Henry R (1786-1855); Planché, J R (1796-1880)

[1823]

"H.R. Bishop's Glees" - bottom of p. 1.

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All's well : the favorite duett, sung by Mr. Incledon & Mr. Braham in the comic opera of The English fleet

Braham, John (1774-1856); Dibdin, Thomas (1771-1841); Corri, Domenico (1746-1825)

[ca. 1820]

Caption title.

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The nunnery : a comic opera

Shield, William (1748-1829); Pearce, William (fl. 1785-1796)

[1785]

Libretto by William Pearce.

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The castle of Andalusia : A comic opera as it is performed with universal applause, at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden

Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802); O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

[1782?]

The accompaniment arr. for harpsichord or piano. Some of the songs also with violin or violin and German flute accompaniment. The libretto is by John O'Keeffe, altered from his earlier libretto fo...

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