Ballad operas.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: A distinctively English form in which spoken dialogue alternates with songs set to traditional or popular melodies and sung by the actors themselves. Source: 'The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians', 2nd edition (Oxford, 2001).
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Notes and drafts of George Moncrieff-Scott for a ballad opera based on Dr Johnson's visit to Raasay during his tour of the Hebrides in 1773., 1963.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26960-26991
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
George Scott-Moncrieff wrote a number of plays, of which only ‘Fotheringhay’ was published (Edinburgh, 1953), although others were performed on the stage or broadcast. Most of the surviving typescripts are undated.
Dates:
1963.
Notes and drafts of George Moncrieff-Scott for a ballad opera based on Dr Johnson's visit to Raasay during his tour of the Hebrides in 1773., 1963.
File
Identifier: MS.26960
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
George Scott-Moncrieff wrote a number of plays, of which only ‘Fotheringhay’ was published (Edinburgh, 1953), although others were performed on the stage or broadcast. Most of the surviving typescripts are undated.
Dates:
1963.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974).
/
Dramatic works by George Scott-Moncrieff.
/
Notes and drafts of George Moncrieff-Scott for a ballad opera based on Dr Johnson's visit to Raasay during his tour of the Hebrides in 1773.
Notes and drafts of George Moncrieff-Scott for a ballad opera based on Dr Johnson's visit to Raasay during his tour of the Hebrides in 1773., 1963.
File
Identifier: MS.26991
Scope and Contents
Contains the prologue and Act I, scene 1 only.
Dates:
1963.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974).
/
Dramatic works by George Scott-Moncrieff.
/
Notes and drafts of George Moncrieff-Scott for a ballad opera based on Dr Johnson's visit to Raasay during his tour of the Hebrides in 1773.