Operas. Musical compositions.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Dramatic musical compositions in which singing forms an essential part, chiefly consisting of recitatives, arias, and choruses, with orchestral accompaniment, usually documented by a libretto and musical score.
Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of music by Hector Berlioz., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3428 [HB.MS.1-9]
Scope and Contents
The following is based on the fuller description in Cecil Hopkinson, ‘A bibliography of the musical and literary works of Hector Berlioz’.HB.MS.1. 'Romance de Nina, ou la folle par amour.' Full score of the song from Dalayrac's opera 'Nina', copied by Hector Berlioz. (Folio 1.)HB.MS.2. "Air de Cellini, transposé pour voix de Basse par l'auteur." Full score of No. 15 from the opera 'Benvenuto Cellini'. This transposition is unpublished. (Folio 2.)HB.MS.3....
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Contemporary copy of the score of acts I-II of ‘Il Trovatore’ by Verdi., 1853.
Item
Identifier: MS.21857
Contemporary copy of the score of acts III-IV of ‘Il Trovatore’ by Verdi., 1853.
Item
Identifier: MS.21858
Scope and Contents
A leaf has been torn out after folio 87 but without loss of text.
Dates:
1853.
Contemporary copy of the score of ‘Il Trovatore’ by Verdi.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21857-21858
Dates:
1853.
Copy in a contemporary hand of the score of ‘Il Trovatore’ by Verdi.
Item
Identifier: MS.21856
Scope and Contents
‘Il Trovatore’ by Verdi was first performed in 1853.
Dates:
1853.
Corrected full score of 'Thomas the Rhymer', an opera in four acts by David Johnson.
File
Identifier: MS.22152
Scope and Contents
The opera is based on the Border ballad collected by Sir Walter Scott (folio 1).Of the many corrections the most substantial are the additional leaves at folios 11, 21, 35, 38 (formerly stapled to folio 39), 45 (formerly stapled to folio 44) 46, 53-54, 57 and 100 (formerly stapled to folio 101). Leaves are cut out after folio 80 and 108.The score is preceded by a typed press release (folio i) and a printed programme (folio iii) of the premiere, which was performed in...
Dates:
1974-1976.
Facsimile of chorus part of acts I-III of 'Christian the pilgrim', an opera, undated, by James A Moonie, with words adapted by George Peacock from “Pilgrim's progress” by John Bunyan; and a vocal trio from 'A broken coupling', undated, an operetta by Moonie.
File
Identifier: MS.22015
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
First violin part of 'Anagilda', an opera in three acts., 1717.
Item
Identifier: MS.9473
Scope and Contents
This is a composite work, being a collection of arias by various north Italian composers, interspersed with anonymous recitatives.
Dates:
1717.
Fragmentary full score of ‘Tita’, the first opera by Ladislao Zavertal, composer and conductor.
File
Identifier: MS.6300
Scope and Contents
The opera was produced at Treviso in 1870, and later rewritten and published as ‘Adriana’ (Lago di Como, 1930). The score, in the handwriting of Ladislao Zavertal’s father, Vaclav Hugo Zavertal, then Director of the Istituto Musicale of Treviso, appears to have been undergoing revision, and many pages have been discarded and replaced by others.
Dates:
[1870, or before].
Full opera score of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi with German libretto.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14056/1-3
Scope and Contents
A score in three volumes, written in Germany with the libretto translated into German. The copy is the work of several copyists, none of whom has been identified. The numbering of sections in the manuscript corresponds to the numbering found in Verdi's autograph rather than the printed editions of the opera. The German translation is that of Ricordi's edition of 1852. First German-language performances of Rigoletto took place in 1853. Consistent with the...
Dates:
ca. 1855
Full score and piano reduction of ‘Cleopatra’ by G W Crawford, a miniature tragic opera in one act, with libretto by Graham K Maude and Harold Simpson., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21944-21945
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Operas of G W Crawford.
Full score of acts I and II of ‘The lady of the lake’ by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Item
Identifier: MS.21953
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Operas of G W Crawford.
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Full scores and vocal score of ‘The lady of the lake’, an opera in four acts adapted by G W Crawford from the poem by Sir Walter Scott.
Full score of acts III and IV of ‘The lady of the lake’ by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Item
Identifier: MS.21954
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Operas of G W Crawford.
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Full scores and vocal score of ‘The lady of the lake’, an opera in four acts adapted by G W Crawford from the poem by Sir Walter Scott.
Full score of ‘Celia’, a pastoral opera in two scenes and a tableau, by G W Crawford., 1895.
Item
Identifier: MS.21936
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates:
1895.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Operas of G W Crawford.
Full score of ‘Cleopatra’ by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Item
Identifier: MS.21944
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Operas of G W Crawford.
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Full score and piano reduction of ‘Cleopatra’ by G W Crawford, a miniature tragic opera in one act, with libretto by Graham K Maude and Harold Simpson.
Full score of ‘”Dumbarton's Drums", Scottish military patrol', being an orchestral arrangement from ‘The weird of Colbar’ by W B Moonie., 1927.
Item
Identifier: MS.22008
Scope and Contents
The arrangement was completed in 1927 (folio 6).
Dates:
1927.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
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Autograph and fair copies of scores and parts, and correspondence, of William B Moonie.
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Scores and orchestral parts of works composed or arranged by W B Moonie.
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Music for ‘The weird of Colbar’ by W B Moonie, an opera with words by George M Reith.
Full score of 'Segue il suo fido La Rondinella', an aria for contralto, accompanied by oboes and strings, dated Bologna, November 1717., 1717.
Item
Identifier: MS.9474
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
MSS.9447-9458 consist of Scottish and English music, and French lute music, all dating from before 1675. MSS.9459-9469 consist of French music brought to Scotland by James and Harie Maule after their visits to France between 1678 and 1683. MSS.9470-9475 are opera scores and parts acquired by James Maule when in exile in Italy after the 1715 rising.
Dates:
1717.
Full score of the overture of ‘The lady of the lake’ by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Item
Identifier: MS.21952
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Operas of G W Crawford.
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Full scores and vocal score of ‘The lady of the lake’, an opera in four acts adapted by G W Crawford from the poem by Sir Walter Scott.
Full scores and vocal score of ‘The lady of the lake’, an opera in four acts adapted by G W Crawford from the poem by Sir Walter Scott., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21952-21955
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Operas of G W Crawford.
Incomplete vocal score 'Fionn and Tera, a Grand Opera in two acts', the words written by the Duke of Argyll, with musical additions and alterations and stage directions., [1908-1909.]
File
Identifier: MS.3201
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The words differ slightly from the printed libretto.
Dates:
[1908-1909.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Operatic, instrumental, and vocal music by Learmont Drysdale (died 1909), much of it in the composer's autograph.
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Incomplete vocal score of 'Fionn and Tera, a Grand Opera in two acts', the words written by the Duke of Argyll, with musical additions and alterations and stage directions.
Incomplete vocal score 'Fionn and Tera, a Grand Opera in two acts', the words written by the Duke of Argyll, with musical additions and alterations and stage directions., [1908-1909.]
File
Identifier: MS.3202
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The words differ slightly from the printed libretto.
Dates:
[1908-1909.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Operatic, instrumental, and vocal music by Learmont Drysdale (died 1909), much of it in the composer's autograph.
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Incomplete vocal score of 'Fionn and Tera, a Grand Opera in two acts', the words written by the Duke of Argyll, with musical additions and alterations and stage directions.
Incomplete vocal score of 'Fionn and Tera, a Grand Opera in two acts', the words written by the Duke of Argyll, with musical additions and alterations and stage directions., [1908-1909.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.3201-3202
Scope and Contents
The words differ slightly from the printed libretto.
Dates:
[1908-1909.]
Italian operatic manuscripts collected by James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure, during his exile after the 1715 Jacobite rebellion., 1717.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9470-9475
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
MSS.9447-9458 consist of Scottish and English music, and French lute music, all dating from before 1675. MSS.9459-9469 consist of French music brought to Scotland by James and Harie Maule after their visits to France between 1678 and 1683. MSS.9470-9475 are opera scores and parts acquired by James Maule when in exile in Italy after the 1715 rising.
Dates:
1717.
Manuscript music-book, containing ballads, dances, and pianoforte pieces, hymns, and vocal exercises and scales.
File
Identifier: MS.3282
Scope and Contents
The music-book is made up of pages watermarked 1794.
The volume contains ballads, dances, and pianoforte pieces from Scotland and various European countries (passim), hymns (folios 22 verso-31), and vocal exercises and scales (folios 22, 32 verso-33 verso, 70-71 verso). Among the more extended pieces are extracts for pianoforte from Méhul's 'Jeune Henri' of 1797 (folio 67 verso), and from an opera 'Paul and Virginia', possibly that produced in London in 1800; and 'Favourite dances at...
Dates:
?1794-1813.