Operas. Musical compositions.
Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscripts in the Cecil Hopkinson Collection of Hector Berlioz.
Manuscripts, typescripts, and related working papers of other creative works of Ian Rankin., 1977-2016, undated.
This series contains manuscripts and typescripts of, and associated working papers for, various other creative works of Ian Rankin. The working papers include development and editorial notes. Administrative papers and correspondence relating to some of the works are also included.
Miscellany of music.
Music book of Elizabeth D Borthwick containing Scottish songs and extracts from various operas., 1845.
A few rough sketches and doodles appear throughout the volume.
Music book of unknown ownership containing operatic arias, Scottish and other songs, marches and psalm tunes.
The paper is watermarked 1797 and the pieces appear to be written in a contemporary hand. An engraved preliminary leaf (with a large space for the owner's name, etc.) is at folio i. Leaves have been cut or torn out after folios i, 30 and 39, and folios 38 and 39 were formerly stuck together with wax seals.
Music books of John Davidson containing parts of an arrangement for string quartet of the overture and other pieces from J F Lampe's burlesque opera 'The Dragon of Wantley', first produced in 1737; and arrangements of Davidson’s Sonata Number 8 for violin and piano, and of pieces by Mozart and Weber., [?1910.]
The music is undated but may have been written about 1910.
Music books of John Davidson containing parts of arrangements for string quartet of Davidson's own compositions originally for other combinations of instruments, of operatic and other pieces by various composers, and of some songs., [?1871-?1926.]
Music for ‘The weird of Colbar’ by W B Moonie, an opera with words by George M Reith., 1927, [1936-1939].
Some of the scores are incomplete.
Music of G W Crawford for stage works., [?1892-?1941.]
Opera and ballet music of Ian Whyte., Mid 20th century.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Sections, some partly in full score, apparently of the ballet 'Donald of the Burthens' 1951 (folio 1);
(ii) Two copies, both incomplete, of the libretto of 'The forge', an opera (or operetta) in two acts, and a fragment of music (folio 30);
(iii) Part of the libretto, some costume designs and some sections of music for the ballet 'The trout' (folio 86).
Operas of G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Operatic, instrumental, and vocal music by Learmont Drysdale (died 1909), much of it in the composer's autograph.
Orchestral and some vocal parts, undated, of the operetta 'A broken coupling' by J A Moonie, with words by George Peacock and W W Macfarlane., 4th quarter of 19th century-1st quarter of 20th century.
Papers relating to libretti and lyrics of Gavin Ewart., 1955-1995.
Parts for first violin of arrangements of various (including some operatic) pieces by John Davidson., [?1871-?1926.]
An account book, from which many leaves have been cut or torn out, the surviving leaves of which were cut down to stubs on which were mounted the single sheets and bifolia (some of which are fragmentary) on which the music is written.
Piano reduction of ‘Cleopatra’ by G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
Nine bars of music accidentally omitted in the transcription have been written in on a strip of paper tipped in at folio 19. A typed note on the work found loosely enclosed has been tipped in at MS 21944, folio i.
Piano score and part, 1916, of ‘Epitaph’ by G W Crawford, a song scena apparently an expanded setting of words derived from poetry by ‘Morgan Douglas’; followed by the libretto, undated, of ‘Artemis’ by Edward Oxenford., 1916, undated.
The libretto is possibly in the hand of Edward Oxenford.
Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
Scripts of plays, operas and other related material of Isobel V S Dunlop., 1933-1972, undated.
Includes music scores, correspondence and papers concerning the Saltire Society and Saltire Music Group.
Song book in simple treble notation containing songs and ballads, including several Scottish ones, and operatic arias, sung in London (many of them by John Braham) and Edinburgh.
‘The weird of Colbar’ by W B Moonie (Edinburgh, [1936]), with his notes, amendments and extensive deletions for a curtailed studio performance, presumably that broadcast in 1937., 1936.
The opera was originally performed by the Glasgow Grand Opera Society in 1937.
In this arrangement, Act 1 is entirely omitted and the work begins on page 88, pages 1-87 being either cut out or sealed up. Several other groups of leaves were sealed up, but have been subsequently unsealed.
The composer's explanatory notes are on the outer and inner front cover and at folio 104.