Rogers Memorial Collection: John Barnett papers, 1818-1889 (inclusive), 1823-1865 (bulk).

Crouch, F. Nicholls

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English composer and cellist; b. in London, 31 July 1808; d. Portland, Me., 18 Aug. 1896; imigrated to the United States in 1849; resided in Richmond, Va., Baltimore, Md., and Portland, Me. From the description of Words and music to Paddy Aroon, an Irish ballad, by F. N. Crouch, 1852. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 304576645 Anglo-American musician and composer; best known for the music to "Kathleen Mavourneen." From the description of F....

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864

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By 1831, Spontini's reputation has lost ground to the works of younger men, including Meyerbeer, whose Robert le Diable was first performed eight month after the date of this letter; this is perhaps the opera mentioned here, though Meyerbeer may be referring to the abortive Le Portefaix, the contract for which he had just signed. Despite the apparent warmth of their relationship, Spontini was already jealous. His own continuing lack of success he attributed to a plot orchestrated by Meyerbeer, "...

Lagniau.

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

E. Clarkson.

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Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852

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Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. Moore was a friend and acquaintance of many of the English Romantics, including Lord Byron. He met Mary Shelley in the late 1820s, while researching his biography of Byron. From the description of Thomas Moore manuscript material : 220 items, 1811-1846 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76835859 Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. From the guide to the Thomas Moore manuscript material : 254 items, 1811-1846, (...

Barnett, Domenico Dragonetti.

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Shannon, Del

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Rogers, Henry Munroe, 1839-1937

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Henry Munroe Rogers and Clara Kathleen Rogers amassed a substantial collection of theatrical and military memorabilia over the course of their long lives, mostly as part of their personal papers. In 1930, they donated these papers to Harvard College Library. The Rogers Memorial Room on the top floor of Widener Library was set aside to house the collection, and opened in 1935. The Rogers Memorial Room was relocated to the Harvard Theatre Collection's space in Lamont Library in 1949. Building reno...

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), poet, was born at Field Place, Warnham, on 4 August 1792, and attended the Sion House academy at Brentford, and then Eton. He entered University College, Oxford, in 1810, but was sent down the following year after writing the pamphlet The necessity of atheism . He eloped to Scotland with Harriet Westbrook, whom he married in Edinburgh in 1811. Shelley spent 1812 in Ireland, addressing meetings and writing pamphlets. In 1814 he left his wife and fled to the conti...

McLaren, Archibald M.

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Smart, Henry Thomas, 1813-1879

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English organist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London Sept. 17 1864, to Charles Harding, 1864 Sept. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270669890 ...

Sforza, Carlo, conte, 1872-1952

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Thompson, G. Douglas.

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Putnam

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Haworth, Euphrasia Fanny, 1801-1883

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Eliza Cook.

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Attwood, Thomas, 1765-1838

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Epithet: of Add MS 35538 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001187.0x00038c Epithet: formerly MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001187.0x000388 English composer and organist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Norwood, 7 June 1826, to an unidentified recipient, 1826, 7 June. (Unknown). WorldCat ...

Bayley, Thomas

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001091.0x000079 ...

Rogers, Henry Munroe, 1839-1937

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Henry Munroe Rogers and Clara Kathleen Rogers amassed a substantial collection of theatrical and military memorabilia over the course of their long lives, mostly as part of their personal papers. In 1930, they donated these papers to Harvard College Library. The Rogers Memorial Room on the top floor of Widener Library was set aside to house the collection, and opened in 1935. The Rogers Memorial Room was relocated to the Harvard Theatre Collection's space in Lamont Library in 1949. Building reno...

Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818

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English novelist, poet, and dramatist. From the description of Autograph poem signed Lines -- on receiving an Inkstand from Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, on Christmas Eve. 1813. Oatlands : Oatlands, 1813. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591944 English novelist, poet and dramatist. From the description of Lines Written on returning from The Funeral Of the Rt. Honble. C.J. Fox, on Friday, Octr. 10th. 1806. Addrest to Lord Holland. ... : [London] : manus...

Barry Cornwall, 1787-1874

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Leigh Hunt.

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William Horsley.

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Mozart, Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus

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The Serenade from which this movement is taken originally composed for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons, 1781; second version, with the addition of 2 oboes, in 1782 (see callno.: 2329). This transcription 1941.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Adagio, K. V. 375 / Mozart ; transcribed by Zoltán Fekete. [c1941]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42631243 Composed originally for solo piano, 1788. This transcription 1986.--Cf. Fleisher C...

Distin & Sons.

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Bellamy, W. H.

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Maggioni, S. M. Manfredo

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La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de, 1777-1843

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Friedrich Heinrich De la Motte-Fouqué was a German novelist and poet. From the description of Undine, a translation from the German of De la Motte Fouqué, 1883-1898. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 48198173 ...

Bishop, Henry R.

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Henry R. Bishop, English composer. He served as musical director of the top theatres in London, including and Covent Garden, King's Theatre and Drury Lane. Throughout his career, Bishop composed, contributed to, or arranged around 130 stage works, and selections from some 70 of them were published. These published volumes contain 48 overtures, 190 airs and ballads, 53 display songs, 73 duets and trios, 150 glees and ensemble pieces, and 340 melodramas, marches, and ballet airs. From ...

L. (Louis) Couailhac.

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Wm. Penson.

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L. Couailhac.

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M. Kirke

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Sheil, Richard Lalor, 1791-1851

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Epithet: Irish politician and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000183 Epithet: MP; QC British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000186 Epithet: MP; of Add MS 37194 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000185 Richard Lalor...

Hoffman, Richard, 1831-1909

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American composer. From the description of Haddon Hall / in ye Olden Time / Composed by / Richard Hoffman. [manuscript]. [n.d.] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566421 ...

Laurence, ...

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Epithet: Frater; Minister of St. Michael, Wall Knoll, Newcastle-upon-Tyne British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x000061 Epithet: the Tuscan British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x000064 Epithet: Prior of Durham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : ...

Archibald M. McLaren.

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Bell, Charles Dent, 1818-1898

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Epithet: DD, Rector of Cheltenham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x0000cb ...

Van Dyk, Harry Stoe, 1798-1828.

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W. H. Bellamy.

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Love

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Epithet: Miss; singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x000226 ...

Maraviglia, Giovanni

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Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson.

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...

Procter, Adelaide Anne, 1825-1864

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Poet Adelaide Anne Procter was born in London and raised in a literary environment that helped nurture and develop her own budding talent. Most of her poems were published in Charles Dicken's magazines, often under a pseudonym. Her life was marked by her conversion to Roman Catholicism, and by her devotion to women's rights. Although much of her verse seems simplistic and sentimental by today's standards, she was perhaps the most popular living poet of her day. From the description o...