Reminiscences of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

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Reminiscences of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

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Consists of an eight page draft of a letter, written by Ralph Horner to an unknown recipient, in which he reminisces about his years with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, conducting the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan. The bulk of the text concerns incidents which occurred during the troupe's extensive tours of England. A number of emendations in the author's hand have been made in the text.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

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Horner, Ralph C.

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Ralph Horner was a conductor for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company of London from the late 1870s until the early 1890s. In addition to conducting the orchestra, Horner served as stage manager on the company's tours. He also wrote FOUR BY HONOURS, a one-act "curtain raiser" performed as a prolog to the Gilbert and Sullivan shows on the tours of 1879 and 1880. From the description of Reminiscences of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. (New York Public Library). World...

Carte, Richard D'Oyly, 1844-1901

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Epithet: opera promoter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000986.0x0002fe English impresario and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 8 January 1874, to J. Reeves Smith, 1874 Jan. 8. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 84112895 English theatre proprietor and manager; promoter of English opera. From the description of Autograph l...

Sullivan, Arthur

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Gilbert, W.S. (William Schwenk), 1836-1911.

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