Music in Macbeth [manuscript], copied ca. 1775.

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Music in Macbeth [manuscript], copied ca. 1775.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311265987

Single volume manuscript score. Transcribed by John Saville, a lay vicar of Lichfield, and attributed to Matthew Locke. The works are scored for voices, orchestra and basso continuo. Bound with this manuscript score are stage works, an ode and incidental music by Henry Purcell and John Worgan

1 ms. score ; 30 x 24 cm.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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Oliphant, Thomas, 1799-1873

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Saville, John, 1734 or 1735-1803

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Leveridge, Richard, 1670 or 1671-1758

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Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915

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