Copy of Music to Macbeth, ca. 1696, 1845.

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Copy of Music to Macbeth, ca. 1696, 1845.

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Literary text by William D'Avenant, adapted from William Shakespeare. A transcript, by Thomas Oliphant, of the original playhouse copy [ca. 1696], now in the British museum (Add. MSS. 12.219). Various notes by Oliphant, W.H. Cummings, and Tho. Robb, the bookseller.

1 ms. score (23 leaves) ; 25 x 31 cm. (Obl. Fo.)

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Oliphant, Thomas, 1799-1873

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915

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William Hayman Cummings, English singer and musical antiquary. He was the first to unite the music of Mendelssohn's Festgesang with Charles Wesley's hymn 'Hark! the herald angels sing'. From the description of William Hayman Cummings manuscript material : 1 item, 1878 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 677020996 William Hayman Cummings was an English organist, composer, singer and writer, author of Purcell (1881), a biographical dictionary (1892) and other works ...

D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668

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Eccles, John, -1735

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