Incidental music for Macbeth, ca. 1860.

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Incidental music for Macbeth, ca. 1860.

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Set of orchestral parts. Part books contain a variety of itmes, some of which are accompanied by partial or complete text underlay, such as "Speak sisters speak," "Now let's dance," "With new fall'n dew" and "Black spirits & white." Some pieces are arrangements of Richard Leveridge's music for Macbeth; most are unidentified. Handwritten part names on covers read: "Flute," "Oboe" (x 2), "Clarinetti," "Trumpets," "3rd Trumpet," "4th Trumpet," "Trombone," and "Timpany." Other part books missing.

9 ms. part books ; Fo.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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