Incidental music for Hamlet, ca. 1860.

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Incidental music for Hamlet, ca. 1860.

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Set of orchestral parts in the hands of multiple copyists. Part books contain nine numbered items, including curtain tunes, marches ("Dead March") and trumpet calls. Handwritten part names on covers read: "Flute," "Oboe," "Clarinetti," "Fagotti," "Trumpets," "Corni" (x 2), "Trombone," "Leader," "Vio-2nd," "Viola," "Basso," and "Side Drum."

13 ms. part books ; Fo.

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