Music score of Polly : Gay : manuscript, [1777-1782]

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Music score of Polly : Gay : manuscript, [1777-1782]

12 parts in 7 v., bound ; 31 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7796444

Houghton Library

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Colman, George, 1732-1794

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The Spanish barber was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 30 Aug. 1777. From the description of The Spanish barber : or the fruitless precaution, a comic opera / by George Colman : manuscript, [ca. 1777]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612774129 Colman was an English dramatist; his son, George Colman the younger, was also an English dramatist. From the description of Correspondence with Bow Street magistrates, 1773-1823. (Harvard Uni...

Pepusch, John Christopher, 1667-1752

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Musician and composer, born in Berlin but spent most of his career in London. From the description of Autograph letter signed, from Pepusch to Mr. Immins, and transcription of composition, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500145 ...

Gay, Ernest Lewis

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Ernest Lewis Gay (1874-1916) was a librarian and book collector of Boston, Mass. who collected materials especially concerning the English poet and playwright, John Gay (1685-1732). John Gay used the Mohock theme in his one-act play, The Mohocks. A tragi-comical farce, (1712). The Mohocks and Hawkubites were street gangs in London during the reign of Queen Anne. It was their delight to molest and ill-treat the women, children, and feeble old men who might be in the streets after sunset. The Moho...

Haymarket Theatre (London, England)

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The Theatre Royal Haymarket or Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre is a West End theatre in The Haymarket in the City of Westminster, London, England, which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use. All the buildings on the east of the Haymarket from the theatre southward were rebuilt circa 1820 in connection with John Nash's schemes for the improvement of the neighbourhood. A lease dated 10 June 1821, was granted to David Edward Morris. The theatre was op...

Gay, John, 1685-1732

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Epithet: poet, playwright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0002c5 ...

Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802

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Composer and organist. From the description of Samuel Arnold correspondence, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449880 ...